7:30 on July 14, Jay Chou’s new album " The Greatest Work " was released online in advance, quickly triggering heated discussions across the Internet.
Netizens have different reviews of Jay Chou’s new album, some praises and some jokes, and it is also uncommon to say “repeat the past” and “there are no talents”. In the industry's view, as a professional musician, Jay Chou's creations are professional, professional, and also spiritual. Others such as inspiration, creativity, and spirit are unattainable. In this sense, Jay Chou's album is successful.
has sold more than 4.8 million
Jay Chou's "The Greatest Work" was originally scheduled to be released at 0:00 on July 15, but on the evening of the 14th, Jay Chou's company Jiewell Music issued an announcement, saying that due to time errors in the international platform New Zealand , the new album audio file was exposed in advance. In order to protect the rights and interests of all pre-order digital album fans, the company coordinated the digital platform to launch all songs two and a half hours in advance.
Although this wave of operations caused dissatisfaction among fans, it did not affect the sales of the album. As of about 18:00 on the 16th, Jay Chou's new digital album had sold more than 4.81 million copies. After the album of
was launched, the second MV with the main theme of "Still Wandering" was also launched at 0:00 on the 15th. Fang Wenshan wrote lyrics, with wandering as the theme, writing four years full of retro feelings. Jay Chou wore a little yellow hat and supported the entire MV alone.
Chinese style songs most popular
The whole album has 12 songs, 6 new songs, and 5 songs written by Fang Wenshan. After the new song was launched, it quickly dominated the list, and the Chinese-style songs "Beauty Like Frost", "Still Wandering" and "Pink Ocean" sparked heated discussion. Some netizens think that these three songs in the new song are above Jay Chou's level, especially "Beauty Like Shuang", which is very different from Jay Chou's previous Chinese-style songs. The reason is that " Jay Chou is married" and "the previous Chinese-style style has some sadness and melancholy, and this song is a very light and free Chinese style. It is indeed Jay Chou after marriage."
" A song "Beauty Like Shuang", the familiar Jay Chou has come back, which makes people happy when they hear it. The favorite Chinese-style songs convey Chinese style, intriguing and implicit tenderness. Let me say here that in 2023, Jay Chou is still very awesome, and the peak of Chinese music scene ! "
was accused of being harder than the previous
. Some netizens also believe that the new album is harder than Jay Chou's previous Chinese-style works such as " Blue and White Porcelain " and " Shit Like Snow ". "A little disappointed." Some netizens even think that although the song is very Jay Chou, his voice is difficult to compare with before. "The high notes have disappeared, wuwu." "The voice has retreated too much, which is my only regret. The songs are great."
Of course, the sound of "Jiang Lang's Talents" is still endless. Some netizens think: "It's not that my talents are gone, but that my youth is no longer." "Why don't you feel Jay Chou's current state of mind? I feel that he should write this at his age, not "Blue and White Porcelain" " Lanting Preface " and so on. I feel that this is very consistent with my age. After being sentimental, many I feel a little calm and sad without being hurt. "
" Although the high notes are not that high, Jay Chou is still breaking through himself with a changeable falsetto. You don't have to feel sad anymore. He will leave moving notes in your life in various ways."
In the industry
The incarnation of the pioneer of music trends
is now a "universal" popular singer
Famous music critic Love Land Man commented on Jay Chou's "The Greatest Work" and said that his favorite in the entire album is "Still Wandering", "Beauty Like Frost", "Mojito", and "Reflection". "For those who are familiar with Jay Chou, the harmony system of these songs is really very Jay Chou, but the most important thing for a professional musician is to constantly create smooth melodies in the harmony system he is good at. When talking about professionalism, don't mention too much inspiration, creativity, and spirit. These are unattainable." Regarding the problem of Jay Chou's voice mentioned by netizens, Adi Ren believes that there is indeed this problem, "The high notes cannot be raised and the low notes cannot be lowered, so some of them will use Auto tune."
In the eyes of Aidi, from the perspective of breakthrough, innovation, subversion, etc., fans' expectations for Jay Chou's new album are understandable, but we must also admit that Jay Chou can no longer continue to promote Chinese pop music from the perspective of transformative music trends. For example, you cannot expect that the current Luo Dayou and Bob Dylan can also lead the music trend.
Aidi believes that the changes in Jay Chou's creation also have factors such as excessive comfort in life, many social activities, and complicated interests and hobbies. "But the physiological laws of human beings and artistic creation are there, and the principles are similar. "
Loved people believe that everyone's excessive attention to Jay Chou is because Jay Chou has created countless glory in the Chinese music scene. "In addition to Jay Chou, there are too few Jay Chou in the Chinese music scene, and they are both personal and universal in the creation. "The current situation of Chinese pop music is that many singers have personality and no melody; attitude and no melody; traffic and no melody; concept and no melody.
He believes that Jay Chou now has different missions from Jay Chou back then. He used to be the embodiment of the pioneer of music trends. Now he balances his creation and emphasizes a certain universality in communication. This universality is suitable for more people to listen to, without understanding the melody or long-term pursuit. Now many Jay Chou’s works can be directly entered without conditions. In other words, Jay Chou is a popular singer, a popular singer who can keep pop songs popular and maintain decent in the arrangement and production levels.
The famous musician Li Guangping commented on Jay Chou’s "The Greatest Work" and said that he would listen alone The song "The Greatest Work" still feels quite good. But listening to the entire album, I feel that his creativity has not made much breakthrough, and the aftertaste and surprise are weakening. The Chinese-style "Beauty Like Frost" feels like the simultaneous call of "Thousand Miles Away"; "Still Wandering" and "Pink Ocean" are traveling golden songs with both sweet and sour sides. Jay Chou seems to have fallen into the trap of time, writing and singing in the same magic box. From the aesthetics of acceptance of pop music, Jay Chou's fans like his taste, so they win steadily and respond to changes with the unchanging. The entire album, lyrics and songs, are Jay Chou's tone dominant, plain and fashionable, smooth without waves and dangers, and we have not heard the so-called "greatest work".
Text/Reporter of this newspaper Shoupenghuan
coordination/Manyi
