Thursday, 31 January 2013

Jay's first album

Jay was debuted in year 2000, when he was 21 years old. Before he was officially debuted, he wrote songs for other singers for instance, Jacky Wu, Jolin Tsai, Leehom etc.. Jacky Wu saw his potential and invited him to join his company. This was how he released his first album, named "Jay".



Release date: 1st November 2000
Jay Album is the groundbreaking debut album from the talented writer Jay Chou. Featuring a fresh r&b style and wonderful lyrics from Vincent Fang, Vivian Hsu and Jay himself. All the tracks on the album are composed by Jay. The first track Lovable Woman features the lovely Vivian Hsu in the music video. Every track has a music video except for track 8, although there is a KTV which was not made by Jay.

1.Lovable Woman (可愛女人) (ke ai nü ren)
2.Perfectionism (完美主義) (wan mei zhu yi)
3.Clear Stars (星晴) (xing qing)
4.Wife (娘子) (niang zi)
5.Bullfight (鬥牛) (dou niu)
6.Black Humour (黑色幽默) (hei se you mo)
7.Istanbul (伊斯坦堡) (yi si tan bao)
8.Old Indian Turtledove (印地安老斑鳩) (yin di an lao ban jiu)
9.Tornado (龍捲風) (long juan feng)
10.Clock That Goes Backwards (反方向的鐘) (fan fang xiang de zhong)

Clear stars and black humor are the hits of the album that caught the attention of the public. For me, all the songs in this album are awesome! :)

One of the songs I like the most in this album: 



I suggest you guys to listen to all the songs in this album, they're way too nice! ^_^

The first album I have.



<3

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Jay Chou's Profile

Some of you might not know who is Jay Chou, so I'm gonna start off with introducing him. He is a Taiwanese singer, actor, composer, director and lyricist. One of the reasons I like him is because he is so talented ;) 

 
For your information, this is Jay Chou, when he was shooting for his first movie that he directed called "Secret". (He is actually quite handsome :3)



Here's his profile, so to let you guys to know more about him. :)

General Information

English Name: Jay Chou
Chinese Name: 周杰倫
Nickname: Director Chou (周董)
Date of Birth: January 18, 1979
Place of Birth: Taiwan, Taipei
Blood Type: O
Birthplace: Taiwan
Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Horse
Horoscope: Capricorn
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Shoe Size: 10.5
Languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese
Education: 1997 High school (music major)
Strengths: Compose, write songs and play basketball

Music Instruments: Piano, cello, guitar, jazz drum
Family Situation: Only son, Father (Biology teacher), Mother (Middle School fine arts teacher)
Friends in the Industry: Luo Zhi Xiang (Xiao Zhu), Liu Geng Hong
Ambition before Releasing an Album: Piano teacher, music in movies
Jay Dislikes about Himself: He is shy and soft-hearted
Good Qualities: Strong ability to compose songs and write lyrics. The new e-generation musician


Interests

Favourite Sports: Basketball, exercise, practice nunchucks
Dream when he was young: To be Bruce Lee
The Type of Girl he Likes: Long haired, oval face, classic beauty
Favourite Comic: Doraemon
Favourite Music: R&B and hip-hop (actually he likes any kind of music)
Favourite Clothing: Natural, comfortable, hip-hop (Simple T-shirt and shorts, not much different to people on the street)
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Food: Fried chicken, anything to do with chicken steak and chicken (he especially likes Hong Kong Tai Ping Guan's Swiss chicken wings), also he likes to drink sweet things
Favourite Musicians: Frederick Chopin, Li Si Te, YO-YO Ma
Favourite Actor/actress: Jet Li
Favourite Basketball Player: Michael Jordan
Favourite Artist: Usher, Babyface
Places that he wants to visit the most: The feeling of France is very romantic
Ambition: Travel to every corner of the world
Favourite Things: Cap, different kinds of musical instrument, black peoples' music, silverware, chewing gum
Hobbies: Writing songs, watch movies, play basketball, play video games


Music

Music Style: R&B
First Lyrics and Composition: In high school, song was called "Everlasting"
First Published Song: "Three Nights, Three Days"
First Individual Album: "Jay" published by BMG November 2000
Best Writing Partner: Vincent Fang


He actually didn't study a lot, only until high school, so he's really awesome that he can write soooooooooooooooooooooo many songs.
I'll stop it here today. :)

To be continued......................