Yesterday, a question suddenly appeared on the top search:
"Jay Chou and Eason Chan have not released an album anymore", which evoked the memories of listeners.
Think about the labels of Chinese musicians from 20 years ago:
Jay Chou, who loves to drink milk tea, Sun Yanzi, the "unpopular singer", and even the new generation do not know who Liang Jingru is.
Back in the Chinese music scene 20 years ago, it can be described as an annual fairy fight.
Jay Chou, Mayday, Sun Yanzi, Liang Jingru... These guys almost make an album a year or two.
Their songs have run through the youth of a generation, and even today these songs still dominate the list of KTV.
In that era before the rise of digital music, fans could only rely on CDs to listen to songs.
At that time, in order to make money, pirated CDs were rampant.
In such a situation of rampant piracy, a genuine album of Jay Chou can sell 21 million copies.
Many young people can even skip breakfast for a month for a legitimate album.
Jay Chou used a unique Chinese rap "Double Truncated Stick",
Let the audience who are still stuck in the sad feelings of the song obsessed.
Since then, Jay Chou has risen like a star from the small island of Taiwan, and finally became a bright moon that can shine throughout Asia.
In 1979, an ordinary family in Taiwan ushered in a gift from Heaven.
At this time, the child's parents did not know that the child in front of them could create such a big grand event.
When the child is four years old, his parents let him learn the piano, probably the enlightenment of childhood.
His perception of music is stronger day by day, and he has had all kinds of wonderful ideas since he was a child, and he will dance every time he hears music.
Although children love the piano, it becomes painful when it is marked as a task that must be completed.
His mother asked him to play the piano for two hours a day, and of course the child could not sit still, so his mother forced him to play.
As the minutes and seconds passed, the child watched his friends outside the window return home, and he finally left the piano.
The child grew up day by day, and just when he was supposed to enjoy the love of both parents, they divorced.
After the divorce, the child was raised by the mother.
During his time in middle school, one day he saw a beautiful female classmate in the neighboring class, and the sun hit her smiling face.
This was the first time he had fallen in love with a little girl, and it was also the first time he had experienced what love at first sight was.
He thought about finding an opportunity to get to know her, and after knowing her, the two started as friends and gradually became a little couple.
However, the feelings of the teenage girlhood, beautiful but green,
And it was difficult to last, and the two separated after graduation.
Because I learned the piano since childhood, the children's cultural class results have not been outstanding, and the middle school examination has not been admitted to the ordinary high school.
But luck has come, there is a local high school that is recruiting music students, and he is very good at piano, and he came here to attend high school.
Lady Luck doesn't always pamper a person, and after graduating from high school, he didn't learn again.
I had no choice but to go to a restaurant to work, because I liked music, so I used the CDs I earned to listen.
Moms know their kids have amazing talent and potential in music,
She did not want her son's musical talent to be buried, so she encouraged him to participate in the competition.
At that time, the two probably did not think that this competition could change the path of the child's life.
In this way, the ignorant teenager brought his own original songs to participate in a music audition program in Taiwan.
However, unlike other players, he was eliminated in the first round because of slurred speech.
However, the song was discovered by the host Wu Zongxian, who encouraged him to write songs at his own record company.
Of course, he enjoyed being able to write songs to others, and for the next two or three years he curled up in a small room every day to write songs.
At that time, he secretly made up his mind: "I must write a lot of songs and sing them to these singers of the fire.
Let my high school classmates know that you can succeed without going to college. ”
Of course, things will not go as smoothly as he thinks, he wrote a song to Zhang Huimei, but it was returned.
While he was still struggling to write a song in the studio, singer Liu Lihong discovered him.
Different from Jay Chou, who is a small transparent, Liu Qihong at this time is already a big star singer with a car and a house.
But he did not look down on this unknown Jay Chou, but would dress him in his own clothes,
Take him to eat good food, drive him out to play, and enjoy Liu Qihong's life.
At that time, Jay Chou wrote songs all by his own preferences, and his ideas were wild.
It is completely a "lonely madman" who cannot be appreciated by the public.
Frequently writing songs to popular singers, and frequently being returned, which makes Jay Chou, who is proud of music, begin to reflect:
"Is my song too strange, is the melody not suitable for the public?"
Jay Chou's creative enthusiasm has been hit, although he is still in the company every day,
But it no longer looks as sunny as it was when it first arrived two years ago.
At this time, Xu Ruoxuan, who had already opened his own piece of heaven in Japan, got acquainted with Jay Chou,
She used to be a talented girl who liked music, so when she saw Jay Chou's situation at this time,
She was very touched and has always encouraged Jay Chou not to give up.
In the face of the encouragement of such a beautiful sister, Jay Chou could not help but feel good about her.
Later, another musician of the company, Yang Junrong, saw such a decadent him one day.
He asked, "Did the company put out a record for you?" ”
He replied, "The boss said he would give it to me when I had written enough 10 songs." ”
Yang Junrong was very curious about this strange teenager, and he continued to ask: "Then you have written a few poems, tell me about it." ”
Jay Chou took out his own sample for him to listen to, and Yang Junrong, who listened to the song, seemed to have suddenly been stimulated by a certain nerve.
After listening to it, he found Jay Chou's song very good, so he said to him:
"These songs of yours are very good, since no one uses them to sing them yourself."
Later, at a selection performance of the record company, many boss artists attended,
Liu Lihong recommended Jay Chou to sing his "Black Humor",
Jay Chou questioned: "These people are many foreigners, can they understand?" ”
Liu Qihong said: "Anyway, you can't sing clearly, just let them hear the melody." ”
So Jay Chou finished singing like this, and after singing, he found that there was no reaction from the stage.
But the staff let him sing a second time, and before this time, Liu Qihong asked Jay Chou to sing a louder voice.
And this second opportunity is what Liu Lihong asked the staff for.
This time the response was very good, and Jay Chou had the opportunity to release his own record.
In this way, the company left Jay Chou 10 days of time,
Ten days later, Jay Chou found the boss with his 50 songs.
The company selected 10 songs from it, including one, a collaboration between Jay Chou and Xu Ruoxuan.
The album is named after "Jay", polished and packaged, and released at the beginning of the new century.
Neither Jay Chou himself nor the company thought that this album would be swept away.
Immediately after, Jay Chou was nominated for various awards.
Soon, his relationship with Xu Ruoxuan was exposed, but Xu Ruoxuan denied it.
Jay Chou has no response, focusing on his music career,
Since then, at the speed of two albums a year, he has quickly opened up his own market and created his own music kingdom.
He has won the World Music Awards Best Selling Artist Award in China for three consecutive years and has been called the new generation of Asian kings.
He successively opened his own concerts and participated in various interviews.
During this period, Jay Chou met an excellent partner, and there may be deeper emotions between the two in addition to work.
This person is Jolin Tsai, when Jay Chou was still writing songs in the practice room,
Jolin Tsai has set fire with the support of Universal Music.
Later, Jolin Tsai was suppressed by the original company because of contract problems, and once wanted to give up and go back to work as an English teacher.
At this time, it was Jay Chou's turn to unravel others, and he told Jolin Tsai: "You don't give up, we write songs together." ”
While preparing her own album, Jay Chou created an album for Jolin Tsai that was completely different from her former style.
The album's title song was written by herself, venting all her emotions over the years.
She won an award for this album, played her turnaround very beautifully, and immediately had a new agency sign her.
Later, when asked about her experience during this time, she also expressed her gratitude to Jay Chou.
The two first met on a variety show, when the two were intentionally matched.
However, this did not heat up the feelings of the two, and the two knew each other well in the connection of their mutual friend Luo Zhixiang.
Later, they often collaborated on songs and performed together. But whenever reporters asked what the relationship was between the two, they avoided talking about it.
At that time, many people in the circle thought that there was a secret between the two.
Some people say that the two-person brokerage company deliberately hype,
Some people said that the two were indeed lovers, but the company did not allow it to be public.
Later, in an interview, Jay Chou replied: "I can only half-confess that we are actually good friends." ”
In this way, there are many opinions, and the love affair between the two has become an unsolved mystery.
Maybe there was something between Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai at that time,
But the two did not admit it head-on.
Maybe it's a regret that I can't bravely express my heart this time,
Let Jay Chou face the later Hou Patzen,
He used up all the courage he had at the time.
The first time the two intersected was in a connection with Hou Patzen.
Hou Peichen said: "Many people are optimistic about you, oh, everyone including me thinks your song is really good." ”
She also expressed her expectation that Jay Chou could come to her show.
Jay Chou said: "This is the beginning of my good feelings for her. ”
A few months later, Jay Chou and Hou Patzen finally met on Hou Patzen's show,
At the time he was promoting his new album.
In his first interview with Hou Patzen, he promised to write a song for the other party.
When Hou Patzen said that he and his friends would sing his songs when they went to KTV to sing,
Instead of expressing happiness or gratitude, his first instinct was to ask, "Will you go with a boy or a girl?" ”
During the promotional period of an album, he was a guest on Hou Patzen's anchor program four times.
Each time more relaxed, but it seemed to be more and more shy, and the atmosphere between the two gradually became sweet and ambiguous.
Later, Jay Chou published a book about his life, family and friends.
At the book's press conference, he clarified Hou's scandal with Lian Shengwen for Hou Patzen:
"Sometimes, not responding does not mean acquiescence, I hope that everyone can still have more of their own judgment."
When asked about his ideal appearance, he expressed his love for classical Chinese girls.
It's hard not to think of his previous assessment of Hou Patzen: "She has a classical girl's temperament." ”
Hou Patzen said that it was easy to grasp the tune of Jay Chou's songs, but Jay Chou said that her singing voice was natural.
Perhaps it was in the middle of this year and six months that the two gradually determined each other's intentions.
At the concert in the winter of the following year, he also invited Hou Patzen to his concert.
The chorus of the two people is heartwarming.
A month later, Jay Chou took Hou Peichen to Play in Daiguan Mountain in Japan.
The situation between the two was discovered, and the relationship could not be hidden.
In the same year, when Jay Chou was interviewed by reporters, he bravely admitted that he and Hou Patzen were what everyone thought.
This year's Golden Melody Awards camerad the sweet smiles of the two looking at each other from a distance.
In the same year, Jay Chou participated in an exclusive interview with Lu Yu, and when mentioning his feelings, Lu Yu said: "I know, it is also the anchor." ”
Later, on Father's Day in Taiwan, he also took Hou Patzen to visit his father, but he was messed up by the paparazzi.
But Jay Chou's fame at that time brought him not only success, but also a lot of unfreedom.
After his relationship with Hou Peichen was exposed, he was greatly dissatisfied by fans.
But even if the two have made efforts, they still can't hide from the paparazzi who are crazy with the shooting, and they don't care about the insults of fans against the woman.
They finally separated in the second year of their love.
The following year, he still released an album as in previous years, the only difference being that there were many more Hou Patzen figures.
He expressed his helpless regrets with one song after another, and he also regretted that he was not a little stronger.
Hou Patzen said: "Falling in love with Jay Chou is the most rebellious thing I have ever done in my life. ”
She also said: "There will be uneasiness, nervousness, to always take care of a lot, we have worked hard, then there is no way." ”
That same year, in an interview, he said: "At that time, when we went to the movies together, we could only sit separately.
At a great distance, it feels like two people watching a movie from a different scene.
It's too unfair to girls, but now, it seems too late. ”
Jay Chou came to "Lu Yu has a date" with a new album, but this time in the face of Lu Yu's question about his girlfriend,
He said: "No girlfriend, now gone. ”
Later, at the launch of Hou Patzen's new book, Jay Chou sent a carefully arranged flower basket and her favorite bear.
She sneaked away her tears when she saw it, but said in an interview:
"It's because I see a lot of friends giving me a lot of blessings, definitely not for the emotional thing,
Feelings are part of life, but not all. ”
Perhaps listening to this passage, Jay Chou sang: "You said you would cry, not because you cared"
In the past few years, Jay Chou's love songs are almost all related to her.
But he is also gradually letting go: "Two people are separated, in fact, sometimes it is not because of quarrels,
Not because you can't go on, but because you can have a better life for both parties. ”
He would also question: "A lot of times it's under outside pressure, okay."
It's a strange thing to be an artist who can't fall in love for a lifetime. ”
After another year, the two people who thought they had let go of each other,
Sharing the stage at the awards ceremony again will still be nervous and shy.
On this day, it was the last time Hou Peichen publicly said Jay Chou's name: "Jay Chou, we all think he is great." ”
This year, Jay Chou said in an interview with the magazine: "Hou Patzen is perfect in my heart. ”
A few months later, Hou Peichen became engaged, and after many years of waiting for the two to be on the same stage again, everything was already human.
The story of the two has come to an end.
Although there was a scandal between Jay Chou and Tian Fuzhen later, Jay Chou said:
"It's the girlfriend who hooks up when she's shoulder-to-shoulder, and it doesn't count when shooting the MV."
Jay Chou As a professional singer-songwriter, the frustration of love will not make him stagnate,
Even because of this emotional experience, he has many popular songs.
Every year after that, he released albums every year and won awards every year.
But with the passage of time, the Korean Wave continues to pour into the Chinese market, and Chinese mainland has a variety of fresh blood,
This is undoubtedly a blow to those who have ruled the Chinese music scene for nearly a decade.
Jay Chou's album becomes one a year or even every few years to produce one,
Although the pace of pursuing a career slowed down, love once again came to his head.
Jay Chou met Kunling, who is 16 years younger than himself, in a TV series.
Out of good feelings, the two of you come and go, and over time they talk about love.
Together for about 4 years, Jay Chou announced his relationship with Kunling on his personal social platform.
But perhaps Jay Chou himself did not expect that it had been so long,
Everyone will still have all kinds of requirements for their girlfriends.
This time, he did not give up on his girlfriend, whom he regarded as a treasure, but chose to continue walking with her.
So he planned a marriage proposal. On this day, Jay Chou invited his girlfriend Kunling out to dinner,
Because he was in a hurry to go back to sleep, KunLing dressed casually and came out.
After eating, she saw a table of couples proposing marriage next to her, just when she felt very romantic and moved.
There was another table proposing, so there was a third, fourth, and fifth, all the way to Jay Chou.
Under such a careful and romantic proposal, the two held a wedding in the United Kingdom.
Today, Zhou Dong, who once played in the Chinese music scene, has three children and has a harmonious and happy marriage.
It's just that these people who have listened to Jay Chou spend his youth will occasionally sigh,
Once a Chinese singer will be different and desperate,
Zheng Jun will spend seven years making a new album and finally exhaust his body,
Jay Chou will start all over again because a certain melody is similar to people.
The long river of time has never stopped, and the era of "Persian Cat", "Ningxia" and "Qilixiang" has passed.
It will always remain in the hearts of the 8090s, and they will miss the past,
When they wore wired headphones to listen to Jay Chou's songs,
When they squeezed into his concert with all their strength,
When his voice rings in our ears,
It will feel like it will be healed in an instant, and all stress troubles will disappear.
Today, when short videos dominate the world and digital music dominates the world,
Give a lot of people who love to sing but have no channels a chance,
Just hope that they can remember the efforts made by their predecessors to pursue the quality of songs,
It can bring the Chinese music scene to a peak again.