Friday September 1, 2006 Taiwan Jay Chou's music and pictures have always been closely connected. The latest "Still Fantasy" not only brings everyone inexhaustible beautiful imaginations in music, when photoshooting, Jay Chou also leads everyone transcending through time. One minute he places (himself) the deconstruction to the extreme ruins, and the next (he) magnificently restores the retro old lively street corner! Challenging everyone's visual nerves, creating "Jay-style esthetics"! And (his) image also suddenly reveals with background photographs the "conflicting feelings" with "theatrical nature" contrast ! Especially the continuing albums after "Fantasy", separated by 5 years, Jay Chou rarely once again reveals his chest abs, well displaying (his) MAN side! This photograph in the to-be released latest album "Still Fantasy", precisely echoes (with) his second album "Fantasy"'s coincidental points! One page of part of President Chou's latest album "Still Fantasy" forestalled to be exposed! This time's photographs presents "extremely destroyed" with "extremely lively", these two kinds of contrasting impressions. Jay Chou expressed: "This time, the photographs are to express a city's ruins and liveliness, to want to express the concept that during the lowest point (of our lives), (we) still must look out in the distance for hope. Thus from the photographs, eveyone will see the ruined and the lively, these two kinds of visual effects!" The extremely detroyed portion is like this Jay Chou photo of (his) bare upper body, by (using) dangerous bridge, old chimney, ruins, gunsmoke... etc computer effects to produce; The extremely lively portion, made by spending over 2 million, and using 10 days to build, is a scene of a magnificent and retro street. It is like a broadway song-and-dance drama's street, yet also like the brucker forest region hee-haa black street. Actually this is all created from the imagination of Jay Chou's mind, thus staff personel call it "Jay Street". The street corner advertisement at the atop the decorated lights also has the words "Jay Chou Show" lighted up, and the neon lights-decorated windmill also rotates along. The scene's fine practicality is unbelivable! Staff personel are also astonished at such a magical world, and abundantly raised up (their) cameras to capture the scene, even Zhou Ma Ma who likes photographing is not exceptional! After the new album release, fans will experience the situation personally, galloping to Jay Chou's fantasy music shade city! The interesting part is, Jay has a blue antique sports car (1979-produced Chevrolet) that's the same age as him. During this time's photoshoot, President Chou also drove this "Bat Mobile" that he personally named into the scene, extremely handsome and charming! The new album is named "Still Fantasy", by chance it coincides in some areas with Jay Chou's second album "Fantasy"! Like this photo of Jay Chou baring his upper body, with the phototaking during "Fantasy", also revealing (his) chest muscles, when separated by 5 years, after this time of experience from music and movies, when Jay Chou bares his upper body to face the camera, it is more comfortable, full of an artiste's self-confidence! The coincidence is that initially it was the phototaking first that the creative name "Still Fantasy" was brought out, only realizing after that of this coincidence. This is not the only coincidence, the new album has a song "Listen to Ma Ma's words" coincides with "Fantasy"'s "Dad, I Am Back"'s name! All these coincidences all explain "Still Fantasy" is still filled with Jay Chou's unique style. Formerly Jay Chou has always used the name "poet"'s to create his album image, the choice of clothing combinations have been in the hands of others. This time, to focus more on his music and directed MV, he found Paul, who once helped him create his image for an advertisement, to co-operate, hoping to use different ideas to mutually surge new sparks! This advertisement-born image stylist Paul picked at the photographing scenes, creating different images for it, both the clothing and background present "conflicting feelings" with "theatrical feelings"! Because there are many retro scenes, thus this time in particular is time to play with the fashion laws of the antique western suits! Like in the iron-grey western suit President Chou wears in "Jay Street", it has lotus leaf side designs which complement the yellow leather belt. Being clad fully in western-styled clothing actually places oneself in the black streets of New York. Also, (he) is very fastidious to the small details in the image, many fitting has undergone "destruction -> reorganization -> extra work". Like the half palm white gloves; or using the necklace to surround and put on the ring to make a hand accessory..., all are one-of-a-kind image creativity! Inevitably it will raise another group of young people's clothing fashion! The album "Still Fantasy"'s paper nature have undergone special processing, many places use "Te Duo Long" paper nature to create "metal sense of reality", to increase collection value! Thus fans must purchase the original album. Every year when Jay Chou releases an album, autograph and singing sessions have always been the activity fans "stretching their necks in hope of" being able to meet President Chou face-to-face and to have close distance contact. Jay Chou's "Still Fantasy" autograph/singing sessions will be held on September 10th, 16th, 17th at 2pm in the afternoons at the "Taipei Red Playhouse", "Shin Kong Mitsukoshi", "KaOhSiung" respectively. Fellow fans, don't forget to bring along Jay Chou's latest album forward! credits: Jay Chou International Fan Forum, asianfanatics.
