Early Years Awal Tahun |
Jay Chou (Zhou Jie Lun) was born in Taiwan on January 18, 1979. Jay Chou (Zhou Jie Lun) di Taiwan lahir pada tanggal 18 Januari 1979. At the tender age of three, he started to learn piano under constant supervision from his mom, Jay practiced piano diligently and eventually developed a love for the instrument and music. Pada usia muda dari tiga, ia mulai belajar piano di bawah pengawasan konstan dari ibunya, Jay rajin berlatih piano dan akhirnya mengembangkan cinta untuk instrumen dan musik. He went on to master a number of other instruments, including guitar, cello, jazz drum as well as the Chinese Dizi. Dia melanjutkan untuk menguasai sejumlah instrumen lainnya, termasuk gitar, cello, jazz drum serta dizi Cina. Jay's parents divorced when he was 13. Jay orangtua bercerai ketika ia berumur 13. Already a quiet boy to begin with, Jay grew even more secluded. Sudah anak tenang untuk memulai dengan, Jay tumbuh bahkan lebih terpencil. He became independent rather quickly and was absorbed in his own music world. Ia menjadi independen agak cepat dan terserap dalam dunia musik sendiri. Whenever any musical ideas came to mind, he would jot them down. Setiap kali ada ide-ide musik datang ke pikiran, dia akan mencatat itu turun. It wasn't before long he started writing his own songs. Itu tidak lama kemudian dia mulai menulis lagu sendiri.
Basketball was his other love and he often played with friends. Basket adalah cinta yang lain dan ia sering bermain dengan teman-teman. In terms of school, Jay was not very strong academically, but he did manage to complete high school. Dalam hal sekolah, Jay tidak begitu kuat secara akademis, tapi dia berhasil menyelesaikan sekolah tinggi. |
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| Road to Fame Road to Fame |
By an interesting twist of fate, a schoolmate of Jay's signed up for a singing contest and wanted him to accompany her on the piano. Dengan sebuah twist menarik dari nasib, seorang teman sekolah dari Jay mendaftar untuk sebuah kontes menyanyi dan ingin dia untuk menemaninya pada piano. The performance at the contest was by no means stunning, but somehow the host of the show, Jacky Wu, took notice of the musical score that Jay was playing from. Kinerja di kontes itu tidak berarti menakjubkan, tapi entah bagaimana tuan rumah acara, Jacky Wu, mengambil pemberitahuan dari nilai musik yang bermain dari Jay. And from then on, in the momentous year of 1998, the little boy who grew up in Linkou entered the entertainment industry primarily as a songwriter. Dan dari itu, pada tahun 1998 penting, anak kecil yang tumbuh di Linkou mengadakan industri hiburan terutama sebagai penulis lagu. Jay spent hours and hours on end in the studio, dreaming up melodies, and it soon became his second home. Jay menghabiskan berjam-jam dan berjam-jam di studio, memimpikan melodi, dan segera menjadi rumah keduanya. That was how he spent his first years in the industry. Begitulah ia menghabiskan tahun-tahun pertamanya di industri. The songs he wrote for other artists were rejected fairly often at that time. Lagu-lagu dia menulis untuk seniman lainnya ditolak cukup sering pada waktu itu. After all, who was Jay Chou? Setelah semua, yang Jay Chou? No one really knew much about him. Tidak ada yang benar-benar tahu banyak tentang dia. But over time, his songs were accepted and they paved the way for Jay's eventual successful musical career. Namun seiring waktu, lagu-lagunya diterima dan mereka membuka jalan bagi karir musik Jay akhirnya berhasil. After working behind-the-scenes for some time, Jacky Wu was impressed with what Jay has to offer not only as a songwriter, but as a singer as well. Setelah bekerja di belakang layar selama beberapa waktu, Jacky Wu terkesan dengan apa yang Jay yang ditawarkan tidak hanya sebagai penulis lagu, tapi sebagai penyanyi juga. And so, on November 1, 2000, he made his debut with the self-titled album Jay . Maka, pada tanggal 1 November 2000, ia membuat debutnya dengan diri album berjudul Jay. His soulful voice and infectious tunes were well-received by listeners and “Jay Chou” soon became a household name. suara soulful-Nya dan lagu menular yang diterima dengan baik oleh pendengar dan "Jay Chou" segera menjadi nama rumah tangga. His unique musical style garnered him attention from fans and critics alike. gaya unik musiknya mengumpulkan dia perhatian dari penggemar dan kritikus sama.
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Released on September 20, 2001, Jay's second musical effort Fantasy propelled him to stardom with numerous hits such as “Kai Bu Liao Kou”, “An Jing”, and “Shuang Jie Gun”, just to name a few. Dirilis pada September 20, 2001, musik upaya kedua Jay Fantasy mendorongnya untuk bintang dengan berbagai hits seperti "Kai Bu Liao Kou", "An" Jing, dan "Shuang Jie Gun", hanya untuk beberapa nama. He earned many awards with this album, including five Golden Melody Awards . Ia menerima banyak penghargaan dengan album ini, termasuk lima Golden Melody Awards. This was an astonishing feat by an artist who has just arrived on the scene for a short period of time. Ini merupakan prestasi menakjubkan oleh seniman yang baru saja tiba di lokasi untuk waktu singkat. After the successes of his first two albums, Jay launched his first music concert series, known as the Fantasy Tour, showcasing his piano and cello skills in this concert, which was kept mainly within Asia . Setelah keberhasilan dua album pertamanya, Jay meluncurkan musik pertamanya rangkaian konser, yang dikenal sebagai Tour Fantasy, menampilkan piano dan keterampilan cello dalam konser ini, yang disimpan terutama di Asia. After his first concert series, Jay released Eight Dimensions again wowing everyone with his sheer musical talent. Setelah seri pertama konser, Jay merilis Delapan Dimensi lagi wowing semua orang dengan bakat musik belaka. After this album Jay went into his second tour again, this time known as The One concert tour, and this time, at a much larger scale as compared to the Fantasy tour. Setelah album ini Jay pergi ke tur kedua lagi, kali ini dikenal sebagai tur konser Satu, dan kali ini, pada skala yang lebih besar dibandingkan dengan tur Fantasy. In The One concert, we have seen Jay grown as a live performer with his live singing skills, and even a few dance steps to make the entire concert successful. Dalam konser One, kami telah melihat Jay tumbuh sebagai artis hidup dengan keterampilan hidup nya menyanyi, dan bahkan beberapa tari langkah untuk membuat seluruh konser sukses.
In summer of 2003, Jay released his fourth studio album Ye Hui Mei , named after his mother, which show how much Jay treasures his mother. Pada musim panas 2003, Jay merilis album studio keempat Ye Hui Mei, bernama setelah ibunya, yang menunjukkan berapa banyak harta Jay ibunya. From that point onwards, it was clear that Jay had the plan of releasing one album annually. Dari titik itu dan seterusnya, jelaslah bahwa Jay memiliki rencana merilis satu album per tahun. Jay fine-tunes each song to perfection and never fails to surprise and capture his audience with his innovative musical ideas. Jay-lagu halus setiap lagu dengan sempurna dan tidak pernah gagal untuk mengejutkan dan menangkap penonton dengan ide-ide yang inovatif musik. The growth from one album to the next has been evident to those who have traversed this journey of music with Jay. Pertumbuhan dari satu album berikutnya telah jelas bagi mereka yang telah dilalui perjalanan musik dengan Jay.
His own unique Chinese R&B style is unparalleled by another and he continues to make breakthroughs as he takes risks in attempting new things. unik sendiri-Nya Cina R & B gaya yang tak tertandingi oleh yang lain dan dia terus membuat terobosan ketika ia mengambil risiko dalam mencoba hal-hal baru. The way he intertwines Chinese and Western music makes his songs endearing to people both young and old. cara dia intertwines musik Cina dan Barat membuat lagu-lagunya disukai orang-orang baik muda dan tua. The fusion of the two cultures is not only fresh-sounding, but has also rarely been done by other musicians before. Fusi dari dua kebudayaan tidak hanya segar yang terdengar, tetapi juga jarang dilakukan oleh musisi lain sebelumnya. Together with his long time friend and lyricist Vincent Fang, Jay's compositions and Vincent's lyrics managed to reflect Jay's sensitivity to human emotions and the details of life. Bersama-sama dengan teman lama dan penulis lirik Vincent Fang, komposisi dan lirik Jay Vincent berhasil mencerminkan sensitivitas Jay untuk emosi manusia dan rincian kehidupan. He manages to touch people's hearts with striking words as well as educate people's minds with important lessons. Dia berhasil menyentuh hati rakyat dengan kata-kata mencolok serta mendidik pikiran manusia dengan pelajaran penting. |
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| Branching Off onto the Big Screen Percabangan Off ke Big Screen |
| After being in the entertainment industry for several years, Jay has started to branch off from music a bit and ventured into the realm of acting. Setelah berada di industri hiburan selama beberapa tahun, Jay telah mulai bercabang dari sedikit musik dan berkelana ke bidang akting. An interesting thing to note is that a lot of his musical inspiration simply emerges from watching movies. Suatu hal yang menarik untuk dicatat adalah bahwa banyak inspirasi musiknya hanya muncul dari menonton film. You may have often found that his music gives very vibrant visual imagery and his music videos bring those images to life. Anda mungkin sering menemukan bahwa musik memberikan citra visual yang sangat bersemangat dan video musik membawa orang-gambar hidup. It should come as no surprise that besides being a singer-songwriter, he has also dreamt of being a film director one day. Seharusnya tidak mengherankan bahwa selain menjadi penyanyi-penulis lagu, ia juga bermimpi menjadi seorang sutradara film satu hari. In the movie “Hidden Track” (2003), Jay guest-starred as himself briefly and got a taste of what it is like to be part of a film. Dalam film "Hidden Track (2003), Jay tamu berbintang sebagai dirinya sendiri secara singkat dan punya rasa bagaimana rasanya menjadi bagian dari film. He also specially penned 2 songs for the movie released in the Hidden Track EP . Ia juga menulis 2 lagu khusus untuk film dirilis dalam EP Track Tersembunyi. |
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| Back to His Roots Kembali ke Akar-Nya |
| In summer 2004, Jay's much anticipated album Qi Li Xiang was released . Di musim panas 2004, banyak diantisipasi album Jay Qi Li Xiang dirilis. Once again, he managed to turned heads of both the critics and fans. Sekali lagi, ia berhasil membalikkan kepala baik dari kritikus dan penggemar. The production quality has been taken up a notch and his musical style has also matured significantly. Kualitas produksi telah diambil lekukan dan gaya musiknya juga matang secara signifikan. Hence, it is not surprising that Jay has garnered more awards under his belt with this album. Oleh karena itu, tidak mengherankan bahwa Jay telah mengumpulkan penghargaan lebih di bawah ikat pinggang dengan album ini. Jay also made it clear that he will continue to have at least one song on all his album with the Oriental style. Jay juga menjelaskan bahwa ia akan terus memiliki setidaknya satu lagu pada semua albumnya dengan gaya Oriental. With that album, Jay launched his next concert series known as the Incomparable to Jay concert series in that same year, which took Asia by storm, and even went as far as the United States in Los Angeles . Dengan album itu, Jay meluncurkan seri konser berikutnya dikenal sebagai gembala untuk seri konser Jay di tahun yang sama, yang mengambil Asia oleh badai, dan bahkan pergi sejauh Amerika Serikat di Los Angeles. The concert DVD and CD for his Taiwan Incomparable concert was released in early 2005. DVD konser dan CD untuk konser Taiwan gembala itu dirilis pada awal tahun 2005. |
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| The Big Breakthrough Role The Big Terobosan Peran |
| Jay's first major movie role came in "Initial D" (2005) when he starred in the film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, the same duo that directed the Infernal Affairs trilogy. peran utama film pertama Jay datang "Initial D" (2005) ketika ia membintangi film yang disutradarai oleh Andrew Lau dan Alan Mak, duo sama yang diarahkan trilogi Infernal Affairs. In the movie, Jay acts as the child prodigy, Takumi Fujiwara, a high school student in Japan with a tattered childhood. Dalam film ini, Jay bertindak sebagai anak ajaib, Takumi Fujiwara, seorang siswa SMA di Jepang dengan masa kecil yang compang-camping. He plays along side other movie A-listers such as Anthony Wong, Edison Chen and Shawn Yue. Dia bermain sepanjang sisi lain film A-listers seperti Anthony Wong, Edison Chen dan Shawn Yue. Jay also composed two songs for the movie. Jay juga terdiri dua lagu untuk film ini. The film has won numerous awards in Hong Kong, and more importantly, Jay won the award for Best Newcomer for his role in the movie during the 42nd Golden Horse Awards and also during the 25 th Hong Kong Film Awards . Film ini telah memenangkan berbagai penghargaan di Hong Kong, dan lebih penting lagi, Jay memenangkan penghargaan untuk Best Newcomer untuk perannya dalam film selama 42 Golden Horse Awards dan juga selama 25 Hong Kong Film Awards. Jay was visibly delighted during the Golden Horse Awards when he accepted his award, in which he said in his acceptance speech, “I never thought that what I've not won in the Golden Melody Awards, I've got it back here” making reference to the Golden Melody Awards, which has been shutting him out from the Best Male Singer category year after year. Jay tampak senang selama Golden Horse Awards ketika ia menerima penghargaan, di mana ia mengatakan dalam pidato penerimaannya, "Saya tidak pernah berpikir bahwa apa yang telah saya tidak menang di Golden Melody Awards, aku kembali di sini" membuat mengacu pada Golden Melody Awards, yang telah menutup dirinya dari tahun Penyanyi Pria Terbaik kategori setelah tahun. The movie has kept Jay very busy in most of the year, due to all the filming and promotional works for the movie. Film telah terus Jay sangat sibuk di sebagian besar tahun, karena semua film dan bekerja promosi untuk film ini. The movie also allowed Jay to break into the Japanese market, when he subsequently released his first compilation album called Initial J in Japan only, with the theme songs of the Initial D movie included in that album. Film ini juga memungkinkan Jay menembus pasar Jepang, ketika ia kemudian merilis album kompilasi pertama disebut J awal di Jepang, dengan lagu tema dari film Initial D termasuk dalam album itu. |
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| The Beat Goes On The Beat Goes On |
| With Jay so busy with the movie, it is understandable that his album for 2005 was delayed by a few months, and was only released in November of 2005. Dengan Jay begitu sibuk dengan film, dapat dimengerti bahwa album untuk 2005 tertunda beberapa bulan, dan hanya dirilis pada bulan November tahun 2005. The album was titled November's Chopin . Album ini berjudul November's Chopin. The album was named it as such because of all the songs Jay used to practice on the piano when he was a child, it was Chopin's compositions left a deep-lasting impression on him. Album ini disebut sebagai seperti itu karena semua lagu Jay digunakan untuk berlatih piano ketika ia masih kecil, itu adalah komposisi Chopin meninggalkan kesan yang mendalam-abadi padanya. Also in this album, Jay openly made his disgust of the paparazzi known by personally writing and composing a song to 'attack' the paparazzi by calling them dogs, the song is titled Si Mian Chu Ge, or “Besieged from All Sides”. Juga di album ini, Jay secara terbuka membuat jijik tentang paparazzi yang dikenal secara pribadi menulis dan menciptakan lagu untuk 'menyerang' para paparazzi dengan menyebut mereka anjing, lagu berjudul Si Mian Chu Ge, atau "dikepung dari Semua Sisi". Jay also made another landmark in his 6 th album by directing his own music videos for some of the MVs of this album. Jay juga membuat tengara lain dalam 6 album ke-Nya dengan mengarahkan video sendiri musik untuk beberapa MVS album ini. At the same time, Jay began directing Music Videos for other artistes as well, most notably, Taiwanese group SHE Pada saat yang sama, Jay mulai mengarahkan Musik Video-video untuk artis lain juga, terutama, grup Taiwan SHE |
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| Working with His Idol & Yet Another Screen Debut Bekerja dengan-Nya Idol & Yet Another Screen Debut |
| In early 2006, Jay managed to work with his long time idol, Jet Li by composing the theme song and directing the MV for the movie, titled Fearless , the same title of the movie. Pada awal tahun 2006, Jay berhasil untuk bekerja dengan idola waktu yang panjang, Jet Li dengan menyusun lagu tema dan mengarahkan untuk film MV, berjudul Fearless, judul film yang sama. This song was released in the Fearless EP , together with the music videos of all the songs off the November's Chopin album. Lagu ini dirilis dalam EP Fearless, bersama dengan video musik semua lagu off's album November Chopin. Jay managed to get his next major movie role as the year went on. Jay berhasil mendapatkan peran utama film berikutnya sebagai tahun kemudian. This time in a movie directed by the internationally acclaimed director Zhang Yimou, in the film “The City of Golden Armour ” (the official English title of the movie has not been announced). Kali ini dalam film disutradarai oleh sutradara Zhang diakui internasional Yimou, dalam film "Kota Golden Armour" (judul bahasa Inggris resmi film belum diumumkan). Jay received lots of praises from his co-stars Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li, as well as praises from Zhang Yimou himself. Jay menerima banyak pujian dari rekan-bintang Chow Yun Fat dan Gong Li, serta memuji dari Zhang Yimou sendiri. All of them were amazed with Jay's acting skills and his determination and drive when he works on the set. Mereka semua kagum dengan kemampuan akting Jay dan tekadnya dan drive ketika dia bekerja di set. The movie is set to be released Christmas 2006, or early next year. Film ini direncanakan akan dirilis Natal 2006, atau awal tahun depan. Again, Jay composed the movie's ending theme song for the film. Sekali lagi, Jay terdiri mengakhiri lagu tema untuk film film. |
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| Still Jay, Still Fantasy Masih Jay, Still Fantasy |
| With Jay being so busy pursuing acting, directing, and various endorsements, many fans worry that Jay may have given up on music. Dengan begitu sibuk Jay mengejar akting, mengarahkan, dan berbagai dukungan, banyak fans khawatir bahwa Jay mungkin sudah menyerah pada musik. But Jay assured his fans that music will always be his first love and he had no intentions of letting it go. Tapi Jay meyakinkan penggemar bahwa musik selalu akan cinta pertamanya dan ia tidak punya niat membiarkannya pergi. With that said, it has been confirmed that Jay will be the leading actor in the film "Slam Dunk" where Jay plays the role of a leading basketball star. Dengan mengatakan bahwa, telah menegaskan bahwa Jay akan menjadi aktor utama dalam film "Slam Dunk" di mana Jay memainkan peran bintang basket terkemuka. The film is set to be released in March 2007. Fans hope he won't over exert himself in his many endeavors. Film ini dijadwalkan untuk dirilis pada bulan Maret 2007. Fans berharap ia tidak akan lebih dari dirinya sendiri dalam upaya mengerahkan sekian banyak. His 7th album will be released on 8th September 2006, titled Still Fantasy , a throwback to his second album. 7 album-Nya akan dirilis pada tanggal 8 September 2006, berjudul Masih Fantasy, sebuah kemunduran ke album kedua. As to what to expect from this album, fans can only wait eagerly in anticipation as all information relating to the album are kept tightly under wraps, but Jay will definitely not disappoint! Seperti untuk apa yang diharapkan dari album ini, fans hanya dapat menunggu dengan penuh semangat sebagai antisipasi karena semua informasi yang berkaitan dengan album dijaga ketat tersembunyi, tapi Jay pasti akan tidak mengecewakan! |
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