Everybody Loves Jay Chou

Everybody loves Jay. Every Chinese girl, dreamy, quirky, romantic, and girlish, no matter how old

they were, or they are, or they will be. Once in a lifetime, if they have lived in Great China,

speaking mandarin, they have been fans of Jay.

Jay is a genius, a Taiwanese Chinese, grew up in an ordinary single Chinese family. An introvert,

he had never been outside of Taiwan before he soared to stardom. He is that kinda of boy, you

won’t notice his presence in class, but you will hold breath in silence when he starts shining in his

own way, awkward but memorably CUTE.

Music is the BIG thing in his life. Since he is not that articulate, he chose music to express himself.

He plays piano, loves Yoyo Ma, also Chopin. In pastime, he loves watching baseball, playing

nunchuks, eating noodles, bicycling his girl to visit grandma. When he is alone, he looks upon the

sky, counting stars, dreaming… You never know that a boy’s world could be so fascinating until

you find him. He is a Peter Pan on the window, taking you free cruising in imagination beyond

Neverland. That is a magic to girls who were always begging for one more bedtime story.

His music cannot be defined to a certain gender. It is a mess, a fusion, mainly influenced by

Japanese comics, American pop culture, surely, the traditional Chinese culture and influence. His

music is off limits. He is that superhero who makes free time travel from ancient Babylon to

Shanghai 1943. He is that Lonely Ranger in American West, busy around making justice. Because

Cowboys are always super busy. He is Bruce Lee, fighting fiercely like a Kung fu master. He is a

magician, a comedian. He is everything in his own world.

Indeed, Jay is a typical Chinese boy. He is quite honest about his humility. That is why Chinese are

so deeply connected to him. His music is mystified with so many original Chinese elements,

connation of delicate traditional Chinese culture, through pieces of fetishes, such as

chrysanthemum, blue-white-porcelain… Up thousands of years to down thousands of years,

Chinese people use those fetishes to respect the older, to express sadness, happiness, the

departure and reunion, connecting with the nature. What is amazing about Jay is that he only

graduated from high school, but failed in college examination. He did not go to college. But he

has accomplished what Chinese society requests for a Chinese professor. He inspired Chinese to

respect their own culture and proud of being Chinese. Through the music, he is finally recognized

by the Chinese elites.

More importantly, Jay respects the main-themed traditional Chinese values, respecting the elder

and loving the young. This is a universal theme. As a world citizen, we are all educated to love

family, love community and love the planet. He is a pacifist. Has he ever been rebellious once in

his growing up time? Surely YES. But that might be his untold secrecy. As the world is already flat,

youngsters are gravitified to globalization. Individuality is self-encouraged among Chinese youth,

while the traditions pulled little “pirates” down to the earth. They have to find their own way by

compromising a bit, at least on surface. Please give face to elders. Jay encourages “listening to

mums”, and “being good boys not breaking your mum’s heart”. He is the one who will take girls

to visit grandma for approval. It reminds me of my cousins who took their girls to visit grandma. I

was amused at that moment. After that, I had often been educated not to behave like those girls

who heavily rely on my men’s arms.

Girls love Jay much. But he loves girlish women. That is his cup of tea. He calls them “The Cute

Women”. They are pretty, they play coy and they touch his softness. They love him but also bite

him gently. They sweetly itch him with their moves, the voice and touches. As for him, their

meeting is nature force, the gravity. Their love can only be completed in the spaceship to the

universe. That is destiny. A science fiction. He is that pilot to take his girl to the moon. In real life,

he dates them. They are big eyed, and they all have sweet smiles and long hair, from Join Tsai, to

Vivian Hsu to Patty Hou, that beautiful anchor. Boys are all envy him for this charm. In reality, he

indeed owns this charisma. His fandom largely constitutes of this type of girls. But not be

stereotyped by what is above mentioned, his girl fans are intelligent and tasteful enough to

resonate each line of his songs, and they live in his music kingdom.

Thus, I have to say, Jay and his music provide resourceful inspirations to woo a pretty tasteful

Chinese girl. Any pick of his won’t be wrong and conveys a savvy sense of Chinese understanding.

We Chinese call it “politically right”.

Good luck, everyone if you have a Chinese heart to conquer.