What magic does Jay Chou own to capture a Chinese heart? Jay is a kinda of boy who came from nobody until he owns the magic to become somebody.

1. 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

2. 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.