Jay Chou's "Confession Balloon", is there any meaning?

In fact, "Confession Balloon" does not have the hilarious characteristics of the "Divine Comedy" that has spread all over the Internet, nor does it have the kind of air that breaks through the red dust of the ballad that has exploded in the circle of white-collar friends, but in fact, it is just a nice, pink bubble, even a little bit of a cheesy little love song, so why did it become red?

If this question was put ten years ago, someone could have answered without hesitation and with a straight face:Because it's Jay's song, ah! But ten years later today there is no one is a song will be fire , "singing anything is not red" is not just a newcomer's plight, the entire Chinese music industry are facing the dilemma of popular songs are not popular, even can not keep their own square dance dominant position.

In fact, Jay's Bedtime Stories album is only the eighth most popular song in its entirety. The album was his first album after he got married and upgraded to fatherhood, and the biggest publicity at the beginning of the album's release fell on the title track, "Former Lover," a song he based on a few notes that his daughter had randomly pressed on a toy piano. But the lead single, which has too many musical elements, isn't poppy, and if you're just a Jay sentimentalist, you probably can't even remember its tune.

The song "Confession Balloon" stood out on the album, but its impact and word-of-mouth weren't nearly as strong as past Jay love songs like "Starry Night," "Simple Love" and "Her Eyelashes. Jie fans aren't exactly gushing with praise for the song, either.

"Confession Balloon" is a very Jay work, except for the singing, the whole song's beat, melodic direction, and even the timbre are very Jay. And when it comes to Jay Chou's love songs, people first think of "Lovely Woman", "the longest", "Love Cliff" waiting for the R&B transcription of the lyrical love songs, but in fact there is a kind of Jay Chou's love songs, in his creation of the same high proportion, and because this style to do less people, so let Jay Chou's style of the imprint of the more y rooted in the hearts of people .

The Chinese music industry is accustomed to making love songs into slower lyrical versions, and the occasional passionate one is more likely to be presented in a rock hard way, whereas the use of the Chinese board to sing love songs in this kind of light and fast tempo is not to say that there is no such thing, but it's really rare to see people sticking to a certain style, like Jay Chou.

Mainly because of this type of rhythm to do love songs, it is difficult to reflect the change of mood, can only be done in a relaxed, sweet such a way, many musicians tend to feel that it is not deep enough, or even not serious enough.

Generally speaking, lyrical songs will use the rhythmic speed of slow or line plate, like 60 beats per minute Jay Chou's work "The Longest Movie", between the slow and line plate. The work "Confession Balloon", on the other hand, is between a medium and fast tempo, and its 90-beat rhythmic speed is considered a faster medium tempo, as well as a fast tempo that is just starting out.

And the rhythmic speed of a song is what determines and dominates the musical temperament, like "Confession Balloon" this kind of close to the fast medium plate song, its mood is certainly upward, but also relaxed and pleasant, which is the reason why this type of song, especially by the network anchor welcome. This is the reason why this type of song is especially popular among webcasters. Because the atmosphere is too depressing with the lyrical slow motion, and it is easy to "drive away" if you use the fast motion, this kind of medium motion song is the most appropriate for background music.

On the other hand, this song can be popular, much of the reason is because of its theme of hard passability. The theme of Confession Balloon defines it as a confession song, and with the branding of Jay Chou, it does have an endorsement flavor to it. It's a lot like the type of wedding songs like "You're Marrying Me Today," "Deep Embrace" and "Finally Waiting for You," which are inherently tainted by their themes.

The same is true of Jay Chou's "Confession Balloon". Also a love song, "Confession Balloon" is a sweet-to-the-end song, with few twists and turns or changes of mood, just a sweet start and a sweet finish. And this genre is very close to bubblegum songs in the classification of the European and American pop music market, which can also be described as a boutique type of drooling song, heartless yet ear-catching.

There's no question that Jay is a genius creator, and while people appreciate genius, they are also hard on it, and after his most creative period, there are always people who will occasionally put the phrase "Jiang Lang Talent Done" in their assessment of him. But at the same time, because Jay has accompanied many people through their youth with his genius.