Play (Jolin Tsai song) explained

Play
Cover:JolinTsaiPlay.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Jolin Tsai
Album:Play
Genre:Mandopop
Composer:Nese Ni
Lyricist:Hsia Yu
Producer:Starr Chen
Prev Title:Phony Queen
Prev Year:2014
Next Title:The Third Person and I
Next Year:2014

"Play" (Chinese: 我呸; pinyin: Wǒ pēi) is a song by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai, recorded for her thirteenth studio album, Play (2014). The song was composed by Nese Ni (倪子岡), written by Katie Lee (Hsia Yu) and produced by Starr Chen (陳星翰).[1] The song was released on October 27, 2014, as the first single from the album "Play" by Warner Music Taiwan and Eternal Music Production (凌時差音樂).[2] The song and its music video were shortlisted for Best Song of the Year and Best Music Video at the 26th Golden Melody Awards, Nese Ni and Starr Chen were shortlisted for Best Arranger for the song, and Starr Chen was shortlisted for Best Single Producer for the song.[3]

Background and release

On April 13, 2013, Jolin Tsai ended her 3rd tour, "Myself World Tour", while preparing for her new album.[4] On July 25 of the same year, Jolin Tsai traveled to London, England to begin a month-long course in music, dance and acting.[5] On November 22, Jolin Tsai revealed that her new album "is still in the stage of collecting songs, and is slowly moving forward.[6]

On January 29, 2014, the media revealed that Jolin Tsai would take full control of her new album, which would likely be a cross-country collaboration and would cost more than NT$50 million to produce,[7] and on April 4, the media indicated that Jolin Tsai's new album was expected to be released in the summer of the same year.[8] On September 5 of the same year, Jolin revealed that her new album was "almost finished" and would be released by the end of the same year.[9]

On October 27 of the same year, Jolin released the single "Play".[10] On January 6, 2015, the song was ranked No. 1 on Hit FM Taiwan's Top 100 Singles of 2014, making Jolin Tsai one of the two singers with the most No. 1 hits on the list.[11]

Music video

On October 28, 2014, Jolin Tsai released the lyrics version of her song "Play", and on November 2 of the same year, Jolin Tsai released the official music video for the song and held a campaign for the music video at the National Taiwan Museum in Taipei City, Taiwan.[12] The music video was directed by Muh Chen (陳奕仁) and cost over NT$8 million to shoot. On the 8th of the same month,[13] Jolin Tsai released the dance version of the song.

The music video was ranked No. 1 on YinYueTai's weekly V-chart and No. 1 on QQ Music's weekly Chinese music video chart,[14] and won the No. 1 spot on the 2014 Taiwan YouTube Hottest Music Video Viewing Chart.[15] The music video was also highly praised by international media such as Time Magazine[16] and GQ Magazine.[17] The music video was shortlisted for the Best Art Direction Award at the 2016 Berlin Music Video Awards,[18] and won the Visual Communication Design Award at the 2015 Red Dot Design Awards and the 2016 Golden Dot Design Award[19] [20]

Awards

Tracks

  1. "Play" – 3:13
  1. "Play"(Alesso remix version)– 3:18

Credits

Release history

RegionDateVersionFormatDistributor
VariousOctober 27, 2014OriginalEternal Music Production
October 2, 2016Alesso remix version

Notes and References

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  2. News: 蔡依林新歌10/27全球大首播! . zh-hant . Hitoradio.com . November 26, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171206213726/http://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/1047hitpoint . December 6, 2017 . live.
  3. Web site: May 18, 2015 . 蔡依林【呸】入圍9項金曲獎奪冠!差點十全十美 . June 24, 2022 . Elle Taiwan . zh-TW.
  4. Web site: 蔡依林称暂不考虑结婚 自嘲风尘味不够 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220624182742/http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/2013-04-15/09143899978.shtml . June 24, 2022 . June 24, 2022 . ent.sina.com.cn . live.
  5. Web site: 中時新聞網 . 粉絲倫敦偶遇蔡依林「去買巧克力嗎?」 - 娛樂 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210711042155/https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20130808003575-260404?chdtv . July 11, 2021 . June 24, 2022 . 中時新聞網 . zh-TW . live.
  6. Web site: 蔡依林著迷3C產品 樂為英特爾產品代言 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801110429/https://n.yam.com/Article/20131122913066 . August 1, 2019 . June 24, 2022 . 蕃新聞 . zh-tw . live.
  7. Web site: 三立新聞網 . January 29, 2014 . 天后出走!傳蔡依林砸5千萬 自立門戶 娛樂星聞 三立新聞網 SETN.COM . https://web.archive.org/web/20210719160819/https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=12040 . July 19, 2021 . June 24, 2022 . www.setn.com . zh-TW . live.
  8. Web site: 蔡依林承认与锦荣恋情 谈结婚:除非怀孕了[1]- 中国日报网 ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921105838/https://ent.chinadaily.com.cn/2014-04/04/content_17406623.htm . September 21, 2021 . June 24, 2022 . ent.chinadaily.com.cn . live.
  9. Web site: September 5, 2014 . 台灣兩天后宣戰 蔡依林蕭亞軒「鬥高」 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220624182734/https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20140905/bkn-20140905184444232-0905_00862_001.html . June 24, 2022 . June 24, 2022 . on.cc東網 . zh-hk . live.
  10. Web site: Jolin美人呸! 撕衣全裸+嫩扮文青 . June 24, 2022 . tw.celebrity.yahoo.com . zh-TW.
  11. Web site: January 6, 2015 . 台灣威到盡 蔡依林第4度封百大單曲榜首 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220624233005/https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20150106/bkn-20150106222439814-0106_00862_001.html . June 24, 2022 . June 24, 2022 . on.cc東網 . zh-hk . live.
  12. Web site: ETtoday新聞雲 . 天后變諧星了!「呸主播」蔡依林:我嘛按呢感覺! ETtoday星光雲 ETtoday新聞雲 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220624233008/https://star.ettoday.net/news/420956 . June 24, 2022 . June 24, 2022 . star.ettoday.net . zh-Hant . live.
  13. Web site: 蔡依林呸很大 台灣跨亞洲紅到美國 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220624222753/https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E8%94%A1%E4%BE%9D%E6%9E%97%E5%91%B8%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%A7-%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E8%B7%A8%E4%BA%9E%E6%B4%B2%E7%B4%85%E5%88%B0%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B-091441511.html . June 24, 2022 . August 28, 2022 . tw.news.yahoo.com . zh-TW . live.
  14. Web site: April 22, 2019 . 亞洲天后蔡依林 Jolin Tsai發片兩週狂掃亞洲132冠王... - Jolin's Fans Club & 依林520 Facebook . . https://web.archive.org/web/20190422114244/https://www.facebook.com/jfc10520/posts/822497581145914 . April 22, 2019 . August 28, 2022 . unfit.
  15. Web site: December 10, 2014 . YouTube公佈2014年10大熱門音樂影片 蔡依林「呸」出冠軍!-時尚新聞-GQ瀟灑男人網 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220624233008/https://www.gq.com.tw/entertainment/content-20268 . June 24, 2022 . June 24, 2022 . GQ Taiwan . zh-TW . live.
  16. This Might be 2014's Best Pop Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20190304084823/http://time.com/3594643/jolin-tsai-play-music-video/ . March 4, 2019 . June 24, 2022 . Time . en . live.
  17. Web site: December 16, 2014 . La nueva Britney Spears se llama Jolin Tsai y viene de Taiwan . https://web.archive.org/web/20190526205519/https://www.revistagq.com/noticias/cultura/articulos/jolin-tsai-nueva-britney-spears/21075 . May 26, 2019 . June 24, 2022 . GQ España . es-ES . live.
  18. Web site: 中时新闻网 . 蔡依林《呸》走红国际 MV入围柏林音乐录影带奖 - 娱乐 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709214037/https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20160410002205-260404 . July 9, 2021 . July 9, 2021 . 中时新闻网 . zh-Hant-TW.
  19. Web site: 三立新聞網 . November 16, 2015 . 「國際蔡」發威 Play我呸MV奪德國紅點設計大獎 娛樂星聞 三立新聞網 SETN.COM . https://web.archive.org/web/20210719204212/https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=106652 . July 19, 2021 . July 9, 2021 . www.setn.com . zh-TW.
  20. Web site: 我呸 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210711040144/https://www.goldenpin.org.tw/project/%e6%88%91%e5%91%b8/ . July 11, 2021 . July 9, 2021 . 金點設計獎 Golden Pin Design Award . zh-TW.
  21. Web site: 第5届《全球流行音乐金榜》榜单揭晓! . https://web.archive.org/web/20210621221938/https://www.uweekly.sg/showbiz/12462 . June 21, 2021 . June 24, 2022 . 优1周 - UWeekly . en-US . live.
  22. Web site: ETtoday新聞雲 . 呸姐蔡依林攬4獎 甜笑:已經在想像拿金曲的感覺! ETtoday星光雲 ETtoday新聞雲 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625000652/https://star.ettoday.net/news/514309 . June 25, 2022 . June 24, 2022 . star.ettoday.net . zh-Hant . live.
  23. Web site: TVBS . 金曲風向球!? 「中華音樂人」年度十大出爐│TVBS新聞網 . June 24, 2022 . TVBS . zh-tw.
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