Even given this latitude in interpretation, some of his songs have the form and the content so misaligned you would wonder what the purpose of supplying meaningful lyrics is. They are reduced to sound effects anyway. The more refined the lyrics, the more Chou is suspicious of massacring the Chinese language. But if that is the price he pays for innovation, maybe he should not be faulted for it.
Jay Chou's best songs, in my opinion, are those with autobiographical traits, but not necessarily big hits. His feeble efforts to stop family violence (Dad, I'm back), his nostalgic trips back to high-school days (Rice Fields), his frustrations in acting (Besieged from all sides), his ideals in music and his life philosophy (Red Imitation), his encouragement to youngsters not to give up but to adjust their dreams (Rice Aroma), and his annoyance at being constantly scrutinized (Superman Can't Fly).
"My lyrics have to be cultured because they may get into textbooks I have to watch my diet or I may not look like my wax figure in Madame Tussauds. When can I see my hand and foot prints at Mann's Chinese theater?"
His aspirations are juxtaposed with his concerns of being an idol: "Don't ask me if I cried because Superman is not supposed to shed tears It is so tiresome to be asked to rescue the world. Even if Superman can fly, please let me take a break."
Chou, nicknamed Superman by his friends, wants to scale more heights, possibly conquering the film world, but he is dragged down by exhaustion and, as his detractors have repeatedly pointed out, his failure to reinvent himself. For most pop singers, a decade is a decent length of time to be so popular. One cannot expect to be in one's prime indefinitely. Is this the beginning of a long descent into irrelevance or another phase of a brilliant career full of surprises? Prophecies of his professional demise have proved wrong before and as Chou himself says: "I do a lot of things not for the reasons you suspected."
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