Guest Blogger: Chay T2

Jolin Tsai, the queen (earn this nick name) of music in Taiwan, was born September 15, 1980. When she was young, she was influenced and intrigued in music by a singer Terasa Tang. At the age of 18, she joined in the MTV singing competition and won the top prize that made her a famous singer since then. Jolin Tsai music is classified as rock, pop and hip hop. Each of her albums is diverse from one to another; she has been keeping changing her styles and working for perfect dances to show her fans the best of her performance while still keeping the emotion of her songs. Many of her songs express energetic feelings of excitement. One of them is “Sun Never Set;” it reveals a sense of happiness, and you would want to listen to it again and again as it creates the joyful feeling. Anyway, Rainie Yang is also a popular singer in Taiwan, but most of her songs focus more on relationship. Rainie Yang’s songs are so emotional such as “Just Wanna Be a Happiness Person;” this song is really sad and depressing. However, both singers are both great in revealing and telling the story of the songs through their voices. My most memorable song of Jolin Tsai is “Alone;” it is about a broke up story, and the lyrics is so touching and emotional. Phrases that really evoke me are “Alone, I turn of the light to watch memories rolled, without the light the past and the memories are clearer.” It is definitely touching when you put yourself in that situation; you can feel the same thing. Her new album Muse released two months ago; one of the songs in the album is “DR. Jolin,” and I absolutely agree with a critic Addy saying that one can listen to this song numerous times without getting annoying by that; the music video also expresses well the song’s meaning. There is a point I do not agree with Addy saying that second half of the Muse album is “an area that may not be able to attract new fans, but old fans of Jolin would definitely appreciate it” because the album is entirely perfect to me. I would definitely recommend Jolin’s songs to everyone; her songs are worth your time and money because Jolin is the best singer who is willing to challenge the difficult dancing styles and tries to show her best out of her abilities. Jolin’s style on music is unique and she is just amazing. Chay Te