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"Play"
Single by Jolin Tsai
from the album Play
ReleasedOctober 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)
GenreMandopop
Length3:13
Label
Composer(s)Nese Ni
Lyricist(s)Hsia Yu
Producer(s)Starr Chen
Jolin Tsai singles chronology
"Phony Queen"
(2014) 		"Play"
(2014) 		"The Third Person and I"
(2014)
Music video
Play on YouTube

"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

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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

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National Taiwan Museum, one of the filming locations for the song's music video

On October 28, 2014, Jolin Tsai released the lyrics version of her song "Play",[10] 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

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  • 5th Annual Global Pop Music Gold Chart Hit FM Affiliate Network On Demand Winner - May 15, 2015[21]
  • 26th Golden Melody Awards Best Song of the Year Award Finalist - May 18, 2015[21]
  • 26th Golden Melody Awards Best Music Video Award - May 18, 2015[3]
  • 26th Golden Melody Awards Best Arranger Award Finalist (Nese Ni, Starr Chen) - May 18, 2015[3]
  • 26th Golden Melody Awards Best Single Producer Award (Starr Chen) - May 18, 2015[3]
  • 2015 Hito Pop Music Awards Hito Top 10 Chinese Songs of the Year - May 31, 2015[22]
  • 2014 Top 100 Singles Champion
  • Chinese Musicians Exchange Association Top 10 Singles of 2014 - June 10, 2015[23]
  • 8th Freshmusic Awards Top 10 Singles of the Year - June 20, 2015[24]

Tracks

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  • Digital download / streaming
  1. "Play" – 3:13
  • "Play" (Alesso remix) – digital download / streaming
  1. "Play"（Alesso remix version）– 3:18

Credits

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  • Starr Chen: Harmonization
  • Jolin Tsai: Vocalist
  • Wenjun Chen: Recording Engineer
  • Mega Force Studio: Recording Studio
  • Jaycen Joshua: Mixer
  • Ryan Kaul: Mixing Assistant
  • Maddox Chimm: Mixing Assistant
  • Larrabee Sound Studios: Mixing Studio

Release history

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Region Date Version Format Distributor
Various October 27, 2014 Original
Eternal Music Production
October 2, 2016 Alesso remix version

References

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  2. ^ "蔡依林新歌10/27全球大首播！". Hitoradio.com (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "蔡依林【呸】入圍9項金曲獎奪冠！差點十全十美". Elle Taiwan (in Chinese (Taiwan)). May 18, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
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  9. ^ "台灣兩天后宣戰 蔡依林蕭亞軒「鬥高」". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). September 5, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Jolin美人呸！ 撕衣全裸+嫩扮文青". tw.celebrity.yahoo.com (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  11. ^ "台灣威到盡 蔡依林第4度封百大單曲榜首". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). January 6, 2015. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  12. ^ 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". star.ettoday.net (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  13. ^ "蔡依林呸很大 台灣跨亞洲紅到美國". tw.news.yahoo.com (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "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". Facebook. April 22, 2019. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ "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". GQ Taiwan (in Chinese (Taiwan)). December 10, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  16. ^ "This Might be 2014's Best Pop Music Video". Time. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  17. ^ "La nueva Britney Spears se llama Jolin Tsai y viene de Taiwan". GQ España (in European Spanish). December 16, 2014. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  18. ^ 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". 中时新闻网 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  19. ^ 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". www.setn.com (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  20. ^ "我呸". 金點設計獎 Golden Pin Design Award (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  21. ^ a b "第5届《全球流行音乐金榜》榜单揭晓！". 优1周 - UWeekly. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  22. ^ 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". star.ettoday.net (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  23. ^ TVBS. "金曲風向球！？ 「中華音樂人」年度十大出爐│TVBS新聞網". TVBS (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  24. ^ Freshmusicsg (June 21, 2015). "第八屆 Freshmusic Awards 得獎名單". FreshmusicSG 音樂誌. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
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