just started work after the festival, but I didn’t expect that the biggest fire would become more and more popular in the concert circle.
Starting from February 18, fans of Jay Chou and Taylor Swift, the two top figures in the Chinese music scene and the European and American music scene, have launched an "unparalleled mutual spat war", with positions ranging from Instagram to Weibo to Little Red Book, the trigger turned out to be just a concert ticket:
After Jay Chou took his whole family to watch Swift's Australian concert, he casually posted two photos to record his beautiful life, but the wording of the captions made Swift fans feel "blind and self-conscious" "It's too daddy", and further questioned that his tickets were not donated by Swift's team, but were PR tickets bought with his own money.
Seeing that the situation was too turbulent, Wu Zun quietly deleted the comment on the 19th, and Jay Chou finally spoke out, commenting "I only watch what I want to watch, it's okay" under an Instagram fan's reply.
At this point, although this string of dominoes has not yet ended, the core points of the grudge between fans on both sides are nothing more than two: 1. Was Jay Chou's ticket given as a gift or bought with money? 2. Is Jay Chou’s seat that day an invitation seat for the artist team?
In order to discuss it more closely to the facts, the reporter specially interviewed Lao Jiu, a performance manager who has managed overseas concerts in Japan, Australia, and Canada.
Let’s look at the first point first. Anyone who is a little familiar with the operation of concerts knows that when a singer goes on tour in different cities, there will be an organizer, let alone a global tour like Taylor Swift, who goes to different cities in different countries. Teams cannot all do it by themselves, there must be an organizer to run the event (there are even different organizers in different places).
Laojiu said that usually before issuing tickets at each stop, the artist team and the organizer will communicate how many public relations tickets each party needs. Strictly, both parties must make a list for verification. "The artist team needs tickets, usually because the artist I have some local friends or colleagues in the industry." Lao Jiu said that they went to Canada for a tour with a "music godfather" in the Chinese music scene, and the "godfather" also took away a lot of public relations tickets, "because he has some relatives in the local area. There are also some old friends in music."
The same goes for Taylor Swift. In the different cities that she visited during her previous tour, friends in the industry such as Emma Stone (Arizona Station) and Ayumi Hamasaki (Tokyo Station) went to watch the show and took the They are also public relations tickets. "But whether it is an artist or organizer's public relations ticket, there must be space left for sale to the outside world, but the price is usually printed on the ticket."
So in Lao Jiu's view, Wu Zun There is nothing wrong with the sentence "PR tickets will also have prices." "This is a basic operation, but just because there is a price on the ticket, it does not mean that Jay Chou's tickets were bought with money. This is completely two logics. "
Another very important point is that Jay Chou just signed a new contract with Universal Music Group not long ago, and he and Taylor Swift are colleagues in the same company. It is normal for the team to give a few invitation tickets to watch the show. A very likely speculation is that the extra PR tickets were given to Wu Zun's family as a favor. Otherwise, why would Wu Zun publicly thank Kun Ling on social media?
Therefore, it is almost impossible to say that Jay Chou paid for the tickets himself. If he really paid for the ticket, according to Jay Chou's character, he probably wouldn't post on Instagram at all.
Let’s look at the second point. Lao Jiu said that no matter whether they held concerts at home or abroad before, there was no clear distinction in the allocation of tickets to the artist team.
"The artist team will take some front row infield tickets and some box tickets, because after all, the people they want to give to have different identities, different importance, and different demands.For example, Ayumi Hamasaki at Tokyo Station watched from a box, "Maybe people just need more privacy. According to this, is it because Hamasaki doesn't have enough seats to get the front row seat in the infield?" "
On Weibo, some netizens also made a clear diagram, saying that Swift would build a "friends and relatives tent" (also called a "treehouse") in the infield area at every stop to entertain her close friends. (For example, Emma Stone and Gigi before), and the area where Jay Chou is located (located next to the sound console directly in front of the stage) is just an ordinary VIP area for public relations tickets.
Sister Shitou who was watching the performance in the "Tree House"
So here comes the problem Jay Chou's Instagram post before just said, "Thank you Taylor Swift team for giving me such a great location." There was no mention of words like "I have a very good personal relationship" with Swift. He didn't sit in a "treehouse", so what? Problem? Anyway, they are all PR tickets. Jay Chou also thinks that the sound effect in the area next to the console is better, and the owner is satisfied. I don’t know why some netizens still think that he is “not noble enough” for not going to the “Tree House”. It’s really Please be embarrassed.
Comparison between Jay Chou’s perspective and Wu Zun’s perspective
Some people also said that judging from the position of Wu Zun’s photo, their family seems to be in the front left of the infield area, “much further forward than Jay Chou.” According to Lao Jiu’s previous According to the theory, the PR tickets for a concert are composed of different locations, including the tree house, the console side, and the infield. As I write this, I rather agree with a netizen’s speculation that Wu Zun’s daughter is Since they are die-hard fans of Swifty (who started chasing them when they were 3 years old), since they are chasing stars, they naturally want to be as close to their idols as possible, so Quinlivan gave them the tickets that were closer to the infield; with the main purpose of "observation and learning" Jay Chou is also happy to sit next to the console with a better sound field. You agree with me, each gets what he wants. The real plot may not be as complicated as netizens think.
(At the request of the interviewee, the text "Laojiu" is a pseudonym)
According to Chao News
