On July 14, Jay Chou's new album "Accident" was released ahead of schedule, once again flooding Moments late at night.

After 6 years, since the official announcement of the new album, Jay Chou has become the "top streamer" this summer. Fans all over the Internet are carnivaling online. From Tencent and NetEase to Kuaishou and Bilibili, major Internet companies are frantically competing for it, and there are constant hot discussions and controversial topics.

However, despite the time difference in the first release and the new album having to be released early, which caused dissatisfaction among netizens, fans are still willing to "pay for love." As of July 15, Jay Chou's new album sales exceeded 4.25 million on the QQ Music platform, with total sales exceeding 127 million yuan.

Jay Chou once again proved his "top" status. "Daily Economic News" reporter noticed that in QQ Music's best-selling album rankings, Jay Chou's "The Greatest Album" ranked second in the "All" column, second only to Xiao Zhan's "Light Spot". In the "Album" column, "The Greatest Work" has surpassed Cai Xukun's "Mystery", Zhang Yixing's "Lian" and Li Yuchun's "Wow" to reach the top spot.

The first release is an oolong, the new album is both "good" and "bad" on the hot search list

"Hey! You can listen to Jay Chou's new album!" At 10pm on July 14th, Jay Chou Fan Xixi was surprised to find that Jay Chou's new album "The Greatest Work", which was originally scheduled to be officially released at 0:00 a.m. on the 15th, was suddenly released ahead of schedule.

That night, the official Weibo account of Jay Chou's management company, Jewel, announced that due to a time error in the New Zealand region of the international platform, the new album's audio file was exposed in advance. In order to protect the rights and interests of all fans who pre-ordered the digital album, our company We have coordinated with the digital platform to put all the songs online immediately.

Picture source: Screenshot from Jewel Music’s official Weibo

Although many fans were “surprised” by the new album’s early release, many netizens also complained. "I'm speechless, such a big thing can go wrong." "I don't care. I've been waiting for 6 years, and I don't care about these few hours, but it's really outrageous."

Image source: Weibo Blog screenshot

From the release of the preview song of the new album on July 8, with calls from major Internet platforms, to the release of the playlist including 5 old songs that caused controversy, and now to the early release of Jay Chou's new album Although there have been "twists and turns", it has turned from a hot discussion to a focus of controversy, but with the official launch, the new album still quickly "breaks the circle".

Among the six new songs, only "The Greatest Work" was written by Huang Junlang and Xie Di, and the remaining five songs are "Still Wandering", "Beauty Like Frost", "Missed Fireworks" and "Pink Ocean" and "Reflection" were both written by Fang Wenshan. Netizens couldn't help but sigh: "Forever Jay Chou, forever Fang Wenshan, forever the best group!"

With huge expectations, the first wave of comments from netizens and fans also came out quickly after listening to the song. Regarding the new album, netizens had mixed reviews. That night, the two topics of "good" and "bad" about the new album were simultaneously trending on Weibo. Among them, the new songs "Pink Ocean" and "Beauty Like Frost" have become the focus of discussion.