In February, Chou claimed on Instagram that his unique style of music cannot be recreated by artificial intelligence: “Despite the capabilities of today’s artificial intelligence, my special touch of musicality can’t be recreated by a machine, and that’s why you don’t see me worrying about it.”Steady Gang, a Malaysia YouTube trio that makes Mandopop parodies, decided to challenge Chou's statement.
This time, ChatGPT complained about Jay Chou songs being hard to comprehend: “Your lyrics are too hard to understand, like reading ancient text.”At the third prompt, a masterpiece emerged.“We are Jay Chou fans, his music is very interesting.Maybe I'm too stupid and shallow.Now, the chorus is the real kicker that had many netizens tickled.
And the cherry on the top? ChatGPT named the song “周懂吗”, which translates to “Do You Understand?” with a pun on Chou’s moniker Chairman Chou, as he is commonly known in the entertainment industry.Of course, ChatGPT could not have done it alone. The melody and lyrics were co-written by Mr Zhu Haoren, backed by a team of music producers.
“The melody of the chorus is really brainwashing, I really like this casual but not casual style,” one said.