Play World Tour (album)

Play World Tour (Chinese: Play世界巡迴演唱會) is the seventh live album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai.[1] It was released on January 30, 2018, by Warner Music Taiwan on DVD and Blu-ray formats.[2] Tsai embarked on the concert tour of the same name for promotion of her thirteenth studio album, Play (2014).[3] The performances at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan during May 22–25, 2015 were documented for video release.[4] The recording was directed by Leo Hsu and post-production supervised by 3 Aqua Entertainment.[5]

Play World Tour
Live album by Jolin Tsai
Released	January 30, 2018
Recorded	May 22–25, 2015
Venue	Taipei Arena
Genre	Pop
Length	173:55
Language	Chinese
Label	Warner
Director	Leo Hsu
Jolin Tsai chronology
Play (2014) Play World Tour (2018) Ugly Beauty (2018)

The album received generally positive feedback from critics, who pricks Tsai's musical and entertaining living performance as highlight.[6] The album only released physical copy in Taiwan, it reached the top of the weekly video album charts of Chia Chia, Eslite, Five Music, G-Music, Kuang Nan, PChome, Pok'elai, and YesAsia,[7] and it topped the year-end charts of Five Music, Kuang Nan, and Pok'elai in 2018.[8][9]

Background and development

In October 2014, Tsai confirmed that her thirteenth studio album, Play, would be released on November 15 and would embark on a concert tour afterwards for promotion of the album.[10] The album Play has sold more than 85,000 copies in Taiwan,[11] and it became the third best-selling album and the best-selling album by a female artist of 2014 in Taiwan.[12] Play also received ten Golden Melody Award nominations, and eventually won for Best Mandarin Album and Best Vocal Recording Album.[13] In February 2015, Tsai announced the Play World Tour began on May 22, 2015, in Taipei, Taiwan, at the Taipei Arena would be available for sale on April 12.[14] The concert tour collaborated with American entertainment company Live Nation Entertainment, and it was directed by Travis Payne, who has collaborated with Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga, and Stacy Walker.[15] On November 17, 2015, the video release of the concert tour rumored to be finished recording. Comprising 34 shows, the tour visited 23 cities in Asia and North America and concluded on July 16, 2016, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the Stadium Merdeka.[16]

On September 30, 2016, Tsai as a representative of Asian artists attended the International Music Summit's Asia-Pacific event, and she said that no plans for a live album release of Play World Tour during a backstage interview.[17] On the same date, Tsai together with Swedish DJ Alesso released an English single titled "I Wanna know" and performed the song at the Storm Music Festival in Shanghai afterwards.[18] On October 31, 2016, Tsai released a single titled "Ego-Holic" with Taiwanese musician Starr Chen.[19] On December 24, 2016, Tsai attended the 10th Migu Music Awards, and in a backstage interview she confirmed that she would release a live album of Play World Tour in response to the great demand by fans.[20] In 2017, Tsai released a series of singles, including "Give Love" for the 2017 Mother's Day and a related public interest campaign presented by the Taiwan television station Da Ai Television,[21] "We Are One" featuring Dutch DJ Hardwell,[22] "On Happiness Road" for the 2018 Taiwanese animated film under the same title,[23] and "Stand Up" for the Chinese film Monster Hunt 2 (2018).[24] In December 2017, Tsai confirmed the album would be released in January 2018.[25]

Release and promotion

The album included the performance of "I'm Not Yours" with Namie Amuro.

On December 23, 2017, Tsai announced the album which scheduled to be officially released on January 30, 2018 would be available for pre-order on January 3.[26] The album included 29 live tracks of Play World Tour, four We're All Difference, Yet the Same series documentary short films directed by Hou Chi-jan and Gavin Lin, and one behind-the-scenes footage.[27] Warner Music Taiwan confirmed that the video was recorded by 26 sets of ground and aerial camera, and more than 400 hours of source material have been distilled into a two-hour concert film.[4] Since December 24, 2017, Warner Music Taiwan posted one teaser in each following three days.[28] On January 2, 2018, Tsai held a press conference for the live album at Lihpao Land in Taichung, Taiwan, and released a 8-minute teaser of the album.[29] On January 29, 2018, Tsai held the Double Play Fan Meeting for promotion of the album at the Taipei International Convention Center in Taipei, Taiwan.[30] On January 29, 2018, the concert film was first broadcast exclusively on Line TV in Taiwan.[31] On February 6, 2018, the concert film was broadcast exclusively on Tencent Video and Migu Music in China.[32][33] The album only released physical copy in Taiwan, it reached the top of the weekly video album charts of Chia Chia, Eslite, Five Music, G-Music, Kuang Nan, PChome, Pok'elai, and YesAsia,[7] and it topped the year-end charts of Five Music, Kuang Nan, and Pok'elai in 2018.[8][9]

Critical reception

Taiwan's PlayMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, and it wrote that it was "another magnum opus of the Taiwan's pop diva, the costume, stage, and dance are refreshing, it showed us the high quality of C-pop music, as well as made people more look forward to Tsai's later work", adding that: "We can hear that Tsai's vocal has improved a lot compared with her previous few albums, in addition to her better breath support, Tsai's vocal expression, rhythm, and emotion became more vivid, she can now handle whether fast songs or slow songs with more ease, and she performs with a lot more confidence, musically she rearranged all the music for the show and made the whole show looks more smoothly."[6]

Track listing

Play World Tour – Blu-ray version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Medusa"	Matthew Yen Emile Ghantous Erik Nelson Nasri Atweh Lakesha Hinton	4:11
2.	"Real Man"	Isaac Chen Jonas Jeberg Mikkel Remee Sigvardt Mich Hansen Nina Woodford	3:20
3.	"Honey Trap"	Luke Tsui Gino Chen Danielle Senior Scott Wild	4:03
4.	"Bravo Lover"	Issac Chen Lin Rafn Adam Powers Paw Lagermann	3:03
5.	"I'm Not Yours"	Wyman Wong Jolin Tsai Hayley Michelle Aitken Olof Lindskog Sten Iggy Strange Dahl	4:37
6.	"Agent J"	Sunny Lee Matthew Yen Neoh Kim Hin Ooi Teng Fong	3:31
7.	"Butterfly"	Matthew Yen Anders Kjer David Clewett Alice Gernandt	2:22
8.	"Love Love Love"	Simon Liang Konstantin Meladze	2:49
9.	"Prague Square"	Vincent Fang Jay Chou	1:52
10.	"The Third Person and I"	Tom Wang JJ Lin	4:34
11.	"Exclusive Myth"	Issac Chen Wang Leehom	4:23
12.	"The Great Artist"	Matthew Yen Robin Jessen Anne Judith Wik Nermin Harambasic Ronny Svendsen Charite Viken Reinas Eirik Johanson Alexander Puntervold	5:42
13.	"Mr. Q"	Issac Chen Miriam Nervo Olivia Nervo Ben Thomas Dele Ladimeji	3:18
14.	"Lip Reading"	Neoh Kim Hin Ooi Teng Fong	1:25
15.	"The Smell of Lemon Grass"	Francis Lee Peter Lee	4:37
16.	"I Know You’re Feeling Blue"	Kiki Hu Jimmy Ye	2:07
17.	"Sky"	Wesley Chia Kiki Hu	3:08
18.	"Butterflies in My Stomach"	Andrew Chen Gino Chen Andrew Chen	2:30
19.	"Miss Trouble"	David Ke Jolin Tsai Hayley Michelle Aitken Olof Lindskog Sten Iggy Strange Dahl	2:16
20.	"Sunshine in the Rain"	Luke Tsui Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard Anders Hansson	4:21
21.	"Nothing Left to Say"	Neoh Kim Hin Ooi Teng Fong	3:52
22.	"Fantasy"	Greeny Wu Mikko Tamminen Udo Mechels Rike Boomgaarden	3:29
23.	"36 Tricks of Love"	Kiki Hu Savan Kotecha Andrew Marcus Frampton Wayne Wilkins	1:43
24.	"Phony Queen"	Wyman Wong Dominik Rothert Jason Worthy Jessica Jean Pfeiffer Alexander Krause	2:54
25.	"Dr. Jolin"	Peggy Hsu Sten Iggy Strange Dahl Johan Moraeus Christoffer Wikberg	3:46
26.	"Dancing Diva"	Issac Chen Miriam Nervo Liv Nervo Greg Kurstin	5:17
27.	"Magic"	Issac Chen Edward Chen Charles Lee	3:34
28.	"We're All Different, Yet the Same"	Albert Leung Christoffer Thomas Viktor Vikberg Hayley Michelle Aitken Sten Iggy Strange Dahl Johan Moraeus	7:48
29.	"Play"	Hsia Yu Alex Ni	6:29
30.	"Behind the Scenes" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		46:39
31.	"Story of Lin Hsin Pei" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		4:03
32.	"Story of Tseng Ying Chi" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		3:53
33.	"Story of Katherine Tseng" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		5:26
34.	"Story of Yeh Yung Chih" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		4:53
Total length:			173:55

Play World Tour – DVD version (disc 1)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Medusa"	Matthew Yen Emile Ghantous Erik Nelson Nasri Atweh Lakesha Hinton	4:11
2.	"Real Man"	Isaac Chen Jonas Jeberg Mikkel Remee Sigvardt Mich Hansen Nina Woodford	3:20
3.	"Honey Trap"	Luke Tsui Gino Chen Danielle Senior Scott Wild	4:03
4.	"Bravo Lover"	Issac Chen Lin Rafn Adam Powers Paw Lagermann	3:03
5.	"I'm Not Yours"	Wyman Wong Jolin Tsai Hayley Michelle Aitken Olof Lindskog Sten Iggy Strange Dahl	4:37
6.	"Agent J"	Sunny Lee Matthew Yen Neoh Kim Hin Ooi Teng Fong	3:31
7.	"Butterfly"	Matthew Yen Anders Kjer David Clewett Alice Gernandt	2:22
8.	"Love Love Love"	Simon Liang Konstantin Meladze	2:49
9.	"Prague Square"	Vincent Fang Jay Chou	1:52
10.	"The Third Person and I"	Tom Wang JJ Lin	4:34
11.	"Exclusive Myth"	Issac Chen Wang Leehom	4:23
12.	"The Great Artist"	Matthew Yen Robin Jessen Anne Judith Wik Nermin Harambasic Ronny Svendsen Charite Viken Reinas Eirik Johanson Alexander Puntervold	5:42
13.	"Mr. Q"	Issac Chen Miriam Nervo Olivia Nervo Ben Thomas Dele Ladimeji	3:18
14.	"Lip Reading"	Neoh Kim Hin Ooi Teng Fong	1:25
15.	"The Smell of Lemon Grass"	Francis Lee Peter Lee	4:37
16.	"I Know You’re Feeling Blue"	Kiki Hu Jimmy Ye	2:07
17.	"Sky"	Wesley Chia Kiki Hu	3:08
18.	"Butterflies in My Stomach"	Andrew Chen Gino Chen Andrew Chen	2:30
19.	"Miss Trouble"	David Ke Jolin Tsai Hayley Michelle Aitken Olof Lindskog Sten Iggy Strange Dahl	2:16
20.	"Sunshine in the Rain"	Luke Tsui Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard Anders Hansson	4:21
21.	"Nothing Left to Say"	Neoh Kim Hin Ooi Teng Fong	3:52
Total length:			72:01

Play World Tour – DVD version (disc 2)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fantasy"	Greeny Wu Mikko Tamminen Udo Mechels Rike Boomgaarden	3:29
2.	"36 Tricks of Love"	Kiki Hu Savan Kotecha Andrew Marcus Frampton Wayne Wilkins	1:43
3.	"Phony Queen"	Wyman Wong Dominik Rothert Jason Worthy Jessica Jean Pfeiffer Alexander Krause	2:54
4.	"Dr. Jolin"	Peggy Hsu Sten Iggy Strange Dahl Johan Moraeus Christoffer Wikberg	3:46
5.	"Dancing Diva"	Issac Chen Miriam Nervo Liv Nervo Greg Kurstin	5:17
6.	"Magic"	Issac Chen Edward Chen Charles Lee	3:34
7.	"We're All Different, Yet the Same"	Albert Leung Christoffer Thomas Viktor Vikberg Hayley Michelle Aitken Sten Iggy Strange Dahl Johan Moraeus	7:48
8.	"Play"	Hsia Yu Alex Ni	6:29
9.	"Behind the Scenes" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		46:39
10.	"Story of Lin Hsin Pei" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		4:03
11.	"Story of Tseng Ying Chi" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		3:53
12.	"Story of Katherine Tseng" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		5:26
13.	"Story of Yeh Yung Chih" (We're All Different, Yet the Same documentary series)		4:53
Total length:			101:54

Personnel

Live Shooting Crew: 3 Aqua Entertainment Co. – post-production supervision Leo Hsu – executive production, direction Chenyeen Chen – supervisor Paul Kuo – video engineering supervision Ruya Cheng – assistant direction Jadee Li – assistant direction, production coordination Michelle Yang – assistant direction, production coordination Katie Lin – floor direction Jaguar Hung – floor direction Pao Lin – direction of photography, camera Chen Po-chuan – camera Liu Chun-hsin – camera Hu Yan-xun – camera Hime Li – production coordination Kate Lin – production coordination Mark Liu – production coordination Eva Chen – production administration Cindy Zhan – production administration Joan Lin – production administration Scott Lin – file management Noah's Ark Co. – equipment management Baishen Marketing Co. – GoPro camera

Behind the scenes: Leo Hsu – supervision, DVD/BD video production/edit Wen Chiu – behind the scenes filming supervision, behind the scenes camera Zhong Zhi-hong – behind the scenes camera Jiang Guo-ding – behind the scenes camera, Shanghai video engineering supervision Shanghai Top Solutions Advertising Co. – Shanghai equipment support Michelle Yang – executive production Li Li-rui – Japanese translation Mi Hsueh-er – English translation 3 Aqua Entertainment Co. – DVD/BD video/animation rendering, DVD/BD menu animation design Kuo Hsing-yi – DVD/BD menu animation design Katie Lin – DVD/BD visual effects Jadee Li – DVD/BD visual effects Others: Ian Lee – production, programming editor engineering Cherry Guns Factory Co., Ltd. – live recording AJ Chen – programming editor engineering Mega Force Studio – programming editor studio Kenny Fan – mixing engineering Yohu Studio – mixing studio Sun Chung-shu – mastering U-Tech Media Co. – DVD/BD video/audio mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Taiwan Video Albums (Chia Chia) 1 Taiwan Video Albums (Eslite) 1 Taiwan Video Albums (Five Music) 1 Taiwan Video Albums (G-Music) 1 Taiwan Video Albums (Kuang Nan) 1 Taiwan Video Albums (PChome) 1 Taiwan Video Albums (Pok'elai) 1 Worldwide Mandarin Video Albums (YesAsia) 1

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Taiwan Video Albums (Chia Chia)[34] 7 Taiwan Video Albums (Five Music)[35] 1 Taiwan Video Albums (Kuang Nan)[36] 1 Taiwan Video Albums (Pok'elai) 1[lower-alpha 1] Taiwan Video Albums (Pok'elai) 2[lower-alpha 2] Worldwide Mandarin Video Albums (YesAsia)[37] 2

Release history

Region	Date	Edition(s)	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	January 30, 2018	Standard	Digital download	Warner	[38]
Taiwan			Blu-ray		[39]
			2-DVD		[40]

Notes

1. Blu-ray version
2. 2-DVD version

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External links

• Play World Tour Blu-ray version at Warner Music Taiwan
• Play World Tour 2-DVD version at Warner Music Taiwan