Jay Chou was born in Xinbei City, Taiwan Province Province, and his ancestral home is Yongchun County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. When Jay Chou was 4 years old, his mother Ye Huimei sent him to the children's music class in Danjiangye to learn piano.
When Jay Chou was in the second grade of junior high school, his parents divorced because of their incompatible personalities, while Jay Chou was raised by his mother Ye Huimei. During the senior high school entrance examination, Jay Chou was not admitted to an ordinary high school; In the same year, he was admitted to the first music class of Tamkang Middle School because he was good at piano. After graduating from high school, he applied for the music department of Taipei University twice, but was not accepted, so he began to work in a restaurant.
1In September 1997, encouraged by her mother, Jay Chou signed up for the entertainment program Super Newcomer King of Taipei Star TV Station, and invited people to sing her own song Dream with Wings.
After seeing the soundtrack of this song, the host Wu Zongxian invited Jay Chou to be a music assistant in Alpha Music Company. 1998 Composed "Tears Know", which was rejected by the company after it was given to Andy Lau. His songs "Nunchaku" and "Ninja" for May (later included in Jay Chou's solo album "Fan Texi") were also returned.