Jeremy reappears in public

Jeremy wants to film movies and win the Oscar Award (February 12, 2003)

So where has Jeremy been up to since his disappearance from the music industry after 1995? Apparently he went to pursue his dream in the film directing career at the New York University, gaining a Master's Degree through his studies. To date, he has written several scripts but hasn't found an investor yet. He emphasizes that finding suitable actors/actresses for the roles is important. His goal is to win the Oscar award one day.

Although he spends a fair amount of time in film making he hasn't entirely abandoned music. Jeremy says, "Making a record is like bringing out the diary of my life experiences and my perception of love for everyone to read." He frequently composes and writes commercialized songs for other singers. He feels that mandarin songs hasn't caught up with international standards yet. He hopes that one day true Chinese music can be appreciated by the western world.


MY says:
The first half of this article talks about Dave Wong's return to the music industry. Although most points may not be related to Jeremy's return, but I found some interesting enough to deserve some attention. The article mentions how audiences prefer a singer's past image as oppose to the singer's current image. This is very understandable especially when the advertisements coming out before a singer's actual reappearance show only their photos from a decade or two ago. These singers may not have ever appeared in person in the mainland during their years of fame. No wonder the mainland audiences were shocked when they saw the singers in person.

As with appearance, a singer's voice will change over time. Singing the same song from 10 years ago will not sound the same 10 years after. Also take note that when singing live, not every note is perfect unlike a song on an album which has gone through numerous recordings to perfection before being put on the market.

The challenge now for these returning singers is to veer their audiences to accept their new current image, voice and style of singing, but at the same time remind them that they are still the same blood and flesh idol which they adored years ago. Dave says, "Unlike nowadays, back in those days, there was no packaging, singers had freedom to appear as themselves." Those "idol" singers will have to work extra hard on their new image to win back and gain new fans, especially with the added competition with the younger generation. Those "strength" singers need not worry since they never depended on their good looks on the road to fame. Jeremy, well I see nothing for him to worry about, as a composer, songwriter and singer, he's pretty well self-reliant. All he needs is to be able to get his masterpieces to the listener's ears and he is on his way. In fact, it looks like some his fans find him quite huggable now at his current age.


Source of info:
http://music.ent.tom.com/Archive/1282/1292/2003/2/12-34118.html