So if you haven't noticed all my music tracks have changed. It's officially JJ Lin time for my blog, until Christmas time comes that is. Why? Because he's awesome. That and his new album is coming out on the 18th so I felt like I had to have some little tribute to him as a form of celebration.

If you don't know already JJ Lin is probably my favorite singer of all time. I discovered him the last time I went back to Taiwan, actually. Which was quite some time ago. His second album had just come out and his title song was being featured on a new rpg game (an mmo if I recall correctly). Every time I turned the tv on, I saw his new mv playing. Maybe it was a act of fate. In any case, I was drawn in.

Actually, I got in a fight with my sister over his album. She had bought the cd but refused to share it with me. So I went out and bought my own copy of it. Needless to say it was probably better this way because that cd turned out to be my most listened to album of all time. For good reason too. Time passed and he released four more albums. Each with it's own distinctive style yet still very JJ-esque. They were all amazing, of course, but that's really not the reason why I fell in love with him as an artist.

You see, there are a lot of celebrities in the entertainment world, who sound perfect on a digitally enhanced record but cannot hold a note when it comes to on stage performance. So I tend to measure the strength of a singer by their live performances. JJ's songs were amazing on cd but what about in real life? So I purchased a copy of one of his concerts on DVD, you know, because I had to. And let's just say that I will never doubt him ever again.

I want to go to his concert. I want to hear him live. Somehow, someday, I will. For now, I shall settle for his album. December 18th + international shipping just seems so far away.