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Yes, Ken do
Singapore The Straits Time, Life!
Feb 19, 2005
The Ringo Starr of F4 has joked about being a 'B-list' act, but Ken Chu may be the group's most accomplished member
By Foong Woei Wan
YOU could call Ken Chu the Ringo Starr of F4. Like the former Beatle, he is arguably the least popular member of the Taiwanese mega group.
Sure, he sends women into a swoon, but not to the same degree as the other three members - Jerry Yen, Vic Chou and Vanness Wu.
And he knows it. When he went on the Taiwanese talkshow Mr Con & Ms Csi recently, he joked about being a 'B-list' artiste.
But for all his humility, Chu, 26, may just be the group's most musically accomplished member, though he is the last of the four to have a solo album out.
His 11-track rock-lite album, On Ken's Time, is worth the wait. He composed one track called Revival and wrote the words to another one about his idol, Audrey Hepburn, titled Black And White.
A who's who of Chinese songwriters, from Taiwan's Wu Bai and Mayday to Singapore's Paul Lee Wai Shiong, penned or produced other songs on the album.
Taiwanese indie singer-producer Sandee Chen reportedly said she volunteered to work with Chu after she heard him play the guitar at a concert.
The album made its debut at No. 2 on the Taiwanese G-Music chart in early January. Record company Sony BMG declined to disclose sales numbers for Taiwan and Singapore.
Chu, who was born in Taiwan but lived in Singapore in his teens with a guardian, came to town yesterday on a three-day trip to plug his record.
He talked to Life! on the phone for 15 minutes yesterday afternoon before a press conference at Orchard Hotel.
Throughout the chat, he sounded like his usual unruffled self, even when he revealed that someone had stolen his iPod a few days ago. 'People always like to steal artistes' things,' he said before adding: 'It's okay if you get used to it.'
You could almost hear him shrug mentally, as he shared his thoughts on fame, music and why he has feet of clay.
How did you get this group of A-list songwriters and producers, from Wu Bai to Mayday, to work with you?
It wasn't me. It was my company. I've never asked for too much in these matters. My company wanted me to do something different musically, and got these heavyweight producers.
Who are your influences musically?
I was 11 when I listened to the Beatles. I don't like modern pop music that much. Everyone has different tastes.
You once talked about the travails of being a pop idol, and :-) you would put up with anything for a chance to make music. If you could do it all again, would you still have signed to be part of F4?
If I had known what was going to happen, I probably wouldn't have. If you know what will happen when you press this red button, will you still press? Of course you won't. Of course you will say, 'Ey, what will happen if I press the blue button?'
In the past two years, F4's fame has spread to Thailand and Indonesia. Now your management is going to unleash you guys on Japan. What do you make of this?
We're going to Japan, but whether we'll be popular there, we don't know. I've never thought too much about this. Whatever the company tells me to do, I'll do it.
What's the one thing you always do whenever you come to Singapore?
Sleep. (Chuckles) I sleep quite comfortably in Singapore. Maybe I'm used to it here, so I sleep better.
If I look my friends up, I'll only add to their troubles. I go on a TV show or whatever, and all the reporters go to trouble my friends and to ring the doorbell of my guardian. I dare not look them up now.
You act, you sing, you cook, you are an avid photographer and you used to work as an assistant on the set of the popular variety programme, Super Sunday. What gives you the greatest satisfaction?
You get different sorts of satisfaction from different sorts of work. When you work in a restaurant, when people think your food is good, you'd feel satisfied. It's very simple.
You had a reported run-in with your female fans in Singapore two years ago, and another one in Taipei last month.
(Vehemently) That was a totally different thing.
Still, some might say you're a bad boy.
I've never said I'm a good guy. I think that my fans know that when I'm off work, I'm off work. I don't care how other people see me. It's no use caring. You can't possibly please everyone.
Translated by Salty - http://s8.invisionfree.com/XTfellows
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