M'sian Football Fans Are Flocking To Jay Chou's Instagram To Leave Hateful Comments
Many Malaysians also apologised to the singer for their countrymen's bad behaviour.
By Yap Wan Xiang — 06 Jan 2023, 03:25 PM
Over the past few days, Malaysian football fans have flocked to Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou's Instagram to leave comments asking him to cancel his concert at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Comments written in English and Bahasa Melayu can be found in the comment sections of two of the Mandarin pop singer's latest Instagram posts.
"Cancel your concert," said one netizen, with another adding, "Please don't come to Malaysia, we hate you."
"This is him, right? The one who is holding a concert at the National Stadium Bukit Jalil," asked a person, to which an Instagram user said, "Yes."
"Go to hell, stupid concert. Sampah. Football [is a] far more important event [to be] held in [a] sports stadium," a netizen wrote, calling the 13 Golden Melody award-winner as "trash".
The Golden Melody Awards are widely recognised as the equivalent of the Grammy Awards in the Chinese-speaking world.
"F--k [your] concert. This is a stadium, it's not for a concert. The Shah Alam Stadium is empty, why don't you use that? No one is going to bother you if you hold it there," jeered a person.
"Don't make (sic) a concert in Malaysia, no one [likes] you in Malaysia," read another charged comment.
The comments come after Malaysians learned that 21,000 seats at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium have to remain vacant for the upcoming match between Malaysia and Thailand
The highly-anticipated clash between the two neighbouring countries is the first leg of the ASEAN Football Federation Cup (AFF) 2022 semi-final match, happening this Saturday, 7 January.
The 21,000 seats will be vacant during the match to make way for the setup of Jay Chou's concert, happening on 15 January, eight days after Saturday's match.
Speaking on the issue, Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said that Jay Chou's World Tour stadium booking was made on 13 March 2019, while the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) booked the stadium for AFF 2022 on 18 August 2022.
In other words, Jay Chou's concert organisers booked the stadium three years, five months, and five days (or 1,254 days) earlier than FAM.
"The concert needs 14 days to set up the stage by 500 crew, (on top of) 185 international crew, 45 heavy machineries, 200 speakers, and 800 lights. They have been delayed 2.5 days to make space for AFF," Hannah tweeted yesterday, 5 January.
After Malaysians learned about fellow football fans harassing Jay Chou on his Instagram, they, too, flooded the comment sections to apologise to the pop star
"[On] behalf of Malaysians, we are sorry for lots of hate comments from Malaysian football fans," apologised a person.
"Malaysians, please care about your image. Anything you commented [on] is using the Malaysian image. Please think carefully when you comment [on] anything. Jay [never did] anything wrong, he's just an artist and performer. Why say bad words [to him] because of management's fault? Please don't mepersiasuikan (disgrace) Malaysians," read another comment.
Some comments, written in Bahasa Melayu and Chinese, also echoed the same sentiment, all apologising to the singer for their fellow countrymen's bad behaviour.
Debuted in 2000, Jay Chou has been popular in every part of the Chinese-speaking world for over two decades.
He is known for his countless hits, which are predominantly love songs. He is also unique in his voice as he tends to 'mumble-sing', making him one of the most iconic singers among Chinese stars.
The 43-year-old musical talent composes most of his songs himself.
He is also a movie director and actor, having starred in Initial D (2005) and The Green Hornet (2011). The most memorable movie he directed is Secret (2007), a story about two pianists falling in love across different timelines.
