Being an entertainment star Jay Chou has crossed into the sports world. Being the good friend of marathon world champion Kevin Lin, Jay Chou attended the launch ceremony for the "Silk Road Journey". Worth mentioning is that Jay Chou is the joint organiser of the event and has also especially written a theme song.
Jay Chou is the joint organiser of the event, he's participating in the sports event as an entertainment star, he says it's a "cross boundary collaboration". Not long ago, Jay Chou filmed a commercial with an NBA star. Jay Chou frankly said he likes sports, but there's no way he could do such an extreme sport, "This requires perseverance, it requires a determined effort, this is a very meaningful and tiring event. This isn't something a human can do, it's something a super human can do, it's a challenge of life, I'm very honoured to be able to be witness to this new miracle." But Jay Chou expressed he could give it a try, "I'll be doing a 1 hour hike, when they reach the final destination (September), I'll fly directly to Xian to wait for them."
Even though he's not personally participating in the desert crossing event, Jay Chou uses his own method to give support, he especially wrote a theme song for the event. "The inspiration this time came from U2, last time U2 wrote the theme song for Kevin Lin's crossing of the Sahara desert. They put the sound of wind at the beginning of the theme song, the shot at the front is of the desert, they used electric guitars in the song, it felt like the storm was getting closer. This time's song won't be like a love song, because this is an event that challenges the limits." He revealed, at present the theme song is not finished, after he finishes producing it it will be included in the new album to be released in July.
