Mandopop star Jay Chou’s 2014 marriage proposal to feature in upcoming music video

The famously private Taiwanese singer revealed this at a March 24 press event to promote his new album. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TAIPEI – Back in 2014, Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou made headlines when he proposed to his now-wife Hannah Quinlivan in an English castle, surrounded by hired actors pretending to be workers in the building. 

“I rented an uninhabited castle, and everyone in there were actors – even the ‘restaurant’ was fake,” he said with a laugh at a press conference at Muvie Cinemas in Taipei, Taiwan on March 24 to promote his highly anticipated new album Children Of The Sun.

It will be released across all digital platforms on March 25, with a worldwide physical release to follow on April 10.

“I told (my then-girlfriend) that it was almost time to go downstairs to eat, and she didn’t want to go at first. I thought, ‘Was the whole show for nothing, and the castle rented for nothing?’” 

Fans will soon get to see the “very fun” process for themselves, as a recording of how Chou popped the question will be featured in an upcoming music video for a song from Children Of The Sun.

The ruse behind the proposal did not stop there: Quinlivan was invited to the castle believing that they were there to scout for a location for their future nuptials.