I Know You're Feeling Blue

"I Know You're Feeling Blue" is a song by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai from her debut studio album, 1019 (1999). The song was written by Jimmy Ye and Kiki Hu, and it was produced by David Wu. It was released as the second single from the album in September 1999, by Universal and D Sound.

Background and release
In May 1998, Tsai took part in the television singing competition show organized by MTV Mandarin and won the show. One of the judges of the competition, Wawa Chen, commented on Tsai, "She is really a natural singer with her talent to sing. Another judge, Lee Cheng-fan, commented, "I think it would be a lot of fun to make a record for her. " Universal's music director Sam Chen said that Tsai's on-stage and off-stage images differed greatly during the competition, with Tsai appearing as a quiet student in uniform off-stage, but with superstar potential when she is on-stage.

In March 1999, Tsai signed a contract with Universal and became the key new artist of the year. Since then, Universal has arranged a series of classes for Tsai, including twice-weekly dance classes to help her improve her stage performance, twice-weekly make-up classes to help her do her own make-up when she is in a hurry to make announcements or do simple interviews, and speech training classes to help her face the media. In addition, Universal arranged for Tsai to fly to Ireland, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom to observe performances by International artists.

On September 10, 1999, Tsai released her debut studio album, 1019. At the same time, Tsai released the single "I Know You're Feeling Blue" for the album. The music video for the song was directed by Chou Ko-tai. The song was ranked number 30 on the Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year in Taiwan in 1999.

Writing and Production
The song “I Know You're Feeling Blue” is a highly marketable lyrical song, and the young Tsai has shown a rare sophistication in interpreting these songs

Kiki Hu revealed that she met Jimmy Ye through a close friend, and they decided to write a song for Chinese singer Na Ying, but Na had no plans to release a song in Taiwan at that time, so Hu and Ye sold the song to Universal through a copyright company, and they were told that the song would be given to a new singer. Since the original lyrics of the song belonged to a more mature person, Universal wanted Hu to change the lyrics to match the actual age of the singer. In order to let the lyricist know more about this new singer, Universal arranged for Hu to meet with Tsai. Later, Hu changed the lyrics to be about pure love like a little girl, "Imagine classmates and best friends sharing their love experiences with each other, and comforting her from an observer's point of view when she falls out of love", Hu said. Hu also said that because when Tsai first started out, almost all of her fans were boys, and she was nicknamed the "Teenage Boy Killer," Hu made adjustments in the lyrics to make Tsai seem like a listener and comforter to the female audience in the song with warm and intimate lyrics, “She has become a girl's best friend, because of this song. ”