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''The Story of Billy'' () is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Wilber Pan's () ninth studio album. It was released by Universal Music Taiwan on 31 August 2012. The pre-ordering of the album began on 10 August 2012 in Taiwan and included a limited edition Rubik's Cube with each pre-order purchase.〔 Universal Music Taiwan Blog (The Story of Billy album background info ) 1 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-02〕 The album marked the comeback of Pan to the music scene, 19 months after the release of ''808'' in January 2011. A second edition, ''The Story of Billy (Flagship Edition)'' (CD+DVD) (24個比利 冠軍旗艦影音版) was released on 9 October 2012, which contains a remix version of "The Story of Billy (24個比利)" and a bonus DVD with six music videos. The version released in Taiwan included an entry pass to "Will Pan Absolutely Yours Celebration Concert" (潘瑋柏「專屬於你」慶功演唱會) held on 13 October at Neo19 in Taipei.〔 Five Music (The Story of Billy (Flagship Edition) info ). Retrieved 2012-10-10〕 The album's title was inspired by ''The Minds of Billy Milligan'', a 1981 non-fiction novel written by Daniel Keyes about the true account of multiple personality serial criminal Billy Milligan. It is a breakthrough for Pan as a songwriter with contribution of six songs on the album, including the title track "The Story of Billy (24個比利)". ==MV and promotion== The two lead singles of the album "Baby Tonight" 〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 24 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-02.〕 and "Don't Wanna Wake Up" 〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 24 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-02.〕 were both released on 24 July 2012. "Baby Tonight" is written and composed by Pan himself, "Don't Wanna Wake Up" is the Mandarin version of "Baby Tonight" and the lyrics is penned by Taiwan lyricist Yao Ruo Long. On 25 July 2012, the music videos of "Baby Tonight" 〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 25 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-02.〕 and "Don't Wanna Wake Up" 〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 25 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-02.〕 were released on Pan's official YouTube video channel. After the debut of two teasers,〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕 the official music video of the title track "The Story of Billy" 〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕 directed by Korean music video director Hong Wonki (ZANYBROS) and MV concept contributed by Will himself, was released on 7 August 2012, a day earlier than the initial date announced. The move was due to the music video being leaked on video sharing sites by unknown sources and Will expressed his disappointment on the incident at his official Facebook page.〔( Wilber Pan Official Facebook Page Extract )〕〔 PChome Online (MV提早外流 潘瑋柏好失望 ) 8 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-10.〕 On 22 August 2012, the dance version music video of "The Story of Billy" 〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕 was released, after the initial version garnered more than 530,000 hits on Will Pan's official YouTube channel as of 21 August. A press conference was held on 28 August to launch the album. Will played his new single "Forgetting The Hug" on piano and also performed "The Story of Billy".〔 NOWnews (潘瑋柏傲擁人魚線 放話上下深V浴袍慰粉絲 ) 29 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-30.〕 The music video of "Extravagant March" starring Taiwanese singer Jeremy Ji, was released on the same day,〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕 and the main theme of the music video was inspired by the love story of Will's parents. In conjunction with the album promotion, Will became the first Chinese celebrity to broadcast his life snippets publicly on 24-hour Google+ Hangouts On-Air from 28 August to 29 August.〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕 The highlights of the Google+ Hangouts were later uploaded onto Will's official YouTube channel for viewing. The music video of "Forgetting The Hug" 〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕 starring Ann Hsu, premiered at MTV Taiwan and Pan's YouTube channel on 13 September. On 3 October 2012, a music video for the mid-tempo R&B song "Absolutely Yours" was released on his YouTube channel 〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕 and Channel V. The song is an insert song for drama series ''Dong Men Si Shao'' (東門四少) and the music video featured Taiwanese model-singer Cai Huang Ru (Dou Hua Mei).〔 Universal Music Taiwan Blog (潘瑋柏、豆花妹首度合作「專屬於你」MV )〕 The second edition of ''The Story of Billy'' was released on 9 October which contains a remix version of "The Story of Billy" (24個比利) and a bonus DVD with six music videos. Will held a celebration concert on 13 October at Neo19 in Taipei which was broadcast live on his YouTube channel. He performed all the songs from ''The Story of Billy'' including a piano rendition of "24個比利 (The Story of Billy)" and a medley of his popular songs from previous albums. Singer-actress Cyndi Wang made a guest appearance at the concert and shared a dance with Pan during the song "華麗進行曲 (Extravagant March)".〔 Yes Entertainment (潘瑋柏新歌一次唱足 宣告11月展開巡迴演唱會 ) 14 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15〕 The music video of the track "What Can I Do" 〔 NOWnews.com (潘瑋柏新專輯開紅盤 《What Can I do》MV首播 )〕 premiered at QQ.com on 12 October and was released on Pan's YouTube channel on 13 October.〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕 On 29 October, an excerpt from Will's Taipei celebration concert was released as the music video of "釋放自己 (Release Yourself)" on his YouTube Channel,〔 Will Pan Official Youtube Channel 〕 and the electro hip-hop tune is the theme song of his third concert tour which kicked off in November 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Story of Billy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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