The title of the album pays homage to Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin, whom Chou was inspired by since his childhood.

Multiple singles were promoted for November's Chopin—"Nocturne", "Hair Like Snow", "Maple Leaf", "Coral Sea", and "All the Way North".

"Nocturne" is an R&B track with a light classical-themed background music played by piano and acoustic guitar, and was the first piece to be completed for the record in November 2004.

The production of "Blue Storm" utilizes distorted electric guitar and turntable scratching, while its lyrics deal with religious themes.

The track "Hair Like Snow" incorporates traditional Chinese instruments including the pipa and yangqin, while the vocals are sung softly.

"Coral Sea" is a duet between Jay Chou and Lara Veronin and utilizes instrumentations from piano, violin, acoustic and electric guitars.

[2][3] Chou, who had learned classical piano since childhood, admitted that Frédéric Chopin had always been his idol, with him also accustomed to designing his images after the name of the composer.

There was a snowstorm in New York the day before the shooting of the video, which Chou felt made the cemetery scene even more sentimental, but also inconvenient according to the singer.