new idol

i have a new idol besides yan zi and ah mei!

this is his story:
He was studying at one of the University in Canada when he was 19, he had participated in a singing competition which managed by BMG Music. However, he was not selected for second round but something good was coming up to him. He had received a call from Channel [V] programme manager and invited him for a voice test. When he went back to Taiwan during school holiday they had invited him again to Hong Kong. In October year 2000, he had joined Andy Lau’s company as VJ.

At the beginning, Channel [V] had gave him about 6 programmes to host and he handled it well in a short period. But for him this is a good opportunity for him to gain knowledge especially on music. For the first six months, no one knows who he was, but he never gave up and no fear of obstacles, he believed in what he’d believed and decided to go ahead with his dream. His first acting opportunity came during his service at Channel [V]. His manager had assigned him for a drama series , however he had no chance to be an singer for that moment, but he willing to take this new challenge to gain some experience.

For the first week this drama series was highly demanding, eventually became famous among young teenagers. That was unexpected result and the first experience he never had before. This is a great encouragement for him, all efforts that he put it’s returned.

There were 4 recording companies wish to acquire him, but at last he gave up the others with great conditions but signed up Universal Music as a singer. Finally after struggling for 3 years as a VJ, he almost wanted to give up but he believed in hard work and now he got his chance to become a singer.

His first album came out in 2002, when he was 22. And so far he had 8 albums, including the lastest compilation of his best songs, Will's future.

I only noticed him in my craze for 不良笑花!
At first i had stereo-typed him as the good-looking-but-cannot-sing type of singer (like most of taiwanese singers), but after knowing his story of how he became a singer, i really admired him.

From just a VJ who can't sing, can't dance, can't act, he had to learn everything the hard way and work doubly hard and change everyone's stereo-type views about him become just good looking but can't sing.

Now he writes/composes/produces his own songs and does for other singers, dances and raps very well and made improvements in his singing! And he's still so humble and optimistic and working hard after 7 years! and his popularity is second to Jay Chou in China and i think his popularity and album sales are soaring exponentially after the airing of 不良笑花.

Morale of the story: HARD WORK DOES PAY OFF.
i really admire him for all his hard work and did not only depend on his good looks!

here's one of his nice songs he wrote himself: