Albert Leung Wai Man (simplified Chinese: 梁伟文; traditional Chinese: 梁偉文; Jyutping: Loeng4 Wai5 Man4, born 7 December 1961),[2] better known by his stage name Lin Xi (Chinese: 林夕; Jyutping: Lam4 Zik6)[3] is a Hong Kong lyricist and writer.
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| Born | Leung Wai Man (梁偉文) 7 December 1961 | ||||||||||
| Other names | God of Lyrics (詞神) | ||||||||||
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| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong (BA) | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 林夕 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 梁偉文 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 梁伟文 | ||||||||||
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| Also known as | Lam Zik | ||||||||||
| Origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
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Education edit
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Leung attended all-boy secondary schools in Kowloon at Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College and La Salle College. He received a bachelor of arts with a major in translation studies from the University of Hong Kong in 1984.
Songwriting career edit
He has been a Cantopop lyricist since 1985, using the pen name Lam Chik. The Chinese characters for this name, 林夕, written vertically, look like the compound (simplified) character 梦 (jyutping: mung6, pinyin: mèng), meaning "dream".
He has written over 3500 song lyrics.[4][5][6] He is well known for composing lyrics very quickly. On TVB's show Be My Guest, he admitted that his fastest record for writing the complete lyrics to a song is 45 minutes.
His most noted songwriting partnership is with composer Zhang Yadong for Faye Wong,[7] but he has also written with Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau,[3] Miriam Yeung and many others.
He composed the lyrics to the song "Beijing Welcomes You", a six-minute song which was performed for the 2008 Beijing Olympics by a panoply of popular Chinese singers, and which proved extremely popular with the Chinese public.[8]
In May 2009 he published a book about his creative work in the previous decade, 曾經—林夕90前後 ('Once–Lin Xi's 1990s from beginning to end').[9]
In November 2019, over thousands of songs written by Leung were reportedly taken down from online music stores in China after he voiced support for the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests[10] and collaborated with Taiwanese band Fire EX. to write a song in support of the protests.[11]
Personal Life edit
Since 2015, Leung has resided in Taiwan, citing the Island's freedom and democracy as one of the main reasons for moving there.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "「詞神」林夕定居台灣多年 終吐露香港移民心聲：自由選擇的真愛！". FTV News. June 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "金曲34》陳奕迅、王菲御用填詞人！「香港詞神」林夕買房炒股致富：錢財到某一個數字就沒關係了". 今周刊 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ a b Andy Lau's new album Coffee or Tea released Archived 27 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, sina.com, 2004-08-19 (in English)
- ^ "每個人心中都有一首「林夕」：這10大詞神近期作品，哪首最得你心？". The News Lens (in Chinese). August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "【填詞30年作品逾3500首】林夕作品遭內地封殺 大量香港歌手受影響". 壹週刊 (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "數據解讀作詞之王–林夕". 联合新闻网 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ 林夕與張亞東因王菲而結緣 稱不要總問王菲何時複出 Archived 6 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese), Sina.com, 2009-03-02
- ^ "Hanwang: Why is "Beijing Welcomes You" so popular?". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- ^ 新书推介 Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese) Sina.com, 2009-05-21
- ^ "China scraps over 3,000 songs by HK lyricist Albert Leung for his speech in Taiwan: report". 23 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Taiwan rock band Fire Ex., lyricist Albert Leung write HK protest song". 16 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.