Chinese name 王源 (traditional) Pinyin Origin Chongqing, China Genre Mandopop Music group TFBoys (Since 2013) | Chinese name 王源 (simplified) Ethnicity Han ethnicity Parents Zhou Yan-fen Albums Manual of Youth | |
Born November 8, 2000 (age 16) ( 2000-11-08 ) Chongqing, China Occupation Singer, songwriter, actor, student Movies L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties, Pound of Flesh Similar Wang Junkai, Jackson Yi, Guo Jingming, Joyce Chu, Cheney Chen | ||
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.
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Roy Wang (Chinese: 王源; pinyin: Wángyuán) (born November 8, 2000) is a Chinese singer, songwriter and actor. He is a member of teenage idol group, TFBOYS, which debuted on August 6, 2013.
His first solo single, "Because of You", for which he wrote both the lyrics and music, won Fresh Asia Music Charts top 10 singles of the year in 2016 and the 9th CityFM City Super Chart favourite new singer of the year. He composed the music for the song "The Best Time" for his high school's 80th anniversary.
Roy represented China at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, held from 30 to 31 January 2017 in UN New York headquarters. He spoke at the forum and called for equal access to quality education for young people worldwide.
Personal life
Roy Wang is of Han ethnicity, with ancestry from Shaanxi. He was born in Chongqing, China.
Roy Wang is currently a high school year 1 student (2019 batch) at the prestigious Chongqing Nankai Secondary School (high school), one of the top high schools in China. During the high school entrance exams, Roy Wang came in first in the art talent students auditions to gain extra points and was eventually admitted to Nankai.
He was previously from Nankai's junior high school and was part of the school's choir. Roy revealed in his diaries published by his talent agency that he won first place in his grade in the school's short film competition. He received color pens as the award.
He had a pet Poodle, called Du Du, since September 2014. In November 2015, it appeared in Chongqing Fire Brigade's promotional poster together with Roy, who was promoting the brigade as part of TFBOYS’ charity work. However, Roy revealed in variety show "Happy Camp" (aired on October 1, 2016) that he had given Du Du away to a friend as he was away from home for extended periods and could not take care of his pet. He added that he will only consider having a pet again when he is able to fulfill his responsibilities as a pet owner and care more wholesomely for his pet.
He is known to be an avid gamer and basketball player.
Pre-debut (2011 to 2013)
In November 2011, Roy Wang was talent-scouted and passed the auditions to enter TF Entertainment as a TF Family trainee. As a trainee, he started appearing in TF Family's self-produced variety shows, which had segments for dialogues, short plays, games, etc., and eventually became the emcee for segments "TF Family Press Conference" and his monologue "Yuan says so". The variety shows are released on major Chinese video platforms such as YinYueTai.com and Bilibili.tv. TF Family's video channel also featured song covers by the trainees.
In July 2012, Roy Wang and fellow trainee,covered Christine Fan's "One is like the summer, one is like the fall". Their video cover was forwarded by the original singer Christine Fan on her weibo, which generated some social media buzz for the duo. The success of such covers prompted the agency to record more videos of Roy's covers. Eventually, they made a television appearance in Anhui Television channel variety show "The Best Years of Our Lives" and sang "You Exist In My Song". The various solos and duet covers were received positively and accumulated millions of views online.
TFBOYS (2013 to present)
Roy Wang debuted as part of the three person teenage boy group "TFBOYS" on August 6, 2013. He was 12 at that time. In 2013, TFBOYS released single "Heart" and later albums "Love Departure" and "Dream Set Sail" .
In November 2013, TF Entertainment created a new web variety show "TF Teens GO!" starring TFBOYS and fellow trainees. The 30 minutes show features dialogues, updates on TFBOYS, games, song covers and a mini drama series called "Boys’ College Self-study Room". The last of which, boosted their popularity with the young web-savvy generation. Roy Wang was the emcee for the show and also acted as male lead, "Ma Siyuan", in the mini drama series. TF Teens Go! lasted for 3 seasons, with season 3 episode 10 ending on May 8, 2015.
TFBOYS became a hit due to their viral 2014 single "Manual of Youth" featured in their album of the same title. The song charted at number 1 on Yin Yue Vcharts for 5 consecutive weeks and won "Song of the Year" at 2015 iQIYI Night Awards, "Top 10 Songs of the Year" at 22nd Dong Fang Feng Yun Awards, and "Favorite Song of the Year" at 15th Top Chinese Music Awards. During the 2016 CCTV New Year's Gala, the most significant television event in China due to its high viewership, TFBOYS performed a musical "Growing Up in Happiness" incorporating the "Manual of Youth".
In December 2015, TFBOYS released their fourth album, "Big Dreamers".
From 2014 onwards, TFBOYS holds concerts each year on their debut anniversary. Roy Wang performs solo dance acts and covers during the concerts.
As a boy group, TFBOYS also participates in television channel variety shows, special festival television programmes (such as CCTV New Year's Gala, HNTV New Year count down), movie cameos, web drama series, commercial endorsements, and charity ambassadors.
Solo works
At the tender age of 14, Roy has started writing songs and so far two were released. The first,"Because of You", where he wrote both the music and lyrics, was dedicated to his fans and first showcased live on his 15th birthday concert "Roy's Serenade". The second song,"The Best Time", was a tribute to his high school, to celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2016. Roy Wang selected and rearranged the lyrics from student submissions, and composed the music. He sang the song twice during the school anniversary celebration concerts on October 17, 2016.
When asked about his song writing process, he explained that Hong Kong singer, Eason Chan, taught him to use his mobile phone to record any inspirations he has, and subsequently mash them together.
Roy cites Singaporean singer-songwriter, JJ Lin, as one of his musical influences. From their weibo posts in September 2016, it was revealed that JJ Lin and Roy Wang were working on music together. The song "Grown Up" was subsequently released on November 4, 2016. JJ Lin was the composer and producer while Roy was the vocals.
As an actor, he played the younger version of the male lead Zhang Xiaofan in the fantasy novel-to-television series "Noble Aspirations". He also starred in the 2016 computer animated motion capture action fantasy adventure film, L.O.R.D.: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties.
He became the youngest person to appear on the cover of COSMOPOLITAN China, when he was featured in the June 2016 edition together with his L.O.R.D co-stars. The online sales of the magazine attributed to him (as it came with his poster) came up to 71,319 copies in 48 seconds.
Philanthropy
Roy ranked 124th in 2015's Celebrity charity works influential power index, and was the only person born after year 2000 to be in the ranks.
It was announced on May 18, 2016, that Roy was appointed by Chongqing city council and tourism boards to be the Ambassador for Chongqing cultured tourists charity. This was to promote conscientious behavior in tourists in his hometown of Chongqing.
He has worked with the UN China Youth group to promote the "Imagine 2030" campaign, which aims at encouraging the young generation in China to reflect and envision the world they want to see in the year the Sustainable Development Goals are expected to be achieved. He had a face-to-face dialogue with UN China officials at the UN Compound in Beijing, and met with UN Resident Coordinator Mr. Nicholas Rosellini. His own submission for the "Imagine 2030" campaign was a comic strip drawing of how he imagine education will be like in 2030, to bring attention to Quality Education, one of UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The drawing can be seen on his weibo, and has been forwarded by UN.
Roy was one of six Chinese delegates to attend the Sixth United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum held between 30 and 31 January 2017 in the United Nations headquarters. During the forum, he spoke to the 500 international young leaders in English about the issue he is concerned with, "Quality Education".
On 11 March 2017, the 7th National Green Plants Adoption for College Students campaign announced Roy Wang as their ambassador. This is organized by Sina weibo together with Communist Youth League of China to encourage building a green environment. Students and public can obtain sprouts or seeds from university campuses throughout China between March and April 2017.