Wendy Chung (lyricist)

Wendy Chung
鍾晴
Born 21 September 1986
Nationality New ZealandNew Zealand
Occupation lyricist
Years active 1986-present

Wendy Chung (Chinese: 鍾晴)) is an award-winning Hong Kong pop and C-Pop lyricist, who was born in Hong Kong.[1]

Biography

Chung attended Hennessy Road State primary school and True Light Middle School of Hong Kong obtaining a B.Sc. in Statistics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2]

In 2006 has worked with a number of friends (Hong Kong writer Ray Leung) to organise a concert in the Hong Kong Science Museum.[1]

It was not until later that boyband C AllStar's producer, invited Chung to collaborate and singles 我們的電車上 (Our Tram) and 天梯 (Ladder) were the result.[2] Ladder was in the top 5 of the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs,[3] CASH Golden Sail Music Awards and IFPI Top Ten digital best-selling songs, and other nominations and awards. As of November 2017, the original MV YouTube video for Ladder has over 17 million views,[4] making it the original Hong Kong Cantonese video with the most YouTube hits. Chung has also written for Julian Cheung, William So, Twins, Vincy Chan, Shirley Kwan, Jason Chan, Pakho Chau and Kate Tsui.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "UNPLUG EP04 網上樂壇啟動! 作曲人HANGMAN與 天梯 作詞人鍾晴" [Online music start! Composer HANGMAN and ladder music producer Wendy Chung]. theclassifiedsplus.com. May 29, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "《天梯》填詞人鍾晴的創作世界" ["Ladder" lyrics writer Wendy Chung] (in Cantonese). 881903.com. June 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ "第三十三屆 (2010)" [Thirty-third (2010)] (in Chinese). RTHK. 2011.
  4. ↑ "天梯 C AllStar 原裝MV (1080P HD)". KingdomCmusic – via Youtube. KingdomCMusic's channel on YouTube
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