Chen Le-rong

Lo-Jung Chen is a Taiwanese lyricist in the Chinese music industry and has written over 500 songs, marketed and promoted hundreds of albums on the UFO Records label. He's also a screenplay for theater productions and the host for radio and internet broadcasting shows.

Chen had supported the establishment of UFO Radio and iWant-Radio, and was involved in the founding of MÜST, an NPO formed to protect the IP of Taiwanese musicians, and MCU, the first musicians union established.

Early life During his college life in Cheng Kung University as a Civil Engineering student, Chen had been active at extracurricular activities, including Debate Club, NCKU Youth Club, NCKU News Center, International Relations Research Club, Theater Club, etc. He also hosted the first NCKU film festival as the leader of Communications in Debate Club. Chen also received nine NCKU Phoenix Literature Awards in five different areas: poetry, prose, novel, critic, and screenplay; of which the last two areas were the first place. His writings can also be seen in publications such as Chung Wai Literary and Taiwan Daily. In his senior year, Chen translated and modified the play “A Woman of No Importance 無足輕重的女人” by Oscar Wilde, which was performed on campus. He also organized and managed the first “NCKU Arts Night”, a cross-club activity.

After military service, Chen started his job as an editor at Commonwealth Publishing Group, in where he was later transferred to marketing and received trainings for marketing management. Upon leaving Commonwealth Publishing, Chen became the marketing director of Jiu Da Wen Hua Publisher, and took part in publishing “1986 Taiwan Image Yearbook 1986 台灣影像年鑑”.

Career Records marketing Chen entered the Chinese music industry in the mid 80’s when the concept of records marketing was just growing. He joined UFO Records in marketing and contributed in the forms of press releases and copywriting. As an A&R, Chen needed to position the singers, establish their styles and images, and tailor-make the record albums with clear themes. Chen later served in different roles including UFO's Business Development Head, Marketing Director, A&R Director, etc. He has contributed to the successful release of all UFO records at the time, including works from Chin Tsai, Julie Sue, Jeanette Wang, Dave Wong, Augustine Yeh, The Little Tigers, etc. The pattern of Chen publishing lyrics as the marketing manager has later become a norm in the music industry in Taiwan.

Songwriting During Chen's career in record companies, he'd been involved in the copywriting, producing, and marketing of over hundreds of records. As a lyricist, he's published over 500 songs (both in Mandarin and Taiwanese), and has been regarded the most profitable lyricist with works staying on chart for the longest period. His first lyrics “You Wo You Ni 有我有你”, was written together with Yu Zhang Zhan, and this song served as the hit song for Annie Yi, Donna Chiu, Wen-Lin Fang. Chen often wrote the lyrics for Chih-Yuan Chen's song, and this combination of Chih-Yuan Chen's melody with Lo-Jung Chen's lyrics has become the representative of hit songs in the 80’s and 90’s. Examples of which include “Miss You Everyday 天天想你” by Tom Chang, “Gan En De Xin 感恩的心” by Fei Fei Ouyang, “Is it True That I Have Nothing 是否我真的一無所有” by Dave Wong, and “Never Turning Back 永遠不回頭”, the theme song for the movie Seven Foxes, etc.

Other than writing lyrics for music of a variety of styles, Chen is also an expert in tailoring lyrics from a marketing perspective to serve certain purposes, such as for films, events, or organizations. He can deliver lyrics that are suitable for singers and widely acceptable by the public while also conveying the marketing messages. Some examples include group performing songs like “Mei Jiu Shi Xin Zhong You Ai 美就是心中有愛”, “Lie Huo Qin Chun 烈火青春”, “Xiang Qin Xiang Ai 相親相愛”, “Rang Ai Zhuan Dong Zheng Ge Yu Zhou 讓愛轉動整個宇宙”, “Feng Huo 烽火”, etc. A few of these songs have also been re-produced again for charity purposes, such as “Rang Ai Zhuan Dong Zheng Ge Yu Zhou 讓愛轉動整個宇宙” was originally a ten year anniversary song for the 1999 Jiji Earthquake victims, and it has been re-recorded by Jam Hsiao in 2019 at the twentieth anniversary for the 1999 Jiji Earthquake. Although Chen isn't among the top in terms of number of songs released in the industry, he is the lyricist with the greatest number of singers who's recorded his song. Artists from different generations, including Mayday, Crowd Lu, Yoga Lin, Vivian Hsu, Weibird, Lala Hsu, Fish Leong, Fang Wan, Bobby Chen, Julie Sue, Chin Tsai, Jeanette Wang, Delphine Tsai, Augustine Yeh, Dave Wong, Tom Chang, Michelle Pan, Fu De Hsiao and many more, have all recorded songs written by Chen.

The Taipei City Government and the Ministry of Culture appointed Chen to conduct the projects of Taipei Music Center and National Performing Arts Center. He served as the committee member for both projects and was involved with the establishment of these centers. Chen also supported the founding of the National Taichung Theater and National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts.

Chen has also served in government projects as the committee member for over 20 different projects from the Department of Cultural Affairs in Taipei City Government, including, “Taiwan Pop Music Oral History Exhibition and Cultural Preservation Project”, “Grant for Film Productions”, etc. He's also the consultant for over ten projects from both the Government Information Office and the Ministry of Culture, such as “Flagship Records Production Plan and Propaganda Fund Project”, “Educational Materials for Understanding of Pop Music”, etc.

Other appearances The array of experiences that Chen has accumulated also include being the instructor at Shih Hsin University and the CTS Cultural Education Foundation, panel judge and award presenter for Elle Style Awards, and the Celebrity Ambassador for 2014 Art Taipei. Chen also participated in the 6th and 7th Cross-Strait Youth New Media Symposium.

Works With over 500 lyrics published, Chen has many classic works including: 歌手 歌名Sally Yeh瀟灑走一回Yu-Heng Chiang再回首、一世情緣、想哭就哭、痛快的歌Tom Chang天天想你、想念我Tracy Huang讓愛自由、日安．我的愛Chih Lei Wang悲歡歲月Fei Fei Ouyang感恩的心Oriental Express紅紅青春敲呀敲Pin-Yuan Huang它給我不同的快樂、留下來陪你生活Delphine Tsai問情Lei Chen往事就是我的安慰Fu-Tr Shiao華西街的一蕊花Red Hot Boys亮出我的年輕護照、閃亮的心永遠愛你The Little Tigers逍遙遊、今天看我、叫你一聲my loveAaron Kwok對你愛不完、傷心的話留到明天再說Jimmy Lin不是每個戀曲都有美好回憶Dave Wong是否我真的一無所有、為了愛夢一生、安妮、向太陽怒吼、孤星Michelle Pan癡情不是一種罪過、對你的10個疑問Sammi Cheng至理名言A-Mei排山倒海Pei-An Yang痛也不說出口的我、沒有白活、只要再看你一眼Ailing Tai可惜你不在Donna Chiu, Fang Wen-Lin, Annie Yi有我有你 Andy Lau今天Jacky Cheung相信她，關心她Huan Yeh記得我們有約、放我的真心在你的手心、誰在秋天撿到我的心Zhao Chuan忘不了的事，忘不了的人Julie Sue砂之船、我不該看你的眼神、夢醒的我、一切為明天David Lui朋友別哭Chin Tsai你是我心中雲一朵、火舞Group美就是心中有愛、烈火青春、永遠不回頭、相親相愛、讓愛轉動整個宇宙、烽火

Theater productions

Writings Most writings are re-published electronically. Title Explanation Publisher 年份日安‧我的愛Tattler literary style 圓神1989你情我願Essay 圓神1990尋找生命的活水源頭Prose 圓神1991舞夢——麥可‧傑克森的心靈冒險Translation時報1992用青春追夢的人Prose圓神1992星座刑事——雙子星的危險童話Comic-based novel by Kao Yung大然1993枕頭邊的音樂會Music critics column in Independence Evening Post 麥田1994晚安‧我的愛Tattler literary style圓神1996初戀24小時Tattler literary style圓神1997超越今生的學習Philosophical prose元尊1997行銷你自己直到成功Audiobook元尊1997我在花花世界Columns collection in Great News and Min Sheng Bao大塊1997橘子需要愛Novel紅色19982025：新小王子21世紀地球探險Graphic book商智1999我們一起說愛情

（與資深廣播人陳美倫合著）三品2000通往幸福的密語Prose方智2000無限可能的起點：20歲不可不知Tattler literary style智慧事業體2001向某些自己道別Prose印刻2003愛要自由才幸福—66個愛與自由的疑問與解答

(in the name of 安哲逸)Prose聯合文學2003安哲逸塔羅牌之天長地久—36個戀愛‧婚姻‧約會DIY靈測Tarot Trilogy: Episode I聯合文學2004安哲逸塔羅牌之名利雙收—36個學業‧事業‧財富DIY靈測Tarot Trilogy: Episode II聯合文學2004安哲逸說塔羅牌—靈思者的78個疑問與解答Tarot Trilogy: Episode III聯合文學2005我，作詞家—陳樂融與14位詞人的創意叛逆Interviews天下雜誌2010我，作詞家（簡體版）天津華文天下出版社2011浮生Prose凱特文化2015浮生（簡體版）中國出版集團現代出版社2017

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