Jay Fung

Jay Fung (; born 22 February 1988) is a Hong Kong and Canadian singer-songwriter. He won the 1st runner up in The Voice 3. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Edmonton, Canada, his style of singing is deeply influenced by Western pop music. He signed a contract with Music Plus Label at 2012 and debuted with the song "Starting From Today" . In 2018, he joined Media Asia Music.

Early life and education Fung was born on 22 February 1988 in British Hong Kong. He emigrated to Edmonton, Canada with his family when he was one-and-a-half years old. He graduated from the University of Alberta majoring in Marketing.

Career

Fung began learning the guitar at the age of 13. On 12 November 2012, he released his first album, Starting From Today.

In 2017, Fung collaborated with T-ma to compose and produce the theme song "Hong Kong, My Home" for the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

In 2018, Fung officially joined Media Asia Music. The following year, he launched the "Voice navigation" to lead music fans to escape from the hustle and bustle; "Backwoods" (, tentative name) teaches people to love in time "Full Moon Party" has a strong folk jazz style; The MV of "Finding for Buckingham" was filmed in Vladivostok, Russia, and Feanna Wong Shuk Man was invited to sing "Finding Buckingham: You're My Buckingham" to express the feeling of waiting for the lover to come to shore. The four songs are included in the EP "Detour" released in 2020, the EP also became one of the top ten local albums selected by the editors of the streaming music platform KKBox.

In 2020, in addition to "Detour" at the beginning of the year, Fung also released his second EP "Awaken" at the end of the year. The latter includes four station champion songs "Last 7 Days" and "Beyond the Stars" , which have a stronger science fiction element, telling the story of the end of the world and human migration to other planets, so the cover design of "Awaken" also has a futuristic feel. "Beyond the Stars" was selected by KKBox editors as one of the top ten local songs of the year, it also won the "Best Song" award at the Metro Hot Awards 2020 and 2020 903 Music Awards ranked fifth in the "Professional Recommendation. 903 Top Ten". With his outstanding performance that year, Fung also won the silver medals for the "Hit Songs Singer-Songwriter" and "Hit Songs Male Singer" categories at 903 Awards Ceremony, winning a total of three awards.

In 2021, Fung launched a three-part series of "Vampire Love Story" MVs: "Miss Somebody" describes the pain of missing someone in a Long-distance relationship; "Love Crime" has a retro style and tells the story of love that is not accepted by the public; "Sorry" , which was written when a person felt guilty after a quarrel with his girlfriend during his career low. Among the three songs, "Missing Somebody" became the champion song of four stations (903, RTHK. 997, and ViuTV); at the end of the year, it won the "Best Song" at the New Town Hot Awards 2021, and became one of the top ten local singles selected by the KKBox editors of the year. "LIFE / LINE" is also one of the top ten local albums carefully selected by KKBox editors. Fung won the silver award for "Singer-Songwriter of the Year" in the Chill Club Recommendation Chart Annual Recommendation 21/22, and won the gold award for "Hong Kong Gold Songs CASH Songwriter" at the Hong Kong Gold Songs Awards 2021/2022.

Besides his songs, Fung served as a guest mentor on TVB's music talent show "The Voice of Dreams" in episodes 10 and 11 earlier this year. In episode 10, his duet with Archie Sin Ching-fung on Lui Fong's song "The Rustling Rain" received the highest score of the entire episode. Furthermore, Fung collaborated with Ian Chan on the "I Am Live" concert 002 in August, , and with Janice Vidal for the "BACK TO THE NEW SKOOL" concert in October, both held at the Star Hall of the Kowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre.

Discography Album Brand New Start (2012) Tu Es Digne D'amour (2013) The In-Between (2014) Odyssey (2015) Coexistence (2016) Detour (2020) Awaken (2020) Life / Line (2021) Love & Loss (2022) Emo (2024)

Single Bring Out Ya Fire (2023) Searching For Sugar Man (2023) Yes, I Know I Know (2023) You Are Mine For Life (2023)

Concerts Year Date Name Venue Note2023 25-26 March Jaypop Live@Coliseum Hong Kong Coliseum

Filmography Films Year Title Notes/TBA An Abandoned Team

Television shows Year Title Network Role Note 2011 The Voice 3TVB Contestant 2021 King Maker IVViuTV JudgeEP28-31 2023 King Maker V Mentor

Music video appearances Year Title 2015 Girls' Sample - "Simple Girl"

Songwriting works for other singers As Composer: "DWBF" by Ian Chan (2021) "Overruled" by MC Cheung (2021) "You Made My Day" by Ansonbean (2021) "Long D" by Jace Chan (2022) "The One For U" by MC Cheung (2023)

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