Lin Yanjun

Lin Yanjun (Chinese: 林彦俊; born August 24, 1995), also known as Evan Lin, is a Chinese-Taiwanese singer, rapper and actor. He debuted as a member of temporary Chinese boy group Nine Percent on April 6, 2018 through Chinese survival show Idol Producer.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.
Lin Yanjun
Lin in Florence, 2018
Born (1995-08-24) August 24, 1995
Haikou, Hainan, China
NationalityChinese - Taiwanese
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Rapper
  • Actor
Musical career
GenresC-pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Piano
Years active2018–present
LabelsBanana Culture
Associated actsNine Percent
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese林彥俊
Simplified Chinese林彦俊

Early life

Lin was born on August 24, 1995 in Haikou, Hainan and because of his parent's work, he grew up moving between Taiwan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong. He passed the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan student entrance examination and entered Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.[2] His father is from Taiwan and his mother is from Jiangxi. After finishing his freshman year, he chose to suspend his school and return to Taiwan to complete his military service. He can speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Minnan, Korean and English. He has a younger sister.[3]

At the age of 18, he was invited by JYP Entertainment to become a trainee but declined as he wanted to focus on his studies and military duties. In 2016, he signed a contract with a Taiwanese brokerage company, but as he did not get the training promised when signing the contract, he and the other members held a press conference at the door of the company to complain. After that he passed the Shanghai Banana Entertainment global trainee audition, signed a contract with Banana Entertainment and officially became a Banana Entertainment trainee.

Career

2018: Idol Producer and Nine Percent

Lin was a member of trainee group Trainee18 under his label Shanghai Project Banana Co.[2] On january 22, 2018 he released the trainee graduation single "Rock The Show" with Trainee18. He then participated in the idol survival show Idol Producer in January 2018. He ranked 5th in the final episode with 12,131,367 votes and debuted as a member of temporary Chinese boy group Nine Percent on April 6, 2018.[2]

Nine Percent released their debut album 'To The Nines' on November 12, 2018 with 7 tracks. Before the group's disbandment on October 6, 2019, Nine Percent released their second album 'More Than Forever' on September 26, 2019 where Lin Yanjun has a solo song "Like A Star".[4]

2019–present: Solo career

Soon after his debut, Lin released his first trap single "YOU" on August 24, 2018. Then on August 29, 2018, Lin's studio was officially formed. On January 7, 2019, Lin released his first solo music EP Imperfect Love (剛好的傷口) with two songs. It earned 5 million yuan within 28 seconds of release, breaking 6 sales records on QQ Music.[5] The music video was released on February 19, 2019.[6]

On March 25th 2019 , he won the Best New Singer Award in Hong Kong and Taiwan at the 26th ERC Chinese Top Ten Music Festival, additionally his EP “Imperfect Love” won the Most Popular EP Award in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The single has also reached No.4 on Billboard China Social Music Chart on March 3rd 2019.[7]

In Nine Percent's first debut anniversary, April 6, 2019, he released image teasers for his second personal music EP "Escape". The album was released on April 12, 2019[8] and is comprised two songs. Lin wrote the lyrics for the title track "Get Outta My Head" and composed the melody for "Over You". He performed both songs live at his EP launch fan-meetings in Guangzhou[9] and Chengdu[10] later that month.

On August 24, 2019 he released his new single "Competitor" (对手). The music video was released on August 30, 2019 on QQ Music and YouTube[11] and became the 3rd music video to accumulate 50 million points on the QQ Music MV Peak Chart on October 3, 2019.[12] Prior to the release, he released two part documentary on his Weibo account, which was then shared on Sony Music Taiwan's official YouTube channel.

On April 16, 2020 he released his new single "You Are So Beautiful"[13], with a staggering 900 million views in just mainland China, but creating a ripple across many other South East Asia countries. Then on October 13, 2020 he released a collaboration with Doja Cat of her hit song "Say So" for a Chinese version remix.

On August 24, 2020 the day of his birthday, he announced his new EP will be releasing soon, and released a short teaser clip with excerpt of his new song.[14] The song titled "Waiting for the Whole Winter" (等待整個冬天) from his EP "1995" was released on October 27. However, the song had to be taken down after few hours of release for re-producing because three lines of the lyrics were found to be highly similar to an existing song.[15] "Waiting for the Whole Winter" was jointly composed by him and few of his friends before Lin debuted in 2018. Lin was not involved in the writing of the lyrics in question.[16]

Filmography

Dramas
YearEnglish TitleChinese TitleRole Notes
2021Fall in Love一见倾心Xu GuangYao release date to be announced
2021 Crush 原来我很爱你 Su Nianqin

Television Shows Appearance
Year Title English Title Network Notes
2017 天生是優我 Born U5 Zhejiang Television Pre-Debut
2018 偶像练习生 Idol Producer iQiyi Contestant
Finished 5th
花路之旅 Flower Road Journey Cast Member

Nine Percent Variety Show

快乐大本营 Happy Camp Hunan Television Guest
奔跑吧兄弟 Keep Running Zhejiang Television
中国音乐公告牌 Idol Hits iQiyi
咕噔咕噔Banana Guten Guten Banana Cast Member
小姐姐的花店 Sister's Flower Shop
野生廚房 Wild Kitchen Hunan Television
2019 快乐大本营 Happy Camp Guest
天天向上 Day Day Up
我们的演唱会 Our Concert iQiyi Cast Member
限定的记忆 More Than Forever Nine Percent's Final Documentary
2020 野生廚房2 Wild Kitchen 2 Hunan Television Special Appearance
快乐大本营 Happy Camp Guest

Discography
Main article: Nine Percent § Discography

Albums and EPs
Title Album details Sales
刚好的伤口 (Imperfect Love)
  • Released: January 7, 2019
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: 永稻星娱乐
Track listing
  1. "刚好的伤口 (Imperfect Love)"
  2. "You"
Title Album details Sales
Escape
  • Released: April 12, 2019
  • Language: Mandarin
  • Label: 永稻星娱乐
Track listing
  1. "Get Outta My Head (Prod. GenNeo梁根荣)"
  2. "Over you (Prod. 623)"

Singles
Title Year Sales Album
"刚好的伤口"
(Imperfect Love)		 2019 N/A 刚好的伤口 (Imperfect Love)
"Get Outta My Head" N/A Escape
"对手"
(Competitor)		 1,986,169+[19] Non-album Single
"You Are So Beautiful" 2020 N/A
"等待整個冬天"
(Waiting for the Whole Winter)		 N/A 1995

Soundtrack Appearance
Title Year Album
"The Best Arrangement" 2020 Love Designer OST[20]
"Midsummer"
(with Xue Mingyuan)

Collaborations
Title Year Album
"Say So"
(with Doja Cat)		 2020 Non-album Single

Awards and nominations
Year Name Award Work Result Ref
2019 第26屆東方風雲榜音樂盛典

The 26th Oriental Fengyun Music Festival

 Best New Singer (Taiwan) N/A Won [21]
Most Popular EP 刚好的伤口 (Imperfect Love) Won
2020 QQ Music "Boom Boom Awards" Youth Star Of The Year N/A Won
Sohu Fashion Awards Popular Star Of The Year N/A Nominated

Endorsements and Ambassadorship

In 2018, Lin was chosen to endorse the cosmetics brands Elizabeth Arden and Panasonic Beauty as well as being the ambassador for multiple brands such as Innisfree and Korean skincare company MISSHA. Lin was also given the opportunity to be the spokesperson for both Philosophy and skincare line Martiderm.

In 2019, Lin was chosen to present the full line of YSL Beauty as well as the Korean make-up brand 3CE.[21] He was also chosen to become the ambassador of multiple brands, including Longchamp, LANVIN, Schwepps, CLEAR and Mirinda. He also became China's first ambassador for the brand Superga.[22]

In 2020, Lin was chosen as a brand ambassador for Clé de Peau Beauté and Descente.

Notes

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