Wyman Wong
Hong Kong lyricist and radio host. From 1990 a disc jockey at Commercial Radio; in 1995, with "（你沒有）好結果", won Best Chinese (Pop) Lyrics at the 18th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards.
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About the artist
Wyman Wong, a Hong Kong lyricist, radio host, film actor and columnist, was born on May 21, 1969. In 1990 Wyman Wong took part in a telephone game in the super-fan contest held by Commercial Radio, showed a familiarity with pop songs, and became a full-time disc jockey before the graduation exams.
Wyman Wong is a member of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong. The first lyric published was "愛式", co-written in 1993 with Softhard; the first solo work published was Softhard's "非常口"; the first song to take the 903專業推介 number one was Jacky Cheung's "我哭了". In 1995 李蕙敏 released "（你沒有）好結果", with lyrics by Wyman Wong, and that year the song won Wyman Wong Best Chinese Pop Lyrics at the Four Stations Joint Music Awards and Best Chinese (Pop) Lyrics at the 18th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards.
On December 31, 1997, Wyman Wong resigned from Commercial Radio for personal reasons; on May 25, 1998, Wyman Wong moved to Metro Radio to host "997大奇蹟", and in April 1999 resigned and left. On September 13, 2004, Wyman Wong returned to 叱咤903 for a short stint on the mic, and with 謝昭仁 co-hosted the three-month program "八十大壽".
The English Wikipedia says Wyman Wong's lyrics are known for puns and other wordplay. With "好心分手" and "燕尾蝶", Wyman Wong respectively won the 2002 Ultimate Song Chart Supreme Song Award and Best Pop Lyrics at the CASH Golden Sail Music Awards; in 2004 Wyman Wong won the Ultimate Song Chart Lyricist Award and Best Lyricist at the 4th Chinese Music Media Awards for the first time, and with "奇洛李維斯回信" won Best Lyrics at the Top Ten Jade Solid Gold Awards. The Chinese Wikipedia records that Wyman Wong's lyric works exceed 1500, the thousandth being "裙下之臣" on Eason Chan's 2006 album "What's Going On...?", and the 1500th being "We Are", sung by MIRROR in 2022. In 2008 Wyman Wong wrote "囍帖街" for Kay Tse. In 2010 Wyman Wong invited the three lyricists 喬靖夫, 林寶 and 陳詠謙 to form "Shoot The Lyricist" and nurture younger writers.
On December 10, 2005, Wyman Wong held a first concert, "芝華士903友情夾gig音樂會 - A Man & A Pen 黃偉文十週年", at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, where Eason Chan, Joey Yung, Shine, Denise Ho, 盧巧音, 薛凱琪, Endy Chow, 李蕙敏, 趙學而, Jan Lamb, 麥浚龍 and other singers performed lyrics Wyman Wong had written over ten years. In February 2012, six shows of the concert "Concert YY 黃偉文作品展" were held at the Hong Kong Coliseum, with more than 50 singers performing lyrics written over the years; the same year the live album "Concert YY" was released.
In 2015 Wyman Wong wrote the lyrics of "羅生門", sung by 麥浚龍 and Kay Tse. On January 1, 2016, after two years, Wyman Wong again won the Ultimate Song Chart Lyricist Award; on January 1, 2017, Wyman Wong won it once more, and the Chinese Wikipedia records this as the sixth time, and at the same ceremony, with "女神", also won the Ultimate Song Chart My Favourite Song Award (lyrics). The 2023 Ultimate Song Chart Lyricist Award likewise went to Wyman Wong; the same article records that that year Wyman Wong became, after 林夕 in 1998, the second lyricist to take all of the top three songs on "專業推介．叱咤十大", the top three that year being Hins Cheung's "隱形遊樂場", Gin Lee's "Dum Dum" and Panther Chan's "伸縮自如的愛".
Besides lyrics, Wyman Wong first stepped into television in 1998, hosting the TVB music program "勁歌金曲" with 丘凱敏, and the program added a segment of interviews with singers. Wyman Wong has also acted in films, including "Knock Off" (1998), "The Lion Roars" (2002), "The Mummy, Aged 19" (2002), "I Love Hong Kong" (2011) and "Golden Chicken 3" (2014), has hosted the Hong Kong edition of the television program "1 vs 100", and has also been a fashion columnist, fashion consultant and designer. The fashion, trends and travel column "Wyman Labeling", written for "MILK" magazine, was collected in August 2004 as the first book "Y", and in December 2005 collected again as "潮騷". In 2019 Wyman Wong designed the costumes for friend Joey Yung's "Pretty Crazy 演唱會". On December 30, 2022, Wyman Wong gave an interview to "在晴朗的一天出發" and spoke about how it felt after the death of a friend, the British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.
Overview
- Born
- May 21, 1969age 57
- Born in
- Hong Kong
- Career start
- First single · April 1993
- Active
- April 1993 – present33 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 黄伟文, 黃偉文, Wyman
- Instruments
- Vocals
Catalogued works & releases
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