Qi Qin

Born on 12 January 1960 in Taichung, Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actor Chyi Chin (Chinese: 齊秦; pinyin: Qí Qín) spent his youth rebelling against his strict father and eventually landed himself some juvenile jail time. While inside, he became enamoured with music and taught himself how to play guitar. On returning home, he began singing with his older sister Chyi Yu, who was already an established artist, and she gifted him a guitar with which he was able to further develop his skills. Chyi Chin officially kicked off his recording career in 1981 with his debut album See Her Slip Away Again (又見溜溜的她), and followed it up with hit single "Wolf" in 1985. On the back of the song's success, he was able to open up Rainbow Studios that year. In 1987, he reached a wider audience with the release of album Winter Rain (冬雨) which was later made into Chinese teen romance film Somewhere Winter (2019) and yielded the track "大约在冬季." He divides his musical output up into the "wolf period" (pre-1992) and the "deer period" (after he converted to Buddhism in 1992). At the Golden Melody Awards in 1997 he was named Best Male Mandarin Artist. Over the next few decades, he continued to release singles at a consistent rate, and in 2017 issued the Mandopop album 穿樂. In 2022 he released the single "有生之年", which was composed by Li Ge Di & 刘一潮.