藍奕邦

cantonese

Nan Yik-Pong, better known by his stage name Pong Nan (Chinese: 藍奕邦, 蓝奕邦; born 15 May 1978), is a Cantopop musician, singer-songwriter and actor in Hong Kong of Hakka ancestry. In 1989, amid mass migrations due to unclear handover situation to China, at the age of 11, Nan and his family immigrated to Canada. In 1993, Nan returned to Hong Kong and entered La Salle College to continue his studies until Form Six. Then he studied international politics and culture in Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States. He went to Waseda University in Japan for exchange in Year 3. After graduation in 2000, he went back to Hong Kong and worked as an office salesperson, while being a part-time musician in Harbour City and Fringe Club. During this time, he composed the famous Sound from Above for Jacky Cheung and Mad about You for Joey Yung. He was also the lyricist for Yung's Hill of Memories. Nan joined East Asia Music in 2008. He released 3 consecutive EP albums namely Nan/Blue, Yik and Pong depicting his early childhood and adulthood before beginning his singer-songwriter career. 2012 and 2013 were considered relatively successful period for Nan, as his digital single Cheers, released in 2012 summer, received his first ever number-one in the music charts. The song encouraged positive thinking and more importantly highlighted his challenges against all the criticisms through his musical career. The song was even used as one theme song in the September protest...