Nylon Chen

Nylon Chen (Chinese: 陳乃榮; pinyin: Chén Nǎiróng; born 20 May 1981) is a Taiwanese singer and actor.

Nylon Chen
Born	(1981-05-20) 20 May 1981 Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation	Singer, actor
Years active	2009–present
Spouse(s)	Lene Lai
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳乃榮
Simplified Chinese	陈乃荣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Nǎiróng
Musical career
Origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Genres	Mandopop
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, keyboard
Labels	Avex Taiwan (2005–2007) B'in Music Co. Ltd (2009–2011) Rock Records (2012–present)
Website	Official blog

Biography

Background

Nylon Chen was born on May 20, 1981 in Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

Acting career

Before officially debuting, Chen first appeared in 2008's Honey and Clover series starring Joe Cheng and Janine Chang, playing the character of Lu Shan Qi.[2] He began acting as a second male lead in 2011 for his character role in Happy Dandelion alongside Lene Lai.[3] He, then, continued participating in various television dramas as part of the supporting cast or as a guest. He also tried dubbing the voice of Korean actor-singer Siwon of Super Junior in manga-turned-series Skip Beat in 2011.[4]

He participated in two more television dramas as a second male lead, particularly in Spring Love and Deja Vu in 2012 and 2013 respectively.[5][6] In 2014, he received his first role as a male lead, playing the character Huang Shi Jia.[7] In preparation, Chen exercised more than before from weight training to running, as well as eating more meat and vegetables, and taking high-protein supplements for better fitness.[8][9]

Music career

Besides his acting career, Nylon Chen is also a singer-songwriter and is good in playing the keyboards. He calls himself 'musical zhainan' (音樂宅男), because he mostly spends his time at home (zhainan means 'recluse'), writing and composing songs.[10] He also loves performing live and be able to interact with other musicians.[10]

"Writing a song is like falling in love. You have to safeguard that precious instinct or the politics of the music business will rob you of it." — Nylon Chen[10]

His debut album entitled Paradise was released on July 15, 2009 under Believe In Music.[11] The ten tracks in the album were chosen from over 300 songs written by himself.[12] The album peaked at 4 at G-Music Charts on the first week of its release,[13] and managed to reach the third spot on its second week.[14]

In the span of three years since his album release, he spent most of his days writing songs. He managed to create over 100 songs for his upcoming album, mostly talks about "a musician dealing with personal struggles".[10] On July 7, 2012, Chen released his second album Same Species (同種異類) under Rock Records,[15] which landed at number 4 at G-Music Charts.[16] Besides participating in its production, the eleven-track album was entirely written and composed by Chen, himself.[17] He then held a concert entitled One Man Nakashi (一個人的那卡西) on October 13 at 4pm at Legacy Taipei concert to promote his album.[10]

He also composes original soundtracks for television dramas, such as "Summon Beast" and "Spring" in K.O.3an Guo and Happy Dandelion series respectively, and advertisement songs, which includes "Jasmine Tea" (茉莉茶園) by Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E.[18] In fact, just after the end of KO One Re-act series, Chen was asked to write a theme song within a day for 做自己的英雄 short film.[19]

Filmography

Television series

Year	English Title	Original title	Character/Role
2008	Honey and Clover	蜂蜜幸運草	Lu Shan Qi
2009	K.O.3an Guo	終極三國	Cao Cao
2010	The Gifts	女王不下班	Josh
2011	Happy Dandelion	幸福蒲公英	高宗南
	Skip Beat!	華麗的挑戰	Dun Helian (voice dub)
2012	What Is Love	花是愛	Albert
	Spring Love	美人龍湯	Zhao Ren Hu
2013	Fabulous Boys	原來是美男	Gao Cai Yin
	KO ONE Re-act	終極一班3	Cao Ji Li
	Kiss Me Mom!	媽，親一下！	Wang Bin
	Deja Vu	回到愛以前	Fang Qi Xiang
2014	Tie the Knot	媽咪的男朋友	Huang Shi Jia
		情牽萬里	鄒炯如
2015	Baby Daddy	長不大的爸爸	Hu Minghan
	Be With You	好想談戀愛	Zhao Liqi
2017	The Perfect Match
	Memory Love
2019	Deja Vu

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Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Album details	Peak positions	Sales and certifications
2009	Paradise	Release Date: July 14, 2009 Label: Believe in Music	3[14]	–
2012	Same Species	Released: July 7, 2012 Label: Rock Records	4[16]	–
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack contributions

Year	Title	OST
2009	"Summon Beast"	K.O.3an Guo
2011	"Spring"	Happy Dandelion
2012	"Only Wanna Hold You"	Gung Hay Fat Choy
	"Heard"	Say That You Love Me
	"At Last"
	"終於"
	"Dismay"	Spring Love
	"Long"
	"Radiance"
	"The Last Thing I Do For You"
2014	"After Saying 'I Love You'	Tie the Knot

Production credits

Year	Song	Artist	Role	Album
2009	"不再"	himself	lyricist	Paradise
	"Lies" (謊言)
	"No Longer" (不再)
	"Paradise"
	"靈魂的定力"
	"Summon Beast" (召喚獸)		composer
2012	"Heard" (聽見)		lyricist and composer	Same Species
	"Only Wanna Hold You" (只想抱著你)
	"Can't Tell Me" (不能告訴我)
	"終於"
	"覺醒"
	"廉價的祝福"
	"守候"
	"憐憫的快樂"
	"同種異類"
	"Spring" (春)
	"一個人的那卡西"
2013	"Grow Up" (長大)		lyricist	data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | non-album single
	"為你做的最後一件事"			data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | non-album single
	"狼狽"		composer	data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | non-album single
	"做自己的英雄"			data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | non-album single

Concerts

Year	Concert Title	Details
2012	One Man Nakashi (一個人的那卡西)[10]	Venue: Legacy Taipei concert Date: October 13, 2012
2014	今晚.是否你也想著我[22]	Venue: Legacy Taipei Teaching Music Performance Space Date: October 25, 2014

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Category	Work	Result
2009	Singapore Hit Awards	Best Newcomer Award[23]	Paradise	Nominated
	YAHOO! Search Popularity Awards	Booming Taiwan Male Artist[24]	N/A	Won

References

1. "Artist profiles KKBOX". KKbox (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
2. "Honey and Clover Official blog". pixnet (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
3. "Happy Dandelion official website". TTV (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
4. "8 Reasons to watch Skip Beat!". Drama Fever. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
5. "Spring Love official website". GTV (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
6. "Deja Vu official website". TTV (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
7. Wong, Suzanne (2014-06-06). 王傳一陳乃榮健身戲 20公斤啞鈴上陣. Epoch Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 April 2015.
8. Xu, Rong Rong. 陳乃榮露肉 吞高蛋白急造肌. China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
9. Hsu, Yung Yung. 王傳一「男一演技男二命」神隱6集. China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
10. Huang, Andrew. "Musical zhainan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
11. "Paradise". Yesasia. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
12. "Paradise (CD+DVD) (Deluxe Edition)". Yesasia. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
13. 第28週計算時間： 2009/07/10 – 2009/07/16. G-Music (in Chinese). Archived from the original on July 22, 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
14. 第30週計算時間： 2009/07/24 – 2009/07/30. G-Music (in Chinese). Archived from the original on August 3, 2009.
15. "Same Species #2". Yesasia. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
16. 第29週計算時間： 2012/07/20 – 2012/07/26. G-Music (in Chinese). Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
17. "Same Species #2 (Version 2)". Yesasia. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
18. 關於乃榮. Nylon Chen blog (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
19. 陳乃榮受微電影情節感動　1天內寫歌《做自己的英雄》. ET Today (in Chinese). Missing or empty |url= (help)
20. Nylon Chen at douban.com
21. Nylon Chen at chinesemov.com
22. 簡訊活動：陳乃榮-送-『今晚.是否你也想著我』演唱會入場券. Broadcasting Corporation of China (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
23. "批踢踢實業坊›看板 A-MEI關於我們聯絡資訊". PTT (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
24. "具惠善 「Yahoo!奇摩搜尋人氣大獎2009」頒獎典禮首度登台！". Leader News (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 May 2015.

External links

• (in Chinese) Nylon Chen's blog
• Nylon Chen on Facebook
• Nylon Chen's channel on YouTube