Roy Wang

Biography

Roy Wang, also known as Wang Yuan (Chinese: 王源; pinyin: Wáng Yuán) is a Chinese singer-songwriter, television host, actor, and member of boy band TFBoys. He was named by Time as one of the 30 Most Influential Teens of 2017. Wang has been a UNICEF ambassador since 2018.

Career

At Wang's 15th birthday concert, he performed his first solo single "Cause of You", which was both written and composed by himself for his fans. The song was released in January 2016. Wang's post of this song on Sina Weibo has been re-posted for more than 471 million times. This song was also awarded Top 10 golden songs of Fresh Asia Charts, and Wang won the "Most Popular New Talent" award at the 9th CSC Music Awards for the song.
He released his second single which is written and composed by himself in October 2016, titled "The Best Time", as a gift to his alma mater for Chongqing Nankai Middle School 's 80th Anniversary.
In January 2017, Wang became an emcee for the second season of Zhejiang TV's prime time variety show, Ace vs Ace season 2. The show topped the TV ratings in China for the first quarter of the year and was viewed more than 5 billion times online.
In September 2017, Wang joined the cast of Dragon TV's variety show, Youth Inn.
In October 2017, Wang joined the indie film, So Long, My Son, directed by the leading Chinese auteur Wang Xiaoshuai.
On 24 October, Wang's self-written and composed single "Seventeen" was released for his 17th birthday. He released his first English single, titled "Sleep×Sleep6 November 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Sleep3:36" on 6 November. On 20 November, Wang released another single titled "Pride", which is dedicated to his mother. In 2018, Wang was cast as the male lead in the xianxia drama The Great Ruler. The drama was on air in 2020.
Wang's first digital album titled "Song For You" was released on 22 January. The proceeds from the sale of the album go to Wang's charity foundation, Yuan Foundation. In February 2018, Wang returned to host Ace vs Ace season 3.
In May, Wang was invited to attend Cannes Film Festival as the ambassador of two famous brand L'Oréal and Chopard. He was the youngest Chinese artist to make an appearance at the Cannes. Wang partnered with Line Friends to create his own line of characters "ROY6". Merchandise based on the characters included apparel, toys, stationery and household items. In January 2019, Wang was accepted into the Berklee College of Music. In May 2021, Rolling Stone China launches with Zhang Chu and Wang on the cover. Wang's second album titled Summer Time was released on 15 December. It ranked first on TME Physical Album Sales Chart's December 2021 chart. On 24 December 2022, Wang's 3rd album titled Bedazzling was released. It ranked first on TME Physical Album Sales Chart's December 2022 chart. Wang's first concert, The Bedazzling Tour, began on 29 April 2023, in Shanghai, China.

Social activities

On 18 May 2016, Wang was appointed as Chongqing Civilized Tourism's public welfare ambassador.
In December 2016, Wang worked with the UN China Youth group to promote the "Imagine 2030" campaign, which aims at encouraging the young generation in China. He was recognized for his contributions at the closing ceremony by receiving a special award.
Wang was one of the delegates representing China at the 6th United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) youth forum, held in January 2017. He spoke at the event as the representative of the United Nations Imagine 2030 Campaign, calling for equal access to quality education worldwide.
For a consecutive second year, Wang represented China at the United Nations ECOSOC youth forum held in New York UN headquarters, in his role as UNICEF Special Advocate for Education.

Charity foundation

On 27 October 2017, Wang announced that he has set up his own charity foundation called Yuan Foundation and that the first initiative has been carried out to help elderly with cataract regain their sight. The second initiative was to raise funds for children with Neuroblastoma.
On 5 February 2018, he became a columnist for Global People, a comprehensive current affairs magazine sponsored by People's Daily. In addition, Wang opened an exclusive column each month known as "Wang Yuan Says". During the anniversary of the Yuan Foundation on 27 October, a breakdown of income and expenditure was released, including the income from Wang Yuan's album Song for You, the income from the Global People column, and the income from the live broadcast.

Ambassadorship

In 2014, Wang and his teammates were hired by the China Population Welfare Foundation as ambassadors for the Happy Smile - Helping Children with Cleft Lips and Palates charity project. He is the Dream Ambassador of the Dream Project, a charity event organized by Mango V Foundation, together with members of the group.
In 2016, Wang became the Chongqing Civilized Tourism Public Welfare Ambassador. On 10 October, he became the Mars Ambassador.
In 2017, Wang served as Chongqing Civilized Tourism Public Welfare Ambassador, Campus Love Ambassador, and Campus Public Welfare Ambassador, as well as UNICEF Youth Education Ambassador.
In 2018, Wang served as the Ice and Snow Sports Promotion Ambassador and Winter Olympics Ambassador of the 23rd Winter Olympics. He was named China Blue - Ace Public Welfare Ambassador. In November, he was appointed as UNICEF Ambassador and served as Wild Rescue GO blue to Blue Public Welfare Ambassador.
On 20 November 2019, World Children's Day, a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly was held at the UN headquarters in New York to celebrate World Children's Day and the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, where UNICEF Ambassador Wang spoke to call attention to the fact that every child should have the right to education.

Extended plays

Yuan (2019)
The 400 Blows (2020)
Dragonfly (2023)