Name: Jason Chan Pak-yu Born: Hong Kong Zodiac sign: Cancer Chinese zodiac: Pig
Albums: First Experience (2007), First Experience: Collector's Edition (2007), Change (2008), Close Up (EP) (2009), Can't Be Half (2009), Put On (2010)
I moved to Canada ... at the age of seven. I stayed there for about 15 years then came back to Hong Kong. For the last few years I sort of went back and forth between Canada and Hong Kong. But right now I'm based in Hong Kong.
All my songs are in Chinese ... except for one called Moonlight Express [on Change]. It's from a movie also called Moonlight Express. When they [Sony] asked me to find a cover song, that was the song I had in mind, even though I didn't know the name of the song at the time - I just knew the melody.
I came back to Hong Kong ... because I love it here. I wanted to live on my own and explore before I had any real responsibilities.
My big break came when ... a friend of mine from Canada sent some of my demos to record companies. At first he pretended to be me and contacted them through e-mail until one of them said they wanted to interview me in person. Then he called me and told me. It was a surprise.
By nature ... I'm very active, and I like to have fun. I'm not the type that's an angel. But I guess when you first start out in the industry you need to act a certain way that makes people more accepting of you.