Henry Lau (born October 11, 1989), better known mononymously as Henry, is a Chinese-Canadian singer songwriter (His father is from Hong Kong, and his mother is from Pingtung, Taiwan.). He is one of the two new additional members to the Super Junior sub-unit Super Junior-M, the other being Zhou Mi.
Henry's primary language is English, though he can speak conversational Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and Cantonese. He also learned French in Canada.
Henry's areas of expertise lie in violin, piano, popping, guitar playing and singing. Henry started to learn to play the piano from his mother at the age of 5, and also learned to play the violin at the age of 6. He also learned a unique form of dancing called boogaloo popping while in high school. After only one year of dancing, Henry was competing in dance (popping) competitions and shows. Henry has gained many performance awards, such as the Canadian Royal Conservatory of Music Silver Medal for Level 10 Violin. Henry said he had planned to become a professional violinist, but never expected to become an idol star before being selected by S.M. Entertainment in 2006. and also said that he chose to join S.M. because if he turned to be a classical musician, he wouldn't be able to sing, dance, play the piano, and play the violin all together (Source:ilikeradio).
He was born and raised in Willowdale, Toronto where is one of the most affluent areas of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district of North York. He attended Steelesview Public School, Zion Heights Junior High School, then North Toronto Collegiate Institute in grade 9, and attended A.Y. Jackson Secondary School (Toronto) for the rest of his high school years before being chosen at the 2006 S.M. Entertainment Global Audition in Toronto, Ontario. He briefly attended University of Toronto (Music Performance Major) in 2007. He also attended Berklee College of Music in Boston From May 2010 to August 2010.
His first appearance was in Super Junior's "Don't Don" [2] music video in September 2007. A few months later, Don't Don became a number one hit in Korea. In 2008, Henry was added to Super Junior-M[3] and the group debuted in China on April 8, 2008, releasing their "U" remake music video and an album entitled "迷 [Me]" soon after that incorporated Henry's violin.
Henry returned to the music industry after a year-long break when Super Junior-M and their first mini-album: Super Girl (EP) was released in China on September 25, 2009. In the mini-album, Henry does not display his violin playing. Henry did mixes and beats, such as for other members' (Donghae, Hangeng and Heechul) solo performances for their fan parties and Super Show 3 (Heechul) in 2009-2010.
Henry returned to the music industry after a year-long break when Super Junior-M and their first mini-album: Super Girl (EP) was released in China on September 25, 2009. In the mini-album, Henry does not display his violin playing. Henry did mixes and beats, such as for other members' (Donghae, Hangeng and Heechul) solo performances for their fan parties and Super Show 3 (Heechul) in 2009-2010.
In 2010, Henry composed a song called '진심(All My Heart)' for Super Junior's 4th repackage album, with Leeteuk. And for Super Show 2, he solely produced and wrote a song titled "Sick Of Love" which was written in English and hasn't been officially recorded yet. He was also featured in a Jonghyun and Jino R&B duet "Don't Lie" by SM The Ballad in which he raps in the song. Also, Henry rearranged Justin Bieber's "Baby" and used the song to perform for the Super Show 3 Tour.
In February 2011, Henry's new solo song called '表白(Off My Mind)' was released, which is contained in Super Junior-M's second EP, 'Perfection (EP)'. He took part in the entire direction like composing, arranging, writing lyrics and producing, though his friends from Berklee (lyrics: Gen Rong Neo, Arrangement: Ryan M. Tedder) also participated in the direction of the song too, this song reveals his talent for producing.
His fans are known as "Strings".
Television series
| Year | Broadcast | Title | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | SBS | Star King | Henry (Guest star) | Korean |
| 2009 | CCTV | Stage Of Youth (青春舞台) | Henry (Guest star) | Mandarin Chinese |
| 2009 | SBS | Star King | Henry (Guest star) | Korean |
| 2011 | CCTV | 勇往直前 | Henry (Guest star) | Mandarin Chinese & Korean |
| 2011 | SBS | Strong Heart | Henry (Guest star) | Korean |
| 2011 | SBS | Strong Heart | Henry (Guest star) | Korean |
| 2011 | CCTV | 开心歌迷汇 | Henry (Guest star) | Mandarin Chinese |
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