Wen Junhui
Wen Junhui (Chinese: 文俊辉; Korean: 문준휘; born June 10, 1996), professionally known by his stage name Jun (준), is a Chinese singer, dancer, and actor based in South Korea and China. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Seventeen and its subunit Performance Team. Before debuting as a member of Seventeen, Jun was a child actor who starred in multiple films including The Pye Dog (2006), for which he won the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild's Best New Actor Silver Award, and The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010).[1][2] He released his first solo single "能不能坐在我身旁" ("Can You Sit By My Side?") on 14 December 2018.[3][unreliable source?]
Wen Junhui | |
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文俊辉 | |
Wen in March 2023 | |
| Born | June 10, 1996 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
| Other names | Jun |
| Occupations |
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| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instruments |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Pledis |
| Member of | Seventeen |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 文俊輝 |
| Simplified Chinese | 文俊辉 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wén Jùnhuī |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 문준휘 |
| Revised Romanization | Mun Junhwi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Mun Chunwi |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 준 |
| Revised Romanization | Jun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chun |
| Signature | |
Early life edit
Wen Junhui was born on 10 June 1996, in Shenzhen.[2] He has a younger brother named Feng Jun who is ten years younger than him. As a child, Jun began starring in commercials at the age of two and worked as a child actor on TV shows and movies in Hong Kong and Mainland China.[4]
Career edit
Early career and debut edit
In October 2012, Jun moved to South Korea to undergo training under Pledis Entertainment. From 2013 to 2015, he appeared on Seventeen TV and Seventeen Project: Big Debut Plan as a trainee alongside the future members of his band. He debuted as a member of Seventeen on 26 May 2015 under the stage name Jun. The group's first EP 17 Carat was released three days later, on May 29, 2015.[5]
In 2018, Jun and group member The8 participated in the Chinese music reality show Chao Yin Zhan Ji (潮音战纪).[6] Jun won the first solo stage competition on the show with his performance of Wo Ming Bai (我明白), a Chinese cover of Seventeen's Thanks.[7] He wrote the Chinese lyrics for the cover.[8] From October to December 2018, he co-hosted the Chinese music ranking show called YO! BANG (由你音乐榜样).[9]
Solo music edit
Jun released his first solo song, and the special single album Can You Sit By My Side (能不能坐在我身边), which he wrote lyrics for, on 14 December 2018.[10][11] In 2020, he participated in the soundtrack of The King: Eternal Monarch with the song "Dream".[12]
On 5 February 2021, Jun released the single "Crow" (乌鸦), which debuted on and later repackaged it into his second single album Silent Boarding Gate (寂寞号登机口) released on 14 February.[13] His single "Crow" made its mark on the Billboard World Digital Songs Sales chart after less than one week of its release, marking Jun's debut as a solo artist on the Billboard charts.[14]
On 23 September 2022, Jun released his third digital single "Limbo" with 2 versions in Korean and Chinese.[15] In China, he sold 29,000 copies of the digital album containing both tracks on Tencent/QQ Music within the first week of release.[16] The Korean version peaked at 26 on the Bugs Real-Time chart and became his first song to chart on the platform.[17] On Melon, the track entered the daily chart for 23 September at 723, an improvement from Crow which had ranked at 948.[18][19] On the Melon latest 24h (1 week) chart, Limbo Korean Ver peaked at 14.[20]
On 4 July 2023, Jun released his fourth digital single "Psycho".[21] Five days later on 9 July, Jun would perform solo at the Tencent Music Awards.[22]
Acting edit
Jun's acting career started at the age of two when he was cast in a commercial.[23] He has appeared in numerous television series, including Flying Dragon – the Special Unit (特警飞龙) at the age of five.[2] He made his film debut in 2007 in The Pye Dog, for which he won the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild's Best New Performer Silver Award and was nominated for the Best New Performer Award of the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2008 for the same film.[24] In 2010, he played the young Ip Man in The Legend Is Born: Ip Man.[citation needed]
In 2014, he was cast in the Chinese web drama Intouchable.[25][unreliable source?] He filmed a music video for the NetEase mobile game A Dream of Jianghu in July 2019.[26][unreliable source?] In October 2021, in Wuxi, China, he began filming for the Chinese web drama Exclusive Fairytale.[27] He plays the male lead role Ling Chao.
Personal life edit
Jun learned wushu as a child and participated in competitions. During a match, he suffered an injury which progressed into Pott disease, from which he has since recovered.[28] He also plays the piano and has performed arrangements of Seventeen's songs.[29]
His looks have garnered him the nicknames of "The Miracle of Mainland" (大陸の奇跡) in Japan and "Big Beautiful" (大漂亮) in China.[30][31] He is also known to fans as the "Little Prince of Shenzhen Subway" (深圳地铁小王子) because a promotional ad he filmed for the Shenzhen Metro in middle school is still being aired on certain trains.[32]
Discography edit
Singles edit
| Title | Details | Peak chart position | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHN [33][A] | |||
| "Can You Sit By My Side" (能不能坐在我身旁) |
| 71 | — |
| "Crow" (乌鸦) |
| 40 | |
| "Silent Boarding Gate" (寂寞号登机口) |
| 57 | |
| "Limbo" |
| — |
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| "Psycho" |
|
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Soundtrack appearances edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart position | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHN [33] | |||
| "Brothers for One Time"[36] (with The8) | 2019 | — | Seven Days OST |
| "Dream" | 2020 | 61 | The King: Eternal Monarch OST |
Other songs edit
Released on the Chinese digital music platforms QQ Music, KuGou Music and Kuwo Music unless otherwise specified.
| Title | Year | Album | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Wo Ming Bai" (我明白) | 2018 | Chao Yin Zhan Ji Episode 1 | Chinese version of Seventeen's "Thanks" | [37] |
| "The Last Blossom" (开到荼蘼) (with Yanan) | Chao Yin Zhan Ji Episode 5 | Cover of Faye Wong | [38] | |
| "The Night Is Too Dark" (夜太黑) | Chao Yin Zhan Ji Episode 6 | Cover of Sandy Lam | [39] | |
| "BB 88" (with Tia Ray and Yanan) | Chao Yin Zhan Ji Episode 7 | Cover of Khalil Fong | [40] | |
| "Reflection of Desire" (欲望反光) | Chao Yin Zhan Ji Episode 9 | Cover of Jam Hsiao | [41] | |
| "Run! Frantic Flowers!" (末路狂花) | Chao Yin Zhan Ji Episode 10 | Cover of Waa Wei | [42] | |
| "Mom's Missed Call" (妈妈的未接来电) with The8 | 2021 | Mom's Missed Call | Charity single | [43] |
| "Fall in Love" | Non-album single | Lyric video for unofficial single | [44] |
Songwriting credits edit
Credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association unless otherwise specified.[45]
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
| 2016 | "Highlight" (Performance Team) | Seventeen | Going Seventeen | Bumzu, Hoshi, Dino, The8, Lee Yoo-jung | — | ||
| 2017 | "My I" (Jun and The8) | Al1 | Bumzu, The8 | — | |||
| "Hello" | Teen, Age | Bumzu, DK, Mingyu | — | ||||
| 2018 | "Wo Ming Bai" (我明白) | Wen Junhui | Non-album release | Bumzu, Woozi, Hoshi[46] | — | ||
| "Can You Sit By My Side" | Can You Sit By My Side | Song Bingyang | — | ||||
| 2019 | "Home" (Chinese Version) | Seventeen | Non-album release | Bumzu, The8, Tina Wang, Woozi[8] | — | ||
| 2021 | "Wave" | Seventeen | Your Choice | Bumzu, Woozi, Dino, Hoshi, The8 | — | ||
| 2022 | "Limbo" | Self | Single | Glenn, JOZU | Beomhun Lee, Glenn, JOZU [47] | ||
| 2023 | "Psycho" | Self | Single | Glenn, PonyZhang | Glenn, BuildingOwner [48] | ||
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Pye Dog | Lin Zhihong | [49] | |
| 2010 | The Legend Is Born: Ip Man | Young Ip Man | Supporting role | |
| 2013 | My Mother | Lin Yilong | Main role |
Television series edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Give Me Folly | Feng Xiaoye | |
| Special Police Dragon | |||
| 2004 | Cross Border Daddy | ||
| 2005 | Go! Go! Daddy | Zeng Cheng | Main role |
| 2010 | Drunk Red Crust | Xiao Xiao Jiu | |
| Who's the Hero | Cameo | ||
| 2013 | Children's War | Liu Xiaofeng | Supporting role |
| 2014 | Xue Dingshan | Xue Yinglong | |
| 2015 | Intouchable | Little Dracula | Main role |
| 2023 | Exclusive Fairytale | Ling Chao |
Television shows edit
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Chao Yin Zhan Ji (潮音战纪) | Cast member |
| YO! BANG (由你音乐榜样) | MC | |
| 2021 | Super Novae Games | Archery Finals Participant |
Music videos appearances edit
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Meng Xing Ji (梦行记) | Li Changchao | Promotional song for the mobile game A Dream of Jianghu (一梦江湖) | [50] |
Awards and nominations edit
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Award | Best New Performer Silver Award | The Pye Dog | Won | [51] |
| 2008 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best New Performer | Nominated | [52] | |
| 2023 | Tencent Music Entertainment Awards | New Singer-Songwriter of the Year | "Psycho" | Won | [53] |
| 2023 | Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards | Best Newcomer Actor | Exclusive Fairytale | Nominated | [54] |
| Rising Star of the Year | Won | [55] | |||
| 2023 | Tencent Entertainment White Paper Awards | Breakthrough Star of the Year | Won | [54] |
Notes edit
- ^ The China TME UNI Chart was launched by Tencent Music in 2018 and first published by Billboard in November 2022.
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External links edit
- Wen Junhui on Weibo (in Chinese)