Jun (Chinese entertainer)

1998–2015: Career beginnings

In 1998, Jun began his acting career at the age of two when he was cast in his first commercial. He has appeared in numerous television series, including Dragon Laws (特警飞龙) at the age of five.^[8] In 2007, he starred alongside Eason Chan in the film The Pye Dog [zh], for which he won the Silver Award for "New Performer of the Year" at the 2007 Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards. He was also nominated for the Best New Performer Award of the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2008 for the same film.^[9] In 2010, he played the young Ip Man in The Legend Is Born: Ip Man.^[10] In 2014, he was cast in the Chinese web drama Intouchable.^[11]

2015–present: Debut with Seventeen

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. His training period involved rigorous practice and preparation, in which he developed his skills in dancing and singing. 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 29 May 2015.^[12]

In 2018, Jun and group member The8 participated in the Chinese music reality show Chao Yin Zhan Ji (潮音战纪).^[13] 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", for which he wrote the lyrics.^[14] From October to December 2018, he co-hosted the Chinese music ranking show called Yo! Bang (由你音乐榜样).^[15]

2018–present: Solo career and other ventures

Jun released his first solo song and special single album Can You Sit By My Side (能不能坐在我身旁), which he co-wrote lyrics for, on 14 December 2018.^[16][17] In July 2019, he filmed a music video for the NetEase mobile game A Dream of Jianghu (一梦江湖).^[18] In 2020, he participated in the soundtrack of The King: Eternal Monarch with the song "Dream" in Chinese.^[19]

On 5 February 2021, Jun released the single "Crow" (乌鸦); it was later repackaged onto his second single album Silent Boarding Gate (寂寞号登机口) released on 14 February.^[20] His single "Crow" entered the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart at number 14 after less than one week of its release, marking Jun's debut as a solo artist on the Billboard charts.^[21]

On 23 September 2022, Jun released his third digital single "Limbo" with two versions in Korean and Chinese.^[22] In China, he sold 29,000 copies of the digital album containing both tracks on QQ Music within the first week of release.^[23] The Korean version peaked at 26 on the Bugs Real-Time chart and became his first song to chart on the platform.^[24] On Melon, the track entered the daily chart for 23 September at 723, an improvement from "Crow" which had ranked at 948.^[25][26] On the Melon latest 24h (1 week) chart, "Limbo" (Korean Ver.) peaked at 14.^[27]

Jun made an acting comeback as the male lead in the 2023 drama, Exclusive Fairytale (独家童话).^[28][29] He won the Rising Star of the Year Award at the 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards during the Busan International Film Festival.^[30]

On 4 July 2023, Jun released his fourth digital single "Psycho".^[31] On 8 July, he attended the Tencent Music Entertainment Awards and won the "New Singer-Songwriter of the Year" award. The next day, he performed "Limbo" and "Psycho" as a solo artist at the TMEA Music Festival, and also performed as a member of Seventeen.^[32]

On 12 August 2024, it was announced that Jun would be taking a break from group activities in South Korea in favor of acting activities in China, and would therefore be absent from the group's scheduled performances at Lollapalooza Berlin in early September, music show performances for Spill the Feels, and the Right Here World Tour.^[33] In 2025, Jun co-starred with Jackie Chan and Tony Leung Ka-fai in the film The Shadow's Edge, portraying Hu Feng, a member of the heist crew.^[34][35]

Singles

Other charted songs

Soundtrack appearances

Songwriting credits

Credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association unless otherwise specified.^[58]

More information Year, Song ...

Year	Song	Artist	Album	Lyrics		Music		KOMCA Works Code
				Credited	With	Credited	With
2016	"Highlight" (Performance Team)	Seventeen	Going Seventeen		Bumzu, Hoshi, Dino, The8, Lee Yoo-jung		—N/a	100001489458
2017	"My I" (Jun and The8)		Al1		Bumzu, The8		—N/a	100001586543
	"Hello"		Teen, Age		Bumzu, DK, Mingyu		—N/a	100001731909
2018	"Wo Ming Bai" (我明白)[59]	Wen Junhui	Non-album singles		Bumzu, Woozi, Hoshi		—N/a	—N/a
	"My I" (Chinese Ver.)	Wen Junhui, Xu Minghao			Bumzu, The8		—N/a	—N/a
	"Reflection of Desire" (欲望反光)[M][56]	Wen Junhui			—N/a		—N/a	—N/a
	"Can You Sit By My Side" (能不能坐在我身旁)				Song Bingyang		—N/a	100002735634
2019	"Home" (Chinese Ver.)[60]	Seventeen			Bumzu, The8, Tina Wang, Woozi		—N/a	—N/a
2021	"Wave" (Performance Team)		Your Choice		Bumzu, Woozi, Dino, Hoshi, The8		—N/a	100003457441
2022	"Limbo" (Korean/Chinese Ver.)	Wen Junhui	Non-album singles		Glenn, JOZU		Beomhun Lee, Glenn, JOZU	100004515003
2023	"Psycho"				Glenn, PonyZhang		Glenn, BuildingOwner	100005190169
	"God of Light Music" (경음악의 신)	Seventeen			Bumzu, S.Coups, Woozi, Vernon, Mingyu		—N/a	100005501175
2025	"Encircled" (동그라미)				S.Coups, Woozi, Wonwoo, Dino, Hoshi, Vernon, Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, The8, Joshua		—N/a	100006657485
	"Gemini" (쌍둥이자리) (Jun Solo)		Happy Burstday		Hwang Yoo-bin (XYXX), Jo Yoon-kyeong		—N/a	100006752943

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