Matthew Yen

Yen's film and stage songwriting works also include the theme song of “KANO", “Yong Zhe De Lang Man 勇者的浪漫", the production of the 2017 musical movie "52 Hertz, I Love You" and the lyrics of its 17 songs, and the theater production “Saving Soulmate Manor 救救歡喜鴛鴦樓” by Spring River Performing Arts Troupe, etc.

Since 2017, he and director Chun Hong Lee, a two-time Golden Bell Award winner, have become partners, and together created many long and short films, albums, music videos and commercials. Over the years, Yen has written music video scripts including Yvonne Cheng’s “I Remember 記得", Ailing Tai’s "One More Second 暫時愛著我" and “Out of Darkness Comes Light 暗了，亮了" (we can get married, Rainbow version), Spark’s “Fair Fakeass Tale 格林成人童話”, etc. He also wrote scripts for commercials and dramas, such as Zhuji Dumplings’ “Ji De, Yao Chi Bao 記得，要吃飽”, PTV's innovative short films “Jue Dui Ling Yu 絕對領域" and “Ren Qiu 人球", and the series “Mom, Don’t Do That! 媽，別鬧了！”, which is scheduled to be aired at the end of 2021.

Yen won the “Song of the Year" in the 24th Golden Melody Award with Jolin Tsai's "The Great Artist 大藝術家" in 2012. In 2019, he wrote the lyrics for Shi Shi's "LET IT ROLL" and was nominated for the “Best Alternative Pop Single” at the 10th Golden Indie Music Awards.

From 2003 to 2004, Yen completed three TV drama novels: ”Snow Angel 雪天使", “Love Bird 候鳥e人" and “Hi-Fly 升空高飛”. In 2004, he met director Te-Sheng Wei and learned about his idea of making “Seediq Bale 賽德克巴萊”, after then Yen wrote the movie's novel. However, due to funding reasons, director Wei first filmed another movie, "Cape No. 7 海角七號”, in 2008. Yen wrote the lyrics for the theme song along with other songs in the movie, including “Guo Jing Zhi Nan 國境之南", “Wu Le Bu Zuo 無樂不作", “Ai Ni Ai Dao Si 愛你愛到死". “Guo Jing Zhi Nan 國境之南" won the “Best Original Song” in the 45th Golden Horse Award, and Yen was also nominated for the “Best Lyricist” in the Golden Melody Awards.

In December 2000, Yen wrote the lyrics for “My Desired Happiness 我要的幸福" by Stefanie Sun. This song was the main hit in her second album, which was the annual sales champion in Taiwan in 2001. This song is of great significance to Yen personally, for once he mentioned in an interview stating that "this song defined my attitude towards songwriting."

Yen (English: Matthew Yen, 1975 -) is a Taiwanese lyricist, writer, and A&R. He graduated from the Department of Land Economics, National Chengchi University. In 2008, he won the “Best Original Song” in the 45th Golden Horse Awards with the theme song for the movie "Cape No. 7 海角七號". In 2013, Jolin Tsai’s “The Great Artist 大藝術家", which he wrote the lyrics for, won the “Song of the Year” in the 24th Golden Melody Awards.

Spending his early childhood in the countryside of Nantou, Yen grew up in Minsheng community in Taipei since his student years. He once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player. In 1972, he heard Da Yu Lo's “Xian Xiang 72 Bian 現象72變" for the first time at his cousin's house, and was deeply amazed by the music. Since then, he grew into the habit of reading the lyrics pamphlet first when listening to a music album. Growing up, Yen was deeply influenced by Chinese pop music in the 1990s, and a large amount of his pocket money was used to buy cassettes and CDs. He is also a fan of anime; his favorite mangas are "Saint Seiya" by Masami Kurumanda and "H2" by Mitsuru Adachi, and he loves all kinds of horror video games.