Hinry Lau Cheuk Hin

Biography

Hinry Lau Cheuk Hin is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer born on 28 August 1991. He had no formal music training before the age of twenty, having taught himself singing, composing, and playing instruments. He studied surveying in the Department of Real Estate and Construction at the University of Hong Kong and served as chairman of the Surveying Society of the Architecture Society at HKU in 2011–2012. After graduation, he worked as a trainee surveyor at the Hong Kong Government Lands Department. In 2012 he performed the song "明我以德" alongside Kay Tse and Alfred Hui, and was later invited by Sam Hui to be a guest performer at seven concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum. He began teaching himself guitar, piano, and songwriting in 2012 and continued developing his music career alongside his government job. In 2014, he participated in the Chinese talent show "The Voice of China Season 3" and won the Hong Kong regional championship out of over a thousand contestants, representing Hong Kong in Shanghai. He gained wider recognition the following year when a video went viral showing him singing and playing guitar at Kwun Tong MTR station and being rudely asked to leave by MTR staff. In 2016, he resigned from his government position to pursue music full-time, founded the music production company Shuffle Production, and worked as a music production supervisor for Emperor Motion Pictures, Jaguar Films, and various advertisements. He released his debut single "太陽 Taeyang" in 2018, which topped the Global Chinese Song Chart across seven Asian stations for 12 consecutive weeks. He released his first album "Small Potato in The Town" and held his debut concert at the Kowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre. He provided backing vocals and demo vocals for Jacky Cheung's concerts, and produced songs for artists such as Joey Yung, Hins Cheung, Hacken Lee, and others. He also manages artists, including Wong Ka Lai, with whom he participated in "全民造星III". In 2020, he composed, arranged, and produced the song "八秒" for Taiwanese singer Fan Cheng Zhang.