Alan Po Chi Lun

Biography

Alan Po Chi Lun was born on February 29, 1980 in British Hong Kong. He grew up in a tenement building in Kennedy Town on Hong Kong Island, and his father was a radio repair and manufacturing technician. Influenced by his father, he was exposed to Western music from a young age. He attended St. Paul's Primary School and St. Paul's College but did not excel academically. At age 17, he went to Toronto, Canada to complete high school and later enrolled in McMaster University's economics program, but returned to Hong Kong due to family issues. He worked various jobs before entering the music industry, including at an electronics factory and HMV record store. He joined the band Mr. as lead vocalist in 2008 and released over 10 albums, with successful songs like "If I Were Eason Chan" winning major awards. In 2017, he signed with Yiu Wing Culture as a solo artist and released his first solo single "Man in the Wilderness." In 2022, he became a mentor on TVB's singing talent show "Stars Academy 2," and his song "Fly Rider" became his first quadruple chart-topping hit. In 2023, he joined a music academy as a pop vocal instructor.