Henry Lau: Former Super Junior-M member, musical prodigy forgotten by SM

Henry Lau is known as one of the most popular male artists today. He has a handsome face, a beautiful voice and is known as a musical genius of Korean showbiz.

Henry Lau, real name Liu Xian Hua, born October 11, 1989, commonly known by his stage name Henry, is a Chinese-Canadian singer and songwriter. He is a former member of Super Junior-M - a subgroup specializing in Mandarin singing and operating in the Chinese market, under the group Super Junior.

Henry Lau was born and raised in Willowdale, Toronto, one of the wealthiest areas of Toronto, Ontario. His father is from Hong Kong and his mother is from Pingtung, Taiwan. Henry started learning to play the piano with his mother when he was 5, and the violin a year later at 6. Not only that, this young man also learned Boogaloo popping dance in high school. After a year of studying, he started participating in dance competitions and shows.

Henry Lau was also a good drummer when he played in his middle school band. The male idol said that he wanted to play the violin professionally, but he never thought about becoming a star. He also said that he chose to join SM because if he became a classical musician, he would not have the opportunity to sing, dance, play the piano and play the violin at the same time.

Henry Lau attended Kenollie Public Schools in Port Credit, Mississauga, and Steelesview, Zion Heights Junior High School, then North Toronto Collegiate Institute in Grade 9, AY Jackson Secondary School in Toronto, before auditioning for the SM Entertainment Global Audition in Toronto, Ontario in 2006.

He then briefly studied at the University of Toronto in 2007, majoring in Music Performance. Henry Lau first appeared as a masked violinist in Super Junior's "Don't Don" music video released in September 2007. A few months later, when the song became a huge hit in Korea, rumors arose that Henry would be the next member to join the group.

This also caused a lot of controversy on social networks, even Super Junior fans created the "Only 13" movement to oppose the addition of new members. In 2008, Henry Lau was added to the sub-group Super Junior-M, which debuted in China. with the song "U" and music video and the album "Me" combined with Henry's violin.

In 2009, the male idol returned to the stage after a year of rest with his first mini-album with Super Junior-M called "Super Girl". In this album, he no longer showed off his violin skills but instead participated in arranging and composing the music, for the solo performances of other members in fan parties and Super Show 3.

Also in this year, Henry Lau also participated in the movie "Stage Of Youth" as a guest actor. After that, he contributed his voice as a rapper in Zhang Li Yin's debut album "Moving On" released on October 29, 2009. The song Henry participated in was "Love Me".

In 2010, during Super Junior-M's hiatus due to the departure of a member, Henry received a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music. There, he spent 6 months studying music production. However, due to the group's schedule, the male idol was unable to complete the course and the professors agreed to let him return to school at any time while still keeping the scholarship.

In the same year, Henry Lau composed the song "All My Heart" for Super Junior's 4th album "Bonamana" repackage version with Leeteuk. In Super Show 2, he also composed and participated in producing the song "Sick Of Love" in English, which was never officially recorded.

In September 2011, Henry participated in composing another song called "Andante" for Super Junior's 5th album Mr. Simple repackage version with Leeteuk. He then participated in rapping for BoA's song "One Dream" with SHINee's Key.

On June 7, 2013, Henry debuted as SM Entertainment's first solo artist in 13 years and released the mini album "Trap". His fans are called "String". He is also a member of the music production team Noizebank, which consists of four members: Henry Lau, Gen Neo, Neil Nallas, and Isaac Han.

In February 2014, Henry joined the military reality show Realmen with other artists and quickly became a beloved entertainment phenomenon due to his optimistic and somewhat silly personality because he was born and raised in Canada, unfamiliar with Korean military culture.

In March 2015, Henry released a single titled "Love" featuring Yoo Sung Eun. In October 2016, he collaborated with Soyou (Sistar) to release the song "Runnin". In March 2017, he released his self-composed song "Girlfriend", which reached No. 1 on many digital charts and No. 3 on the Gaon download chart.

In July of the same year, Henry joined "Snowball Project" as a main member. In April 2018, his contract with SM Entertainment expired and he decided not to renew it. At this point, it can be said that the male idol's career path was not very favorable, he was considered a forgotten musical genius.

However, Henry has proven SM wrong for ignoring him with a series of admirable achievements. The male idol and his brother - Clinton Lau founded their own company called Monster Entertainment to manage activities in Korea, Henry Workshop in China and signed a contract with Label AXIS to produce music.

In May 2019, Henry debuted in Hollywood with a role in the film "A Dog's Journey" produced by Amblin Entertainment, a sequel to the film "A Dog's Purpose" (2017). Since then, he has continuously "exploded jobs" showing strong development after leaving SM.

Recently, Henry arrived in Vietnam when he landed at Tan Son Nhat airport in the arms of fans. The "musical prodigy" carried a violin on his shoulder and smiled brightly at Vietnamese fans. Just a few hours after arriving at the airport, he had time to eat a delicious bowl of pho and shared that he likes all Vietnamese food, impressed with pho, milk tea and banh bao.

Talking about the milestone of his first performance in the S-shaped strip of land, Henry exclaimed that although he had been to many cities and countries, after many years he still loved the feeling in Vietnam. The most touching moment was the moment when fans welcomed him at the airport.

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