Henry Lau

Henry Lau
Henry Lau on "Super Junior Kiss the Radio", April 8, 2013
Born	Henry Lau (1989-10-11) October 11, 1989 (age 27) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Singer rapper dancer beatboxer composer actor entertainer
Musical career
Genres	K-pop Mandopop R&B Dance
Instruments	Vocals rapping violin piano keyboard guitar percussion synthesizer
Years active	2007–present
Labels	S.M. Entertainment Gang Yeongmin
Associated acts	Super Junior-M SM Town Younique Unit NoizeBank
Website	henry.smtown.com

Henry Lau (born October 11, 1989), simply known by his stage name Henry, is a Canadian singer, rapper, dancer, composer, record producer, beatboxer, actor and entertainer mostly active in South Korea. He debuted in 2008 as a member of Super Junior-M. Henry also a part of a composing team NoizeBank, which is a composing and production team that consists of four members, Henry Lau, Gen Neo, Neil Nallas, and Isaac Han.He dubbed his fans as his Strings.

In June 2013, Henry debuted as a solo artist with his first extended play, Trap. It peaked at #2 on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart and spawned the single with the same name, which peaked at #28 on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, also peaked at #18 on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Weekly singles.

Henry is of Hong Kong and Taiwanese descent. His father is from Hong Kong with Teochew ancestry and his mother is from Pingtung, Taiwan (formerly part of Takao Prefecture. He was raised in the middle class neighborhood of Willowdale of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district of North York. He attended Kenollie Public School in Port Credit, Mississauga, Steelesview Public School, Zion Heights Junior High School, then North Toronto Collegiate Institute in grade 9, and attended A.Y. Jackson Secondary School in Toronto for the rest of his high school years before being chosen at the 2006 S.M. Entertainment Global Audition in Toronto, Ontario. Only 2 people, including Henry, out of 3000 were recruited through the audition. He briefly attended University of Toronto (Music Performance Major) in 2007.

Henry possesses a diverse repertoire of musical talents. His areas of expertise lie in violin, piano, popping, drum, latin dance, ballet, beat box, rap, songwriting, composing music, acting, guitar playing and singing. Henry started to learn to play the piano from his mother at the age of 5 and also learned to play the violin at the age of 6. Henry later learned to play the electric violin in 2005. Additionally, he learned a unique form of dancing called boogaloo popping while in high school. After only one year of dancing, Lau was competing in dance (popping) competitions and shows. Henry has gained many performance awards, such as the Canadian Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) Regional Gold Medal (formerly known as the Silver Medal) for Level 10 Violin. He has also completed RCM Level 10 Piano. Lau said he had planned to become a professional violinist, but never expected to become an idol star before being selected by S.M. Entertainment in 2006. Had Henry chosen to be a classical musician, he wouldn't have been able to sing, dance, play the piano, and play the violin all together as he does as a K-pop star.