Wu Yifan, known by his stage name, Kris, is a Chinese Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. He was a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO and the leader of its sub-group EXO-M. He immigrated to Canada at the age of 10, and he is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and English, as well as Korean. He is currently inactive as a member of EXO after filing a lawsuit against S.M. Entertainment and is currently working as a soloist and actor in China.
Born Li Jiaheng, English Name Kevin Li in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Kris holds Canadian citizenship.
In 2007, at age 16, Kris auditioned for S.M. Entertainment's Canadian S.M. Global Auditions, which was held in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 14, 2007. Kris was introduced as the eleventh member of EXO on February 17, 2012. In May 2014, member Kris filed a lawsuit against S.M. Entertainment to nullify his contract; as of the submission date of the lawsuit. As of 10 October 2014, the group promotes with 10 members. On May 15, 2014, S.M. Entertainment confirmed through an interview that EXO-M's leader, Kris, had filed a lawsuit against the agency to terminate his contract. It is suspected that there is disagreement between him and S.M. Entertainment regarding his activities.
On June 24, 2014, Xu Jinglei announced Kris is joining the main cast for her new movie Somewhere Only We Know through her Weibo. The movie was filmed in Prague, Czech Republic. The movie is expected to be released in cinemas on Valentine's Day 2015. On July 17, 2014, Kris released his first solo song, 'Time Boils the Rain', which was a movie soundtrack for the Chinese film, Tiny Times 3. According to Weibo Music official weibo update, the song broke records, exceeding 1 million plays within 3 hours and 25 minutes on its first day of release.
Kris was featured on Harper's Bazaar China's October issue. The photoshoot was taken in Prague while he was filming for his first movie, Somewhere Only We Know. He talked about the movie, love, and fashion in the interview. The exclusive interview was claimed to be his first individual talk to the media after his lawsuit.On November 6, 2014, his 24th birthday, he released the movie soundtrack for Somewhere Only We Know, 'There Is A Place'.
The song broke records according to Weibo Music's official update, exceeding 1 million plays in 50 minutes, breaking the previous record he made of reaching the same amount of plays in 3 hours and 25 minutes. The song was co-written and produced by him, with composition provided by former S.M. trainee, Song Bingyang. Kris became the youngest celebrity (born in 1990) to have his wax figure at Madame Tussauds Shanghai. On December 1, 2014, Kris appeared at an event celebrating the fact that the world famous Madame Tussauds had decided to add his wax sculpture to the Shanghai branch of the museum. Madame Tussauds staff from the United Kingdom flew to China to meet with Wu Yi Fan to measure and make molds for his sculpture. Along with measuring Wu Yi Fan, Madame Tussauds staff also carefully matched Wu Yi Fan's skin tone and hair color in order to make the wax figure appear more lifelike. The sculpture is expected to be finished within the next two months, and will reportedly be released in mid-2015.
Kris Wu confirmed to join Zhejiang TV to perform at the 2015 New Year's Eve concert . The evening of December 31 , Kris Wu will sing both of his solos Time Boils the Rain and There is a Place at the Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center to spend New Year's Eve.
