Arys Chien (born 1972) is a producer, songwriter and arranger in the Chinese music industry. He is also involved in soundtrack production, recording and mixing. Currently, he produces commercial and film soundtracks in Deepwhite Studio, and handles recording and mixing in Little White Fish Studio. Arys also co-owns a record label A Whiter Day Music, which distributes work for independent artists. In addition, he still releases music as a member in the duo “Deepwhite".[1]
After graduating from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at National Taiwan University in 1995, Arys joined Friendly Dog Entertainment as a production assistant. Since 1996, Arys Chien, Junyang Chen and Hua Chen began releasing work under the same pseudonym "Deepwhite", with parenthesis behind to include their English for distinguishing one person from another. For example, Arys Chien's work was signed as "Deepwhite (Arys Chien)".[2]
Since 1997, Arys's works have been selected multiple times for singers under record companies such as Linfair Records, What’s Music International Corp., and Warner Chappell Music. The artists include William Wing Hong So, Kelly Chen, IPIS, Where Chou, Chin Chyi, Valen Hsu, Power Station, Denise Yuen, Miriam Yeung, Sammi Cheng, Stefanie Sun, Na Ying, etc.
In 2005, Arys and his girlfriend Zoe Huang formed the duo "Deepwhite" under Avex Trax, and released two original albums in 2006 and 2007. After the end of their contract with Avex in 2008, Arysserved as the music director in Enjoy Records until 2010, and then resumed to be a freelance songwriter.[3]
Arys has written lyrics or compositions for over 400 songs so far, including albums by singers like Amei, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng, Faye Wong, Stefanie Sun, Angela Chang, Christine Fan, Na Ying, William Wing Hong So, Joey Yung, Rene Liu, Elva Hsiao, Chin Chyi, Eason Chan, Kitty Chan, etc. In addition, Arys has also written Chinese lyrics for many Korean idol groups, such as EXO, NCT Dream, Pentagon and so on.
As for music production, Arys has produced singles or albums for many singers, such as Where Chou, Xian Zi, Sasha Li, Bii, Andrew Tan, Miu Chu, Vivian Hsu, Leheane Palray, Megan Lai, Celest Chong, Chris Ke, Sunny Lin, etc.
In addition to songwriting in the pop music industry, Arys also produces soundtracks for commercials. He now has accumulated more than 200 works including Hennessy's 2014 commercial song “Wo Yuan Xiang Xin 我願相信", JD.com, 7-ELEVEN, HNCB’s annual single “Shou Hu Ni De Chu Zhong 守護你的初衷", Shinkong Mitsukoshi x World Order, McDonald's 2017 single “Power to the M 超麥力", Nike, Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Lexus, Johnson & Johnson Beijing Olympics, CCTV Spring Festival Gala, UnionPay, etc.[4]
His film soundtrack works include “Do You Love Me As I Love You 可不可以，你也剛好喜歡我" in 2020, “Zui Xing 罪‧形" in 2019, Hsien Yung Pai's biography documentary “Multiflorate Splendour 奼紫嫣紅開遍" in 2015, “Return Ticket 到阜陽六百里" in 2011, etc.
Around 2000, Arys asked his girlfriend to sing a demo for him, and several record labels have shown interest in signing them. Thus, the two formed a singer-songwriter group “Deepwhite”, and signed a contract with Avex Trax in 2005. They released two albums,”Deepwhite" in 2006 and “Hua Huo 花火" in 2007.
Other than Deepwhite, Arys also participates as the guitarist and main songwriter in other bands like "GooDDD" and “Ouch Youths".
In 2017, Arys and KKFARM (now theFARM) jointly established an independent label "A Whiter Day Music". In 2020, he produced and released the new song "Cold Fire" for "Deepwhite", and also produced and released the work of the hip-hop duo Fun Ones. Fun Ones separated at the end of 2020, but one of the vocals Zing stayed in the label and continues to release new songs in 2021.[5]
Arys actively participates in organizations that help protect the rights and interests of Taiwanese musicians. In addition to serving as a committee member of the Music Creators Union, Arys works closely with ARCO. He has also served as the panel judge for Golden Melody Awards and the Golden Music Awards, as well as the committee member for various funding projects in the Ministry of Culture.[6]
Arys has his expertise in commercial love songs and allegro songs, especially songs illustrating deeper emotions. Before his true identity was revealed, many people speculated that “Deepwhite” was a female songwriter. He once encouraged young talents to build a lot of emotions, but give and express them very carefully. For example, a piece of lyrics is very concise and condensed in one or two hundred words, yet there are thousands of messages hidden behind them. Writing lyrics is about accumulating, sorting and finally expressing all the thoughts and feelings in words.
| Song | Artist | Released | Production | Arrangement | Recording | Mixing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ||||||
| Protect Me From Myself | DeepWhite | 5/14/2021 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 一步一步來 | Zing | 4/20/2021 | ✓ | ✓ (partial) | ✓ | ✓ |
| DO or NOT (Chinese lyrics) | Pentagon | 4/5/2021 | ||||
| 我我我我我愛妳 | Zing | 3/16/2021 | ✓ | ✓ (partial) | ✓ | ✓ |
| All Pain No Gain | DeepWhite | 3/5/2021 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2020 | ||||||
| Cold Fire | DeepWhite | 12/22/2020 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 你不單身誰單身 | Fun Ones | 11/11/2020 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 躺到廢（HIGH） | Fun Ones | 1/24/2020 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 躺到廢（LOW） | Fun Ones | 1/24/2020 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2019 | ||||||
| 黑夜日出 | WayV | 10/29/2019 | ||||
| 訊號 | Kuan-lin Lai | 7/27/2019 | ||||
| 525 我愛我 | DeepWhite | 5/25/2019 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 薛丁格的愛 | Luji | 4/12/2019 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Together!(English) | Various artists | 1/2/2019 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2018 | ||||||
| Together!(Chinese) | Various artists | 12/21/2018 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 節奏 | EXO | 11/3/2018 | ||||
| We Young(Chinese) | EXO | 9/14/2018 | ||||
| 做自己的太陽 | Kelly Chen | 7/20/2018 | ||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| All About You | DeepWhite & Jierui Chen | 12/4/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 模糊 | Chyi Chin | 11/30/2017 | ||||
| 願 | Chyi Chin | 11/30/2017 | ||||
| 迷路 | Chyi Chin | 7/25/2017 | ||||
| 可愛可惡 (Chinese lyrics) | EXO | 7/18/2017 | ||||
| 叩叩趴 (Chinese lyrics) | EXO | 7/18/2017 | ||||
| 重逢之日 (Chinese lyrics) | Cho Gyu-hyun | 5/24/2017 | ||||
| 超.麥.力(Power to the M) | McDonald's | 5/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smile | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Latte 妳要去哪裡 | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 躲貓貓 | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 一直醒來看妳的平靜夜裡 | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 再來一遍 | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 新手爸爸的午夜悲歌 | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 小石的牙齒 | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 無尾熊 | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 妳很好。努力剛好就好。 | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| My Child | DeepWhite | 4/7/2017 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 最後的初戀 (Chinese lyrics) | NCT Dream | 2/8/2017 | ||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| I Love You Bon Bon | Jiajia | 12/30/2016 | ||||
| Chewing Gum (Chinese lyrics) | NCT Dream | 8/27/2016 | ||||
| Lucky One (Chinese lyrics) | EXO | 6/8/2016 | ||||
| 新手爸爸之午夜悲歌 | DeepWhite | 2/7/2016 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2015 | ||||||
| Perfect Imperfection | DeepWhite | 12/31/2015 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 魯蛇 | Da Mouth | 5/8/2015 | ||||
| 頭殼壞去 | GooDDD | 4/10/2015 | ✓ | ✓ (partial) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 是我 | Megan Lai | 3/27/2015 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 剛才 | Megan Lai | 3/27/2015 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 刺蝟的擁抱 | Cindy Yen | 2/6/2015 | ||||
| 2014 | ||||||
| 幸福的孤單 | Sasha Lee | 12/31/2014 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 困獸 | Ouch Youths | 12/30/2014 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 狗 | Amei | 7/2/2014 | ||||
| 靜護 demo | Ouch Youths | 4/26/2014 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2013 | ||||||
| 不置可否 | Jiajia | 12/31/2013 | ||||
| 分手藝術 | Andrew Tan | 10/18/2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| When You're With Me | Sunny Lin | 8/9/2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Hey Hey | Sunny Lin | 8/9/2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Can't Stop | Rene Liu | 5/10/2013 | ||||
| 相愛的模樣 | Miu Chu | 3/28/2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 出愛情記 | Miu Chu | 3/28/2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 女神 | Miu Chu | 3/28/2013 | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| 好想愛 | MIXION | 11/16/2012 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Move On | MIXION | 11/16/2012 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 愛你為什麼 | MIXION | 11/16/2012 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 心電感應 | Fish Leung | 8/10/2012 | ||||
| 目送 | Shara Lin | 8/6/2012 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 公主沒病 | Shara Lin | 8/6/2012 | ||||
| 喔 是嗎 | Shara Lin | 8/6/2012 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2011 | ||||||
| 我要去旅行 | Xian Zi | 11/23/2011 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 咖啡季節 | Where Chou | 10/18/2011 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 幸福的可能 | Where Chou | 10/18/2011 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 冰塊 | Where Chou | 10/18/2011 | ✓ | |||
| 我會努力 | Linda Liao | 5/27/2011 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2010 | ||||||
| 給我你的手 | Xian Zi | 4/8/2010 | ✓ | |||
| 你是你的 | Xian Zi | 4/8/2010 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 微光 | Kelly Chen | 3/16/2010 | ||||
| 雨天 | Kelly Chen | 3/16/2010 | ||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| Come to Me | Ariel Lin | 8/21/2009 | ✓ | |||
| 2008 | ||||||
| Dry Your Eyes | Leheane Palray | 12/12/2008 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2007 | ||||||
| New Beginning | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 香草的天空 | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cold Silence | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 花火 | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 過得比你好 | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 理智的溫柔 | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 剪影 | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 狂奔 | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 別說 | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thank You | DeepWhite | 12/28/2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 絕不 | Angela Chang | 4/30/2007 | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 永遠的愚人 | Joi Chua | 9/18/2006 | ||||
| 那個人 | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 悄悄話 | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 魚在水裡哭 | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Help Me I'm in Love | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 還能不能 | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| I'm Crying | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 記憶森林 | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Nothing Wrong | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 邊緣 | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| That's Me | DeepWhite | 2/17/2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 真的 | Angela Chang | 1/6/2006 | ||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| 一直到最後 | Christine Fan | 6/3/2005 | ||||
| 傷心簽名 | Yee-ling Huang | 3/4/2005 | ||||
| 離開 | Bella | 1/7/2005 | ||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| 眼淚沒有用 | Richie Ren | 12/31/2004 | ||||
| 時差 | Celest Chong | 12/10/2004 | ||||
| 直線 | Angela Chang | 12/3/2004 | ||||
| 黑暗時期 | Energy | 7/9/2004 | ||||
| 一直到最後 | Energy | 7/9/2004 | ||||
| 剛好的不夠 | Melody Liu | 6/28/2004 | ||||
| 吶喊 | Angela Chang | 1/6/2004 | ||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| You & I | Ambrose Hui | 11/7/2003 | ||||
| 孤單旅行 | Sun Ho | 10/17/2003 | ||||
| 揮之不去 | Melody Liu | 9/26/2003 | ✓ | |||
| 你太誠實 | S.H.E. | 8/22/2003 | ||||
| 我為什麼那麼愛你 | Amei | 7/1/2003 | ||||
| 我就是我 | Elva Hsiao | 5/16/2003 | ||||
| 愛情 無關是非 | Where Chou | 2/14/2003 | ||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| 那又怎麼樣呢 | Celest Chong | 12/31/2002 | ✓ | |||
| 讓我自己 自由 | Celest Chong | 12/31/2002 | ✓ | |||
| 騙子 | Kiki Ting | 12/24/2002 | ||||
| 單純 | Sun Ho | 12/9/2002 | ||||
| 一切都變了 | Na Ying | 11/7/2002 | ||||
| 永恆的轉眼 | Valen Hsu | 11/1/2002 | ||||
| 瞬間 | Where Chou | 8/28/2002 | ✓ | |||
| 別在我離開你之前離開我 | Maggie Chiang | 7/12/2002 | ||||
| 一輩子的孤單 | Rene Liu | 6/21/2002 | ||||
| 有你就夠了 | Coco Lee | 6/18/2002 | ||||
| 戰爭 | William So Wing Hong | 5/30/2002 | ||||
| 懂事 | Stefanie Sun | 5/21/2002 | ||||
| 驀然 | E-Jun Lee | 5/14/2002 | ||||
| 邊緣 | Gigi Leung | 1/9/2002 | ||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 說真的 | Joey Yung | 12/6/2001 | ||||
| 為什麼 | Makiyo | 12/1/2001 | ✓ | |||
| 因為你沒說 | Amei | 10/29/2001 | ||||
| 心路 (Cantonese) | Faye Wong | 10/18/2001 | ||||
| 有時愛情徒有虛名 | Faye Wong | 10/18/2001 | ||||
| 像我這樣的情人 | Na Ying | 9/14/2001 | ||||
| 無疾而終 | Shino Lin | 8/1/2001 | ||||
| 如果愛 | Christine Fan | 8/1/2001 | ||||
| 完整 | Sammi Cheng | 5/8/2001 | ||||
| When The Morning Comes | Sammi Cheng | 5/8/2001 | ||||
| 擦肩而過 | yuki | 4/19/2001 | ||||
| 星座 | yuki | 4/19/2001 | ||||
| 你知不知道 | IPIS | 1/12/2001 | ||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| 害怕 | Stefanie Sun | 12/9/2000 | ✓ | |||
| 想妳想瘋了 | B.A.D | 12/5/2000 | ||||
| 愛，愛； 愛。 | Beauty 4 | 11/21/2000 | ||||
| 緊握你的手 | Daniel Chan | 11/9/2000 | ||||
| 事到如今 | Where Chou | 9/19/2000 | ||||
| 沒有你 | Where Chou | 9/19/2000 | ||||
| 相遇太早 | Where Chou | 9/19/2000 | ||||
| Ladies First | Sammi Cheng | 8/23/2000 | ||||
| 手套情書 | Kit Chan | 6/15/2000 | ||||
| Little By Little | Valen Hsu | 5/19/2000 | ||||
| 沉默的縱容 | Sammi Cheng | 5/6/2000 | ||||
| 相遇太早 | William So Wing Hong | 5/1/2000 | ||||
| 打呵欠 | Kelly Chen | 4/19/2000 | ||||
| 你若是真愛我 | Kelly Chen | 4/19/2000 | ||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| Yes, I Love You | Power Station | 12/8/1999 | ||||
| 貝殼 | Vivian Hsu | 11/18/1999 | ||||
| 失戀日記 | Miriam Yeung | 11/11/1999 | ||||
| 不回昨天 | Miriam Yeung | 11/11/1999 | ||||
| 三秒鐘 | Various Artists | 10/15/1999 | ||||
| 變天 | Kit Chan | 8/20/1999 | ||||
| 絕情 | Jeff Chang | 7/17/1999 | ||||
| 無悔 | Amei | 6/8/1999 | ||||
| 我不快樂 | Sammi Cheng | 5/7/1999 | ||||
| 幫個忙 | IPIS | 4/1/1999 | ||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| All Your Hearts | Valen Hsu | 12/8/1998 | ||||
| That Night We | Terry Lin | 12/8/1998 | ||||
| Said Goodbye | ||||||
| 放手 | Terry Lin | 12/8/1998 | ||||
| 三秒鐘 | Kelly Chen | 12/3/1998 | ||||
| So Nice | William So Wing Hong | 10/16/1998 | ||||
| 抱歉讓妳愛上我 | Jordan Chan | 9/1/1998 | ||||
| Good Morning, | IPIS | 6/4/1998 | ||||
| Good Afternoon | ||||||
| and Good Night | ||||||
| 遊戲 | IPIS | 6/4/1998 | ||||
| 失戀中請勿打擾 | IPIS | 6/4/1998 | ||||
| 結局 | Chyi Chin | 3/15/1998 | ||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| Taipei City | Eason Chan | 10/1/1997 | ||||
| 邂逅 | VA | 1/15/1997 | ||||
| 不知如何是好 | VA | 1/15/1997 | ||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| 當愛來的時候 | Tom Pan | 9/30/1996 | ||||
| 空白 | Emi Lee | 7/5/1996 |