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Dawen
Dawen Wang, known as Dawen () is an American singer and songwriter. He first gained prominence when he won Kollaboration Acoustic 4. Dawen’s first single “Wake Up”, deals with Asian American stereotypes and prejudice towards minorities, and is especially popular among high school and college students.〔(Q&A with Singer-Songwriter Dawen, embarking on New York "American Me" Tour | Hyphen magazine - Asian American arts, culture, and politics )〕〔(Asia Pacific Arts: Soul Awakening )〕 Known for his socio-politically conscious music, Dawen’s material is a staple of Asian American Studies departments all over universities across the US, frequently performing and speaking at various panels and conferences.〔〔(Panelist and Moderator Bios - Asian American Studies : College of Liberal Arts : Purdue University )〕〔(Sailing Beyond the Horizon | ITASA 2010 West Coast Conference | UC San Diego is set to host the ITASA 2010 West Coast Conference on April 1-4, 2010. Here's a behind the scenes... )〕〔(Seen and Heard Conference 2011 Features Dawen )〕〔http://maasu.org/intercollegiate-taiwanese-american-student-association-conference/〕
Dawen became popular for translating famous popular songs into Chinese on YouTube, with his Mandarin cover of Rebecca Black's "Friday" becoming a viral runaway hit garnering much media attention including Carson Daly, exposure on AMP Radio〔 〕 in Los Angeles and other online publications.〔(Rebecca Black's death-threat-inducing song Friday in Chinese by Dawen | Mail Online )〕 Subsequently, Dawen’s Mandarin covers have become widely popular among Chinese language classes everywhere and often used in lesson plans as examples to learn Mandarin. Some of his translated covers include the aforementioned “Friday” by Rebecca Black, Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way", and the 2012 summer smash "Call Me Maybe", by Carly Rae Jepsen.〔(Dawen 王大文 - YouTube )〕
==Early life==
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 28 October 1981, Dawen grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts and attended Lexington High School as a freshman. At the age of 14, Dawen moved to Hong Kong to reside with his mother, attending Shatin College, before returning to the United States to study at Northwestern University, at Evanston, Illinois, earning a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance.〔〔(Dawen Wang | LinkedIn )〕 His brother George Wang, is a new media and TV producer based in Los Angeles, California.
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