Chien Yao (Chinese: 姚謙; born June 21, 1961, in Taiwan) is a Taiwanese lyricist and author, known for supporting and beginning the careers of many artists.
Yao is currently retired from executive positions and serves as an exclusive writer for Warner Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited Taiwan Branch.
Yao assisted artists Elva Hsiao, Maggie Chiang, Angela Hou, Sandy Lam, Stanley Huang, Rene Liu, Ailin Dai during his employment.
[3] After that, Yao continued musical productions and worked with singers such as Monique Lin, Stella Chang, Sky Wu, Jody Chiang, Coco Lee, Leehom Wang, Harlem Yu, Sandy Lam, Rene Liu, etc.
His works include Jody Chiang's “Life of an Artist 藝界人生”, Stella Chang's “La California 加州陽光”, Sky Wu's “Sharing 分享”, Winnie Hsin's “Scent 味道”, Faye Wong's “I'm Willing 我願意”, Harlem Yu's “Just for You 只有為你”, and Coco Lee's “Di Da Di”, etc.
Later in the years, Yao would produce songs Hsiao's “The Most Familiar Stranger 最熟悉的陌生人”, Karen Mok's “Love 愛情”, Ailing Dai's “Mr.
Right 對的人”, Tanya Chua's “Ji Nian 紀念”, “Stranger 陌生人”, and Maggie Chiang's “How I Envy You 我多麼羨慕你”.
[6] In 2017, Yao was inspired by his own experiences in art collection, and invited Director Hao-Hsuan Hsu to film and produce the movie “Ah-Art”.
In 2014, Yao compiled columns he wrote for Crown Culture Corp. and published “Mei Li De Xiang Yu 美麗的相遇”.
In his later career, Yao has the habit of reading his lyrics out loud, for the purpose of detecting phony terms and revising the words to be more colloquial.
Singers like Rene Liu, Elva Hsiao, Coco Lee, Winnie Hsin, and Tanya Chua often respect him and see him as their teacher and brother[citation needed].
In his house in Taipei, there is a wall in the living room that's dedicated to what he claims to be the collection of "Greatest Asian oil paintings in the 20th century".
In 2010, he compiled his published columns into the novel “Wo Yuan Yi 我願意”, which is a love story about the letter correspondences between Beijing and Taichung.
He also has numerous appearances online, such as on shixiang.xin to discuss about Eileen Chang's work, and also on “Ge Ci Shi Guang 歌詞時光”, the page he built on Douban.com to share his lyrical writings.