[2] Crowd Lu was raised in a household rich with culture and focused on the arts in Tainan City, Taiwan.

His mother was a lover and collector of Western jazz records, which sparked a similar—if not greater—musical interest within Lu at a very young age.

The glimmer of Lu's talent was apparent as he would belt out the songs of Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson only after listening to them once or twice.

After graduating from the Tainan Guangming High School in 2003, Lu moved north to Taipei to attend Tamkang University.

Filled with the simple honesty of everyday life, 100 Ways of Living topped the charts and altered the course of the heavily Mando-pop musical industry and taste in all of Asia dramatically.