Wei Li-an (Chinese: 韋禮安; pinyin: Wéi Lǐ-ān; born 5 March 1987), known professionally as WeiBird, is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter.

[3][4] Wei gained media attention as the winner of the first season of the reality television singing competition Happy Sunday in 2007.

[7] Wei also received a nomination at the 58th Golden Horse Awards for Best Original Film Song with "Red Scarf" (如果可以).

[12] During his high school, Wei's father bought him his first guitar and he developed a passion for the instrument.

Wei was inspired to start writing his own songs after watching a songwriting showcase by his school music club.

[11] He started composing songs and posted his works onto StreetVoice, a music-publishing platform for independent songwriters.

[14] Although most of Wei's works were notably Folk Pop, he also experimented with different music genres such as Bossa Nova, R&B, Soul Jazz and Disco.

In 2006, Wei decided to sign up for a school singing competition for fun and he performed Black Humor (黑色幽默) by Jay Chou.

He covered songs from many singers including David Tao, Stefanie Sun, Wang Leehom.

[25][26] Wei held his first nationwide concert tour, The Fleeing of a Two-Legged Bookcase (兩腳書櫥的逃亡), on 18 September 2010 at the Taipei International Convention Center to a crowd of 3000.

[28] Linfair Records invested over NT 1 billion in filming a movie specifically for Wei, titled The Bird That Saved The World (什麼鳥日子).

In the music video of lead single 'Wolves', Wei shed his boy-next-door image and transformed into a bloodthirsty werewolf.

[38] In promotion of the album, a three-dimensional art installation titled 'Bird and Wolf' was exhibited at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park.

[38] Wei also embarked on By Your Side (在你身邊) concert promotional tour, and visited Kaohsiung, Taichung, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Beijing.

[40] Journey into The Night received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Wei for expanding and integrating more styles into his base of folk and alternative rock.

In two months, he performed at 7 cities: Shenzhen, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shanghai, Beijing, Zhuhai and Guangzhou.

[50] Wei's rising popularity has won him endorsement deals and opportunities to sing for soundtracks of television drama series.

[50] In a span of two years, Wei released nine digital singles, including the hit song, "Don't Say" (別說沒愛過).

[55] The award is given to the top ten performing artists on KKBOX based on total music streaming volume.

[1] His news of departure was not well-taken by his previous label, which accused Wei had arbitrarily claimed that his contract had expired.

Wei eventually won the lawsuit after embroiling in a 2 years legal battle with Linfair Records.

[59] Later in December 2020, Weibird performed 2 sold-out shows of 'After Thirty' at the Taipei Pop Music Centre.

[7] In 2021, Wei released "Just Stay With Me", which served as the opening credit song for television series Tears on Fire.

[62] Wei was invited by Giddens Ko to compose a song for his movie Till We Meet Again which was adapted from his novel 'Yue Lao' (月老).

[67] The album is inspired from Wei's past heartbreak experiences which includes drowning his sorrows in alcohol.

[66] Wei announced his new concert 'See You Tomorrow' which will be held at Taipei Arena and all two shows were sold out within minutes after going on sale.

[69] Wei has been a spokesperson for many popular brands including Lipton,[70] Microsoft Office 365[71] and Cotton USA.

In 2013, Wei was first appointed as the ambassador for World Vision Taiwan's "Love Loaf" campaign and travelled to Armenia to bring awareness about combating poverty and improving the lives of children and their families.

[75] Subsequently, Claire Kuo joined Wei and visited Zambia in 2015 to raise awareness about issues such as water scarcity, malnutrition and diseases.