Lay (레이; known internationally as Lay Zhang) is a Chinese rapper, singer-songwriter, music producer, dancer and actor under Zhang Yixing Studio. He is a member of the boy group EXO and its subunit EXO-M.
He made his Chinese solo debut on October 28, 2016 with the mini album Lose Control and his US debut on October 19, 2018 with the album Namanana.[2]
On April 8, 2022, he announced his departure from SM Entertainment in a handwritten letter after deciding not to renew his contract, though he will remain as an EXO member.[3]
Discography[]
Chinese[]
Studio albums[]
Mini albums[]
Special albums[]
Digital singles[]
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Remix singles[]
Promotional singles[]
Collaborations[]
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English[]
Studio albums[]
Digital singles[]
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Collaboration[]
Features[]
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Producing and writing credits[]
- All credits adapted from KOMCA, unless stated.[4]
Artist | Song | Album | Type |
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2014 | |||
EXO (Lay solo) | "I'm Lay" | Exology Chapter 1: The Lost Planet | Composing Arranging |
2015 | |||
EXO | "Promise (EXO 2014)" (Korean ver.) | Love Me Right | Composing Arranging |
"Promise (EXO 2014)" (Chinese ver.) | Writing Composing Arranging | ||
2016 | |||
Lay | "Monodrama" | Writing Composing Arranging | |
"Lose Control" | Lose Control | ||
"What U Need?" | |||
"Tonight" | |||
"MYM" | |||
"MYM (Acoustic ver.)" | |||
"Relax" | |||
2017 | |||
Lay | "Sheep" | Lay 02 Sheep | Writing Composing Arranging |
"I Need U" | |||
"Peach" | Composing Arranging | ||
"Hand" | Writing Composing Arranging | ||
"Boss" | Composing Arranging | ||
"Shake" | Writing Composing Arranging | ||
"Too Much" | |||
"Mask" | |||
"Director" | |||
"X Back" | |||
"Goodbye Christmas" | Winter Special Gift | Composing Arranging | |
"Can You Feel Me" | |||
"Christmas Love" | |||
"Gift to XBACK" | Writing Composing | ||
"Goodbye Christmas (English ver.)" | Composing Arranging | ||
2017 | |||
Lay | "The Assembly Call" (Chinese and English ver.) |
Namanana | Composing Arranging |
"Namanana" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
"Give Me a Chance" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
"Lay U Down" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
"Save You" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
"Hold On" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
"Thing for You" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
"Mapo Tofu" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
"Flavor" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
"Don't Let Me Go" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
"Tatto" (Chinese and English ver.) | |||
2019 | |||
Lay | "Honey" (English ver.) | Honey | Writing Composing Arranging |
"Bad" | Composing Arranging | ||
"Amusment Park" | |||
"Honey" (Chinese ver) | |||
"外婆" | Writing Composing Arranging | ||
2020 | |||
Lay | "Namanana (Remix)" | Composing Arranging | |
"Lit" | Lit | Writing Composing Arranging | |
"Jade" | |||
"Changsha" | |||
"Mama" | |||
"Boom" | |||
"Call My Name" | |||
"Late Night" | |||
"Wish" | |||
"Gluttony" | |||
"Boom (R3HAB Remix)" | Writing Composing | ||
"Descendants of the Dragon (Remix)" | Writing Composing Arranging | ||
2021 | |||
Lay | "Joker" | Producer | Writing Composing Arranging |
"Love Lay" | |||
"Flipped" | |||
"Ambush" | |||
"Stay With Me" | |||
"Horse" | |||
"Descendants of the Dragon" | |||
"Obsessed" | |||
Lay feat. KungFuPen | "XiangJiang River" | ||
Lay | "Flying Apsaras" | East | Composing Arranging |
Lay feat. GALI | "Samadhi Real Fire" | ||
Lay | "Ascetic Monk" | Writing Composing Arranging | |
"The Shepherd Boy" | Composing Arranging | ||
"Bee With You" | Writing Composing Arranging | ||
2022 | |||
Lay | "Jiu" | Writing Composing Arranging | |
"Nothing With Me" | Composing Arranging |
Concerts[]
- Grandline Ⅱ [Infinite Lands] (2022)
Concerts participation[]
Endorsements[]
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Trivia[]
- Lay won 3rd place on the popular Chinese talent show Star Academy in 2005.
- Lay's birth name is Zhang Jiashuai, but his name was later changed to Zhang Yixing.
- Lay is fluent in Xiang Chinese, Mandarin, Korean and English.
- He was intended to be the leader of EXO-M, but the position was later changed to Kris prior to debut.
- His debut solo album, Lose Control, is the best-selling album by a solo artist in South Korea despite being a pure Chinese-language record.
- He has starred in numerous hit Chinese movies and dramas.
- Lay is a pagan.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Lay/Gallery
References[]
Official links[]
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