Actor, singer, director, entrepreneur, member of F4 and the Korean Mandopop duo Kangta & Vanness, Vanness Wu goes deep with the hosts about not being able to dance as a kid, learning about success from people around him, and how his faith influences his art. 

O0:00 Intro

05:00 Origin

08:00 First finding joy in dance and performing

12:00 Getting signed

16:00 Appearing in Run DMC vs. Jason Nevin's 'It's like that' video

18:00 Moving to Taipei and pitching demos

24:00 Learning to believe in yourself

28:00 Influence of family 

32:00 Meteor Garden

35:00 Dealing with fame and success

40:00 Faith and making art

47:00 Navigating failure and shape-shifting projects

54:00 NFTs

55:00 Purpose 

1:01:00 Growing up Buddhist and coming to the church

1:05:30 Lightning round

Hosts

Ben Chung

Anthony Lee

Recording - Chad Mayate

Kinjaz Theme by Charlie Nguyen

Kinjaz in collaboration with Broccoli Productions

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