16 Facts About Lai Kuan-lin

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Lai Kuan-lin, romanized as Lai Guanlin and better known mononymously as Guanlin, is a Taiwanese rapper, singer and actor based in South Korea and China.

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Lai Kuan-lin is known for finishing seventh in Produce 101 Season 2 and was a member of the South Korean boy band Wanna One.

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Lai Kuan-lin formed a duo with Pentagon's Wooseok as Wooseok x Kuanlin in March 2019, under Cube Entertainment.

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Lai Kuan-lin was recruited by Cube Entertainment during the Cube Star World Audition in Taiwan in 2016.

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In 2017, Lai Kuan-lin participated in the second season of Produce 101, representing Cube Entertainment.

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Lai Kuan-lin ranked seventh during the final episode with 905,875 votes, securing him a place in the show's project boy group Wanna One under YMC Entertainment.

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In November 2017, Lai Kuan-lin appeared in labelmate Jeon So-yeon's music video for her single "Jelly".

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Lai Kuan-lin was confirmed to be the guest on variety show Happy Camp.

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In January 2019, Lai Kuan-lin was confirmed as male lead in Chinese drama A Little Thing Called First Love.

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On 20 February 2019, Cube Entertainment announced that Lai Kuan-lin would participate in a new group project alongside Pentagon's Wooseok titled Wooseok x Kuanlin.

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In June 2020, Lai Kuan-lin was cast in youth drama Don't Think About Interrupting My Studies as the main lead, Lin Xiao Ran alongside Li Landi as Nan Xiangwan.

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One of the claims Lai Kuan-lin made was that Cube Entertainment had sold his artist management rights in China to a third party without notifying him.

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The judge agreed with Lai Kuan-lin and deemed the contract invalid.

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In 2018 and 2019, Lai Kuan-lin became an ambassador for Dr Jart+, MGTV International APP, Chinese Social Assistance Foundation and Green Carpet Action.

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Lai Kuan-lin has endorsed Nongfu Spring, TBJ, L'Oreal and Downy, KM Pharmaceutical, Perfect Diary, VIVLAS Lipstick, Wolong Nuts and elleair.

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In March 2021, Lai Kuan-lin announced support for cotton from Xinjiang in mainland China, after some companies had expressed concerns about human rights abuses.