Nicknamed Milk Tea by fans in reference to her self-confessed “bitter, yet
sweet” personality, Rene Liu has catapulted to stardom in her native Taiwan as
both an actress and a singer-songwriter since emerging on the scene in the
mid-1990s. Born Liu Jo-ying on June 1st, 1970 in Taipei, she grew up in a
military family who treated her to piano lessons, and by her late 20s she’d
honed her craft making tender, pared-back ballads. Rising to prominence with a
string of albums starting with 1995’s 少女小漁的美麗與哀愁 (Beauty and Sadness), she made
strides with the 1998 single “為愛痴狂 (Crazy for Lo...