Patrick Brasca (, born September 6, 1999) known professionally in Chinese as Pai Weijun (派偉俊) is a Canadian-Taiwanese pop singer and songwriter known for singing the theme song "Try" of the film ''

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''. The song also features

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Career

Patrick Brasca is of mixed Italian and Taiwanese heritage. He learned African drums when he was just three and learned the acoustic guitar when he was 9. At the age of 11, he had already set his hopes on becoming a singer. At the mere age of 13, while taking part in a variety show hosted by

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, Brasca met Jay Chou, who signed him to his record company JVR Music. Brasca also uses the

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Patrick in some of his recordings. On 29 October 2015, he released the single "Can't Lose You Now" () with an accompanying music video. It became part of the

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of popular Taiwanese TV series ''

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'' (). Brasca followed up this release with "My Time" (我的時代) on 20 November 2015 and "I Like You" on 17 December 2015. The two songs were included on his first EP single also called ''My Time'' in 2015. The Taiwanese musician, pop singer, songwriter, record producer, director and actor

suggested that Brasca become part of the soundtrack of 2016 animated action comedy martial arts film ''

'', produced by

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and

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. The bilingual theme song from the film titled "Try" featured Patrick Brasca (in English) and Jay Chou (in Chinese). Brasca took part in the writing of the English lyrics of the track. The soundtrack album was released on January 22, 2016 with Brasca and Jay Chou's "Try" as its title track. In January 2025, he release another song named "Six Degrees" with Jay Chou, who previously collaborate since Try.

In popular culture

Brasca sang "Be Strong", the theme song for the 2016

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held in

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in Taiwan.

Discography

Albums

*''Angst'' () (2020) **[10 tracks: Butterflies () (2:51) / Champagne () feat. ANGIE (3:06) / I Like The Way () (3:40) / Somebody (2:44) / Don't Wanna Lie ft. 8lak & Hosea (2:53) / You Are (2:53) / Won't Say I Love You () (2:48) / Matches () (2:50) / Runaway (2:50) / Angst () (2:58)]

EPs

*''My Time'' (2015) **[2 track EP: "Can't Lose You Now" (4:07) / "My Time (4:03)]

Songs and music videos

*"Soar High" () (2019) *"Don't Wanna Lie" (feat. 8lak, Hosea) (2020) *"4 Get Bout U" () (with Tyson Yoshi) (2020) *"Butterfly" () (2020) *"Somebody" (2020) *"Champagne" () (feat. ANGIE) (2020) *"I Like the Way" () (2020) *"Runaway" (2021) *"Cold" feat. @莫宰羊 (2021) *"Hold On" (with 高爾宣OSN) (2024)

Soundtracks

;''

'' (2015) *"Can't Lose You Now" (

*"My Time" (

*"I Like You" (

;''

'' (2016) *"Try" (with

;''Superpower'' (2017) *"Superpower" (2017) (closing song) ;''GunGirls'' (2017) *"Gun Fire" () (closing song) ;''Dream Breaker'' (2018) *"City of Dreams" ()

Remix

*Jay Chou – 忍者 (Patrick Brasca x MADREX Remix) (2019)

Others

*"Be Strong" (theme song of the 2016 International Children's Games) (2016

*"奇市江湖" (theme song of the 2017

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Marketplace Festival)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brasca, Patrick Taiwanese male singers Canadian musicians of Chinese descent Taiwanese people of Italian descent 1999 births Living people 21st-century Taiwanese singers 21st-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian singers