Yixing Zhang

Zhang Yixing, known professionally as Lay Zhang or simply Lay, is a Chinese singer and actor. After participating in the Chinese talent show Star Academy in 2005, he became a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo and its Chinese sub-unit Exo-M under SM Entertainment in 2012. Zhang was among the first four established Chinese K-pop stars to return to China and spearhead the development of idols in Chinese entertainment.