Jason Chen (陳以桐) was born November 12, 1988 to Taiwanese immigrant parents in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. His family later moved to Arcadia, California when he was just a few months old.

Jason is fluent in Mandarin and English and often sings in both languages. Because his mother was a music teacher, he became acquainted with various instruments, such as piano, guitar, and the violin. It wasn’t until high school that he discovered his talents for singing while planning a proposal to his crush.

He began uploading covers of songs on YouTube in 2007 and began to build a following. He was a sophomore in college, attending UCLA at the time – he entered the school in 2006; he eventually graduated with a BA in economics and had been an accountant for about a year, until deciding to quit to focus on his music career.

In June of 2017, Jason officially announced his relationship to actor, dancer, and model Lucia Liu on his Instagram account. They had first met overseas in China on The Voice of China, several years prior, where Jason was a judge and Lucia was a contestant. They later posted a Q&A video on Jason’s music channel on YouTube.