The 49-year-old academic from Melbourne never sought a career in music, but has always loved writing and recording it with mates.But in 2009, a Japanese label unexpectedly picked up his album, A Plea en Vendredi, followed by a Chinese label.Wells had just moved to Myanmar as an aid worker when he accepted an invitation to perform in China."That was really bizarre."
Fans on Wells's latest tour often told him his viral hit Valder Fields was part of the soundtrack of their teenage years.When the 13 and 15-year-olds attended their father's Tokyo show they admitted they'd "underestimated Dad's music". Meeting Wells on campus grounds recently, Ms Wu came prepared with gifts for him and his band and printed fan comments from Chinese social media she'd translated into English.
A common theme among Wells's Chinese fans is that his low-fi, pared-back sound and emotional lyrics are soothing. Mathew Daniel, the international vice-president of NetEase Cloud Music — Wells's record label — said an influx of international music into China coincided with the opening up of the internet in the early 2010s.
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