Eric Chou (Chinese: 周興哲; pinyin: Zhōu Xīngzhé; Jyutping: Zau1 Hing3 Zit3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiu Hèng-tiat; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chiu Hin-chet, born 22 June 1995) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. He has been dubbed by the Taiwanese media as "king of the lovelorn people". Chou's self-composed smash hit "The Distance of Love", the ending theme of the 2014 Taiwanese drama The Way We Were, where he also made a cameo, reached 100 million views on YouTube, making Chou the youngest Mandopop artist to reach the feat at that time.