Dr Liang Wern Fook (Chinese: 梁文福; pinyin: Liáng Wénfú; born 1964 in Singapore) is a Singaporean writer, musician, and researcher in Chinese literature and pedagogy. He is one of the pivotal figures in the xinyao (Singaporean Chinese folk songs) movement in the 1980s and 1990s.
Liang grew up in a music-loving household, along with his two younger siblings. His father, a journalist, and his mother, an acupuncturist, were always playing the records of singers like Bai Guang and Zhou Xuan.
Liang started taking piano lessons at the age of 10, and went on to attain a Grade 8 certificate. He received his secondary school education at Catholic High School, and wrote his first song at the age of 16. Liang became more prolific once he started attending Hwa Chong Junior College (now Hwa Chong Institution), often performing with schoolmates in addition to heading the student council and Chinese society drama club. Many of the songs he wrote then, mainly about friendship and camaraderie, are still popular among the school's students today during gatherings, where different singing groups would often perform together.
Liang later attended the National University of Singapore, where he was the top student for both his major, Chinese studies, and in the Arts faculty.
He is a singer-songwriter, and his first song was written in 1981 for a concert at Hwa Chong Junior College. His first commercial song, xie yi shou ge gei ni (A Song for You) was released in 1984 on the hai die (Ocean Butterflies) label. He has over ten publications in various genres of creative writing, and has over two hundred musical compositions and songs to his name.
He has written television serial theme songs for the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, and for Cantonese/Mandarin popstars such as Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Leon Lai, Tony Leung, Alex To, Eric Moo, Kit Chan, and Stephanie Sun.
He is the Assistant Professor (Adjunct) with the Division of Chinese, Nanyang Technological University, and the Language Consultant for HNL Language Centre.