Lo Ta-yu or Luo Dayou (Traditional Chinese: 羅大佑; Simplified Chinese: 罗大佑; Pinyin: Lúo Dàyòu) is an influential Taiwanese singer-songwriter who, during the 1980s, revolutionized Chinese pop and rock music with his melodic lyrics, his love songs, and his witty social and political commentary that he infused in his more political songs, often to the point that some of his songs were suppressed in Taiwan and China during the 1980s. He is recognized as a major cultural icon in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China.