Huang Xiaoyun

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Huang Xiaoyun
黄霄云
Born (1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 (age 25)
NationalityChinese
Other namesGhost Huang, Wink XY
Citizenship People's Republic of China
EducationCentral Conservatory of Music
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • multi-instrumentalist
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
Years active2015–present
LabelsMeng Xiang Qiang Yin
WebsiteHuang Xiaoyun on
Hanyu Pinyin
Huáng Xiāoyún

Huang Xiaoyun

Singer 2020
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Huang Xiaoyun is known for her vocals and wide vocal range, as well as her viral performance of "Upwards to the Moon" (左手指月) on Sound of My Dream. The performance gained over 10 million views on YouTube.[1]

Early life

On 22 December 1998, Huang Xiaoyun was born in Longping Town,

entrance exam for the high school affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music.[3] In September she was admitted with satisfactory results and continued to study bel canto.[3]

Career

2015: The Voice of China

In 2015, Huang Xiaoyun participated in the fourth season of

Yu Chengqing and Wang Feng turned around, and she finally decided to join the latter's team. Later on, she sang Sun Nan's "I Believe" and Yao Beina's "Fish" (鱼) in the "mentor assessment" stage, becoming one of the top 4 students of Wang Feng's team and also top 16 overall, but her performance caused some controversy.[4] In the Cross Battle round, she sang Eric Carmen's "All by Myself", but ended up losing the Cross Battle and was eliminated.[5]

2017–2019: First singles released and Sound of My Dream

On 14 December 2017, she released her first single, "Campaign" (征战), in which she tried adding the element of rapping for the first time.[6][7] On 31 December, she released her second single, "Can We Still Love" (还可以爱吗).[8] On 7 May 2018, she released her first self-composed single "Open" (打开).[9]

In December, she participated in Zhejiang TV's music show Sound of My Dream (season 3), and her first performance of "Upwards to the Moon" 左手指月 went viral. Other songs she performed in the show include "The Light At That Time" (那时的光), "Unparalleled in the World" (天下无双), "The Story of Time" (光阴的故事) and "Same Moonlight" (一样的月光).

2020-present: Singer 2020, other variety shows and first solo album

In January 2020, she represented the Central Conservatory of Music in the Zhejiang TV music program 新声请指教.[10]

In February, she participated as a 'Surprise Challenger' in the Hunan TV music program

Singer 2020, entitled Year of the Hits (歌手·当打之年). In the first round, she challenged Mao Buyi and successfully proceeded to the next round.[11][12] However, a number of Chinese netizens accused her of being discourteous and having low EQ, as Mao had only started to sing the first few lyrics before she requested to challenge him. Since then, some netizens also discovered that the song she sang in the episode, "Life of Planet" by Mayday, was not on any music platform because Mango TV did not buy the copyright.[13] After the third round of the competition, she was at the bottom of the overall rankings and was eventually eliminated.[14] She returned for the breakout round of the show and chose to challenge Jike Junyi, but her challenge failed and she did not proceed to the finals.[15] On 11 April, she also participated as a guest singer in Zhejiang TV's music program, The Treasured Voice.[16]

In May, she and Zheng Shuang, Xiong Ziqi, and Liu Wei together formed the "President of the Star Trading Company" team in the Youku e-commerce variety show "Arrival of the Best-seller! 2" (爆款来了2). She was also the contributing artist to the show's theme song.[17]

On 16 November, her first solo music album, "Huang Xiaoyun's Neverland", was released.

Artistry

Voice and timbre

Huang Xiaoyun is a soprano.

Discography

Singles

Title Year Notes
征战 2017 First single[6]
还可以爱吗 [8]
打开 2018 First self-composed single[9]
可能 Theme song of TV drama 七日生[18]
消散 2019 [19]
假装 Theme song of TV drama 遇见幸福[20]
Sad Sometimes English song
Song project from 音你成名
Collaboration with
Alan Walker[21]
更漏子
没了我你依然拥有太阳 Demo
和从前的自己相遇 2020 Song project from 新聲請指教
Collaboration with Tang Hanxiao
旁若无人
爆款来了 Theme song of variety show 爆款来了 2[17]
星辰大海 2021
梦返
要不然我们就这样一万年 2023 Closing song of TV Drama 长月烬明

Albums

Album Information Track listing
1st 黄霄雲的Neverland
Track listing
  1. Neverland
  2. 秘密日记
  3. 一千零一夜
  4. 众声喧哗
  5. 逆世界
  6. 二十一

Filmography

Television series

Year English title Original title Role Network Notes
2016 You Music Me 薛定谔的猫 Ai Xiaoxin Tencent Video Acting debut
2017 Young & Cool 少年有点酷 Ai Xiaoxin Tencent Video Recurring role

Variety Shows

Year English title Original title Role Network Notes
2015
The Voice of China (season 4)
中国好声音 (第四季) Contestant
Zhejiang TV
2018–2019 Sound of My Dream (season 3) 梦想的声音 (第三季) Contestant
Zhejiang TV
2020 新声请指教 Contestant
Zhejiang TV
Singer 2020
歌手·当打之年 Contestant
Hunan TV
The Treasured Voice 天赐的声音 Guest
Zhejiang TV
Arrival of the Best-seller 爆款来了2 Cast member Youku
Masked Singer Season 5 蒙面唱将猜猜猜S5 Guest Youku
2022 Singing with Legends (season 4) 我们的歌(第四季) Contestant Shanghai Dragon TV

References

  1. ^ In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.
  1. ^ 黃霄雲《左手指月》. YouTube. 24 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b 苏妮 (9 February 2017). 王贺健 (ed.). ""让更多人听到我的声音"" [I Wish To Let More People Listen to My Voice]. Lawcourt evening news [zh] (in Chinese). pp. A08. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c 刘湘 (10 August 2015). "贵州学员又"组队来刷屏"了!" [Guizhou students are teaming up to flood the internet]. Guizhou Metropolis Daily《贵州都市报》 (in Chinese). pp. B10. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. ^ 刘湘 (23 August 2015). "贵州16岁少女黄霄雲晋级" [16 year old Huang Xiaoyun from Guizhou advances]. Guizhou Metropolis Daily《贵州都市报》 (in Chinese). pp. A24. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  5. ^ 刘湘 (27 September 2015). "贵州妹子黄宵雲遗憾离开" [Young Huang Xiaoyun from Guizhou eliminated!]. Guizhou Metropolis Daily《贵州都市报》 (in Chinese). pp. A24. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b 胡亚妮 (16 December 2017). "贵州歌手黄霄云新单曲《征战》上线" [Huang Xiaoyun from Luodian is busy with both the uni entrance examination and acting in a drama]. Guiyang Evening Newspaper《贵阳晚报》 (in Chinese). pp. A13. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. ^ "黄霄云首支单曲《征战》上线 rap元素展年轻能量" [Huang Xiaoyun's first single "Campaign" is online, rap elements show young energy"] (in Chinese). 新浪. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  8. ^
    搜狐. Archived from the original
    on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  9. ^ a b "黄霄雲首支原创单曲《打开》讲述艺考心路历程" [Huang Xiaoyun's first self-composed single "Open" tells the story of her arts exam]. 娱乐新闻 (in Chinese). China Entertainment Network 中国娱乐网. 7 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. ^ 姚赞原 (21 January 2020). "清华北大学子同台较量展高校音乐风采" [Tsinghua North University students compete on the same stage to showcase their music]. 《广东科技报·健康养生周刊》 (in Chinese). p. 4. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  11. ^ 从易 (11 February 2020). 程娱、栾梦 (ed.). "《歌手·当打之年》还能打吗?" [Can "Singer 2020 Year of the Hits" still be a hit?] (in Chinese). The Paper 澎湃新闻. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  12. 网易. Archived
    from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  13. ^ 毛青青, ed. (14 February 2020). "《歌手》诞生史上最惨嘉宾 黄霄云歌曲遭下架 一波未平一波又起" [The cruelest guest in the history of "Singer": Huang Xiaoyun's song was taken off the shelves] (in Chinese). North Sichuan Online News 川北在线. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  14. 网易. Archived
    from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  15. 网易
    . Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  16. 凤凰网
    . 13 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  17. ^ a b 王劭凯 (21 May 2020). "黄霄雲魔性洗脑单曲《爆款来了》上线" [Huang Xiaoyun's brainwashing single "Arrival of the Best-seller" is released]. 《呼和浩特晚报》 (in Chinese). p. 12. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  18. ^ "可能 – 黄霄雲" [Possibly – Huang Xiaoyun]. 网易云音乐 (in Chinese). 22 August 2018. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  19. ^ 李思, ed. (29 August 2019). "黄霄雲与周典奥合作全新单曲《消散》正式上线" [Huang Xiaoyun and Zhou Dian'ao collaboration "Dissipate" officially released]. 网易 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  20. ^ "假装 – 黄霄雲" [Pretend – Huang Xiaoyun]. QQ音乐 (in Chinese). 9 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  21. 网易. Archived
    from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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