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Light (Xu Weizhou album)

Light (Chinese: 光) is the debut album by Chinese singer-songwriter Xu Weizhou. The album was released on 1 May 2016. It consists of 7 songs. Most of the songs were composed by Xu Weizhou himself and also contributed in writing lyrics. After the album release, he conducted his "First Light Asia Tour" around various Asian countries.

Light
Studio album by
Xu Weizhou
Released1 May 2016
Recorded2016
Genre
Length26:32
Language
Label极韵文化 (Pole Rhyme Culture)
Xu Weizhou chronology
Light
(2016) 		The Time
(2017)
Singles from Light
  1. "Walk Slowly"
    Released: 1 March 2016
  2. "Dust"
    Released: 9 March 2016
  3. "Moonlight"
    Released: 21 March 2016
  4. "I Remember Your Eyes"
    Released: 28 March 2016
  5. "Understand Dream"
    Released: 10 May 2016

Background

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Light consists of various genres such as ballad and pop-rock with a mix of rap. Most of the songs were composed by Xu himself and also contributed to lyrical writing.[1] Xu revealed that the two songs "Understand Dream"[2] and "I Remember Your Eyes" were first composed by him when he was 17 years old and "Dust" was given to him by a friend. The two soundtracks, "Walk Slowly" and "Because of the Sea" of a web series Addicted he starred on was also included in his album.

Promotion and release

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Xu pre-released some songs in his album at Sina Weibo. The first one was "Walk Slowly" on 1 March, followed by "Dust" on 9 March, "Moonlight" on 21 March, "I Remember Your Eyes" on 28 March[3] and "Understand Dream on 10 May but the whole album was officially released on 1 May 2016.[4] He performed "Walk Slowly" and "Because of the Sea" live for the first time on Addicted fan meeting held in Beijing, "Dust" on 16th Top Chinese Music Awards and "Light" on 2nd Addicted fan meeting held in Bangkok. Later, he performed "Light" again on 2016 Fresh Asia Music Awards[5] and 24th Oriental Billboard Award Ceremony.[citation needed]

In February 2017, iFASHION published a short clip music video of "Light" for Xu's photoshoot. Later in March, he released the documentary of his "First Light Asia Tour" entitled "Shadow of Light" which included behind the scenes of his concert tours.[6]

Commercial performance

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The album has sold over 10,000 copies within 15 minutes; 2,920 and 7,089 copies on standard and deluxe edition, respectively.[7] The deluxe edition contains a photo book, poster and a shirt designed by Xu himself. It was also revealed that the tickets on his first concert to Beijing were sold out within 3 minutes[8] while the VIP tickets to Bangkok were sold out within 35 seconds.[9] Xu conducted his "First Light Asia Tour"[10][11] around June to August at Seoul, Bangkok and 3 other cities in China and participated in music festivals afterwards.[12]

Xu was the first solo artist from Mainland China to hold a concert in South Korea[13][14] and also won several awards of "Best New Artist" after his concert tours. In 2017, "Walk Slowly" won an award of "Top Ten Golden Songs" during MTV Global Chinese Music Awards night.[15]

Live concerts

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First Light Asia Tour

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Date Location Venue
5 June 2016 Beijing Wukesong Huiyuan Space
25 June 2016 Seoul KBS Arena
17 July 2016 Shenzhen Futian Sports Stadium
30 July 2016 Bangkok Thunder Dome, Muangthong Thani
13 August 2016 Shanghai Shanghai Grand Stage (Shanghai Gymnasium)

Music Festivals

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Date Music Festival Location
15 September 2016 Forest Music Festival Nanjing
24 September 2016 Zebra Music Festival Shanghai
23 October 2016 20th PEACEBIRD Music Festival Ningbo

On 9 December 2017, Xu held another concert in Shanghai entitled Light 2017. He performed "Understand the Dream", "I Remember Your Eyes", "Dust", "Because of the Sea", "Walk Slowly" and all his songs from the first two quarters as well as a new song from the third quarter of his second album The Time.[16] All tickets were sold out within 30 seconds.[17]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Walk Slowly"Long LeeParkXu Weizhou4:41
2."Dust"Su TonglokSu Tonglok4:18
3."Moonlight"Xu WeizhouXu Weizhou4:06
4."I Remember Your Eyes"Xu WeizhouXu Weizhou3:01
5."Because of the Sea" (featuring Huang Jingyu)Chai JidanXu Weizhou3:22
6."Understand the Dream" (featuring Zhu Yuanbing)
  • Zhu Yuanbing
  • Xu Weizhou
Xu Weizhou4:00
7."Light"Xu Weizhou
  • Xu Weizhou
  • Pan Cheng
3:04
Total length:26:32

Chart performance

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The song "Light" was included in "Top 20 Hit Songs For First Half Of 2016" according to Global Chinese Golden Chart[18] and "Top 20 Most Favorite Songs of 2016" according to Music Radio China Chart.[19] In addition, "Walk Slowly" ranked 1st on the yinyue 39th issue while “Dust” and “MoonLight” both ranked 3rd on the 40th and 42nd issue, respectively.[20][21]

Weekly

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Song Chart (2016) Position
Light Pop Songs Chart 1[22]

References

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  1. ^ "许魏洲：高中时组织音乐节 还要自己拉赞助、印票". ent.qq.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  2. ^ "许魏洲朱元冰合唱新曲《明白梦想》首发". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  3. ^ "繁星直播带你舔屏许魏洲 新专辑《Light》诠释青春与梦想". ent.rednet.cn. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
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  5. ^ "许魏洲获年度最佳新人 现场告白感谢粉丝". ent.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  6. ^ "许魏洲亲手递上白色情人节礼物，还不快来接收". weibo.com. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  7. ^ "อุ่นเครื่องความฟิน! ส่องภาพแมวน้อย "Xu Weizhou" จาก Addicted Heroin Web Series". ftp.daradaily.com. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  8. ^ "สวี่ เว่ยโจว ประกาศจัดเอเชียทัวร์ – มาไทย 30 ก.ค. นี้!!". music.mthai.com. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  9. ^ "บัตร VIP หมดใน 35 วิ! ทิมมี่ พร้อมจัดเต็มคอนเสิร์ต แล้วเจอกันนะแม่แมว". www.thairath.co.th. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  10. ^ "Internet propels the likes of Xu Weizhou to instant stardom". usa.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  11. ^ "Chinese star Xu Weizhou visits Seoul for concert". english.donga.com. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  12. ^ "许魏洲变身ROCK BOY嗨翻全场 侧脸有点像薛之谦". ent.qq.com. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  13. ^ "许魏洲韩国开唱 数千韩粉全场合唱中文歌". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  14. ^ "Chinese star Xu Weizhou visits Seoul for concert". english.donga.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  15. ^ "2017 MTV全球華語音樂盛典 许魏洲 最佳十大金曲 《慢慢走》". www.mtv.com.tw. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  16. ^ "许魏洲上海演唱会自作词作曲感谢粉丝". www.chinanews.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  17. ^ "许魏洲上海演唱会开放探班 新歌首唱曝行星概念". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  18. ^ "Global Chinese Golden Chart". hitoradio.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  19. ^ "Music Radio China Chart". weibo.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  20. ^ "许魏洲首张专辑预告片发布 5月1日正式开售". ent.163.com. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  21. ^ "许魏洲专辑《Light》预告片发布 5月1日开售". ent.china.com. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  22. ^ "Top 1 Pop Song For 4th week of October 2016". weibo.com. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
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