Xu Weizhou

Xu Weizhou (Timmy Xu)

Xu Weizhou during the recording of Addicted
Background information
Chinese name 许魏洲
Pinyin Xǔ Wèizhōu (Mandarin)
Ethnicity Han Chinese
Origin Shanghai, China
Born (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994
Shanghai, China
Other name(s) Timmy Xu (International Name), 허위주 (Korean Name), Hứa Ngụy Châu (Vietnamese Name)
Occupation Actor , Singer-songwriter
Genre(s) C-pop , Rap , Rock Music , Heavy metal , Beatboxing , Ballad
Instrument(s) Guitar , Piano , Keyboard , Drum
Years active 2015–present
Ancestry Shanghai, China

Xu Weizhou (born 20 October 1994) is a Chinese actor, musician, singer-songwriter, dancer and model. In early 2016, he became widely known for playing the character Bai Luo Yin in Addicted, a web series that was banned by SAPPRFT. He was the first artist to achieve top spots in both China V chart and Mandarin chart in Billboard China.[1][2] He also became the first solo artist from Mainland China to have a sold out concert in South Korea.[3][4]

Early and Personal life

Since childhood, Xu Weizhou has pursued various artistic endeavors including dancing, singing, music composition, and playing the guitar. He learned Latin dance for over 10 years and won the gold award of Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). In high school, he formed a death metal rock band, "PROME" with some of his schoolmates and played lead guitarist. He and his band "PROME" won the Midi high school band competition in Shanghai also. Moreover, he looked for the bands sponsorships including management for the winter vacation music festival in Shanghai and also was on the local newspaper. He graduated from the Affiliated Senior High School of the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Currently, he is attending the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing.[5][6]

Career

2015-2016: Career beginnings, Addicted, Rising Popularity and Singing career debut

While still in college, Xu Weizhou debuted on a short film called Crazy Gaming (Gaming Madness) as one of the leads in early 2015. He also participated on various photoshoots as a part-time that led him to be discovered and scouted as one of the leads of a homosexual-themed web series Addicted. The filming of Addicted casts started filming on late 2015 and ended on early 2016. He composed and sang the OST of Addicted and had a duet with his co-star Huang Jingyu on the opening song of the series. In early 2016, “Addicted” became popular but at the start of its fourth week of airing, all episodes of the drama were taken off air from major Chinese video streaming websites by China's SAPPRFT and were no longer accessible.[7] A few days later, all remaining episodes of the first season were uploaded via Huace Film and TV official channel on YouTube. This also made the lead actors popular locally and internationally. On April 2, 2016, the Chinese media leaked the SAPPRFT directives on sensitive content that includes the following: " The web drama “Addicted” dealing with homosexual subject matter, has been forbidden from broadcast. All channels are to cease inviting all lead actors onto their shows or to hype them, such as Huang Jingyu, Xu Weizhou, Lin Fengsong, and Chen Wen ".[8] By the time this document was leaked, Xu Weizhou and his co-star Huang Jingyu have already filmed episodes for two popular variety show, Happy Camp and Run for Time. The Happy Camp episode, which was scheduled to broadcast on April 16, never did broadcast and both actors were severely cut out from the episode of Run for Time. Afterwards, he has been focusing on his music career and on May 1, Xu released his first album entitled Light and started his Asian concert tours around June-August. He was the first artist to achieve top spots in both China V chart and Mandarin chart in Billboard China.[9][10] He's also the first solo artist from Mainland China to have a sold out concert in South Korea.[11][12] Apart from music, he also participated on various fashion magazine photo-shoots; not only magazines published in China, but other countries such as South Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong. Later, he raised his profile and earned numerous awards as Best New Artist of the Year.

Fashion

Xu was invited as one of the guests to some fashion ceremonies in 2016, including Madame Figaro French Excellence Awards, 4th Anniversary of OK! Magazine Awards, DAMIANI's Dinner Party, Versace 7 Bags for 7 Cities, iFeng Fashion Choice Awards, PEACEBIRD Woman 2017 Spring/Summer Fashion Show, L'Officiel Fashion Night, BVLGARI x VOGUE GEM DREAM, Vogue's 11st Anniversary Grand Ceremony, Sina Weibo Fan Carnival Grand Ceremony, BAZAAR's Men of the year ceremony, 13th Esquire Men at his best Award Ceremony

Charities

Xu has been active as national ambassador to various charities in 2016 including "Against Domestic Violence", "Rio Run", "Animal Welfare Charities by Cabbeen", "Cat Welfare Organizations (Lucky cat)", "Hope for home for children", "Moon bear protecting project of Animal Asia Foundation (AAF)", "1,000 rabbits look up at the moon project of China Social Welfare Foundation","Adopt pets instead of purchasing project of Beijing Non-profit Adoption organizations", "Bazaar Charity Stars : love can touch" and "Door of charity project of China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF)". He is also the founder of the foundation for "Light of love for the blind" , "China’s left-behind children in Kunming" , "10.20 km run to the light for the blind". Moreover, he also donated the family relief boxes to the victims of the typhoon through Chinese Red Cross Foundation and joined the elimination of violence against women project of Kering foundation.

Filmography

Films

Web/Network Drama

Variety Shows

TV Variety Shows

Online Variety Shows

Radio Shows

Discography

Promotional Song

Album

Music Videos

Concerts

Tour Concerts

Music Festivals

Fan Meeting

Endorsements

Campaign

Endorser

Books

Music charts

Awards and Charts

Awards

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "China V-Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  2. ↑ "Billboard Radio China Chart". billboardradiochina.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Chinese star Xu Weizhou visits Seoul for concert". english.donga.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  5. ↑ "高中生自办寒假音乐节 找赞助商自己搞定 联系场地、找赞助商、活动宣传全由学生搞定". edu.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  6. ↑ "Xu Weizhou Baidu Encyclopedia Page". baike.baidu.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  7. ↑ "China's Censors Take Another Gay-Themed Web Drama Offline". blog.wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  8. ↑ "Minitrue: SAPPRFT Directives on Sensitive Content". www.chinadigitaltimes.net. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  9. ↑ "China V-Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Radio China Chart". billboardradiochina.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Chinese star Xu Weizhou visits Seoul for concert". english.donga.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  13. ↑ "许魏洲:你们就是我的光 10 QUESTIONS". billboardradiochina.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  14. ↑ "China V-Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Radio China Chart". billboardradiochina.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  16. ↑ "Global Chinese Golden Chart". hitoradio.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  17. ↑ "Pop Songs Chart". weibo.com. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  18. ↑ "音乐风云榜创偶像颁奖礼 华晨宇钟汉良EXO出席". ent.163.com. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  19. ↑ "《OK!精彩》的这种品质感，让大半个娱乐圈都来为它庆祝四岁生日". toutiao.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  20. ↑ "专访许魏洲：争议对我也是一个前进的动力". ent.sina.com. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  21. ↑ "欧阳娜娜、许魏洲一袭黑装亮相 获"2016年度时尚人气先锋大奖". fashion.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  22. ↑ "许魏洲获2016时装之夜年度最佳新人 向光奔跑的新星". cn.chinagate.cn. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  23. ↑ "专访许魏洲:渴望拥有自由 粉丝都是"宝贝"". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  24. ↑ "动魄时代为你倾心呈现 "商业星力量—2016年度人物风云盛典"开创商业娱乐新纪元". weibo.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  25. ↑ "Top 100 Yinyuetai Fan-Festival". fanfestival.yinyuetai.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  26. ↑ "Charity donation". weibo.com. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  27. ↑ "Alibaba Planet Wars". weibo.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  28. ↑ "Top 20 Most Popular Celebrities". weibo.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  29. ↑ "China Luxury, Beauty and Fashion Insights - Q3 2016". anyflip.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.

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