Xu Weizhou

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Xu Weizhou
许魏洲
Born	(1994-10-20) October 20, 1994 Shanghai, China
Other names	Timmy Xu (English name) 허위주 (Korean name)
Alma mater	National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts Shanghai Theatre Academy Affiliated Senior High School
Occupations	Actor Singer Songwriter
Years active	2015–present
Spouse	Unknown (m. 2022-present)
Musical career
Genres	C-pop Rock Heavy metal
Instrument(s)	Vocals Guitar
Labels	StarPower星光力量 星团音乐StarClusterMusic
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	許魏洲
Simplified Chinese	许魏洲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xǔ Wèizhōu

Xu Weizhou (Chinese: 许魏洲), known internationally as Timmy Xu, is a Chinese actor, singer, and songwriter. In 2016, he bursted to the scene with debut character Bai Luoyin in the Chinese BL web series Addicted. He was the first artist to achieve the top spot on the Billboard China V chart and Mandarin chart within the same week. Xu was the first solo artist from mainland China to hold a concert in South Korea, and to be officially invited as a guest to the Billboard Music Awards in 2017.

Xu made his comeback to the small screen in 2018 and a year later he was nominated for best actor for his lead role in My Girlfriend. In early 2023, Ping Pong: The Triumph and his role received wide spread rave reviews. The character Xu played awarded him Annual Attention Actor and Most Breakout Actor. Moreover, Xu's first foray in performance art was an enormous success. For three consecutive months he performed weekly in a total of 33 plays across nine major mainland Chinese cities in Cao Yu's Thunderstorm and Wan Fang's After Thunderstorm. Xu was praised by Wan Fang for his outstanding performance in interpreting a unique perspective of the character and in her own words "the best Zhou Ping."

Early life and education

Since childhood, Xu has pursued various artistic endeavors including dancing, singing, music composition, and playing instruments, especially the guitar. He learned Latin dance for more than ten years and won the gold award from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). In high school, Xu formed two rock bands with some of his schoolmates, namely: "EggAche" and a death metal rock band "PROME", in which he was the lead guitarist. "PROME" won the Midi High School band competition in Shanghai. Moreover, he, together with his band, organized and arranged a winter vacation music festival in Shanghai and was featured in the local newspaper. Xu graduated from the Affiliated Senior High School of the Shanghai Theatre Academy. In college, he went to the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing and graduated in May 2017.

Career

2015 - 2016: Debut

While still in college, Xu starred in a short film called Gaming Madness as one of the leads in October 2015. He participated in various photo shoots that led him to be discovered, scouted, and debuted as one of the main leads for a web series called Addicted, broadcast in January 2016. He was also chosen to compose and sing the opening and closing theme songs of Addicted. The full episodes were later uploaded on YouTube, which made the lead actors popular locally and internationally. Afterwards, Xu began to focus on his music career and on May 1, 2016, released his first album entitled Light and started his Asian concert tours from June to August 2016.

Xu also participated in various fashion magazine photo shoots. Later, he raised his profile and earned numerous awards as "Best New Artist". He was named as one of the Top 20 Most Popular Celebrities on Weibo by Sina Weibo Data Center, and earned the title of "New Trend Idol of the year" from Star Magazine. Moreover, his growing popularity resulted in first places on several polls. He was invited as a guest to a sundry of radio shows like Billboard Radio China, TofuPOP Radio – BEC Tero Radio in Thailand, Yang Lan 8 p.m. Show, Hongdou Live Interview, FM 101.7 Music Kaleidoscope, and NetEase Cloud Music (Xu Weizhou Cold Jokes), as well as web shows and live streaming events.

On December 8, he released his single "Fun" which ranked first on several charts. The official music video was released on December 15. His growing popularity also ranked him 37th place on the 2016 Top 50 Most Internet & Business Celebrity Influencers in China by Data Win.

2017: Variety show and miscellaneous activities

In late January, Xu made his first official variety appearance on Intangible Her, broadcast on Tencent Video. His successful variety show debut made him reach fifth place on the Top 10 Most Popular Variety Stars in the first half of the year. Later in March, Xu sang the Chinese version of "The Heroes", the theme song of Canadian film Snowtime! by Simple Plan, where he topped on the Billboard China V chart and Mandarin chart within the same week for the second time. He also performed the song live with the rock band on March 4 in Beijing. In addition, the Canadian Embassy and Children's Film Association granted him an ambassadorial award to "China-Canada Cultural Exchange" and "Children's Film Promotion" during the film's press conference.

On April 1, Xu appeared as a guest on the music show Global Chinese Music Chart (currently airing on CCTV15), performing his song "Fun". He was then selected to sing "Screaming Night", the theme song for the 2017 iQiyi Screaming Night Concert, where its music video was released.

In May, he was officially appointed as the "Starlight" ambassador and was the first mainland artist to be invited to the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. Afterwards, he played the main character for a Vogue film project called Seize the Moment, a short film which debuted during the Cannes Film Festival.

After the success of Light, he released the first quarter of his second solo album entitled The Time on August 10, which sold more than 450,000 copies and was certified double platinum. The second quarter was released online for free on October 20, on his 23rd birthday, while the third quarter was released on December 12. He was also chosen to sing the theme song for a British-Chinese action thriller film S.M.A.R.T. Chase entitled "Ruins of Time" on August 23; it was written by Jay Chou, a famous singer. His songs "So What", "Leave Me Alone", and "Ruins of Time" ranked first to third place respectively on the YinYueTai China V Chart for most viewed music videos, for the 38th and 39th week consecutively.

On September 1, he launched his first photo book entitled "This is Timmy" published by Jingdong. Later, CCTV officially announced that Xu was one of the hundred singers to sing the "China" song for celebrating the 40th anniversary of China's reforms. He also attended the annual Anhui TV Drama Awards on December 16.

Sina Weibo revealed the "2017 Popular Star" list and Xu was placed 10th on the Top 10 stars with the highest reposts, with 65.99 million. His post in Sanya was placed 10th on the Top 10 most popular posts with 6.69 million fan interactions. Moreover, 15 Minutes for Craziness ranked fourth on the Top 10 music topics, with 380 million views. His music video "The Heroes", which was posted on Sina Music, was also placed fourth on the Top 10 popular music chart with 0.6 million likes/reposts/comments.

2018: TV drama

20th Century Fox announced that Xu was selected to sing the Chinese promotional song "Maze", produced by Harvey Mason Jr., for the American film Maze Runner: The Death Cure. He was invited to participate in the Chinese Spring Festival Galas of three famous China TV stations: Dragon Television, Anhui Television, and Beijing Television. On January 31, he released the final quarter of The Time, "15 Minutes for Fantasy". After The Time was completely released online, he held the press conference for its physical album in Taiwan on February 3.

In April, he joined the SuperdrySounds project, performing in the launching global party in London, and at the Strawberry Music Festival in Shanghai later that month. Xu started filming for new drama series My Girlfriend on April 16.

In May, Xu made his TV variety show debut when he guest-starred in Give Me Five on Zhejiang TV for two episodes. Later, the digital version of The Time was officially released in Thailand on May 16 and it instantly ranked first on iTunes. On May 26, Xu held the Bangkok concert of his second Asia Tour. On May 28, Tencent announced Xu as their new spokesperson for short video app Weishi.

In June, Xu was placed third on the 100 Asian Heartthrobs of 2018 ranked by Starmometer.

In July, Xu joined Shake It Up, a dance variety show on Shanghai TV, winning the second place in the final round of the competition. On July 5, the physical album of The Time started presale on JD.com, and sold more than 13,000 copies within one hour. On July 10, the Taiwanese version of the physical album of The Time started presale and instantly ranked first on the sales chart. Later, Entertainment Star Business revealed the 2018 Star Commercial Value List, in which Xu ranked first on the Top Potential Artist. He also ranked in the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 China artist list.

In October, Xu attended the 5th Silk Road International Film Festival closing ceremony and performed his song "Glory". On October 20, he held a free concert on his 24th birthday at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing and also released a new song, "Everything About You", for his fans. He was ranked 70th on the Top 100 Most Commercial Value Chinese Star in 2018.

On November 19, it was announced that Xu had been cast in the sports drama Ping Pong. Later, he was selected to sing the theme song for China's Communist Youth League, and China's 40 years of Reform Celebration. In December, he attended the Beijing Television's 2019 New Year Global Gala.

2019 - 2021

In April, Xu started filming for new TV series Dear Mayang Street. Later, he was selected to sing the theme song for the China's Youth Integrity Education.

In May, Xu attended the Hunan TV Gala for the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement as a representative of outstanding young actors. In addition, he attended the Beijing Winter Olympics Countdown 1,000 days ceremony as their ambassador. This was the first time Xu was the MC for the event, where he performed his song "Glory" on the stage.

In June, he was appointed as the Youth Film A Project Ambassador of Shanghai International Film Festival.

In 2020, Xu became Shanghai Karamay Cultural Exchange Ambassador on September 20, 2020. Xu filmed his first costume drama Weaving a Tale of Love.

In 2021, Xu starred in his first Republic of China drama City of Streamer. He also filmed season two of Weaving a Tale of Love.

2022

The year started of with the released music video of the Beijing Winter Olympics theme song Wave Xu sang with Victoria Song. City of Streamer was released in early January and on January 22 one of the drama's theme songs entitled Unconfused Love sang by Xu went online.

Xu spent the first half of the year filming Almost Lover, which wrapped up filming in early March 2022 and then head over to the filming crew of Ping Pong:The Triumph.

He announced his marriage in early March 2022.

He participated in CCTV3 short program “Beginning from Yan’an” playing woodcut artist Gu Yuan and how his journey in the countryside transformed his woodcutting techniques.

One of Xu's single from the album Crossfever titled I wanna be your lover with Japanese band FIVE NEW OLD was released on April 7, 2022. This song was the promotional song for Ninagawa Real Flower Exhibition, Ninagawa Real Flower Exhibition-Between Fiction and Reality in Beijing. Another song from the album Sunrise was released on June 23 and the music video in October. Two other non album songs released were Sing to You, produced by China Youth Daily, and Sing to Dream a theme song of a Youku's program.

Late in the second half of the year he attended Weibo Night and won Breakout Actor award. He also attended the Beijing International Film Festival where he sang the opening welcome song with two other Chinese actor.

2023: Film and play (theater)

The movie Ping Pong: The Triumph was pre-screened on February 14 with official released on February 17. Xu played the character Bai Minhe, based on Ma Wenge. He won Annual Attention Actor and Most Breakout Actor awards for this role. Xu's new movie Blasting Squad held a press conference in October and filming started in November 2023. Additionally, at the 18th China Changchun Film Festival he unveiled his next film Melting City with the director and new co-star.

Xu enriched his acting career by joining a three month tour performance art. He performed Zhou Ping in the play Thunderstorm and After Thunderstorm in thirty-three shows in nine cities from May to July. It was a valuable experience. He thanked his co-stars, creative directors and producers, and reflected how precious this learning opportunity was to be able to play Zhou Ping. On a Beijing TV program, Xu talked more in depth about his experience on stage. For example, on the first show he got stage fright and could not move and thought it was over as acting on stage afford no mistake. Thankfully, he said he recovered quickly. His co-stars did not even noticed. He was very happy to play Zhou Ping and especially in a renowned national theater like the National Centre for Performing Arts in the heart of Beijing. Wan Fang supervised and guided the troupe from start to finish. She commended Xu for performing the best Zhou Ping. Subverted current and previous versions of Zhou Ping and gave a new understanding to the character.

The last four singles and one music video of the third album Crossfever were released. Crossfever, as the name suggests, is a cross-border concept album between music and art. Spreading was the first single this year to be exhibited at its debut on March 3, 2023. It was also the promotional song for "Giger and Hajime Sorayama:Tomorrow is Near" exhibition at UCCA Lab in Beijing. Five or six singles in Crossfever were exhibited in art centers in Chongqing (January 14 to February 5, 2023), Beijing (October 29-November 17, 2023), and Shanghai (December 2, 2023 to February 4, 2024).

In February, Xu was invited by his alma mater for the high school's alum Q&A special session. This summer Xu spent his spare time practiced drifting. Unsurprisingly, on September 27, 2023, Xu officially joined the Shanghai OPS drift team. Xu was one of the torch bearer relay for 31st Summer Universiade in Chengdu on July 26, 2023.

Fashion

2016

In 2016, Xu was invited as one of the guests to several fashion ceremonies held in China, including Madame Figaro, the French Excellence Awards, the 4th anniversary of OK! Magazine Awards, Damiani's Dinner Party, the Versace 7 Bags for 7 Cities exhibition, the iFeng Fashion Choice Awards, the PEACEBIRD Woman 2017 S/S Fashion Show, L'Officiel's fashion night, the BVLGARI x Vogue GEM DREAM exhibition, Vogue's 11th anniversary ceremony, the Sina Weibo fan carnival, Bazaar's Men of the Year, the 13th Esquire Man at His Best Award Ceremony, the Trendshealth award ceremony, the ELLE Style Awards ceremony, and the Shanghai Divine Michelangelo exhibition.

In July, China Luxury, Beauty and Fashion Insights published the Top 100 Most Valuable Fashion Influencers based on Key Opinion Leader Index (KOLs) and he ranked fourth on Weibo's celebrities category. In addition, Timmy Xu Limited Edition Eyeglasses, launched by INMIX, become a best-selling series with 4,672 pieces.

2017

In 2017, Xu was featured in the first front cover of "Men's Uno Young", a brand new magazine for China's post-90s generation. Its photographs were also published in Men's Uno Taiwan limited edition. Later on, he was invited to Vogue's Condé Nast Century exhibition, the Hong Kong Kenzo grand opening, the Shanghai Longines Global Champions Tour, the Tiffany & Co night party, the Fendi PEEKABOO exhibition, the Vogue film premiere, the London Superdry music party, Valentino's I Love Spike, Mika Ninagawa's exhibition, the 14th Esquire Man at His Best Award Ceremony, Grazia's 60th Anniversary Street Fashion Power exhibition, L'Officiel's fashion night, the Men's Uno Young Anniversary Party, and Bazaar's 150th anniversary exhibition.

In addition, he was officially invited by Givenchy as a guest to its F/W 2017 Men's Paris Fashion Week in France. On top of that, his digital fashion video became a hot trending topic during that time. It also broke the record in the social posts and views with more than 500 million readings. On March 8, he was invited by Moncler Gamme Rouge and Louis Vuitton to the F/W 2017 Women's Paris Fashion Week.

In April, he was officially announced as an ambassador for the 14th anniversary of Men's Health and Italian luxury brand Fendi in June, as their new power brand ambassador. Later, Givenchy decided to opt him, a KOLs who is especially popular among millennials, for promoting the Chinese Mother's Day campaign. He was also reported as one of the most famous faces in China's activewear market and one of the most influential fashion stars in China's luxury market by New York Digital Marketing Agency. Afterwards, INMIX, an eyewear brand, released a set of Timmy's exclusive emoticon from the privilege granted by Emoji. Subsequently, he was invited to the Louis Vuitton S/S 2018 Men's Paris Fashion Week on June 22, the Coach S/S 2018 Women's New York Fashion Week on September 12, and Givenchy S/S 2018 Women's Paris Fashion Week on October 1.

He was the first Chinese star to become the face of South Korean cosmetics brand Laneige in China. Moreover, Bomoda China's Key Opinion Leader Index (KOLs) in the first half of 2017 reported that Xu was first on the Top 30 Most Influential Social Celebrities and fourth place on Top 10 Potential Celebrities in China's consumer marketplace. On October 23, Xu, together with Dunhill and China's Esquire, released a special short fashion film called "Urban Symphony", shot in Hungary. A yearly report on the jewellery market, by L2's Digital IQ Index: Luxury China, mentioned that Tiffany & Co increased engagement on Weibo due to their online promotions featuring Xu.

On November 20, he was invited as one of special guests to attend the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show held in Shanghai and his look was listed in British GQ's 10 best-dressed men in the world that week. In December, Xu was announced to be the first mainland artist to have the collaboration project with the British international branded clothing Superdry. Their limited collection sold out within 100 seconds at Tmall and two hours at the Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu stores. His appearance on the Men's Uno cover was listed ninth on the Top 10 Best Men Fashion Magazine Covers of The Year by famous fashion blog FashionModels.

2018

In 2018, China's COACH officially appointed him as their first Coach Men spokesman on January 4. Later, Xu, as Fendi's new power brand ambassador, attended Fendi's F/W 2018 Men's Milan Fashion Week. He also attended Alexander McQueen's F/W 2018 Men's Paris Fashion Week as the first Chinese male artist officially invited. Later, he was officially announced as the new style brand ambassador for Tiffany & Co., and a global spokesperson for British brand Superdry.

He was invited to Laneige's Cushion Dream Factory Night, the Fendi Newsstand event, Shanghai's Superdry Sounds party, Daniel Wellington's My Classic Night Out, the Coach x Disney Dark Fairytale, Vogue's film premier, the Men's Uno Sport Event, Nylon's 1st anniversary party, Elle's 30th anniversary ceremony, the Laneige x Line Friends event, Shanghai's Tiffany & Co. Paper Flowers Party, and Hong Kong's Roberto Cavalli event. On April 11, he attended Superdry Sounds global party in London as Global Brand Ambassador. On May 3, he appeared at the Tiffany & Co. flagship store at Fifth Avenue, New York City, to attend the Tiffany Paper Flower ceremony as Brand Style Ambassador. On May 19, Xu attended the launch ceremony of Libert'aime by Forevermark as the first Light Icon of the brand. The limited "Le Light x Xu Weizhou" collection sold out quickly in the online presale. On June 24, Xu attended the Dunhill 2019 S/S fashion show in Paris.

Xu featured on the cover of the June/July issue of Elle Men Hong Kong, his third time on the cover of the magazine in three years. He was listed in the "Top 10 rising Asian stars taking over the fashion scene". L2's Digital IQ Index 2018 reported that Laneige was ranked seventh on the Top 10 Beauty Brands in China, including COACH and Valentino, which were ranked fourth and eighth respectively, because of Xu's ability to achieve high engagement on Weibo. He is the first male artist to be featured on the cover of the two newest magazines GQ Sport and NewOne.

In September, China's famous sportswear & footwear brand Belle International announced him as their new ambassador. Xu attended the Balmain S/S 2019 Women's Paris Fashion Week on September 28. Chinese famous magazine Bella reported that the cover of Xu Weizhou got their best selling online in 2018.

2019

In 2019, the Annual China Entertainment Index by AI Man Data revealed that Xu was ranked fifth on the 2018 Top 10 Influential Fashion Male Artists list. On January 27, It was revealed that Xu was ranked fourth and ninth for COACH and Tiffany & Co respectively on the Top 20 Most Valuable Celebrity Brand Endorsers of 2018. On April, I-MAGAZINE revealed the Best Fashion Face Award Year 2018 – Xu was ranked 50th.

On June 18, Fendi officially announced Xu as their first Peekaboo Spokesperson in China. He also walked the runway at the Fendi F/W 2019–2020 Women's and Men's Collection Show in Shanghai and the Fendi S/S 2020 Men's Milan Fashion Week as the new spokesperson.

2020 - 2022

As a Fendi Peekaboo spokesperson Xu attended Fendi spring and summer 2020 fashion show on January 10, 2020. Xu appeared on the Vietnamese February cover issue of Harper's Bazaar. In April, Xu appeared on the cover of POSH Magazine-Myanmar with Wutt Hmone Shweyi. Xu was invited to attend the opening event for Alexander McQueen's new boutique flagship store in Shanghai on September 22, 2020. On December 10, 2020, Xu gave a speech at the Esquire Man at His Best Award fashion event. He won the Anticipated Actor of the Year award.

Xu was the January 2022 issue cover artist for Men's Uno, Lifestyle and Wonderland magazines. In November 2022, Xu attended RIMOWA Craftsmanship Realm Limited Time Exhibition in Shanghai.

2023

Lifestyle magazine featured Xu as their February cover star. Xu graced Champion and Men's Uno magazines in April. In May, Xu appeared on the cover of Collectible DRY Chinese version magazine. Then, on the June issue of Ray Li magazine.

Xu attended Kenzo's first fashion show presenting the 2024 spring and summer series in Shanghai, China on July 29, 2023. He was invited to attend the finale of Men's Uno Male Model Contest competition in Shanghai on August 29, 2023. On September 16, 2023, Xu went to Ermenegildo Zegna's OASI CASHMERE exclusive collaboration series (Zegna X The Elder Statesman) in Chengdu Taikoo Li's pop-up store. A week later on September 28, Xu attended the first Shanghai New Vision of Design 2023 organized by WWD International Fashion News. Xu then attended Tumi's limited time pop-up store in Shanghai on October 11, 2023.

Philanthropy

2016

In 2016, Xu was appointed as a national ambassador to some charities including "Against Domestic Violence", "Rio Run", "Animal Welfare Charities" by Cabbeen, "Lucky Cat Welfare Organizations", "Hope For Home For Children" by the China Charities Aid Foundation For Children, "Moon bear protecting" by the Animals Asia Foundation (AAF), "1,000 rabbits look up at the moon" by the China Social Welfare Foundation, "Adopt pets instead of purchasing" by the Beijing Non-profit Adoption organizations, "Charity Stars: Love can touch" by Harper's Bazaar, and "Door of charity" by the China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF).

He is also the founder for "Light of love for the blind", and "10.20 km run to the light for the blind". In addition, he joined the Kering Foundation's campaign of anti-violence against women.

2017

In 2017, he continued his charitable efforts by participating in "Wuxi Marathon" by Men's Health, "amfAR", "World Book Day – Read to Lead" by the Xinhua News Agency, "Love the Earth" by the New Media Exhibition of Global Sustainable Development, "Youth Attitudes – One Hundred Thousand Young People" by NetEase, "Child Welfare & Protection Week" by the China Ministry of Civil Affairs and UNICEF, "Release An Aquatic Animal to Protect Natural Resources" by the Alibaba Foundation, "Caring for People with A Spinal Cord Injury" by WeiboFit, China Foundation for Disabled Person and Xinhua News Agency, "Make A Promise – Lockit Series" by Louis Vuitton and UNICEF, and "Cat & Dog Daily – Adopt pets" by NetEase.

Moreover, he has been the ambassador for "Adopt A Green Plant for Green Earth" by the Campus Public Welfare Foundation, "Caring for Disabled Children" by the Beijing Foundation for Disabled Person, "Caring for Blind Children" by the Sina Micro-Philanthropy, "Boiling Point Public Welfare" by Baidu, and "I want to go to school" by Music Radio – China National Radio (CNR) and the China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF).

Later in July, the China Charities Aid Foundation for Children announced Xu's appointment as a charity ambassador for the "Hope For Home For Children" project for two years consecutively. On October 20, Shanghai Fire Department appointed him as their official firefighter ambassador to promote the external activities and services.

In November, he was appointed as the Ice and Snow ambassador for SINA's sport classroom. In addition, Sina Weibo revealed that Xu's charity activities became one of the 10 most influential charitable topics of 2017.

2018

In 2018, Xu joined Netease's charity program as the ambassador for a book donating project for the kids in rural areas. In August, he was officially appointed as the National Winter Sports promotion ambassador for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

In September, Xu became TRENDSHEALTH's Pink ribbon ambassador to raise awareness of breast cancer. In October, The European Travel Commission (ETC), co-funded by European Union, appointed him as their EU-China Tourism Year ambassador to promote tourism in the EU.

2019

In 2019, Xu was ranked third on New Generation Artists Charity Influence list revealed by AI Big Data Artists Charity Influence . On March 18, Xu was appointed as China's science fiction ambassador for the National Science Popularization. On March 30, he attended the Lights-Out of Earth Hour – Connect to Earth Charity Program for promoting the environment's protection. In May, he was selected to be the ambassador of "Sunshine of Love", a project for disabled people in China.

In additional to his own charity works, his fans also donated to various projects on his behalf. They include joined hands with the Chengmei Charitable Foundation and the Energy China Platform to donated to the Energy Model Group’s public welfare projects for construction of two gyms and ten library corners in rural areas; donated musical instruments to Baimu Central Primary School in Baimu Village, Shijing Town, Louxing District, Loudi City, Hunan Province, so students can have their first music classroom; and donated sports equipments to enrich students' extracurricular activities in school life in Luobo Township, Qingshen County, Sichuan Province.

2020

Released on March 3, 2020, Cherish, is a tribute song to frontliners fighting against COVID-19. With the assistance by the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Xu Weizhou and his studio donated 1,617 pieces of protective clothing worth 215,061RMB to mainly support the medical supplies of Zhongxiang People's Hospital in Hubei Province to help fight the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. The ambulance donated by Xu Weizhou to fight the epidemic arrived at the Health Bureau of Yunxi County, Hubei Province on April 2, 2020. On April 4th the theme song Fearless (with Angelababy, Zheng Kai & Tang Yan) is released in tribute to those in the frontline of the battle against COVID-19 in Shanghai. During China's Children's Welfare and Protection Publicity Week, on June 6, 2020, Xu was named one of several Ambassador for Welfare and Protection of Children in Rural Areas.

2021

On May 6, 2021, Xu was named Ecological Protection Image Ambassador. Xu donated 500,000RMB on July 21, 2021 to support flood relief efforts in Henan Province. Together with UCCA, UCCA Foundation Art Charity Ambassador Xu Weizhou organzied a virtual public charity on September 6, 2021 donating an educational art supply bag to rural schools. During Innternational Deaf Day (September 29, 2021), Baidu APP and Xu Weizhou jointly called awareness to protect hearing health and learn how to create healthy "sound" for ears. A charity sale was set up in conjunction with Hearing Foundation, all proceeds were donated to hard of hearing individuals.

Xu attented the UCCA Foundation, who's mission is to promote the development of art education in China, charity dinner at the Bulgari Hotel in Shanghai on November 6, 2021. December 1, 2021, Yuejian Public Welfare Advocate Xu Weizhou worked with The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Sina News, and Weibo Campus China Rural Development Foundation on creating a Q&A virtual mailbox focusing on left-behind children in rural areas, to accompany them to grow with love and knowledge. On May 6, 2021, Xu was named Ecological Protection Image Ambassador.

2022

On September 7, 2022, Xu Weizhou supported donation to help plan delivering daily nutrientional meal to Moon Bear at the Chengdu Bear Rescue Center. Together with gymnast Zou Jingyuan, Xu thanked all blood donors on June 14, 2022, world blood donor day. Around Xu's 28th birthday, from October 12, 2022 to October 20, 2022, he opened a purchased link to a physical magazine where all proceeds are used for rural revitalization music classroom activities at a later date.

2023

Proceeds (fans and Xu) from Xu's 2022's charity birthday magazine《许魏洲：向阳而生》were donated to purchased musical instruments to support rural children's pursue of art and music. Similarly this year Xu opened another charity birthday magazine drive from October 12, 2023 - October 20, 2023 where all sales of the magazine will be donated in future date for rural revitalization music classroom activities. Another project that combined Xu's and fans joint efforts was the sponsored of providing daily nutritional meals to Moon Bear at the Chengdu Bear Rescue Center. On June 2, 2023, under the banner of UCCA Foundation Art Charity Ambassador, Xu Weizhou spent a day as an assistant art teacher to special students at the Chengdu Jinjiang District Special Education School.

Filmography

Documentary

Year	Title	Chinese title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2017	Shadow of Light	光之影	Himself	YouTube	2016 First Light Asia Tour Concert Documentary
2018	Documentary of the Xu Weizhou Birthday Concert	许魏洲生日演唱会纪录片	Himself	iQiyi	2018 Final Light Beijing Birthday Concert Documentary

Producer

Year	Title	Chinese title	Notes	Ref.
2022	A Passing Cloud	流云过	Shortlisted for best short film at ReelFocus真实影像计划, directed by Tang Peiyan

Play

Year	Title	Chinese title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023	Thunderstorm	雷雨	Zhou Ping	Produced by 央华戏剧 (Yanghua Drama)
2023	After Thunderstrom	雷雨后	Zhou Ping	Produced by 央华戏剧 (Yanghua Drama)

Films

Year	Title	Chinese title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Gaming Madness	电竞也疯狂	Yue Hongsheng	Short film
2016	Big Fish & Begonia	大鱼海棠	Kun	Voice-dubbed
2019	The Rookies	素人特工	Ding Shan	Support role
2021	Let's Write Love Story	我们书写爱情吧	Xu Dezhi	Also screenwriter
2023	Ping Pong: The Triumph	中国乒乓之绝地反击	Bai Minhe	Support role
TBA	Blasting Squad	爆破班	Si Huzi	Lead role
TBA	Dying Eye	濒死之眼	TBA	Lead role

Television series

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2016	Addicted	上瘾	Bai Luoyin	iQIYI, YouTube	Lead role
2018	The Evolution of Our Love	爱情进化论	Ding Yuyang	Zhejiang TV, Shanghai TV	Support role
2019	My Girlfriend	我不能恋爱的女朋友	Chi Xin	Youku	Lead role
2020	Midsummer Is Full of Hearts	仲夏满天心	Jin Zeyi	Tencent Video
	Dear Mayang Street	亲爱的麻洋街	Ou Xiaojian	Youku
2021	Weaving a Tale of Love	风起霓裳	Pei Xingjian	Hunan TV, Youku
	Ping Pong	荣耀乒乓	Yu Kenan	iQIYI
2022	City of Streamer	流光之城	Rong Jiashang	Tencent Video
	Almost Lover	谁都知道我爱你	Xiao Shangqi	Tencent Video
2023	Weaving a Tale of Love 2	风起西州	Pei Xingjian	Youku
TBA	Where I Stand is China	我站的地方是中国	Yuan Changning	TBA

Variety shows

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2017	Intangible Her	触不到的TA	Guest	Tencent Video	Episode 8
	Global Chinese Music Chart	全球中文音乐榜上榜		CCTV-15
2018	Give Me Five	高能少年团		Zhejiang TV	Season 2, episode 2 & 3
	Shake It Up	新舞林大会	Regular member	Shanghai TV
	Happy Camp	快乐大本营	Guest	Hunan TV	Ep. 1053, 1063, 1074
2019	Everlasting Classics	经典咏流传		CCTV-1	Season 2, episode 9
	Day Day Up	天天向上		Hunan TV
	Happy Camp	快乐大本营
	Meet at Temple of Heaven	遇见天坛		Beijing TV	Episode 7
	Young Forever	我们的歌	Regular member	Shanghai TV
2020	We Are on the Way	我们在行动	Guest		Season 4, episode 7 & 8
	Happy Camp	快乐大本营		Hunan TV
	Singer 2020	歌手			Season 8, episode 12
	Life is Beautiful	让生活好看	Regular member	Tencent Video	Season 1
	Back to Field	向往的生活	Guest	Hunan TV	Season 4, episode 5 & 6
	Hi! Relax	亲爱的请放松		Mango TV	Episode 5
	Everlasting Classics	经典咏流传		CCTV-1	Season 3, episode 7
	Crossover Singer	跨界歌王		Beijing TV	Season 5, episode 7
2021	Marvelous City	奇妙之城		Youku	Episode 5
	Everlasting Classics	经典咏流传		CCTV-1	Season 4, episode 7
	So Young So Flowering	28岁的你		Hunan TV	Episode 4
	Don't Underestimate Me	不要小看我		Zhejiang TV	Episode 3 & 4
	Play! Fridge	拜托了冰箱		Tencent Video	Season 7, episode 7
	The Romance	恋恋剧中人	Regular member	iQIYI
	Happy Camp	快乐大本营	Guest	Hunan TV
2022	We Are The Champions	战至巅峰	Regular member	Tencent Video
	Home Among Landscape	山水间的家	Guest	CCTV	Episode 3
	Memories Beyond Horizon	无限超越班	Regular member	Youku/Zhejiang TV
2023	Hello, Saturday 2023	你好，星期六	Guest	Hunan TV/Mango TV	Episode 11 & 36
	Sweet Tasks Season 5	甜蜜的任务 2023		Mango TV	Episode 10
	HaHaHaHaHa Season 3	哈哈哈哈哈 第三季		Tencent Video	Episode 5
	Friends Together	是好朋友的周末		Youku	Episode 1 & 2
	The Fairy Tales	童话	Regular member	Tencent Video/Youku
	Live in Every Kind of Life	住进每一种生活	Guest	Tencent Video	Episode 5

Discography

Studio albums

English title	Chinese title	Album details	Sales
Light	光	Released: May 1, 2016 Label: 极韵文化 (Pole Rhyme Culture) Formats: CD, Digital Download	CHN: 20,000+ (Physical)
The Time	時·刻	Released: July 5, 2018 Label: Baina Entertainment Formats: CD, Digital Download, Streaming	CHN: 15,000+ (Physical)
CrossFever	交互热爱	Released: February 7, 2024 Label: StarPower星光力量 Formats: CD + Vinyl set, Digital Download, Streaming	CHN: 1020 limited set (Physical)

Extended plays

English title	Chinese title	Album details	Sales
15 Minutes for Craziness	15分钟的疯狂	Released: August 10, 2017 Label: Baina Entertainment Formats: Digital download, streaming Track listing "So What" "Leave Me Alone" "Edge of Darkness"	CHN: 450,000+ (Digital)
15 Minutes for Radiance	15分钟的光芒	Released: October 20, 2017 Label: Baina Entertainment Formats: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Glory" "Between Us" "It's Always You"	—
15 Minutes for Monologue	15分钟的独白	Released: December 12, 2017 Label: Baina Entertainment Formats: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Confession (monologue)" "Cat"	—
15 Minutes for Fantasy	15分钟的异想	Released: January 31, 2018 Label: Baina Entertainment Formats: Digital download, streaming Track listing "Orange Sky" "Maze" "Rio"	—

Singles

English title	Chinese title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales	Album
			Billboard China
			Top 100	Social Chart
Walk Slowly	慢慢走	2016	—	–		Light
Dust	尘埃			–
Moonlight	月光			–
I Remember Your Eyes	—			–
Understand the Dream (featuring Zhu Yuanbing)	明白夢想			–
Fun	放			–		Non-album single
Leave Me Alone	忘了我吧	2017		–		The Time
So What	那又怎样			–
It's Always You	—			–
Orange Sky	橙色天空	2018		–
Edge of Darkness	黑暗边缘			–
Everything About You	—			11		Non-album single
Rainbow Arc	彩虹弧线	2019	–	–
Rebirth	—		–	–
Snow	沁园春·雪		-	-
Welcome to the World	欢迎来到这世界	2020	–	–		CrossFever
Fiery Youth (with GAI)	炽热少年		–	–		Non-album single
Heavenly Mission	天降大任		-	-
Easy Water Song	易水歌	2021	-	-
Detoxify	解毒		–	–		CrossFever
Stay By My Side	—		–	–
Chinese (with Wu Tong)	龙族		–	–
I Wanna Be Your Lover (with FIVE NEW OLD)	—	2022	–	–
Sunrise (with Suffocated)	忘记日出		-	-
Spreading	蔓延	2023	-	-
Infinite Light	无尽之光		-	-
Super Cool (with Slot Machine)	—		-	-
Tomorrow	明日光年		-	-
Toward Youth	向青春					Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. Note: The Billboard China Top 100 and Billboard China Social Chart were launched in January 2019 by Billboard China

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors

English title	Chinese title	Year	Director(s)	Ref.
Walk Slowly	慢慢走	2016	Feng Liang
Towards the Light	向着光亮那方		Unknown
Fun	放
The Heroes	—	2017
Screaming Night	尖叫之夜
Leave Me Alone	忘了我吧		Pan Geng
Ruins of Time	时光之墟		Unknown
So What	那又怎样		Felix Cooper
It's Always You	—		Chen Man
Maze	迷宫	2018	Unknown
Orange Sky	橙色天空		Kuang Sheng
Edge of Darkness	黑暗边缘		Feng Yu
Everything About You	—		Unknown
New Era New Beijing New Youth New Accomplishment	未来已来
Reply of Youth	青春的回答
Do as Promise	说到做到	2019
Sunshine of Love	愛的陽光
The Light	宇宙之光
My Motherland and I	我和我的祖国
Starry Oceans	星辰大海	2020
Fearless	无畏的模样
Welcome to the World	欢迎来到这世界		Liu Xuejun, Zhang Yuzhan
Detoxify	解毒	2021	Wang Jue
Wave	浪潮	2022	Unknown
Singing to You	唱给你听
Sunrise	忘记日出
Tomorrow	明日光年	2023

Original soundtrack for film/television

English title	Chinese title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales	Notes
			Billboard China
			Top 100	Social Chart
Walk Slowly	慢慢走	2016	—	–		Addicted soundtrack
Because of the Sea	海若有因			–
Towards the Light	向着光亮那方			–		Yesterday Once More soundtrack
The Heroes	—	2017		–		Snowtime soundtrack
Screaming Night	尖叫之夜			–		iQiyi concert theme song
Ruins of Time	时光之墟			–		S.M.A.R.T. Chase soundtrack
Maze	迷宫	2018		–		Maze Runner: The Death Cure promotional song
The Light	宇宙之光	2019	–	3		The Rookies theme song
Ping Pong (with Bai Jingting)	荣耀乒乓	2021	–	–		Ping Pong soundtrack
Fiery Youth (with GAI)	炽热少年		–	–
Rainbow Arc	彩虹弧线		–	–
Summer Love (with Qiao Xin)	见到你的盛夏		–	–		The Romance theme song
Unconfused Love	不惑之爱	2022	–	–		City of Streamer soundtrack
No one Called Hey (Youth version) (with Duan Bowen,Cai Yida,Ding Guansen,Sun Xilun)	這裏沒人叫"喂"青春曲	2023	-	-		Ping Pong: The Triumph soundtrack
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. Note: The Billboard China Top 100 and Billboard China Social Chart were launched in January 2019 by Billboard China

Other Soundtracks

English title	Chinese title	Year	Notes	Ref.
New Era New Beijing New Youth New Accomplishment (with various artists)	未来已来	2018	Theme song for the China's Communist Youth League
Reply of Youth	青春的回答		Theme song for the China's 40 years of Reform Celebration
Do as Promise (with various artists)	说到做到	2019	Theme song for the China's Youth Integrity Education
Sunshine of Love (with various artists)	愛的陽光		Project for the disabled people in China
My Motherland and I (with Zhou Dongyu, Guan Xiaotong, Ma Tianyu, Ju Jingyi & Wei Daxun)	我和我的祖国		Project for the People's Republic of China's 70th anniversary
Morning light Sea	晨光海		Project for the People's Republic of China's 70th anniversary
Starry Oceans (with various artists)	星辰大海		Theme song for the Movie Channel's Young Actors Plan
Cherish	珍惜	2020	A tribute song to the frontliners fighting against the COVID-19
Fearless (with Angelababy, Zheng Kai & Tang Yan)	无畏的模样		Theme song in tribute to those in the frontline of the battle against COVID-19 in Shanghai
Prologue World (2020) (with various artists)	世界序章 (2020)	2021
Anti Scam	全民反诈		Theme song for Anti Scam/Fraud by Crime Investigation Dept Ministry of Public Security of China
Sing a Folk Song to the Party (Youth Version) (with various artists)	唱支山歌给党听		Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party
Little Poplar	小白杨
The Great Sage	大圣		Theme song for the Wukong Cup China-Japan-Korea Youth Comic Contest
Wave (with Victoria Song)	浪潮	2022	China Winter Sports album
Singing to You	唱给你听		China Youth Daily campaign for the 100th anniversary of Youth League China
Full Moon Tonight (with Shange Wenjie)	月圆今宵		CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival
Story of Time	光阴的故事		The 17th China Changchun Film Festival
Sing to Dream	向梦而歌	2023	Tales of Happiness in China - Youku Documentary
Return of the Wild Geese	归雁		CCTV Spring Festival Program - New Rhyme and New Voices
Never Forget (with Lan Tianqi)	念念不忘		Theme song for the "China Red Sandalwood Museum" episode on Beijing Satellite TV's "Museum City"
Road to Glory	光荣之路		Theme song of Ping Pong: The Triumph at The 30th College Student Film Festival Youth Night
That Winter We Walked Together (with Shange Wenjie)	那年冬天我们一起走过		Song to commemorate first anninversary on the success of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Concerts and tours

Year	Date	Location	Venue	Notes	Ref.
2016	February 20	Shanghai	Yun Feng Theater	Addicted Fan meeting
	April 17	Bangkok	BBC Hall Central Plaza Ladprao
	June 5	Beijing	Wukesong Huiyuan Space	Light Asia Tour Concert
	June 25	Seoul	Seoul KBS Arena
	July 17	Shenzhen	Futian Sports Stadium
	July 30	Bangkok	Thunder Dome, Muangthong Thani
	August 13	Shanghai	Shanghai Grand Stage (Shanghai Gymnasium)
2017	December 9	Shanghai	Shanghai Jing'an Sports Center Gymnasium
2018	May 26	Bangkok	Thunder Dome, Muangthong Thani
	October 20	Beijing	Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
2019	October 20	Beijing	Beijing Workers Gymnasium	White Time Zone Concert

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee/work	Result	Ref.
2016	16th Top Chinese Music Awards	Most Popular Network Drama Idol	Addicted	Won
	4th OK! Magazine Awards	New Generation Actor	—	Won
	Fresh Asia Music Awards	Best New Artist		Won
	iFeng Fashion Choice Awards	Fashion Popularity Pioneer		Won
	L'Officiel Fashion Night Awards	Best New Artist		Won
	1st Annual Sina Weibo Fan Festival Ceremony	Sina Star of The Year		Won
	Bazaar's Men of the Year Ceremony	Attractive Star of the Year		Won
	13th Esquire Man at His Best Award	Best New Artist		Won
	Trendshealth Award Ceremony	Influential Health Role Model		Won
2017	Annual Sina Sports Awards	2016 Sports Male God		Won
	The 24th ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards	Most Influential Network Artist		Won
		Best New Artist		Won
	CCTV Global Chinese Music Chart	Weekly Champion	Fun	Won
	5th V Chart Awards	Best New Mainland Artist	—	Won
	Music Radio China Top Ranking Awards	Best New Artist		Won
	Asian Music Gala Awards	Best New Artist		Won
	MTV Global Chinese Music Awards	Most Popular New Male Artist		Won
		Top Ten Golden Songs	Walk Slowly	Won
	Fresh Asia Music Awards	Most Popular Singer	—	Won
		Top Ten Golden Songs	Fun	Won
	14th Esquire Man at His Best Award	Favorite Idol	—	Won
	CCTV Global Chinese Music Chart	Weekly Champion	Glory	Won
	L'Officiel Fashion Night Awards	Fearless Spirit Representative Actor	—	Won
	Men's Uno Young Award Ceremony	New Youth Actor		Won
2018	The 25th ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards	Most Influential Network Artist		Won
		Media Recommended Singer		Won
	Music Radio China Top Ranking Awards	Most Popular Male Singer		Won
	Global Chinese Music Awards	Annual Best Live Performance Male Singer		Won
		Annual All-Round Male Artist		Won
	Asia Music Festival Ceremony	Most Popular Male Singer		Won
2019	China Quality TV Drama Awards	All-Around Artist of the Year		Won
	The 26th ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards	All-Around Artist of the Year		Won
		Media Recommended Concert		Won
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Greater China Act		Nominated
	Tribute to Heritage & Craftsmanship Gala	Preservation Ambassador of Fashion Craftsmanship		Won
	Golden Bud – The Fourth Network Film And Television Festival	Best Actor	My Girlfriend	Nominated
	Cosmo Glam Night	Person of The Year (Love)	—	Won
	Sina Fashion Awards	Brand Influence Artist of the Year		Won
	16th Esquire Man at His Best Awards	Fashion Artist of the Year		Won
	Tencent Video All Star Awards	Trendy Figure of the Year		Won
2020	17th Esquire Man at His Best Awards	Most Anticipated Actor of the Year		Won
2022	Weibo Movie Night	Potential Actor of the Year		Won
	Weibo TV & Internet Video Summit 2022	Breakout Actor of the Year		Won
2023	China Movie Channel M List	Annual Attention Actor	Ping Pong: The Triumph	Won
	The 4th New Era International Film Festival Golden Flowering Awards	Most Breakout Actor		Won

External links

• Xu Weizhou's personal Sina Weibo (in Chinese)
• Xu Weizhou's personal Instagram
• Xu Weizhou's official Youtube channel
• Xu Weizhou at IMDb