Fun (Chinese: 放, Pinyin: Fàng) aka "Release" is a song recorded by Chinese singer-songwriter Xu Weizhou. The single was released on 8 December 2016 which was composed by Xu Weizhou himself while the lyrics were written by Zhao Dengkai.
Background and release
Fun, a pop rock song with a length of three minutes and thirty-nine seconds was officially released on 8 December 2016.[1] This single was composed by Xu Weizhou himself and was arranged and produced by Shi Xiaopeng, lead guitarist of the band Cold Air.[2] The music video was officially released on 15 December which has 2 versions, first was the "Laneige" version including a short interview of Xu Weizhou to promote the product whereas he was the endorser at that time[3][4] and the second one, which was the official version was released at "Yinyuetai", Sina Weibo and YouTube. Xu flew to South Korea to shoot the music video together with a South Korean team.[5]
On 23 December 2016, Xu was invited to Shanghai Disneyland Christmas Party and performed the song live for the first time.[6] Later on, he performed the verses of "Fun" and his other song "Light" during the 24th Oriental Billboard Award Ceremony[7] and 2017 Sakura Muse Music Festival. On 1 April 2017, he performed "Fun" during his appearance as a guest to a television music show Global Chinese Music Chart currently airing on CCTV15[8], 2017 Music Radio China Top Ranking Awards on 21 June[9] , 2017 Asian Music Gala Awards on 19 July, 2017 MTV Global Chinese Music Awards on 20 July and 2017 iQiyi Screaming Night Concert on 19 August.[10]
