Anecdote (Updated on Nov., 2024)
A summary of what you should know as a fan.
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Hua’s parents divorced when he was very young. He was raised by his father without any inconvenience. He also has a half-sister who is much younger than him.
Hua learned the flute as a child and later the piano. Starting around the age of 11 or 12, he began experimenting with composing music.
Hua’s philosophy is that the sound produced by humans is also a musical instrument, and there is no difference between the status of vocals and accompaniments in songs. As a result, since he was still studying at the conservatory of music, he had nothing in common with his classmates and singers. Because they are more interested in singing ability and technique than in the music itself.
When Hua was at school, he often picked up and raised various small animals. Not just cats and dogs, but also geckos, lizards, spiders and more.
NEW⇒Hua once adopted a stray dog, but gave it away because he had no time to take care of it. His current pet is a German curly cat named “Perper,” a gift from a friend.
- Hua has a special skill where he can catch a fly with his bare hands and then throw it to the ground violently to kill it.
Hua loves to eat, but he will fast from solid food for a day or two before singing to keep his throat clear.
His favorite food is roasted lamb leg and ice cream, and the food he will never eat is Taiwan’s famous snack Ti hoeh koe (pig blood cake).
More people than expected mistakenly believe that “Hua hua” and “Hua Chenyu” are two different people.
Hua likes Japanese ACG, and is a big fan of “One Piece” and “Tokyo Ghoul”. He also speaks a little Japanese.
Hua was happy because the silver hair style on the promotional poster for “Mars Concert 2017” looked a bit like Ken Kaneki.
Hua even wore Chopper’s hat to the awards ceremony.
Hua used to like to compose music naked in a dark room with only a piano.
The medium-tempo rock song “Let You Go” from Hua’s first album was composed in one breath within 4 minutes.
There are a lot of DEMOs stored on Hua’s old computer and mobile phone. Fans are always trying their best to convince him to release more DEMOs.
Hua’s not good at expressing things in words, so the only song he wrote his own lyrics for was “WhynobodyFights” which had only one sentence.
When singing impromptu, Hua always starts with “Today, I…” and sings casually.
Hua’s mantra is “Be casual (随意点)”.
Although Hua’s writing is not very good, his thinking is always very clear during interviews. Therefore, he is also called the “Golden Sentence Hua” by fans.
When singing rock music, Hua has a habit of stepping on something (a speaker or a special steel stand) with his right foot.
When Hua raps, he always holds the microphone with his left hand and the fingers of his right hand dance rapidly to the rhythm.
Because Hua’s singing ability is so high, he can produce great sounds even with inferior speakers. That’s why his fans call him “The Speaker Repairman”.
When the previous performer’s poor singing leads the audience to believe that the sound equipment is not good, Hua’s performance will prove the quality of the sound equipment.
The contestant number assigned to Hua when he participated in his debut program “Superboy 2013” was “08042”.
When asked in an interview about his goal for participating in the competition, Hua replied: “As long as I can get a ranking.” “Champion? A championship is okay.” Then he really won the championship.
When first debuted, Hua was often referred to as the “boy from Mars (火星弟弟)” by the media, due to his slightly strange personality. So he simply made “MARS” his image symbol, and named his personal concert “Mars Concert (火星演唱会)”.
At the annual “Mars Concert”, Hua would open with a “Welcome home (欢迎回家)” greeting.
By the way, fans also got a nickname, “Martian(ET)”.
Because Mars is a red planet, Hua’s support color is “red”. Fans always wear red clothes or tie red ribbons on their wrists when attending shows.
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Not even once was he able to snap up tickets to his own “Mars Concert”.
Every birthday since his debut, Hua would wear the same clothes, take selfies in the same pose and post them on SNS.
- When taking selfies, Hua always gestures with his index and middle fingers together and the back of his hand facing out.
- Hua’s close friend, Zuo Li, is his roommate during the recording of his debut program “Superboy 2013”. When Zuo Li got married, Hua called the TOP 10 contestants one by one and invited them to gather at the wedding. He has close daily contact with Zuo Li and his wife.
Hua humbly says “I can’t do that” whenever he needs to try a new skill, but learns it quickly each time. For example, singing coloratura, dancing tango, playing rare musical instrument, limbo game, etc.
Hua once said, “I’m not very good at high notes.” But in fact, gorgeous high notes are Hua’s specialty.
When taking photos with multiple people, Hua always unintentionally strikes a different gesture or pose than the others.
“I’m different from everyone else” series:
- Hua occasionally remains still for long periods of time. Unless someone else happens to be moving, the animated .gif image may be mistaken for a still .jpg image.
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- In 2016, when Hua attended the red carpet of [Cool Music Asia Celebration] (/liveevent2016/# Cool Music Asia Celebration/), his style was still a long-haired “Whiskers Hua (须须)”. However, when he appeared at the official venue, his hair had been shortened. According to fans present, he casually cut off his bangs backstage because fans were yelling at him to cut his bangs at red carpet.
At Mars Concert 2021, Hua found a family playing mahjong in the audience, and then left a message to his fans on SNS saying: “Be bigger and stronger (做大做强), and be Pure Suit (清一色, a high-end way to win in mahjong)!” Since then, “Be bigger and stronger” has become the slogan of all fans and Hua himself. .
At Mars Concert 2021, Hua and Zuo Li imitated how they would perform a concert when they were 60 years old. Hua pretended to cough while singing “I Don’t Care (我管你)”.
In 2022 Hua got several tattoos. However, according to Chinese regulations, tattoos are not allowed to be shown on TV shows, so everyone can only see his tattoos at performances that are not on TV and in behind-the-scenes Vlogs.
The promotional photo for the song “Black and White Artist”, which mocks anti-fans, depicts a piano with the “E” and “D” keys pressed. The tones of these two keys are very similar to the pronunciation of the phrase “idiot” in Chinese.
NEW⇒After the last performance of the tour in the first half of 2023, Hua suddenly started a live broadcast, chatting with fans while eating barbecue. During the live broadcast, Hua told the story of why he had to take off his clothes when singing “Seven Personalities” that day. The situation he described was very complicated, flustered and anxious, so he was nicknamed “Rushy Fluffy (急急小绒)” by fans. Official video for this “takes off” version of “Seven Personalities”.As a professional player of the mobile game “Game For Peace”, Hua always pretends that “celebrity endorsers @Hua Chenyu” and “esports professional player @花傲天” are two different people. And they are twins. He always refers to another identity as “my brother”. Therefore, many viewers who are not familiar with him really think that @花傲天, who became a professional player, is the twin brother of singer Hua Chenyu.
NEW⇒The day after the MARS CONCERT 2024, Wuhan concert, Hua Chenyu strolled to the gate of his alma mater, Wuhan Conservatory of Music, to try to enter the campus, but was unable to enter because he did not have a reservation and the security guards did not recognize him.