News（Updated on July 23）
Compile Hua Chenyu’s latest updates.
2024
July
MARS CONCERT 2024 - Nanchang
On July 20-21, Hua Chenyu continued his live tour in Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi Province, China.
For the first performance of the second half of the year, a new four-sided stage design was unveiled, and a completely different setlist was arranged from the amusement park live. It was also the first time that Hua sang all his own songs without singing any cover songs. In order to sing more songs, Hua arranged a rock song medley and a fan favorite song medley.
A new song will be released in each city in the second half of the year. This time in Nanchang, Hua debuted his new song “Ship of Theseus (忒修斯的船)“.
2024 Youth Night of Mango
A year ago, Mango TV, a Chinese video distribution service, and China Mobile, China’s largest mobile communications company, jointly launched the mobile phone monthly plan “Mango Card”. This concert to celebrate the first anniversary of the launch of the plan, and was broadcast live on Mango TV and MIGU Video, a subsidiary of China Mobile.
Hua Chenyu performed two songs this time. Of these, “Illusion and Reality (虚幻与现实)” was sung for the first time at an event other than his persnal concert.
June
Hong Kong Free Music Magazine “FreShMAn”
“Hua Chenyu’s Mars Base (华晨宇的火星基地)”
JD 618 Happy Night Gala
JD, one of the biggest online direct retailer in China, holds an e-commerce sale called “618” around its founding day on June 18th annually.
This year, the day before 618, they held the “618 Happy Night Gala”, which is similar to the “Tmall Double 11 Gala”, held annually on the night before the biggest shopping festival in the world.
Hua Chenyu performed two songs this time. Of these, “Beauty Yet Revealed to Me (那些我尚未知道的美丽)” was sung for the first time at an event other than his persnal concert.
Sunrise Concert Speciel Album
Versions: digital album
ReArrange Album
Release dates: June 2nd, 2024
Online music sources: Spotify
A re-recording album of 8 rearranged tracks selected from the MARS CONCERT 2024 outdoor concert.
May
MARS CONCERT 2024 - Hong Kong
This was Hua’s first personal concert outside mainland China.
The concert still took the form of a rock festival, and was held for three consecutive days (May 24-26) at the Central Harbourfront Event Space, facing the Victoria Harbour.
Monsoon Music Festival (季风音乐会)
At the “Monsoon Music Festival” hosted by Hua Chenyu’s agency, a music program celebrating the 25th anniversary of Macau’s return to China, Hua sang a total of 6 songs.
Among them, Hua sang “Let’s Go and Watch the Sunrise (走，一起去看日出吧)” with Pax Kongo, who is also a fellow member of “Superboy 2013”.
Invest in LGD Gaming’s Peace Elite League (PEL) team
Hua Chenyu announced on May 16 that he has invested an undisclosed amount in LGD Gaming’s Peace Elite League (PEL) team.
LGD is Hua’s home team as a professional player @花傲天.
New Single ”Beauty Not Yet Revealed to Me (那些我尚未知道的美丽)“
At 0:00 on May 6, the new single ”Beauty Not Yet Revealed to Me (那些我尚未知道的美丽)“ was officially released.
This song is a new version of the single “Extraordinary Ordinary Life (普通到不普通的人生)” released in December last year with re-written lyrics and arrangement. It was first released at the MARS CONCERT 2024 Yantai Concert on May 2.
MARS CONCERT 2024 - Yantai
After 3 years, Hua Chenyu finally fulfilled his promise to hold a concert where he can watch the sunrise with his fans!
This time, Hua’s personal concert still took the form of a rock festival, and was held for three consecutive days (in the evenings of May 1-2 and early morning of May 4) in the beautiful coastal city of Yantai in eastern China. The stage design had been significantly upgraded based on last year’s design, and the music team had also been replaced. Producer Bernard Zheng, who has collaborated with Hua for many years, served as music director and added new arrangements to half of Hua’s songs.
The concert on the third day was held from 3:00 am to 6:00 am, and more than 100,000 people greeted the sunrise while singing “Growing Toward the Sun (向阳而生)”!
Virtual Human @HAT花傲天
On May 1, 2024, Hua Chenyu officially announced the official Weibo account of virtual human @HAT花傲天.
The character is Hua Chenyu’s 18-year-old younger brother, with a robot cat named “Mermer” sitting on his shoulder.
April
New Single ”Eternal Flame (永不熄灭的火焰)“
On April 29, 2024, “Game For Peace” 5th Anniversary Theme Song ”Eternal Flame (永不熄灭的火焰)“ composed by Hua Chenyu himself, was released simultaneously with its MV.
Huya Live Star Ceremony - Huya Boom Night
“Huya Live”, China’s leader in game live streaming, held a “Huya Boom Night” live streaming gala in Macau on April 27. Hua Chenyu sang three songs at the gala.
Global Celebrity Endorsement for WETHERM (skin care)
On April 26, 2024, Hua Chenyu served as the global celebrity endorsement for the Chinese skin care brand “WETHERM (温碧泉)”.
February
Hunan TV Spring Festival Gala
Invited to be the spokesperson for the Spring Festival Gala, and played three roles in the promotional video: actor Hua, director Hua, and post-production Hua. Performed “Light Up the Bonfire at the Galaxy’s End (点燃银河尽头的篝火)” on the stage.
January
2023 Mars Concert (Beijing/Bird’s Nest) Commemorative Special Pre-order sale
Release date: January 18, 2024 2:07pm
147 minutes of full recording in 4k quality
Photo Album: 19 Performances in 8 Cities (60+P)
The long ribbon paper (5 meters) that was originally planned to be sprayed on September 9 (Bird’s Nest Day 1)
Bonus: USB display box + 1 type of trading card (randomly selected from 4 types)
Online purchase: jd.com
2023 Weibo Night
On January 13, Hua Chenyu attended the “2023 Weibo Night” in Beijing and won the “Role Model Singer of the Year” award.
Performed the new song “Sea of Wind (风之海)”.
Hunan TV Countdown Party
Hua Chenyu participated in Hunan TV’s countdown party for 11 consecutive years. This year, Hua performed two new songs, “Sea of Wind (风之海)” and “Extraordinary Ordinary Life (普通到不普通的人生)”, which were first released at the “Mars Concert 2023” Guangzhou concert in December.
2023
December
Hong Kong Free Music Magazine “FreShMAn”
“The artistic content of Hua Chenyu’s live performance (华晨宇现场演出的艺术含量)”
“The Beijing News - entertainment weekly (新京报-娱乐周刊)”
“Hua Chenyu: I am a person who always likes to fight with myself (我是个喜欢和自己对抗的人)”
New single “Extraordinary Ordinary Life (普通到不普通的人生)”
Premiere at the Guangzhou concert on December 2nd. Officially released at midnight on the same day.
This song inherited the refreshing style of his new song released at the “Mars Concert 2023 Shanghai concert”.
MARS CONCERT 2023 (Second Half of the Year) Final - Guangzhou
Before the encore of the final concert, a video clip was aired documenting how the idea for an all-night sunrise concert was conceived and developed. It has been officially announced that the sunrise concert will be held next spring on China’s northern coast during the flowering season.
November
“Game For Peace” the annual 100-person big challenge
At noon on November 17, 2023, the annual 100-person big challenge called “集合100！(Gathering 100!)” officially began live streaming. Hua participated in two roles: the brand character Hua Chenyu and the professional player @花傲天.
The event has invited not only PEL’s professional players, but also well-known anchors and gurus from various social media platforms, as well as many entertainment industry stars.
Tmall Double 11 gala
The Double 11, initiated by Tmall in 2009, has been around for 14 years. TMall’s Double 11 is not just a shopping festival but also a promotional extravaganza in the e-commerce industry, having evolved into a holiday for the entire sector.
Since 2015, Tmall has collaborated with “Hunan TV” to organize a “Double 11” gala. Subsequently, the joint venture with TV stations to host a shopping frenzy gala has become a tradition.
Hua Chenyu will present two songs: “Flight Mode (飞行模式)” and “Light Up the Bonfire at the Galaxy’s End (点燃银河尽头的篝火)” for everyone.
October
MARS CONCERT 2023 (Second Half of the Year) - Nanjing
Ten years ago, the promise that “You didn’t make a mistake in choosing me” was made during the “Superboy 2013” live tour in Nanjing. This time, he returned to Nanjing and fulfilled his promise.
“Ace VS Ace (王牌对王牌)” Season 8
Hua Chenyu will appear as a regular MC on the popular variety show “Ace VS Ace (王牌对王牌)”’s Season 8 this year as well.
The program will be broadcast every Friday from October 20th.
Magazine “Blog World (博客天下)”, Issue 398.
10th-anniversary special interview: “Transcending Solitude, Growing Towards the Sun”
September
New single “Wind of Sea (风之海)”
Premiere at the Shanghai concert on September 28th. Officially released at midnight on the same day.
Hua Chenyu’s first attempt at a fresh and simple musical style, and it’s said to be the overall style for his future six albums.