Huang Xiaoyun

Huang Xiaoyun (Chinese: 黄霄云; born 22 December 1998), also known as Ghost Huang or Wink XY, is a Chinese singer and actress of Bouyei ethnicity. She first gained recognition in the Chinese television talent show The Voice of China 4 in 2015 and later on in 2020, when she was a competitor on Hunan TV's Singer 2020.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.

Huang Xiaoyun
黄霄云
Born	(1998-12-22) 22 December 1998 (age 25) Longping Town, Luodian County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China
Nationality	Chinese
Other names	Ghost Huang, Wink XY
Citizenship	People's Republic of China
Education	Central Conservatory of Music
Occupations	Singer actress multi-instrumentalist
Musical career
Genres	Chinese pop Classical
Instruments	Vocals piano guzheng tanggu
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Meng Xiang Qiang Yin
Website	Huang Xiaoyun on Weibo (in Chinese)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃霄雲
Simplified Chinese	黄霄云
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Xiāoyún

Huang Xiaoyun is known for her vocals and wide vocal range, as well as her viral performance of "Upwards to the Moon" (左手指月) on Sound of My Dream. The performance gained over 10 million views on YouTube.^[1]

Early life

On 22 December 1998, Huang Xiaoyun was born in Longping Town, Luodian County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China. Her parents discovered that she was able to accurately hum the tune of music being played when she was 6 months old and her father taught her how to play the drums when she was 2.^[2] Soon afterwards, she participated as a drummer in a band organised by her parents, known as "Le Wanjia".^[3] After that, she studied how to play the piano and guzheng. In the following years, she participated in local singing competitions every year and achieved positive results.^[2] When she was in the third year of middle school, she went to Guiyang every weekend to learn bel canto, to pass the entrance exam for the high school affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music.^[3] In September she was admitted with satisfactory results and continued to study bel canto.^[3]

Career

2015: The Voice of China

In 2015, Huang Xiaoyun participated in the fourth season of The Voice of China and sang Jam Hsiao's song "You" (你) in the "blind audition" stage, during which both Yu Chengqing and Wang Feng turned around, and she finally decided to join the latter's team. Later on, she sang Sun Nan's "I Believe" and Yao Beina's "Fish" (鱼) in the "mentor assessment" stage, becoming one of the top 4 students of Wang Feng's team and also top 16 overall, but her performance caused some controversy.^[4] In the Cross Battle round, she sang Eric Carmen's "All by Myself", but ended up losing the Cross Battle and was eliminated.^[5]

2017–2019: First singles released and Sound of My Dream

On 14 December 2017, she released her first single, "Campaign" (征战), in which she tried adding the element of rapping for the first time.^[6][7] On 31 December, she released her second single, "Can We Still Love" (还可以爱吗).^[8] On 7 May 2018, she released her first self-composed single "Open" (打开).^[9]

In December, she participated in Zhejiang TV's music show Sound of My Dream (season 3), and her first performance of "Upwards to the Moon" 左手指月 went viral. Other songs she performed in the show include "The Light At That Time" (那时的光), "Unparalleled in the World" (天下无双), "The Story of Time" (光阴的故事) and "Same Moonlight" (一样的月光).

2020-present: Singer 2020, other variety shows and first solo album

In January 2020, she represented the Central Conservatory of Music in the Zhejiang TV music program 新声请指教.^[10]

In February, she participated as a 'Surprise Challenger' in the Hunan TV music program Singer 2020, entitled Year of the Hits (歌手·当打之年). In the first round, she challenged Mao Buyi and successfully proceeded to the next round.^[11][12] However, a number of Chinese netizens accused her of being discourteous and having low EQ, as Mao had only started to sing the first few lyrics before she requested to challenge him. Since then, some netizens also discovered that the song she sang in the episode, "Life of Planet" by Mayday, was not on any music platform because Mango TV did not buy the copyright.^[13] After the third round of the competition, she was at the bottom of the overall rankings and was eventually eliminated.^[14] She returned for the breakout round of the show and chose to challenge Jike Junyi, but her challenge failed and she did not proceed to the finals.^[15] On 11 April, she also participated as a guest singer in Zhejiang TV's music program, The Treasured Voice.^[16]

In May, she and Zheng Shuang, Xiong Ziqi, and Liu Wei together formed the "President of the Star Trading Company" team in the Youku e-commerce variety show "Arrival of the Best-seller! 2" (爆款来了2). She was also the contributing artist to the show's theme song.^[17]

On 16 November, her first solo music album, "Huang Xiaoyun's Neverland", was released.

Artistry

Voice and timbre

Huang Xiaoyun is a soprano.

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Notes
征战	2017	First single[6]
还可以爱吗		[8]
打开	2018	First self-composed single[9]
可能		Theme song of TV drama 七日生[18]
消散	2019	[19]
假装		Theme song of TV drama 遇见幸福[20]
Sad Sometimes		English song Song project from 音你成名 Collaboration with Corsak [zh] and Alan Walker[21]
更漏子
没了我你依然拥有太阳		Demo
和从前的自己相遇	2020	Song project from 新聲請指教 Collaboration with Tang Hanxiao
旁若无人
爆款来了		Theme song of variety show 爆款来了 2[17]
星辰大海	2021
梦返
要不然我们就这样一万年	2023	Closing song of TV Drama 长月烬明

Albums

＃	Album Information	Track listing
1st	黄霄雲的Neverland Released: November 16, 2020 Debut Album Label: 梦响强音	Track listing Neverland 秘密日记 一千零一夜 众声喧哗 逆世界 二十一

Filmography

Television series

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Network	Notes
2016	You Music Me	薛定谔的猫	Ai Xiaoxin	Tencent Video	Acting debut
2017	Young & Cool	少年有点酷	Ai Xiaoxin	Tencent Video	Recurring role

Variety Shows

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Network	Notes
2015	The Voice of China (season 4)	中国好声音 (第四季)	Contestant	Zhejiang TV
2018–2019	Sound of My Dream (season 3)	梦想的声音 (第三季)	Contestant	Zhejiang TV
2020	—	新声请指教	Contestant	Zhejiang TV
	Singer 2020	歌手·当打之年	Contestant	Hunan TV
	The Treasured Voice	天赐的声音	Guest	Zhejiang TV
	Arrival of the Best-seller	爆款来了2	Cast member	Youku
	Masked Singer Season 5	蒙面唱将猜猜猜S5	Guest	Youku
2022	Singing with Legends (season 4)	我们的歌(第四季)	Contestant	Shanghai Dragon TV

References

1. 黃霄雲《左手指月》. YouTube. 24 December 2018.
2. 苏妮 (9 February 2017). 王贺健 (ed.). ""让更多人听到我的声音"" [I Wish To Let More People Listen to My Voice]. 《Lawcourt evening news [zh]》 (in Chinese). pp. A08. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
3. 刘湘 (10 August 2015). "贵州学员又"组队来刷屏"了！" [Guizhou students are teaming up to flood the internet]. Guizhou Metropolis Daily《贵州都市报》 (in Chinese). pp. B10. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
4. 刘湘 (23 August 2015). "贵州16岁少女黄霄雲晋级" [16 year old Huang Xiaoyun from Guizhou advances]. Guizhou Metropolis Daily《贵州都市报》 (in Chinese). pp. A24. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
5. 刘湘 (27 September 2015). "贵州妹子黄宵雲遗憾离开" [Young Huang Xiaoyun from Guizhou eliminated!]. Guizhou Metropolis Daily《贵州都市报》 (in Chinese). pp. A24. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
6. 胡亚妮 (16 December 2017). "贵州歌手黄霄云新单曲《征战》上线" [Huang Xiaoyun from Luodian is busy with both the uni entrance examination and acting in a drama]. Guiyang Evening Newspaper《贵阳晚报》 (in Chinese). pp. A13. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
7. "黄霄云首支单曲《征战》上线 rap元素展年轻能量" [Huang Xiaoyun's first single "Campaign" is online, rap elements show young energy"] (in Chinese). 新浪. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
8. 董文, ed. (3 January 2018). "黄霄雲《还可以爱吗》上线 面临"分手"难题" [Huang Xiaoyun releases 'Can We Still Love']. 搜狐音乐 (in Chinese). 搜狐. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
9. "黄霄雲首支原创单曲《打开》讲述艺考心路历程" [Huang Xiaoyun's first self-composed single "Open" tells the story of her arts exam]. 娱乐新闻 (in Chinese). China Entertainment Network 中国娱乐网. 7 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
10. 姚赞原 (21 January 2020). "清华北大学子同台较量展高校音乐风采" [Tsinghua North University students compete on the same stage to showcase their music]. 《广东科技报·健康养生周刊》 (in Chinese). p. 4. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
11. 从易 (11 February 2020). 程娱、栾梦 (ed.). "《歌手·当打之年》还能打吗？" [Can "Singer 2020 Year of the Hits" still be a hit?] (in Chinese). The Paper 澎湃新闻. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
12. 郑丽珠 (14 February 2020). 胡梦瑶 (ed.). "《歌手·当打之年》华晨宇再夺第一 毛不易遭淘汰" ["Singer 2020 Year of the Hits" Hua Chenyu takes first place again, Mao Buyi eliminated]. 网易娱乐 (in Chinese). 网易. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
13. 毛青青, ed. (14 February 2020). "《歌手》诞生史上最惨嘉宾 黄霄云歌曲遭下架 一波未平一波又起" [The cruelest guest in the history of "Singer": Huang Xiaoyun's song was taken off the shelves] (in Chinese). North Sichuan Online News 川北在线. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
14. 小易 (13 March 2020). 陈少杰 (ed.). "《歌手》周深首夺第一 吉克隽逸补位黄霄云淘汰" ["Singer" Zhou Shen wins first place, Jike Junyi fills up the spot, Huang Xiaoyun eliminated]. 网易娱乐 (in Chinese). 网易. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
15. 李思, ed. (17 April 2020). "《歌手》毛不易无缘总决赛 袁娅维吉克隽逸突围" [Mao Buyi misses the finals, Tia Ray and Jike Junyi break through]. 网易娱乐 (in Chinese). 网易. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
16. "《天赐的声音》"云录制"惊喜不断 苏有朋为"偶像"正名再获金曲". 凤凰网财经 (in Chinese). 凤凰网. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
17. 王劭凯 (21 May 2020). "黄霄雲魔性洗脑单曲《爆款来了》上线" [Huang Xiaoyun's brainwashing single "Arrival of the Best-seller" is released]. 《呼和浩特晚报》 (in Chinese). p. 12. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
18. "可能 – 黄霄雲" [Possibly – Huang Xiaoyun]. 网易云音乐 (in Chinese). 22 August 2018. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
19. 李思, ed. (29 August 2019). "黄霄雲与周典奥合作全新单曲《消散》正式上线" [Huang Xiaoyun and Zhou Dian'ao collaboration "Dissipate" officially released]. 网易 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
20. "假装 – 黄霄雲" [Pretend – Huang Xiaoyun]. QQ音乐 (in Chinese). 9 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
21. 陈少杰, ed. (21 September 2019). "《音你成名》冠军诞生！萧敬腾AlanWalker嗨翻全场". 网易娱乐 (in Chinese). 网易. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

External links

• Huang Xiaoyun on Weibo (in Chinese)
• Huang Xiaoyun on QQ Music (in Chinese)
• Huang Xiaoyun on NetEase Music (in Chinese)
• Huang Xiaoyun on Kuwo Music (in Chinese)
• Huang Xiaoyun on Spotify