''Fun'' (

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: 放, Pinyin: ''Fàng'') aka "Release" is a song recorded by Chinese singer-songwriter

Xu Weizhou Xu Weizhou (born October 20, 1994), known internationally as Timmy Xu, is a Chinese actor and singer-songwriter, best known for playing the character Bai Luoyin in the Chinese web series ''Addicted''. He was the first artist to achieve the top ...

. 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. This single was composed by Xu Weizhou himself and was arranged and produced by Shi Xiaopeng, lead guitarist of the band ''Cold Air''. 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 and the second one, which was the official version was released at "Yinyuetai",

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and YouTube. Xu flew to South Korea to shoot the music video together with a South Korean team.

Credits and personnel

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*Shi Xiaopeng –

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*Zhao Dengkai – lyricist *Wang Qingtao & Wang Chen – engineering *Chen Bohao – mastering *Zhu Yin – string compilation *Zhang Bo & Zhang Zhangkai – harmony

Live performances

On 23 December 2016, Xu was invited to Shanghai Disneyland Christmas Party and performed the song live for the first time. Later on, he performed the verses of "Fun" and his other song " Light" during the 24th Oriental Billboard Award Ceremony 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, 2017 Music Radio China Top Ranking Awards on 21 June, 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.

Background and release

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