Xu Xinwen (

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: 许馨文; born March 20, 1995) is a Chinese singer, dancer, and actress under

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. She is known for participating in the 2020 girl group survival show '' Youth With You 2'' and the 2018 survival show ''

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''.

Early life

Xu Xinwen was born on March 20, 1995, in

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. Originally a dancer, she decided to study music after hearing

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's music. She graduated from the

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at the top of her major, majoring in pop singing.

Career

In 2014, Xu won the Tian Yi Fei Young Campus Singers Contest, a national singing competition for college students. In 2016, Xu won the finals of the Migu Music National College Student League, another national college singing competition, and also won the Most Popular Award. Subsequently, she signed a contract with

, and on August 23, 2016, she released her first single, "In the Zone", in a collaboration with rapper Alex Hong. The song was produced by

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and was the theme song for the movie Southpaw, and an

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version of the song was released on September 5 of the same year. On November 22, 2016, Xu performed "In the Zone", "

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", and other songs in the City Voice Campus Welcome Concert in Chengdu. On November 25 of the same year, Xu participated in the reality music show '' Sound of My Dream,'' performing Jike Junyi's song "彩色的黑 (Colorful Black)" and

's song "翅膀 (Wings)". Her performance was praised by the mentors

and

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as being "very powerful" and "well prepared, having a strong stage presence". Xu also participated in the Super Hi Christmas Music Party Concert in Chengdu on December 23, 2016, singing the songs "In the Zone" and "翅膀 (Wings)". On March 27, 2017, Xu performed "In the Zone" at the 24th Oriental Billboard Music Festival and also won the "Oriental Newcomer Award". On April 30, she performed "In the Zone" and

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's "Some Kind of Wonderful" at the 2017 Mount Emei Buddha Light Flower Sea Music Festival. She was also the opening act for

's 2017 MUSIC LOVE concert on May 19 in

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, performing "In the Zone" and "翅膀 (Wings)". On September 16, 2017, she performed "In the Zone" at iQIYI's 2017 Scream Night in Lanzhou. On April 3, 2018, Xu released her first EP, "All My People", which consisted of the song "黑色外套 (Black Jacket)" as well as the English and Chinese versions of "All My People". On April 27, 2018, she released the single "Youth Anthem" with Alex Hong and Boss X, which was also featured in the "Vibe Presents Urban Asia, Vol. 1" compilation album by B2 Music. Later that year, on June 26, she released the OST "爱最闪耀 (Love Shines the Most)" for '' Sweet Dreams (TV series)'', and on August 13, 2018, she released the OST "一生的挚爱 (Love of a Lifetime)" for the drama ''Swords of Legends 2.'' Also in 2018, Xu made her acting debut by starring as the character Niu Honghua in the drama ''Only Kiss Without Love''. She then participated in the idol survival show ''

'' in November 2018. On January 26, 2019, Xu performed "彩色的黑 (Colorful Black)" at the 2018 Fenghuang Network Annual Meeting. On June 29, 2019, Xu released the single "Some Hurts". In January through May 2020, Xu participated in the girl group survival show ''

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'', in which she was eliminated in the 28th place despite being praised as the "top vocal" by mentor

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. On June 12, 2020, Xu released the single "Boomerang". On July 9, 2020, she released the OST "若 (If)" for the TV series '' Dance of the Sky Empire''. In September 2020, Xu participated in

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's live streaming reality survival show ''Go! Streamers.'' On October 14, she collaborated with UNINE's Xia Hanyu for the OST "奇妙反应 (Wonderful Reaction)" for the drama ''Meeting You''. On October 15, 2020, she participated in episode 7 of

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's variety show ''Let's Party'', and on November 6, she participated in episode 5 of

's talk show ''Mars Intelligence Agency''. She then released the OSTs "Can't Nobody Love Me Like Myself" and "我说的 (I Said)" on November 13 and December 11 of 2020 respectively, both for the drama ''

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.'' In January and February 2021, Xu Xinwen participated in episodes 5 and 6 of

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's program ''Let's Go'' along with UNINE's Xia Hanyu. On May 3 of the same year, she performed her songs "Can't Nobody Love Me Like Myself", "黑色外套 (Black Jacket)", and "Boomerang" at the 2021 Pop Songs Charts concert in

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and also won the "New Sound of the Year - Female Singer" award. Xu was announced to be filming for the drama ''Love in a Loop'' on July 5. Also, on July 30, an official work studio for Xu Xinwen was announced. On August 6, Xu released the song "The MVP", which was also the title track of her EP "爱人规则 LOVER GAME". An MV for "The MVP" was released on August 8. On March 20, 2022, Xu released the OST "如果" for the drama ''Maybe It's Love 2.'' On May 1, 2022, the drama ''Love in a Loop'' was broadcast on iQIYI and

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, with Xu Xinwen as the character Kong Feifei. On May 5, 2022, Xu Xinwen began filming for the horror-comedy movie ''To Be Continued''. On May 10, Xu released the theme song "女士的法则" for the drama ''Lady of Law'', and on September 21, Xu released the theme song "别害怕" for the drama ''So Young''. On May 30, 2023, Xu Xinwen began filming as the character Xie Yuhan for the youth drama ''Grow Up Together''.

Awards and achievements

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Youth With You (Season 2)

Filmography

Film

Television series

Television shows

Fandom

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