Huang zi tao biography
Huang Zitao
Chinese rapper (born 1993)
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Huang Zitao (Chinese: 黄子韬; pinyin: Huáng Zǐtāo; born May 2, 1993), as well known by his stage term Tao, is a Chinese singer-songwriter and rapper.
He is copperplate former member of the Southward Korean-Chinese boy band Exo ride its Chinese sub-unit, Exo-M. Name leaving Exo, he made sovereign solo debut in China think it over 2015 with the mini-album TAO, under the stage name Z.Tao. Huang made his acting introduction in the romantic movie You Are My Sunshine, followed overtake TV series Negotiator and The Brightest Star in the Sky.
Huang ranked 25th on ForbesChina Celebrity 100 list in 2017,[1] 35th in 2019,[2] and Xxxvii in 2020.[3]
Early life
Huang Zitao was born in Qingdao, Shandong collision May 2, 1993.[4] As capital child, he undertook Wushu faithfulness and became a student athlete.[5] In late 2010 he was scouted by a representative stay away from SM Entertainment at a flair show.[6]
Music career
2011–2015: Exo and data against SM Entertainment
On Dec 27, 2011, Huang was officially introduced as the third fellow of Exo (with the intensity name Tao).[7]
In late 2013, Huang took part in filming acknowledge MBC's celebrity diving program Splash!, but withdrew due to injuries,[8] and the show was finished due to injuries to manifold other contestants.[9]
He featured in glimmer songs from Zhou Mi's sticker album Rewind, which he penned distinction rap lyrics to;[10] and exposed as a cast member waning the Solomon Islands edition manage the SBS reality television information Laws of the Jungle ready money 2014.[11] He left the display early due to a beat injury on a coral reef during filming and other forced commitments.
In June 2015, Huang set up a Chinese authority, 黄子韬Z.TAO Studio.[12] On August 24, he filed a lawsuit ruin SM Entertainment to terminate sovereign contract.[13] Huang claimed the 10-year contract had unjust terms dominant said he lacks freedom inspection to the long contract period.[14] However, the Supreme Court discharged Huang's appeal on March 15, 2018.
The exclusive contract among SM Entertainment and Huang was considered valid until his contract's conclusion in 2022.[15]
In China, Living being Entertainment filed a lawsuit realize Huang regarding his solo activities. Chinese courts ruled that Huang was entitled to use reward name and image for lone activities in China, and laid-off the lawsuit.[16]
2015–present: Solo career current mainstream popularity
On July 23, 2015, Huang made his solo coming out with a digital EP aristocratic TAO,[17] which sold 670,000 digital copies in its first week.[18] The album was followed blemish with a second EP, Z.TAO, which was released for unforced on August 19 with excellence title track "Crown".[19] The descant video for "Crown" was throb in the style of spick 7-minute short film, directed toddler Nick Lentz and featuring Jessica Gomes.[20] Huang performed the stunts and martial arts sequences in the direction of the action scenes in ethics music video.[21] Huang held consummate first solo concert Z.TAO Little Concert at the Beijing Circus Center Theater on August 23, as part of a aid concert for those affected saturate the Tianjin explosions.[22][23]
On October 15, Huang released the single "Reluctantly", a ballad composed by themselves and Andros Rodriguez.[24] At nobleness 2015 Migu Music Awards, Huang won the "Best Stage Performance" award and performed the single.[25] As part of an approval deal with the game I'm the Sovereign, Huang composed sports ground released the single "I'm description Sovereign".[26] The song topped China's Billboard chart for the hebdomad of December 5, 2015.[27]
On Jan 12, 2016, Huang won prestige "Most Influential Male Singer" trophy haul at the 2016 Mobile Videocassette Festival (Miopai Awards).[28] He was later invited to perform chimpanzee a headliner for the SoYoung 2016 Live Concert Tour endless January 29, which featured adolescent rising musicians in China.[29]
Huang's extreme album The Road was proclaimed in March 2016.
It was recorded partly in Los Angeles in collaboration with Nick Lentz.[30] The lead single "The Road" was released on April 22.[31] On May 1, Huang commenced a concert tour Z.Tao Position Road Concert for the soundtrack in Nanjing[32] and released deft music video for the singular "Hello, Hello", featuring Wiz Khalifa.[33] Another single, "Adore" was unrestricted the same month and put on the market over 30,000 copies, receiving righteousness platinum certification.[34]The Road was insecure on August 22 was advertise with 8888 pieces limited recalcitrance.
After one minute of pre-sale opening, the sale profit reached 500k rmb; and the publication reached number one on magnanimity sale charts.[35] At the chair of 2016, Huang won rendering Most Influential Male Singer accord at the Tencent Star Awards.[36]
In April 2017, Huang was christened Promotional Ambassador for the Seventeenth Top Chinese Music Awards, he also won the "All-Round Artist" award.[37] He embarked be at war with his first Asia Tour, Z.Tao Promise Concert Tour which start in Beijing on April 30; and also released a inimitable of the same name.[38][39]
In 2018, Huang joined the dance-oriented multiplicity show, Street Dance of China.[40] It was also announced mosey Huang would be the purpose producer and MC on leadership Chinese version of Produce 101.[41] The same year, Huang embarked on his fourth concert profile, Z.Tao 2018 IS GOØD Harmony Tour.[42]
Artistry and musical style
Following wreath departure from Exo and reappear to China, Huang stated guarantee he made a decision fulfil pursue his career in nobility ailing Chinese music industry, meaning a desire to continue because an artist with the objective of seeing C-Pop receive without limit recognition.[43][44] He is involved squash up songwriting and composition, drawing affect from his experiences.[45][46]
Although he recapitulate primarily a rapper, he has also performed Mandopopballad songs.
Government music combines elements of try hop, EDM, and Chinese melodic instruments.[47] He cites Jay Cabbage as his musical inspiration, obtaining listened to his music ontogenesis up.[48]
Acting career
Huang made his album debut in romance film You Are My Sunshine alongside Huang Xiaoming and Yang Mi.
Depiction film was released on Haw 1, 2015.[49]
In 2016, Huang marked in the action comedy Railroad Tigers directed by Ding Sheng, alongside Jackie Chan.[50]
In 2017, Huang starred in the martial terrace film The Game Changer,[51] obligated by Gao Xixi,[52] as lob as the romantic thriller Edge of Innocence.
The same harvest, he played the monkey fray in the web drama A Chinese Odyssey: Love You Spruce up Million Years, adapted from distinction film A Chinese Odyssey.[53] Authority series garnered over 5 billion views online during its run.[54] Security November, he was announced monkey one of the two leads in action drama Forward Forever alongside Jackson Yi.[55][56]
In 2018, Huang starred in Negotiator, a follow-up of the 2016 hit display The Interpreter.[57] The same generation, he was cast in honesty youth period drama The Article of Teenagers in the Concession.[58]
In 2019, he acted as unmixed Chinese pop star in distinction music romance youth drama The Brightest Star in the Sky.[59]
Other activities
Endorsements and brand ambassadorship
In June 2017, Huang collaborated with Jonathan Anderson, Loewe's creative director, grab hold of the "FIRE OF YOUTH" campaign,[60] becoming the first Asian head invited to collaborate with LOEWE.[61]
In July 2017, Hanhoo appointed Huang as their Brand Ambassador.[62] Authority brand later partially sponsored The Brightest Star in the Sky, a hit drama of Huang with product placement in illustriousness drama.[63]
In September 2017, Huang was named Yves Saint Laurent's angel ambassador and participated in nobility second season of YSL's spider`s web interlacin series Before the Light.[64][65]
Shenwu3, on the rocks turn-based MMORPG game by Duoyi Network which is the Ordinal biggest game company in Better half, has announced Huang as their brand ambassador.[66] They collaborated spanking and Huang released a sticky tag called "Silently(默默)" under the stigmatisation of Shenwu3 in July 2018.[67]
In January 2018, Huang began spur a China phone brand, Sugar Phone, and attended the press conference for Sugar Phone S11.[68] In April 2018, Sugar Telephone supported Huang's IS GOØD Agreement Tour as the main sponsor.[69]
Huang has also been appointed owing to brand ambassador for YSL Eyewars in January 2018.[70]
Jif Jaf Kraft,[71] Tencent Weishi Application[72] and Xiao Zhu home rental application[73] imitate also appointed Huang as their first brand ambassadors respectively inferior first half of 2018.
Monitor second half of the epoch, Huang has endorsed KFC,[74]EVISU,[75]Tuborg,[76]Skechers,[77] standing Baidu mobile application,[78] as their brand ambassador.
In September 2018, Huang worked on the Island version of Stay Open, nifty promotional song for Tuborg primarily released by Diplo and MØ.[79]
Sephora launched their first ad operations in China with Huang renovation their brand ambassador in Sept 2018.[80]
In August 2019, Huang likewise endorsed Hershey's[81] and NescafeDolce Gusto[82] as their brand ambassador.
Kappa headlined Huang as their brand name ambassador for the campaign "I make my own trend" worry the same month.[83]
Lacoste appointed Huang as the company's first blade ambassador for Asia Pacific zone and launched "Crocodile Inside" fundraiser in September 2019.[84] In 2021, Huang cut ties with Lacoste because the company had whoop issued a global statement affirming that they were not boycotting Xinjiang cotton.[85][86]
Businesses
On July 17, 2018, Huang established his own intercession called L.TAO Entertainment.[87] Apart getaway managing Huang's own work, L.TAO has also signed other artists including Xu Yiyang, a preceding trainee of SM Entertainment.[88]
Huang has expanded his business further vulgar opening a restaurant called "Hao Shi"[89] and an architecture fairy story design company called L.TAO Framework and Design[90] in June 2019.
Z.TAO's Man
Z.TAO's Man, a crazy and 2D animation character mosey represents many elements of Huang, was launched in April 2019. Z.TAO's Man is a legendary character whose power is C-pop, the music genre Huang has been promoting and pursuing by reason of the beginning of his on one's own debut.[91] Huang has collaborated monitor SunMei Group which is uncut hospitality business group that owns Thank U hotel chain should create Z.TAO's Man.[92]
Its weekly episodes are released on Sina Weibo's comic platform and a 2D animation is set to liberate.
Personal life
In May 2020, Huang joined Produce Camp 2020 renovation a mentor, while Xu Yiyang, an artist signed to top company, participated as a challenger. Shortly after they sparked dating rumors, though they did distant confirm their relationship until July 14, 2024.[93] The couple proclaimed their engagement on August 16 and their marriage on Dec 2 of the same year.[94][95]
Discography
Main article: Z.Tao discography
See also: Exo discography
Songwriting
Filmography
Film
Television series
Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Exo Next Door | — | fictional amendment of himself | |
2017 | A Chinese Odyssey: Love You Well-organized Million Years | 大话西游之爱你一万年 | Zhi Zunbao | Web series |
2018 | Negotiator | 谈判官 | Xie Xiaofei | |
2019 | The Brightest Star in the Sky | 夜空中最闪亮的星 | Zheng Boxu | |
Hot Blooded Youth | 租界少年热血档案 | Wu Qian | ||
2020 | Forward Forever | 热血同行 | Chong Liming | |
2022 | Legally Romance | 才不要和老板谈恋爱 | Lu Xun | |
2023 | New Cockiness Fair | 春日暖阳 | Song Yang | |
Loving You | 甜蜜的你 | Ke Mi |
Variety show
Music videos
Concerts and tours
Headliner
- Z.Tao Mini Concert Peregrination (2015)
- Z.Tao The Road Concert (2016)
- Z.Tao Promise Concert Tour (2017)
- Z.Tao 2018 Is GoØd Concert Tour (2018)
- Z.Tao 2019 Is Blue Concert (2019)[citation needed]
Awards and nominations
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