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"Light Years Away"
"Light Years Away"
Single by G.E.M.
Released	30 December 2016
Recorded	2016
Genre	Mandopop
Length	3:55
Label	Hummingbird Music
Songwriter(s)	G.E.M.
Producer(s)	Lupo Groinig
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Music video
	"Light Years Away" on YouTube

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"Light Years Away" (Chinese: 光年之外; pinyin: Guāngnián zhī wài) is a song recorded by Hong Kong singer-songwriter G.E.M. released on 30 December 2016.^[1] It is the Chinese theme song for the American sci-fi film Passengers.^[1]

The music video captures scenes from the film Passengers, and features G.E.M. singing in the Avalon. The video became the first by a Hong Kong artist to reach 100 million views on YouTube, and has since garnered over 250 million views on the platform.

Background and development

She was invited to write the song because of her influence in China and her songwriting skill.^[2] After she watched few scenes of the film, she was touched by the love between the two characters. She then wrote different demos and chose this as the final work.^[3]

Music video

The music video captures scenes from the film Passengers, and G.E.M. is singing in the Avalon. The music video starts with G.E.M. standing alone in the Avalon, then intersperses the scenes of Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt taken from the film, such as dancing together, playing games, watching films, etc. At the end, it shows the sleeper ship out of control and uses special effects to imitate giant spherical water flow caused by weightlessness.^[4]

The video is the first by a Hong Kong artist to reach 100 million views on YouTube.^[5] It is also the twelfth Chinese music video to reach 100 million views and the fastest music video by a Chinese female singer to reach 100 million views on YouTube.^[6] On 17 March 2019, it has become the most viewed Chinese music video among female singers on YouTube, with a view count of over 177 million. The song reached 250 million views on YouTube by October 2022.

Live performances

G.E.M. performed "Light Years Away" at various events following its release. She premiered the song at the HunanTV New Year Concert for 2016-2017.^[7] Following this, she made an appearance at the Tencent Myapp Internet Festival on 13 January 2017.^[8] Later that year, on 18 June, she attended the Weibo Film Gala.^[9] On 16 December 2017, she appeared and performed the song at the 2017 Migu Music Awards.

G.E.M. attended and performed the song at the KKBox Music Awards on 21 January 2018.^[10] On 13 April, she performed it alongside Hua Chenyu during Singer 2018. On 4 November 2018, G.E.M. performed "Light Years Away" live at the Seventh Annual Breakthrough Prize at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California.^[11]

Credits and personnel

G.E.M. – vocals, background vocals
Lupo Groinig – producer, keys/synths & programming, executive producer

Charts

Weekly charts


Chart (2017–2019)	Peak position
China (China Top 100)^[12]	39
China Airplay (Billboard Radio)^[13]	1
Singapore Regional (RIAS)^[14]	25

Year-end charts


Chart (2017)	Position
China Airplay (Billboard)^[13]	4

Release history

Release dates and formats
Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	30 December 2016	Digital download streaming	Hummingbird Music

References

^ ^a ^b "Light Years Away – iTunes" (in Chinese). iTunes Store. 30 December 2016.
^ "G.E.M. wrote the Chinese theme song for Passenger" (in Chinese). 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018.
^ "G.E.M. wrote Chinese theme song for American sci-fi film, Passenger" (in Chinese). 27 December 2016.
^ "Light Years Away" on YouTube
^ "Light Years Away reached over 100 million" (in Chinese). 18 January 2018.
^ "Light Years Away reached 100 million views, it became the fastest music video owned by Chinese female artist reached over 100 million views" (in Chinese). 18 January 2018.
^ 2016–2017 Hunan TV New Year Concert.
^ Tencent Myapp Internet Festival.
^ Weibo Film Gala on YouTube
^ "13th KKBOX Music Awards" (in Chinese). 4 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Prize, Breakthrough. "SEVENTH ANNUAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE – "THE OSCARS OF SCIENCE" – CELEBRATES TOP ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHYSICS, LIFE SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS; AWARDS $22 MILLION IN PRIZES AT GALA TELEVISED CEREMONY IN SILICON VALLEY". PR Newswire. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
^ "中国公告牌音乐单曲榜" [China Music Singles Top 100]. Billboard China (in Chinese). 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Billboard Radio China公布2017年度华语十大金曲" [Billboard Radio China announces the top ten Chinese hits of 2017]. Billboard Radio China (in Chinese). 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart Week 43" (PDF). Recording Industry Association (Singapore). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2018.

[itunes-1] "Light Years Away – iTunes" (in Chinese). iTunes Store. 30 December 2016.

[2] "G.E.M. wrote the Chinese theme song for Passenger" (in Chinese). 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018.

[3] "G.E.M. wrote Chinese theme song for American sci-fi film, Passenger" (in Chinese). 27 December 2016.

[4] "Light Years Away" on YouTube

[5] "Light Years Away reached over 100 million" (in Chinese). 18 January 2018.

[6] "Light Years Away reached 100 million views, it became the fastest music video owned by Chinese female artist reached over 100 million views" (in Chinese). 18 January 2018.

[7] 2016–2017 Hunan TV New Year Concert.

[8] Tencent Myapp Internet Festival.

[9] Weibo Film Gala on YouTube

[13th_Annual_KKBOX_Music_Awards-10] "13th KKBOX Music Awards" (in Chinese). 4 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[11] Prize, Breakthrough. "SEVENTH ANNUAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE – "THE OSCARS OF SCIENCE" – CELEBRATES TOP ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHYSICS, LIFE SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS; AWARDS $22 MILLION IN PRIZES AT GALA TELEVISED CEREMONY IN SILICON VALLEY". PR Newswire. Retrieved 8 November 2018.

[12] "中国公告牌音乐单曲榜" [China Music Singles Top 100]. Billboard China (in Chinese). 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[bb_radio-13] "Billboard Radio China公布2017年度华语十大金曲" [Billboard Radio China announces the top ten Chinese hits of 2017]. Billboard Radio China (in Chinese). 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[14] "Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart Week 43" (PDF). Recording Industry Association (Singapore). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2018.

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-On 17 March 2019, it has become the most viewed Chinese music video among female singers on YouTube, with a view count of over 177M. The song reached 200 million views on YouTube by September 2019.
-== Background ==
+== Background and development ==
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-== Commercial live performances ==
-* 2016–2017 HunanTV New Year Concert<ref>{{cite video|url= https://www.mgtv.com/b/309863/3764234.html|title= 2016–2017 Hunan TV New Year Concert}}</ref>
-* Tencent Myapp Internet Festival<ref>{{cite video|url= https://v.qq.com/x/page/s0022jr39n5.html|title= Tencent Myapp Internet Festival}}</ref> (2017-01-13)
-* Weibo Film Gala<ref>{{Youtube|ktuY7iXBz0Y|Weibo Film Gala}}</ref> (2017-06-18)
-* 2017 Migu Music Awards<ref>{{cite video|url= https://www.bilibili.com/video/av17336023/|title= 2017 Migu Music Awards}}</ref> (2017-12-16)
-* [[KKBox]] Music Awards (21 January 2018)<ref name="13th Annual KKBOX Music Awards">{{cite web|url=https://zeekmagazine.com/archives/57899|title=13th KKBOX Music Awards|date=4 January 2018|accessdate=3 February 2017|language=zh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514030124/http://www.mtv.com/news/2279428/charming-song-fall-out-boy/|archive-date=14 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-* [[Singer 2018]] (2018-04-13) (collaborate with [[Hua Chenyu]])
-* [[Breakthrough Prize|2019 Breakthrough Prize]] (5 November 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://paper.wenweipo.com/2018/11/06/EN1811060007.htm|title= 獲邀為「突破獎」頒獎 鄧紫棋NASA壓軸演唱|date= 6 November 2018|author= 植植|work= [[Wen Wei Po]]|language= zh}}</ref>
 == Music video ==
-The music video captures scenes from the film ''[[Passengers (2016 film)|Passengers]]'', and [[G.E.M.]] is singing in the ''Avalon''. The music video starts with G.E.M. standing alone in the ''Avalon'', then intersperses the scenes of [[Jennifer Lawrence]] and [[Chris Pratt]] taken from the film, such as dancing together, playing games, watching films, etc. At the end, it shows the [[sleeper ship]] out of control and uses special effects to imitates giant spherical water flow caused by [[weightlessness]].<ref>{{YouTube|T4SimnaiktU|"Light Years Away"}}</ref>
+The music video captures scenes from the film ''[[Passengers (2016 film)|Passengers]]'', and G.E.M. is singing in the ''Avalon''. The music video starts with G.E.M. standing alone in the ''Avalon'', then intersperses the scenes of [[Jennifer Lawrence]] and [[Chris Pratt]] taken from the film, such as dancing together, playing games, watching films, etc. At the end, it shows the [[sleeper ship]] out of control and uses special effects to imitate giant spherical water flow caused by [[weightlessness]].<ref>{{YouTube|T4SimnaiktU|"Light Years Away"}}</ref>
+The video is the first by a Hong Kong artist to reach 100 million views on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 January 2018 |title=Light Years Away reached over 100 million |url=http://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=337738 |language=zh}}</ref> It is also the twelfth Chinese music video to reach 100 million views and the fastest music video by a Chinese female singer to reach 100 million views on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 January 2018 |title=Light Years Away reached 100 million views, it became the fastest music video owned by Chinese female artist reached over 100&nbsp;million views |url=http://news.modia.com.hk/2018/01/18/49886/%E3%80%8A%E5%85%89%E5%B9%B4%E4%B9%8B%E5%A4%96%E3%80%8Byoutube%E9%BB%9E%E6%93%8A%E7%8E%87%E7%A0%B4%E5%84%84%E3%80%80g-e-m-%E6%88%90%E5%8F%B2%E4%B8%8A%E5%96%AE%E6%9B%B2%E6%9C%80%E5%BF%AB%E7%A0%B4/ |language=zh}}</ref> On 17 March 2019, it has become the most viewed Chinese music video among female singers on YouTube, with a view count of over 177 million. The song reached 250 million views on YouTube by October 2022.
+== Live performances ==
+G.E.M. performed "Light Years Away" at various events following its release. She premiered the song at the HunanTV New Year Concert for 2016-2017.<ref>{{cite video |url=https://www.mgtv.com/b/309863/3764234.html |title=2016–2017 Hunan TV New Year Concert}}</ref> Following this, she made an appearance at the Tencent Myapp Internet Festival on 13 January 2017.<ref>{{cite video |url=https://v.qq.com/x/page/s0022jr39n5.html |title=Tencent Myapp Internet Festival}}</ref> Later that year, on 18 June, she attended the Weibo Film Gala.<ref>{{YouTube|ktuY7iXBz0Y|Weibo Film Gala}}</ref> On 16 December 2017, she appeared and performed the song at the 2017 Migu Music Awards.
+G.E.M. attended and performed the song at the KKBox Music Awards on 21 January 2018.<ref name="13th Annual KKBOX Music Awards">{{cite web |date=4 January 2018 |title=13th KKBOX Music Awards |url=https://zeekmagazine.com/archives/57899 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514030124/http://www.mtv.com/news/2279428/charming-song-fall-out-boy/ |archive-date=14 May 2016 |accessdate=3 February 2017 |language=zh}}</ref> On 13 April, she performed it alongside [[Hua Chenyu]] during [[Singer season 6|Singer 2018]]. On 4 November 2018, G.E.M. performed "Light Years Away" live at the Seventh Annual [[Breakthrough Prize]] at the [[NASA]] Ames Research Center in [[Silicon Valley]], California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prize |first=Breakthrough |title=SEVENTH ANNUAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE – "THE OSCARS OF SCIENCE" – CELEBRATES TOP ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHYSICS, LIFE SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS; AWARDS $22 MILLION IN PRIZES AT GALA TELEVISED CEREMONY IN SILICON VALLEY |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seventh-annual-breakthrough-prize--the-oscars-of-science--celebrates-top-achievements-in-physics-life-sciences--mathematics-awards-22-million-in-prizes-at-gala-televised-ceremony-in-silicon-valley-300743674.html |access-date=8 November 2018 |agency=PR Newswire}}</ref>
+== Credits and personnel ==
+* [[G.E.M.]] – vocals, background vocals
+* Lupo Groinig – producer, keys/synths & programming, executive producer
+== Charts ==
+{{col-start}}
+{{col-2}}
+=== Weekly charts ===
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
+|+
+! scope="col"| Chart (2017–2019)
+! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
+|-
+! scope="row"| China ([[Billboard China Top 100|China Top 100]])<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 11, 2019|title=中国公告牌音乐单曲榜|trans-title=China Music Singles Top 100|url=http://www.billboardchina.cn/top/top100/2019-01-11.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006154434/http://www.billboardchina.cn/top/top100/2019-01-11.html|archive-date=2021-10-06|access-date=2022-02-04|website=Billboard China|language=zh}}</ref>
+| 39
+|-
+! scope="row"| [[Billboard Radio China Top 10 Chart|China Airplay]] (''[[Billboard China|Billboard Radio]]'')<ref name="bb radio">{{cite web |title=Billboard Radio China公布2017年度华语十大金曲 |trans-title=Billboard Radio China announces the top ten Chinese hits of 2017 |url=http://www.billboardradiochina.com/story/2017-12-11Billboard-Radio-China-gong-bu-2017-nian-du-hua-yu-shi-da-jin-qu-zh_cn |website=Billboard Radio China |access-date=16 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001105833/http://www.billboardradiochina.com/story/2017-12-11Billboard-Radio-China-gong-bu-2017-nian-du-hua-yu-shi-da-jin-qu-zh_cn |archive-date=1 October 2019 |language=zh |date=2017-12-11}}</ref>
+| 1
+|-
+! scope="row"| Singapore Regional ([[Recording Industry Association Singapore|RIAS]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rias.org.sg/chart.pdf|title=Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart Week 43|publisher=Recording Industry Association (Singapore)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105195547/http://www.rias.org.sg/chart.pdf|archive-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref>
+| 25
+|}
+{{col-2}}
+=== Year-end charts ===
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
+|+
+! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
+! scope="col"| Position
+|-
+! scope="row"| China Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref name="bb radio" />
+| 4
+|}
+{{col-end}}
-== Chart performance ==
+== Release history ==
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
-== Breakthrough Prize Performance ==
+|+Release dates and formats
-On 4 November 2018, G.E.M. performed "Light Years Away" live at the Seventh Annual [[Breakthrough Prize]] at the [[NASA]] Ames Research Center in [[Silicon Valley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seventh-annual-breakthrough-prize--the-oscars-of-science--celebrates-top-achievements-in-physics-life-sciences--mathematics-awards-22-million-in-prizes-at-gala-televised-ceremony-in-silicon-valley-300743674.html|title=SEVENTH ANNUAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE – "THE OSCARS OF SCIENCE" – CELEBRATES TOP ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHYSICS, LIFE SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS; AWARDS $22 MILLION IN PRIZES AT GALA TELEVISED CEREMONY IN SILICON VALLEY|last=Prize|first=Breakthrough|agency=PR Newswire|access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref>
+! scope="col" |Region
+! scope="col" |Date
+! scope="col" |Format
+! scope="col" |Label
+|-
+! scope="row" |Various
+|30 December 2016
+|{{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}}
+| scope="row" |{{hlist|Hummingbird Music}}
+|}
 == References ==

v t e G.E.M.
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	18... (2009) My Secret (2010) Xposed (2012) Heartbeat (2015) Happily Ever After (2019) City Zoo (2019)
Extended plays	My Fairytale (2018) Fearless (2018) Queen G (2018)
Compilation albums	The Best of 2008–2012 (2013)
Singles	"Bubble" "Long Distance" "Goodbye" "Away" "Light Years Away" "Tik Tok" "Full Stop" "City Zoo"
Concert tours	X.X.X. Live Tour I Am Gloria World Tour