Light Years Away (G.E.M. song)
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Light Years Away is the 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] She is the first Hong Kong artist whose music video reached 100 million views, [2] the twelfth Chinese music video reached 100 million views and the fastest music video owned by Chinese female singer reached 100 million views.[3]
Background
She was invited to write the song because of her influence in China and her songwriting skill. [4] After she watched few scenes of the film, she was touched by the love between the two characters. She then had written different demos and finally chosen this as the final work.[5]
Commercial Live Performances
- 2016-2017 HunanTV New Year Concert [6]
- Tencent Myapp Internet Festival[7] (2017-01-13)
- Weibo Film Gala[8] (2017-06-18)
- 2017 Migu Music Awards[9] (2017-12-16)
- Singer 2018 (2018-04-13) (collaborate with Hua Chenyu)
Music Video
It 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 is out of control and uses special effect to imitate giant spherical water flow caused by weightlessness.[10]
Chart Performance
Weekly charts
| Chart |
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| 903 [11] |
× |
| RTHK [12] |
- |
| 997 [13] |
13 |
| TVB [14] |
× |
| Global Chinese Pop Chart [15] |
1 |
References
- ^ a b c "Light Years Away - iTunes". iTunes (in Chinese).
- ^ "Light Years Away reached over 100 million" (in Chinese). 2018-01-18.
- ^ "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). 2018-01-18.
- ^ "G.E.M. wrote the Chinese theme song for Passenger" (in Chinese). 2016-12-27.
- ^ "G.E.M. wrote Chinese theme song for American sci-fi film, Passenger" (in Chinese). 2016-12-27.
- ^ 2016-2017 Hunan TV New Year Concert.
- ^ Tencent Myapp Internet Festival.
- ^ Weibo Film Gala on YouTube
- ^ 2017 Migu Music Awards.
- ^ "Light Years Away" on YouTube
- ^ "Radio 903 Chart" (in Chinese).
- ^ "RTHK Chinese Pop Chart" (in Chinese).
- ^ "Metro Radio Local Music Chart" (in Chinese).
- ^ "Jade Solid Gold" (in Chinese).
- ^ "Global Chinese Pop Chart". RTHK.