Chinese Music Blog

Jacky Xue Zhiqian has made great strides since first appearing on Wo Xin Wo Xiu, or My Show, China’s first largely successful televised singing competition that would later be eclipsed by the popularity of Hunan TV’s Supergirls and Happy Boys Voice. He quickly came out with a solid self-titled debut album that was composed mostly by himself, and has continued this tradition with his third album, “Deeply Loved You” where he composed and wrote lyrics for all but two of the tracks. His first three MVs for this album all feature his own compositions and lyrics.

The first single Chuan Suo, or Legend made airwaves months ago, with its own haunting MV that reflected its Chinese, Zhong Guo Feng style, and melancholy lyrics. This song later was heard by Japanese music legend Shinji Tanimura, whom it impressed greatly, and consequently Xue Zhiqian was honored with an invitation to the Osaka Music Festival in October. The second and third MVs came in pairs, a classical and modern version of the song “Deeply Loved You”. He had two arrangements of this, and it was decided that both were great in their own way and thus both made it to the album, and their own music videos which Jacky’s company, SonyBMG spent a large sum for. The MVs feature Xue Zhiqian, and Jia Qing, who used to be on My Show with him, as a pair of lovers in the past and present, with each MV featuring them in a different time period.

Watch them both here:

Classical Version of Deeply Loved You

Modern Version of Deeply Loved You