Zhou Shen
Biography
Zhou Shen is a Chinese male singer and music producer born on September 29, 1992, in a mountain village in Shaoyang, Hunan, raised in Guiyang, Guizhou, and a graduate of the Lviv National Academy of Music in Ukraine. He spent his childhood with his sister due to his parents' constant work travels, and only moved with them to Guiyang in the second grade. He joined the school choir in elementary school, but his voice retained its childhood tone due to minimal vocal cord changes during puberty, which made him afraid to speak in front of classmates throughout middle school. He regained his singing confidence after winning a high school singing contest and being invited by an upperclassman to perform an original song. In 2010, he began singing on the YY platform under the pseudonym "Kaboo" without showing his face, and achieved millions of views with his nine-language cover of "Let It Go." After high school, he traveled to Ukraine to study dentistry before transferring to vocal music at the Lviv National Academy of Music, graduating in May 2016. Zhou Shen participated in "The Voice of China" Season 3 in 2014 while studying at university in Ukraine, received three coaches' turns in the blind audition with "Huan Yan," joined Na Ying's team, but was eliminated in the second round after a duet with fellow contestant Li Wei. Through this program he officially debuted, and participated in concert tours at venues including Beijing Workers' Stadium, Hong Kong Coliseum, and Taipei Arena. In December of that year, he won the iQiyi Scream Night Best New Music Artist award. In 2015, he released a collaborative album with Li Wei titled "Hui Wei," and together they won the China New Song Chart Best New Duo award. In August 2015, he released his first solo studio single "The Rose and the Little Deer" composed by Gao Xiaosong with lyrics by Yin Yue, winning Best New Artist at the Dongfeng Fengbang Awards and Top 10 Song of the Year at the Asia New Song Chart. In 2016, he released "Big Fish" which later became one of his signature works. In November 2017, he released his first solo album "Zhou Shen" personally funded by Gao Xiaosong, which included "Big Fish" and won three awards including Most Improved Artist at the Dongfeng Fengbang Awards and Best New Artist at the Global Chinese Song Chart Awards. In 2018, he held his first solo concert tour "Shen Space" in six Chinese cities. In October 2019, he participated in "Our Song" Season 1 as a new voice singer, formed a duo with Hacken Lee that won the championship, and in November launched his second concert tour "Planet C-929."