Light Years Away (G.E.M. song)

"Light Years Away"
Single by G.E.M.
Released December 30, 2016 (2016-12-30) [1]
Format digital download
Recorded 2016
Genre Mandopop
Length 3:55
Label Hummingbird Music
Songwriter(s) G.E.M.
Producer(s) Lupo Groinig
G.E.M. singles chronology
"Goodbye (Club Remix)"
(2016)		 "Light Years Away"
(2016)		 "Crossfire"
(2017)

"Goodbye (Club Remix)"
(2016)		 "Light Years Away"
(2016)		 "Crossfire"
(2017)
Music video
"Light Years Away" on YouTube

"Light Years Away" (Chinese: 光年之外) 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] The music video for the song is the first by a Hong Kong artist to reached 100 million views.[2] It is also the twelfth of Chinese music videos to reach 100 million views, and the fastest music video by Chinese female singer to reach 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

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.[11]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart
  • Peak
  • position
997 [12] 13
Global Chinese Pop Chart [13] 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Light Years Away - iTunes". iTunes (in Chinese).
  2. ↑ "Light Years Away reached over 100 million" (in Chinese). 2018-01-18.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "G.E.M. wrote the Chinese theme song for Passenger" (in Chinese). 2016-12-27.
  5. ↑ "G.E.M. wrote Chinese theme song for American sci-fi film, Passenger" (in Chinese). 2016-12-27.
  6. ↑ 2016-2017 Hunan TV New Year Concert.
  7. ↑ Tencent Myapp Internet Festival.
  8. ↑ Weibo Film Gala on YouTube
  9. ↑ 2017 Migu Music Awards.
  10. ↑ "13th KKBOX Music Awards" (in Chinese). 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  11. ↑ "Light Years Away" on YouTube
  12. ↑ "Metro Radio Local Music Chart" (in Chinese).
  13. ↑ "Global Chinese Pop Chart". RTHK.
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