Victor Ma (; born March 20, 1996) is a

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singer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. He debuted his career by winning second place at the 2017 Chinese talent competition show, ''The Coming One''. In 2018, Ma released his solo debut single, "I Am Awake". In 2019, he released his first EP, ''Untitled''. In 2020, he featured in the Chinese web series, ''

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''. In the same year, he released his second EP, ''The Textbook''. In 2021, he featured in the Chinese film, ''

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''.

Early life and education

Ma was born in

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on March 20, 1996. His father Ma Qingyun and mother Li Shouning are both architects, and his maternal grandfather Li Ange was a coach of

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. He moved to

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with his family when he was four, and he took both elementary school and junior high school in Shanghai Pinghe School. He moved to

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when he was thirteen, and then he attended

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and

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, and he took part in a number of singing competitions during the school period. In 2014, he took part in the ''Water Cube Cup Chinese Songs Contest For Overseas Chinese Youth'', and eventually won the bronze award.

Career

The Coming One success and aftermath

On June 10, 2017, Ma began to take part in the

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talent competition show, ''The Coming One'', and eventually won second place on September 23, 2017. On November 4, 2017, the finalists from ''The Coming One'' embarked the concert tour The Coming One Tour in

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, China. On December 8, 2017, Ma released the single "Halo, It's Me" with Chinese singer Vin Zhou. On December 14, 2017, he released the live album, ''Author''. On December 15, 2017, he released his solo single, "I Am Awake".

Singles and media appearances

On January 15, 2018, he released the single "The Next Love" with Chinese actress Jiang Shuying for the 2018 television series, '' Mr. Right''. On March 23, 2018, he released the opening song "Micro World" with Chinese singer

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for the 2018 Chinese television series, '' Only Side by Side with You''. On April 10, 2018, he released the single, "Domination". On August 16, 2018, he released the single, "So What". In August 2018, Ma took part in the Chinese reality show, ''Chao Yin Zhan Ji''. In October 2018, he took part in the Chinese releaity show, ''Beauty''. On September 16, 2019, Ma released his first EP, ''Untitled''. On September 19, 2019, Chinese singer

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released the single, "Complicated", which featured vocals from Ma and was included on Ray's album, ''1212''. In November 2019, he featured in the Chinese web series, ''Generational Gravity''. On December 31, 2019, he released the ending song "I Don't Believe You" with Chinese singers

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, Li Mingxuan, and Cui Yuxin for the 2020 Chinese web series, ''

.'' On February 23, 2020, he released the single "You're All I Need" featuring American actress

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for the 2020 Chinese television series, ''Wait in Beijing''. On May 1, 2020, he released the opening song "Quicksand" for the 2021 Chinese television series, ''Beautiful Reborn Flower''. In July 2020, he took part in the Chinese reality how, ''720 Chao Liu Zhu Li Ren''. On August 14, 2020, he released the single "Runway 2.0" with Microsoft chatbot

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. In October 2020, his voice featured in the Chinese web series, ''My Catmate''. On November 28, 2020, Chinese singer

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released the song, "Luv U Alien", which featured vocals from Ma and was included on Dou's album, ''GSG Mixtape''. On December 21, 2020, he released the theme song "Fox Hunt" with Chinese singer Pax Congo for the 2021 Chinese film under the same title. On December 28, 2020, Ma released his second EP, ''The Textbook''. In February 2021, he featured in the Chinese film, ''

''. On February 20, 2021, he released the single "W.T.F (Way Too Fast)" with Chinese singers

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and Young13dbaby. On March 2, 2021, he released the single "Alienergy" with Chinese singer Nineone#. In June 2021, he took part in the Chinese reality show, '' Heart Signal 4''. On August 3, 2021, he released the single, "Drip and Lit". On August 5, 2021, he released the single, "Carabiner", which was produced by South Korean duo

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. On December 17, 2021, he released the single "Wo Xing Wo Shu" for the 2021 Chinese cartoon, ''Da Wang Rao Ming''. In December 2021, he took part in the Chinese reality show, ''The Flash Band''. In 2023, he appeared in the cdrama ''Hidden Love'' as Sangyan alongside

and

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. In the same year he took part in the TV show ''E-pop Unity'' as a mentor along with Huangzitao and other artists.

Discography

Extended plays

* ''Untitled'' (2019) * ''The Textbook'' (2020)

Live albums

* ''Author'' (2017)

Singles

* "Halo, It's Me" with Vin Zhou (2017) * "I Am Awake" (2017) * "The Next Love" with Jiang Shuying (2018) * "Micro World" with

(2018) * "Domination" (2018) * "So What" (2018) * "Complicated" by

feat. Victor Ma (2019) * "You're All I Need" feat.

(2020) * "Boom" by Naomi Wang feat. Victor Ma (2020) * "Runway 2.0" with

(2020) * "Domination" with Hui Minli (2020) * "Fox Hunt" with Pax Congo (2020) * "Do My Thing" (2020) * "W.T.F (Way Too Fast)" with

and Young13dbaby (2021) * "Alienergy" with Nineone# (2021) * "Drip and Lit ("2021) * "Carabiner" (2021) * "Lambo" by Nineone# feat. Victor Ma (2021) * "Time Value" by

Huang Jue Huang Jue (, born 7 August 1974) is a Chinese actor. He gained fame for his roles in '' Baobei in Love'' (2004), '' Falling Flowers'' (2012), and '' Fallen City'' (2013). In 2018, Jue had also starred in the films '' Long Day's Journey into Nig ...

feat. Victor Ma (2021) * "Wo Xing Wo Shu" (2021)

Other recorded songs

* "I Don't Believe You" with

, Li Mingxuan, Cui Yuxin (2019) * "Quicksand" (2020) * "Luv U Alien" by

feat. Victor Ma (2020) * ‘Be Your Light’ _ Hidden love ost (2023), Victor Ma

Filmography

Variety show residencies

* ''The Coming One'' (2017) * ''Chao Yin Zhan Ji'' (2018) * ''Beauty'' (2018) * ''720 Chao Liu Zhu Li Ren'' (2020) * '' Heart Signal 4'' (2021) * ''The Flash Band'' (2021–2022) * ''Call me by fire 3'' (2023)

Web series

* ''Generational Gravity'' (2019) * ''

'' (2020) * ''My Catmate'' (2020) * ''

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'' (2023)

Films

* ''The Day We Lit Up the Sky'' (2021) * ''

'' (2021) * ''

'' (2023)

References

External links

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