Yau Yiu Ting (), better known by his stage name Zight, is an

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(EDM) producer and

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from Hong Kong. Zight landed his first international collaboration "Fly Away" with British singer Sonna Rele in 2021. During a radio interview, Zight revealed that his stage name was derived from his middle name "light". He first applied his alias Zight on BeatStars because the user-name "light" has been registered by another user.

Early life

During a live interview, he mentioned a huge vinyl and CD cabinet of his father, which contains very diverse genres of Western music. Among the many genres of music,

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was his particular favorite. He was a fan of Eurodance groups such as

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and

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. He explained that his childhood interest in Eurodance music lead him to become an electronic music producer after his graduation from music school. Zight studied creative media and music production at the

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. During his college days, he started selling beats and rhythms to

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artists on BeatStars, where he first applied Zight as his stage name.

Career

After his graduation from college, Zight spent several years to make music behind the scenes for local musicians and

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groups. In 2018, he visited

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to further study

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. Later in 2020, he released his first electronic music single, "Paradise". In 2021, he landed his first international collaboration, "Fly Away" with British singer Sonna Rele. The song was published by U-NXT, a subdivision of

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to empower new electronic music artists. The music video was shot in Ukraine, which has gained over 1.7 million views on

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as of November 2022. On 1 October 2021, Zight released his third single, "Everybody Keep Running" with Canadian singer Peter Forest. The music video took place in

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, featuring Sibusiso Madikizela, a national

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athlete from South Africa. The song was later nominated and selected into the Asian electronic music compilation ''Billboard Electric Asia Vol. 5''. In 2022, Zight released his sixth single, "Number One" with American singer Adam Christopher. The music video was shot at

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, a motor racing track near

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, Australia. In July 2022, Zight released his seventh single, "Work It Harder" with American pop singer

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and Italian DJ duo Maximals. During an interview, Zight revealed that the music video was an implication to support Ukraine in the

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Singles

;As lead artist ;As featured artist

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zight Living people 1988 births Alumni of the City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong songwriters Hong Kong record producers Hong Kong DJs 21st-century Hong Kong musicians Chinese electronic musicians Electronic dance music DJs Electro house musicians Progressive house musicians Future house musicians Universal Music Group artists