This Popular Chinese Pop Song was written in 2012 by Wanting Qu (Chinese: 曲婉婷; pinyin: Qū Wǎntíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek óan têng; born October 10, 1984), known simply as Wanting, is a Chinese-born singer-songwriter and pianist who is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, currently.
Wanting Qu was born and raised in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, where her mother Zhang Mingjie worked as a city official. She moved to Canada at 16 to study, eventually earning a degree in international business, and relocated to Vancouver where she began her musical career.[3]
In 2009, she became the first Chinese artist to be signed to the Nettwerk label;[4] she is managed by Terry McBride.[5] Her first album, Everything in the World (produced by Winston Hauschild and jointly released with Universal Music China in 2012)[6] went platinum in China within its first week on sale,[7] and her singles "You Exist in My Song" and "Drenched" were used in the soundtrack for the Hong Kong film Love in the Buff.[8]
In 2013, she became the first ever tourism ambassador for Vancouver, with the intention of raising Canada's profile among destinations for Chinese visitors.[9]
Qu appeared on the 2013 CCTV New Year's Gala, where she performed "You Exist in My Song".[10]
The song "Star in You" from the album Everything in the World was featured in Degrassi: The Next Generation in the episode "Bitter Sweet Symphony, Part II" on February 22, 2013.[11]
On October 26, 2015, while making the third album; Qu released her new English single "Love Birds" on her YouTube channel.
The easy alphanote sheet music can be downloaded here.
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