Curley G

Xilinnayi Gao (; Uyghur: شىرىن اي گائو Shirinay Gaw; born July 31, 1998), professionally known by her stage name Curley G or Curley Gao, is a Chinese singer-songwriter. She first gained attention in 2017 on the Chinese singing competition show Sing! China. In 2020, she participated in the survival show Produce Camp 2020, finishing first and debuting as the center of the girl group BonBon Girls 303. She was selected as the leader of BonBon Girls 303. In July 2022, she released her first EP to mark the beginning of her solo career.

Early life

Curley Gao was born on July 31, 1998, in Beijing, China. She started learning piano as a child and has passed ABRSM Grade 8 piano. In 2012, she finished as a finalist in the songwriting competition Eco Music Challenge with her song This Is Our Paradise. She also wrote a few songs and released them on her SoundCloud when she was in middle and high school .

Career

2016–2019: Sing! China and college life

Curley Gao auditioned for Sing! China season 1 in 2016 but did not make it through the blind audition.

After the show, she signed with 梦响强音. On December 18, 2017, she released her first song 惹哭自己 which was included in 梦想在望, the compilation album of fellow Sing! China contestants. She released several singles with 梦响强音 later, including 颗粒季, the first single written by herself.

In January 2019, she moved to Boston and began her study in Berklee College of Music. While in college, she collaborated with different producers and released several songs independently.

2020–2022: Produce Camp 2020, BonBon Girls 303

In early 2020, Curley Gao returned to China and appeared on Tencent's girl group survival show Produce Camp 2020. On July 4, She finished in first place and debuted as the center of BonBon Girls 303. Before the debut, her first EP 停不下来 was released when she was still on the show.

On August 11, 2020, it was announced that Curley Gao was elected as the team leader of BonBon Girls 303.

On August 12, her single 2030，我想对你说 (2030, I want to tell you) was released as the theme song of the United Nations 2020 International Youth Day Dialogue. She gave a speech titled 用克制生活换更好的未来 (Self-control for a better future) and performed the theme song live as one of the Chinese Youth Advocates for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the event. On August 25, she released two special versions of the theme song for the 9th Fight Night of League of Legends, titled Fight of your life (English version) and 战斗的乐章 (Chinese version). She appeared on The Coming One: SUPER BAND on August 30 and collaborated with the band 水果星球 on an original song Stay With Me.

On September 26, she performed as a guest of Xiaoshenyang in the finale of Crossover Singer season 5. From October to December, she teamed up with Joey Yung in Dragon Television's singing competition show Our Song season 2, and the duo stayed for 6 episodes.

On December 16, the original soundtrack of TV drama Legend of Fei, which includes a song 红尘莫欺我年少 performed by Curley Gao, was released. Which later on January 19, 2021, Curley Gao won The Most Popular Film and TV OST Female Singer with 红尘莫欺我年少 on QQ Music Film and TV OST Popularity Awards 2020.

In January 2021, Curley Gao appeared on Tencent Video's variety show 令人心动的offer and Hunan Television's Happy Camp as a guest. In September 2021, Curley Gao participated on Masked Dancing King as "Naughty Boss (顽皮老板)". She proceeded to go to the final and won The Most Promising awards.

On January 4, 2022 Kappa China Official announced that Curley along with INTO1's Mika will be their Youth Ambassador. In March 2022, Curley joined The Treasured Voice 3rd Season as a participant. Curley Gao is also Coach Watch Brand Spokesperson. On July 4, 2022 BonBon Girls 303 had officially disbanded due to their contract. Curley wrote their final song as a bonus.

2022–present: Solo Career

On midnight July 5, 2022, Curley Gao Studio announced her first EP 《吾》will be released on July 12.

On July 18, 2022, Curley Gao was appointed as Maybelline New York Brand Ambassador.

In 2024, she was featured as the singer for "Emberfire" for the Genshin Impact animated short "The Song Burning in the Embers", which was recorded by HOYO-MiX.

Discography

Extended plays + List of extended plays, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures Title Details Peak chart positions (TME Uni Chart) Salesref (TME Uni Chart) 停不下来停不下来Can't Stop Released: June 28, 2020 Label: - Formats: digital download, streaming — CHN: — 阿莫希林Amoxcillin Released: May 8, 2021 Label: Wajijiwa Entertainment Formats: digital download, streaming — CHN: — 吾Wu Released: June 12, 2022 Label: Mengxiang Qiangyin Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — CHN: —

Singles

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Soundtrack appearances

Promotional songs Year Date Title Lyrics Music Arrangement Notes 2021 12 February 青春六百年 胡志敏 彭重远 YE Beijing Forbidden City promotional song 2022 22 April 天地开卷 2022 World Book Day (no official release on music platform yet)

Songs from Produce Camp 2020

Year Date Title Lyrics Music Arrangement Notes 2020 4 July 火羽 Phoenix 吕易秋 KIM MYEONG KYU HANYE KIM MYEONG KYU 许荣臻 Episode 10 (finale), group performance 27 June 这是我一直想对你说的话 吕易秋 郑楠 郑楠 Episode 8, group performance 27 June Ice Queen 易水寒 Anne Judith Stokke Wik Ronny Vidar Svendsen LIONCHLD LIONCHLD Dsign Music 许荣臻 Episode 8, group performance

Sing! China single collections

Year Date Title Album Notes 2020 8 February 世界为你醒来 世界为你醒来 Charity song by contestants of Sing! China and The Voice of China (ensemble) 2019 1 May 我最美的新疆 也许有一天 Solo performance in single collection by contestants of Sing! China 2018 12 July 梦的方向 In support of The Voice of China 2018 (ensemble) 14 March 越夜越醒着 梦想在望2 Solo performance in single collection by contestants of Sing! China 2017 18 December 惹哭自己 梦想在望 Solo performance in single collection by contestants of Sing! China

Other original songs

Year Date Title Notes 2017 14 November Apeirophobia Uploaded to NetEase Music 2 July Love Hate Relationship Uploaded to SoundCloud 2016 17 January I'll Look At You Uploaded to SoundCloud 2015 20 July Guitar With A Broken String Uploaded to YouTube and SoundCloud 2012 This Is Our Paradise Submitted to Eco Music Challenge

Filmography

Television shows

Year English Title Chinese Title Network Notes ref 2017 Sing! China Season 2 中国新歌声 2 Zhejiang TV Contestant (eliminated at ep 10) 2020 Produce Camp 2020 / Chuang 2020 创造营2020 Tencent Video Contestant at 1st place Our Song: Season 2 我們的歌 2 Dragon TV Contestant BON-US Tencent Video Member 2021 Irresistible Offer: Season 2 令人心动的offer 2 Tencent Video Panelist (ep 9, 10) Our Song Spring Festival 我們的歌 Dragon TV Member Youth and Melody Dragon TVContestant, Chuang Family Representative Masked Dancing King S2 蒙面舞王 S2 Jiangshu TV Contestant (September 19, 26; October 3, 10), The Most Potential Dancer 2022 The Treasured Voice S3 天赐的声音 S3 Zhejiang TV Participant (Ep.1-3), has one "Golden Song" It Sounds Delicious 听说很好吃 Zhejiang TV 好吃创意人 Sing! China 2022 中国新歌声2022 Zhejiang TV Youth Mentor

Awards and nominations