Zight

Yau Yiu Ting , better known by his stage name Zight, is an electronic dance music (EDM) producer and songwriter 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, Eurodance was his particular favorite. He was a fan of Eurodance groups such as Vengaboys, Aqua and 2 Unlimited. 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 City University of Hong Kong. During his college days, he started selling beats and rhythms to hip hop artists on BeatStars, where he first applied Zight as his stage name.

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 Universal Music Group to empower new electronic music artists. The music video was shot in Ukraine, which has gained over 1.7 million views on YouTube 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 Cape Town, featuring Sibusiso Madikizela, a national marathon 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 Winton Motor Raceway, a motor racing track near Melbourne, Australia.

Singles As lead artist Title Year Album Ref "Paradise" 2020 "On Rainy Days" "Summer" "What Is Love" "Winter in the Woods" "The Christmas Song" "Everybody Keep Running" "Daisy" "Number One" 2022 "Work It Harder" "Waiting" 2023 "Mongolia"

As featured artist