Andi Young

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Andi Young
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Background information
Genrespop, rock
Occupation(s)
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • model
Years active2015–present

Andi Young is a singer, songwriter, violinist, and model, who started his career in the US. He creates a combination of modern pop and classical music, embracing vulnerability and human nature. [1] [2] [3]

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Early years

Andi Young is an Australian artist of Chinese descent. He started to learn violin at the age of 4 and vocals and dance at the age of 8. [4] While attending high school he participated in talent shows and toured around Europe. [5] After Europe, he relocated to South Korea to pursue K-pop training. His Korean period was one of the most difficult times of his life due to an extreme gap in communication, yet it contributed heavily to shaping him up as a singer. [6] After Korea Young moved to Australia where he applied for being a composition student at a music conservatory. But later, encouraged by the head of the composition department, Young passed up formal training in favour of creating the music his own way. [5]

Musical career

Andi Young started his career by uploading songs to the music-sharing website SoundCloud. His debut song "Time To Say Goodbye" gained more than one million listeners within its first week and topped Singer/Songwriter chart. The track demonstrates Young's ability to harness his voice and creates a dynamic melancholy flair of bittersweet quality. [7] His song "Star" took the runner-up position in the same category, and "You Go Left, I Go Right" topped the "Piano" list. [8] [9]

In September 2016 Andi Young released his official debut single "Lonely Child", an introspective and moody piece of work which reached the top 5 on the Taiwanese OMusic chart. [10] [11] [12] Music video for the song premiered in Yahoo Music Taiwan. [13]

In 2019 he released his first Mandarin single "Who Am I", a self-reflecting philosophical fusion of pop and rock. [14]

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References

  1. Andi Young profile at Celebs & Fashion Mag
  2. Andi Young: “Lonely Child” allows his personal truth to shine from within, tunedloud.com
  3. Exclusive Interview with Rising Star Andi Young, soundlooks.com
  4. ANDI YOUNG安帝兒成澳洲同志新寵 新單曲發行, today.line.me
  5. 1 2 Music Review and Interview for Andi Young – Time To Say Goodbye, Exposed Vocals
  6. ANDI – Liberation Freed My Voice, allhiphop.com
  7. "葛萊美得獎製作人誇讚「他的音域沒有極限」ANDI Young 首支單曲驚艷登場 - Yahoo!奇摩音樂 x StreetVoice". Yahoo Taiwan. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  8. Andi Young Tops Soundcloud Singer/Songwriter Top 50 Chart, Shanghai Mirror
  9. 誘惑男嗓ANDI安帝兒 新曲挺同志玩親親, StreetVoice
  10. "安帝兒發佈全 新單曲『孤單的小孩』::音樂::音訊::粘貼". Paste . Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  11. Andi Young: “Lonely Child” a testimony to his youthful brilliance, jamsphere.com
  12. Taiwanese Top Charting Artist Andi Young Stripped Down for New Single’, stepkid.com
  13. ANDI Young【孤單的小孩】官方版完整 MV, Yahoo Taiwan
  14. 國際實力新秀ANDI首支國語單曲「我是誰」廣受好評, today.line.me