Actor (song)
| "Actor" | ||||
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| Single by Joker Xue | ||||
| from the album Gentleman | ||||
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| Released | June 5, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
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| Length | 4:21 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Joker Xue | |||
| Producer(s) | Zhao Yingjun | |||
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| "Actor" on YouTube | ||||
"Actor" (Chinese: 演员; pinyin: Yǎnyuán) is a song by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on June 5, 2015, as part of his first extended play (EP) Gentleman (2015) then later included on his seventh studio album Beginner (2016) under Ocean Butterflies; both of which have been acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music. The song was written and composed by Xue.
"Actor" is Xue's best-known song both domestically and internationally, with more than 200 million views on YouTube, more than 100 million streams on Spotify and more than 27 million collection counts on QQ Music. It is a staple in the setlist for Xue's three concert tours: I Think I've Seen You Somewhere Tour (2017), Skyscraper World Tour (2018-2019), and Extraterrestrial World Tour (2021-2025).
In 2015, "Actor" ranked first on KuGou Music's Top 500 list from Week 22 to Week 45 and on Global Chinese Music chart in June.