Simu Liu’s Surprising Music Career: Everything You Need To Know
03.05.2023 - 13:07
/ etcanada.com
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star Simu Liu is known for his star-studded acting career, his extensive stock photo modeling, his amazing humour, but a lesser-known talent of the star is his musical prowess.
As we celebrate, Asian Heritage Month, we take a look at the 34-year-old’s roots in music that stretch all the way back to his childhood.
How It Started
Liu’s musical origins stretch all the way back to his teen years, when he joined the short-lived high school group LX4.
“I was a part of a boy band when I was 12. I mean, nothing ever happened. It was called LX4 because all of our names started with L,” he later recalled to “Q'”s Tom Power in 2023.
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It wasn’t until 2013 that the actor would see his first role in the music industry when he acted in Avicii’s “I Could Be The One” music video.
Liu played a suited-up corporate employee, perhaps a nod to his extensive career as a stock photo model.
It wouldn’t be his last time in a music video as he also served as Pete Wentz’s stunt double in the 2014 music video for “Centuries”.
Later on the singer would give the public their first taste of his singing chops in-between filming for his breakout role in “Kim’s Convenience”.
In 2018, Liu shared a jam session where he did a mash-up with friends of the 2013 hit “Hold on, We’re Going Home” and Daft Punk’s single from that same year, “Get Lucky.”
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Fans would get a glimpse of Liu’s singing again in 2019 during an Instagram Live, where he showed his love for K-pop with a cover of Taeyang’s “Eyes, Nose, Lips”.
His Foray Into Music
The actor’s first official appearance on a record would be on the soundtrack