Lars Huang

2018-2021: Debut and signing with CCTV

In August 2018, Huang released his first single, a promotional song for Air China titled "Heavenly Air China" (国航天香), it was produced by his father.^[5] In October, recommended by Dai Yuqiang, Huang participated the idol competition show Super-Vocal as a member of the tenor group.^[6]

In May 2019, Huang performed on the Super-Vocal 2019 Tour.^[7] In June, he joined the Blue in Your Eyes (你眼里的蓝) tour as a guest.^[8] In August, he joined the variety show Flowery New World (花样新世界) as a regular cast member.^[9] On 30 August, he performed at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup opening ceremony.^[10] In October, Huang attended the Shanghai premiere of Ang Lee's Gemini Man in October.^[11] On 1 November, he won Outstanding Youth Role Model of the Year award at the 2019 NetEase Entertainment Award Ceremony.^[12] In December, he performed "With Our Motherland" (和祖国在一起) with Lu Yupeng and Ma Jia at the 2019 China TV Drama Awards^[13]

In 2020, Huang made his acting debut in the web series Dim Light in the Shadow (那年夏天的秘密)^[14][15] At the Guangdong TV New Year's Gala on 25 January, Huang performed "Spring Festival Overture" (春天序曲) with Fang Shujian, Giuliano Hong, and Nan Feng; the four of them then performed "The Tide Rises in the Pearl River" (大潮起珠江) with China's Three Tenors (Dai Yuqiang, Wei Song, and Warren Mok).^[16] Huang released the English single "Waking Now" on 21 April.^[17] In May, he made his musical debut as the lead actor in Kiki's Delivery Service in January.^[18] On 18 July, he held his first live house concert titled "Fine! The World I Love" (Fine! 我热爱的世界).^[19] In October, he participated in the CCTV's talent competition show Bravo Youngsters! and placed 2nd.^[20][21] He was the first artist to be signed by CCTV and since appeared on numerous CCTV programs.^[22]

In February 2021, Huang performed at several CCTV Spring Festival programs^[23][24][25] as well as the TV program Folk Songs·China (民歌·中国)^[26] and the Lantern Festival Opera Gala.^[27] In March, Huang was a regular guest on the CCTV talk show Play the Play (剧说很好看).^[28] He performed at the Youth Day Special Program on 4 May with Roy Wang and others,^[29] the Global Variety Show on 11 July,^[30] and Qixi Festival Party on 14 August.^[31] All were CCTV programs as well. In June, Huang starred in the Chinese version of the musical Maybe Happy Ending, written by Will Aronson and Hue Park.^[32]

2022-Present: EPs and first album Fun!Only

On 25 January 2022, Huang performed at the CCTV's Online Spring Festival Gala for the second year in a row^[33] and the Jilin TV Spring Festival Gala.^[34] He continued to appear on CCTV programs throughout the year.^{[35][36][37][38]} On 21 April 2022, Huang released his first EP, If I Wasn't Transparent (如果我不是透明的).^[39] In November, he starred in the musical The Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty: Mandala (唐朝诡事录之曼陀罗), adapted from the television series The Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝诡事录), it premiered at the Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Arts Centre.^[40] In December, he participated in season 6 of Detective Academy (名侦探学院).^[41]

On 9 January 2023, Huang held the Let's Be Friends (交个朋友) live house concert in Chengdu, which was originally scheduled on 23 April 2022 but was postponed due to COVID-19 prevention precautions.^[42] He performed at the 2023 Sichuan and Chongqing Spring Festival Gala^[43] and 2023 Hunan Satellite TV Mango TV Lantern Festival Gala.^[44] The latter was aired on Mango TV, where Huang appeared on multiple programs such as Who's the Murderer VIII (大侦探第八季),^[45] season 5 of Great Escape (密室大逃脱大神版),^[46] seasons 1 and 2 of A Journey For No.1 (跳进地理书的旅行),^[47][48] season 1 of Forest Evolutionism (森林进化论),^[49] and season 7 of Detective Academy^[50] On 11 November, Huang embarked on his first tour, Dream Catcher Diary (捕梦日记), for a total of six shows in theaters in Beijing, Guangdong, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Shanghai, and Changsha.^[51] He released his second EP Wonderful Players of the Big World (大世界的奇妙玩家) on 29 November.^[52] Huang also performed at multiple music festivals throughout the year.^{[53][54][55][56][57]}

In February 2024, Huang performed at multiple Spring Festival related events, including the China Internet Audiovisual Annual Ceremony (中国网络视听年度盛典),^[58] the New Year's Intangible Cultural Heritage Night (新春非遗之夜),^[59] Douyin Colorful Heritage Gala (抖音华彩传承晚会),^[60] and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Spring Festival Gala (粤港澳大湾区春节晚会).^[61] In March 2024, Huang starred in the jukebox musical I Want You (我要你), featuring many well-known theme songs from television series and films.^[62] On 17 July, Huang released his third EP But I Know It All (可是我最懂降落).^[63] In August, he returned to season 3 of A Journey For No.1 (跳进地理书的旅行).^[64] From August to October, Huang was a main cast member on the variety show Melody Journey, two of the songs he performed on the show were later released as singles: "Laughing on the Outside" (好的, 没关系, 都可以) and "Do U".^[65][66] On 22 October, Huang released his first album Fun!Only (除了快乐禁止入内), it sold more than 150,000 copies and ranked 5th on Tencent Music's Yearly Physical Albums Sales Chart.^[67][68][69] He then embarked on his second tour, Fun!Only (除了快乐禁止入内), on 26 October, with the venues upgraded to arenas.^[70] In December, he appeared on the final season of the Youku variety show Mars Intelligence Agency.^[71]

On 28 January 2025, Huang made his debut appearance at the 2025 CMG New Year's Gala, performing "Properly" (妥妥的) as part of an ensemble.^[72] His Fun!Only tour continued in 2025, with the number of shows increased from one per stop to two in Macau, Xian, Hangzhou, Chongqing, and Guangzhou.^[73]

Albums

• Fun!Only (2024)

EPs

• If I Wasn't Transparent (2022)
• Wonderful Players of the Big World (2023)
• But I Know It All (2024)