Wikipedia part V
2016 Tour Concerts, The Next[edit]
On January 8th, Hua performed in "Langlang's Sky – Langlang and His Friends Spring Music Festival".[47] The show was broadcast through Liaoning TV on February 1.
On February 8th, he performed "For My Future Child" on Beijing TV Chinese New Year Gala.

Hua Chenyu performing at Mars Concert
On March 4th, Chenyu Hua appeared as a guest on the variety show "The Negotiator" (王牌对王牌) on ZhejiangTV. His rearrangement of the song "Boluo Boluo Mi" originally by Xie Na (菠萝菠萝蜜) gained widespread concern and positive comments.[48]
On March 7th, the interlude song "The Rampage" for the movie Who Sleeps My Bro was released.[49] On 7 April, he released the song "Mars Intelligence Agency" which is the theme song for the online talk show with the same title.[50]
On April 9th, he participated in the 16th Annual Festival of Top Chinese Music as ambassador and received two awards: Annual Best Album Performance for his album Aliens and Annual Best Idol.[51]
On July 8th, Chenyu Hua's newly released song, "Here We Are", was announced to be the theme song for movie Line Walker (film) (使徒行者). Another self-composed song, "To Be Free", was released on August 3 and it is the promotional song for movie The Warriors Gate.[52] On 16 August, Chenyu Hua released his second English song For Forever. This song was specially created for the Mars Concert.

Hua Chenyu performing at 2017 Mars Concert
This year Hua chose to hold tour concerts in three cities: Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Beijing Concert was held on July 2nd in The Cadillac Arena (originally Beijing Wukesong Culture & Sports Center).[53]Shanghai Concerts were held on August 21 in Mercedes-Benz Arena.[54] The finale of 2016 Mars Concert took place in Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, with Khalil Fong as the special guest. The live online broadcast of the Shanghai and Shenzhen concerts, supported by LeEco, accumulated over 4.3 million viewers.[55][56]
From October 2016 to January 2017, Hua participated as a celebrity mentor and judge in the first season of 天籁之战 (The Next) alongside Karen Mok, Fei Yu-Ching and Yang Kun.[57] In this programme, aspiring singers have the opportunity to challenge a celebrity mentor. The celebrity mentor will then be assigned a song by the challenger and will only have 24 hours to prepare for the performance. Hua gained widespread recognition for his talent in rearrangement and performance, especially after his own arrangement of 我的滑板鞋 (My Skateboard Shoes), entitled 我的滑板鞋 2016.[58] Other performances where he won a majority of audience votes include 流浪记, 故乡的云, Dear Friend, 齐天大圣 (Great Sage Equal to Heaven, translation may vary) and 易燃易爆炸 (Flammable and Explosive). Hua and contestant Juno Su performed 南屏晚钟 (Naping Evening Bells) in the semi-finals and 如果爱 (Perhaps Love) in the finals.
2017 Studying Abroad, TV Shows, Mars Concert[edit]
Right after filming The Next, Hua went to study in Berklee College of Music until end of March. He learned singing and rapping skills, but finding that many of the techniques suited English songs more than Chinese ones. The most useful thing he learned was how Pentatonic Scale was used in Western music (as it was also widely used in traditional Chinese music), and he would incorporate it in his own songs (e.g.his later rearrangement of Drinking Alone).[59]
From October 2017 to January 2018, Hua continued his role as a celebrity mentor and judge in the second season of The Next alongside Karen Mok, Fei Yu-Ching, Yang Kun and Jason Zhang.[60]