Xu Mengjie (Chinese: 徐梦洁; born 19 June 1994), also known as Rainbow Xu,[lower-alpha 2][2] is a Chinese singer and actress. She is a former member of the Chinese girl group Rocket Girls 101.
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![]() Xu Mengjie in Guangzhou, 2019 | |||||||
Born | (1994-06-19) June 19, 1994 (age 28) | ||||||
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Agent | Beijing Hongtao Culture[1] | ||||||
Musical career | |||||||
Origin | China | ||||||
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Instrument(s) | Vocals | ||||||
Years active | 2015–present | ||||||
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Formerly of | Rocket Girls 101 | ||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 徐夢潔 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 徐梦洁 | ||||||
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Xu Mengjie was born in China, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. Since the age of 12, she has been helping her parents on their own barbecue restaurant, and is well-known as "Barbecue Xishi."[3]
She has served as a special invited dancer for Zhejiang Television's large-scale programs such as Chinese Dream Festival, I Love to Remember Lyrics and I'm Not a Star.[4]
In 2015, Xu officially joined LadyBees and became a Hive trainee.[5] Hive trainees were made up of girls who did not make it into the main group, and who took part in the first and only LadyBees elections. In the succeeding year, she participated in the famous Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation's variety show, The Brain.[6]
In 2017, Xu ranked first place in the LadyBees popular ranking competition,[7] and sixth in the finals.[8] During the same year, she also participated in LadyBees' music videos such as Youth Etude, No Feelings, Dream Diary and I'm So Ok.[9]
In 2018, Xu and two of LadyBees member were chosen to represent Zimei Tao Culture in the girl group survival show Produce 101 China.[9] It aired from April 21 to June 23, 2018 on Tencent Video. In the final of the show, Xu finished 11th where she obtained a total of 83,772,852 votes, making her included in the final debut line-up.[10] That same day she successfully debuted as Rocket Girls 101 member and released the song Rocket Girls.[11]
In 2019, Xu made her acting debut as one of the protagonists in a web-series, Project 17: Spike, produced by Penguin Film and jointly produced by Mango TV. The play was broadcast on Tencent Video and Mango TV on September 24, 2019.[12]
On June 23, 2020, Rocket Girls 101 officially disbanded as their time as a girl group was only limited to 2 years.[13] After the group's disbandment, Xu returned to her original company to continue her career as a soloist. Later on, she appeared in Supernovae Games 3 and was named "Demon King" as she currently holds the fastest record for 50M dash with 7.92 seconds, breaking her own previous record 8.06 seconds.[14][15]
In January 2021, Xu terminated her contract with Asian Music Group (AMG), and established her own company, Beijing Hongtao Culture Communication Co., Ltd., as well as her own studio, Rainbow Dreamworks.[16]
On June 18, 2021, Xu made her solo debut by releasing her first extended play titled 11, with the title track "TAG".[17]
On August 10, 2021, Xu starred as a female protagonist in Mango TV's youth campus drama Our Secret,[18] based on the popular Chinese novel Secrets in the Lattice.[19] After landing the role of Ding Xian, Xu's popularity skyrocketed, launching her into stardom.
In November 2021, Xu was announced to join the cast of a hit drama, Twenty Your Life On for the second season.[20] The show premiered on August 17, 2022 with 40 episodes.[21][22]
Aside from various endorsement with Rocket Girls 101, Xu has served as brand ambassador individually. In March 2019, Marc Jacobs Daisy Love Lady Eau de Toilette was launched, and it was announced that Xu became the promotion ambassador of Daisy Love Fragrance in China.[23]
In 2020, Xu was selected as one of the ambassador of Move Free. She served as the face of their new product, together with three women of different ages.[24] The following year, Xu was chosen as the first brand spokesperson of a Chinese clothing brand ELAND.[25]
On August 29, 2022, Seventeen Light Years, a luxury low-alcohol fruit wine collaborated with Twenty Your Life On 2 and selected Xu as their brand ambassador.[26][27]
Title | Album details |
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11[28] |
Track listing
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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CHN[lower-alpha 3] | |||
"造一架飞机" (Build An Airplane)[29] |
2019 | — | The Wind[lower-alpha 4] |
"花香" (The Flowers)[30] |
2021 | Non-album singles[lower-alpha 5] | |
""彩虹的微笑" (Rainbow Smile)[33] |
2022 | ||
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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CHN[lower-alpha 3] | |||
As lead artist | |||
"Like You"[34] | 2021 | — | Unusual Idol Love OST |
"One Way, Lane" (单行,线)[35] |
— | The Ideal City OST | |
"Happy Delivery" (欢乐送)[36] |
— | Happy Landlord OST | |
"Meet You at First Sight" (第一眼遇见你)[37] |
2022 | — | Si Wuxie OST |
"10,000 Things I Wanna Do" (万件想做的事情)[38] |
— | Twenty Your Life On 2 OST | |
"On Tiptoe" (踮脚尖) |
— | Double Love OST | |
Collaborations | |||
"Never Stand Still" (with Yang Chaoyue and Lai Meiyun)[39] |
2019 | — | Project 17: Spike OST |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||
Title | Year | Artist | Album | Lyrics | Musics |
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"Build an Airplane" | 2019 | Xu Mengjie | The Wind | ![]() |
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"TAG" | 2021 | 11 | ![]() |
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"Smile of Rainbow" | ![]() |
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Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2018 | Love Apartments | Bartender | Minor role | [40] |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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2019 | Project 17: Spike | Lin Wei | Tencent Video | Main role | [12] |
2021 | Love Me Fearlessly | Yu Guo | Douyin | [41] | |
Our Secret | Ding Xian | Mango TV | [42] | ||
2022 | Twenty Your Life On 2 | Ding Yixuan | Hunan Television | [43] | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2016 | Playing Cafe | Regular member | [44] | |
2018 | Produce 101 China | Contestant | Finished 11th | [45] |
2020 | Super Novae Games 3 | Team Idol/Red | [15] | |
2021 | Super Novae Games 4 | Team Zhejiang | [46] | |
2021-2022 | Be With You 2 | Regular member | Episode 1-4 and 7-10 | [47] |
Wow! Nice Figure 3 | [48] | |||
2022 | Masked Dancing King 3 | Contestant | Episode 5-6 | [49][50] |
Mcmoon Player | Regular member | [51] | ||