Wang Nanjun (Chinese: 王南钧; born January 22, 2000), known professionally as Krystian Wang, and also known mononymously as Krystian, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, dancer and model. He is best known as a member of the global pop group Now United, representing China, but is currently on hiatus. He was a contestant on Youth With You 3, and participated in the Chinese reality shows Super Boy. He also participated in the Korean reality show Boys Planet, in which he ranked 45th.
Biography Wang was born into a performing arts family in Beijing, China. His father is a military actor, and his mother is a model and theater actress. As a teenager, aged 15, Wang went to study alone in New York.
Career
2017–2021: Super Boy, Now United and Youth With You 3 In 2017, Wang participated in an edition of the Chinese reality show Super Boy, where he came 7th place. He performed singing songs like "Gasoline", "Body Electric" and "All Around the World".
On 17 November, Wang was revealed as one of the members of Now United, being the twelfth until then. In December of the same year, the group released their first single, "Summer In The City". Among Now United's original songs, Wang's main musical solos are: "How We Do It" featuring Badshah, "Live This Moment" and "Chained Up".
On 22 October 2020, his participation in the 3rd season of the Chinese reality show Youth With You 3 was confirmed. Wang performed on the reality singing solo songs and in groups with striking choreography and costumes.
In February and April 2021, Wang performed on the program for the first time his authorial songs called "Inverse" and "yAo".
On 9 May, the official team (iQIYI) of Youth With You 3 confirmed the temporary cancellation of the season days before the final after controversies. With that, no group will be launched. According to the streaming platform, all voting for the contest has ended and the program will "review its rules". On 25 July 2021, at ChengDu Music Festival the top 9 of Youth With You season 3 were announced as a group called IXFORM. Wang was not part of the group, which means he did not make the top 9 on Youth With You season 3.
2022–present: Solo career and Boys Planet On 10 January 2022, Wang released his solo debut eponymous EP Krystian with two songs, "Divo" and "Lucifer".
On 28 November 2022, his participation in the Korean reality competition show Boys Planet was confirmed.
On 23 March 2023, he was eliminated from Boys Planet with a final ranking of 45th.
On 25 December 2023, Wang released his new single 喂 Serve.
Filmography Television shows +YearTitleGradesRef.2017Super BoyParticipant (7th place)2020618 Super Fight NightMusical AttractionThe IrresistibleEpisode 5 (participant)The Wonderful LifeMusical Attraction2021Youth With You 3Participant (finalist)2023Boys PlanetParticipant (45th place)2025Boys II PlanetParticipant (Planet C - 33th place)
Documentaries Year Title Character Notes Reference2018Meet KrystianHimselfFrame on the Now United YouTube channel, where he talks about the whole life story until he reaches the groupDreams Come True: The DocumentaryDocumentary showing the creation of the global pop group Now United
Discography
Extended plays Title Details Krystian Released: 10 January 2022 Label: BG Entertainment Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles
As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, with selected chart positions and album name Title Year Peaks Album CHN "Divo" 2022 —Krystian "Lucifer" — "喂 Serve" 2023 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, showing year released, with selected chart positions and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR "Here I Am" ()(as part of Boys Planet cast) 2023 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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