"Extraterrestrial" (Chinese: 天å¤ÂæÂ¥ç©; pinyin: TiÃÂn wài lái wù) is a song by Chinese singer-songwriter Joker Xue. It was released on Xue's 37th birthday on July 17, 2020, as a single and then included on his eleventh album Extraterrestrial by Huayu World Expo; both have since been acquired by Xue's own label Chaoshi Music.
It peaked at number four on Tencent Music's UNI Chart.
"Extraterrestrial" serves as the inspiration for and bookends the set list of Xue's record-breaking Extraterrestrial World Tour.
Prior to the release of the song, Xue hinted at the possibility of a new song via Weibo. He posted "When I appear in the late night continuously, it means..." (å½ÂæÂÂè¿Âç»Âåºç°å¨é»Âå¤ÂçÂÂæ¶åÂÂ, 就代表....) on July 10, then "If there is no birthday, what new song to listen to..." (没æÂÂçÂÂè¾°, å¬ä»Âä¹Âæ°æÂÂ....) on July 14. The latter especially generated interest as Xue had previously released "Half a Beat Slower" on his birthday last year and this could be the beginning of a new birthday tradition between Xue and his fans.
"Extraterrestrial", the lead single and titular track of Xue's eleventh album, has a pop rock style and utilizes a string arrangement with drum beats. Xue said the meaning of the song, to him, is that there is someone in this world who is unique to you (éÂÂä½ ä¸Âå¯).
The music video for "Extraterrestrial" was directed by Niu Chao and starred Xue and Stephy Qi. It was released on November 11, 2020. The music video integrates the sense of time through different settings with gradually warming and darkening color palates, creating an emotional foundation that has a time limit and is about to be lost.
A barcode was shown on the back of Qi's neck that is valid until November 22, 2020, which was shown at the beginning of the music video as today's date and marked the day as the last day Xue and Qi had together. At the end of the music video, Qi faded away but the last scene revealed that Xue also had a barcode on the back of his neck, corresponding to the last line of the song "trade my tomorrow for a chance of you approach (ç¨æÂÂ天æ¢你é è¿ÂæÂÂ)".