Wu celebrates birthday with return to music career

Chinese-Canadian singer-actor Wu Yifan, known to his fans as Kris Wu, has released a documentary that goes backstage at his 26th birthday party.

The documentary S.A.U.C.E was recorded at his fans meeting party, held earlier this month in Shanghai to celebrate Wu's birthday.

The party was streamed live online, and has attracted over 16 million views.

Composed of five sections, Stage, Attitude, Urban, Crossover and Encore, the documentary,features Wu's latest single, July, a hip-hop English track, which was written and co-produced by Wu.

The single also marks Wu's return to music after starring in big selling movies, including Mr. Six by director Feng Xiaogang and The Mermaid by director Stephen Chow.

Born in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Wu immigrated to Vancouver at ten years old with his mother.

He started his music career with South Korean-Chinese boy group, EXO.

In 2014, he launched his solo career, which has ranged from music and movies to the fashion industries.

After making his first appearance on the runway for Burberry men's collections in London, Wu was selected as the British luxury brand's first non-British ambassador.