Actor Simu Liu has a song in his heart and a debut album on his mind.

After breaking into renditions of Avril Lavigne and Nickelback hits as host of the Juno Awards, the B次元官网网址淜imB次元官网网址檚 ConvenienceB次元官网网址� star said he hopes to release some of his own tunes in the future.

Liu said he struck a deal with Los Angeles-based record label 88Rising, which specializes in the careers of Asian American artists.

He explained on the Junos red carpet in Edmonton that it has led to B次元官网网址渃ollaborating on some musicB次元官网网址� with the label.

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Liu, who grew up in Mississauga, Ont. and appears in the Hollywood film B次元官网网址淏arbieB次元官网网址� this summer, said that could mean his own album B次元官网网址渕ight happen sooner rather than later.B次元官网网址�

The 33-year-old isnB次元官网网址檛 entirely new to working with 88Rising, as the label collaborated with him on the track B次元官网网址淗ot SoupB次元官网网址� for the 2021 soundtrack of B次元官网网址淪hang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.B次元官网网址�

Before he was a professional actor, Liu flirted with boy-band stardom when he joined the short-lived high school group LX4.

At the Junos last year, Liu surprised viewers when he pulled out a guitar and serenaded the audience with a parody of LavigneB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淐omplicated,B次元官网网址� sparking questions about whether he planned to sing more.

He did at the Junos on Monday, which led one reporter in the media room to ask Liu about what he would sing on a hypothetical album of covers. He chose John LegendB次元官网网址檚 ballad B次元官网网址淎ll of Me,B次元官网网址� the rousing B次元官网网址淕o the DistanceB次元官网网址� from the soundtrack of DisneyB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淗erculesB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淟ose YourselfB次元官网网址� by rapper Eminem.

B次元官网网址淭his album (would) make no sense, but it (would) be amazing because I will have had a lot of fun doing it,B次元官网网址� he joked.

Liu also shared his enthusiasm for B次元官网网址淓verything Everywhere All At OnceB次元官网网址� winning five of the top six awards at last SundayB次元官网网址檚 Oscars ceremony, the night before the Junos.

He said he watched the Academy Awards from his Edmonton hotel room along with friends B次元官网网址渏ust screaming at the TVB次元官网网址� as the offbeat Asian-American film won categories that included best picture and three acting awards.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a wacky, weird story about multiverses and sausage hands, but at its core is a story about an immigrant family,B次元官网网址� said the actor, who immigrated to Canada from China as a child.

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B次元官网网址淚 was rooting for all of our stories and our culture.B次元官网网址�

David Friend, The Canadian Press

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