Best Chinese music series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch music shows from China, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Love Scenery

    Love Scenery 2021

    The story revolves around a professional gamer who falls in love with a singer five years older than him.

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  • Poster for The Oath of Love

    The Oath of Love 2022

    Lin Zhixiao's entire world is turned upside down just before graduation. Her father is hospitalized after being diagnosed with cancer which leaves her no choice but to give up an important job opportunity. She and her boyfriend also break up. In an instant, all of her hopes and dreams for the future are gone. At this time, Gu Wei, her father's attending physician, walks into Lin Zhixiao's life. Love has the tendency to creep up on you when you're not looking. Two people who have been hurt before gradually get to know each other and fall in love. They go through doubts and hit road bumps, they experience misunderstandings and trying times, but in the process of falling in love, they realize that they are made for each other.

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  • Poster for The Brightest Star in the Sky

    The Brightest Star in the Sky 2019

    Star Entertainment is the top entertainment agency in China. It was set up by a couple, Cheng Tian Hao and Du Wan Qing, who eventually separated due to differing beliefs in managing the company. Yang Zhen Zhen is an aspiring young girl with a passion for music. She joined Starry Sky Entertainment and was assigned as Zheng Bo Xu's assistant. Bo Xu is a popular idol who is arrogant and unruly. With the help of Zhen Zhen, who helped him correct his flaws and unleash his potential, Bo Xu slowly transforms into a talented singer. In the process, Zhen Zhen also gains experience and becomes a capable idol manager. At the same time, Du Wan Qing is also grooming a singer, Yu Zi Rui, who shapes up to become Bo Xu's biggest competitor yet.

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  • Poster for Midsummer is Full of Love

    Midsummer is Full of Love 2020

    Luo Tian Ran is a fiercely independent and strong-minded young woman with a high sense of self-worth and dreams of making a splash in the music industry as a songwriter. However, due to ill-fated interventions from a pair of her friends, she has to move out of her house. Fate intervenes, and her path crosses with a pop superstar named Jin Ze Yi, who comes across as a spoiled brat. Despite his cold exterior, he is secretly childlike and needy. The duo is forced to live in the same house temporarily. At first, it seems they will never see eye-to-eye, as their personalities are very different. However, Luo Tian Ran gradually falls for Jin Ze Yi’s charms over time, and the feeling becomes mutual. Could love bloom between this decidedly odd couple?

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  • Poster for Love Behind the Melody

    Love Behind the Melody 2022

    Talented pipa player Li Sasa is mysteriously transported to the Sheng Dynasty, inhabiting the body of Li Ru Niang. Lost in this new world, she meets Lu Jingnian, head of the Right Sect Fang. Joining his musical group, Sasa helps form an innovative all-women's ensemble. As they bond over their shared passion for music, their relationship faces challenges that test their connection.

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  • Poster for Smile to Life

    Smile to Life 2022

    Xu Duo Cheng is a young girl full of joy and life. No one knows that there's a shadow behind her smile: she actually suffers from the ALS disease, which means she won't have long to live and will eventually slowly but surely end up paralyzed. Due to that, Duo Cheng does her best to enjoy the rest of her days to the fullest. But things becomes difficult when she meets the handsome, young musician Jiang Nan who falls for her. Will she give in to her heart or will she walk away from him to protect him from the pain?

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  • Poster for My Neighbour Can't Sleep

    My Neighbour Can't Sleep 2019

    An aspiring romance novelist and a young pianist with insomnia strike an unusual deal when they discover he can only sleep by her side. As they chase their dreams together, their unlikely arrangement sparks a heartfelt and charming romance.

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  • Poster for My Love and Stars

    My Love and Stars 2022

    Romance between a genius musician with OCD, and a former female celebrity who becomes his assistant.

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  • Poster for Where the Lost Ones Go

    Where the Lost Ones Go 2017

    Ye Zi, a Chinese art student, and Xiang Zeyi, an oil painting major, whose first love is shattered when Zeyi leaves without explanation. Years later, now a successful manga illustrator, Ye Zi is confronted by Zeyi’s return and his confession, forcing her to choose whether to reignite their love or move on.

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  • Poster for Small Town Stories

    Small Town Stories 2024

    Mu Di, a graduate student majoring in folk music and suona escapes from a big city and returns to her hometown to start an alternative struggle.

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  • Poster for Last Friend

    Last Friend 2018

    A touching story that follows a group of young people born after 1995 pursuing their love for music. Qin Yi (Gong Rui) and Zhong Yi (He De Rui) are best buddies with opposite personalities. Qin Yi is tameless and easygoing. Zhong Yi is disciplined and prideful. The two join a singing competition together but Zhong Yi suddenly decides to withdraw. Qin Yi and the band lose their chance at winning championship and part ways. Due to their shared love love for music, Zhong Yi and his roommates Coco (Wu Ruisong), Yin Long (Li Haolin) and the tomboyish Wu Jin (Shen Siji) come together to form a band. During practice, Zhong Yi accidentally discovers a secret about Qin Yi. It turns out that Qin Yi had a heart transplant in the past and the donor was none other than his older brother who died from a car accident. Will he be able to cope with the truth so that they can stand onstage again?

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  • Poster for My Idol

    My Idol 2018

    A coming-of-age story that follows a group of young trainees in an entertainment company. Aspiring ballerina Ha Lei starts a hilarious and touching journey when she meets the members of a boyband. Ha Lei was born into a traditional family known for their skills in embroidery. She has always dreamed of becoming a ballerina, but lacked the talent to succeed which often relegated her to the sidelines as the ugly duckling that can never take flight. Through a stroke of luck, she earns the chance to join an entertainment company as a backup for a girl group where she meets the members of MY, a boyband that is soon to debut. Helian Rongguang is an outstanding street dancer and the flashy leader of the group. Mao You is the social magnet who is friends with everybody. Du Wang is a gentle person who is gifted with the talent for variety and Han Che is the mysterious member of the group. Helian Rongguang begins to notice Ha Lei as she devotes her heart and soul for the sake of her dreams and decides to lend her a helping hand in achieving her goals.

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  • Poster for Almost Famous

    Almost Famous 2022

    The drama revolves around a group of aspiring musical actors, and their stories of love, youth and friendship.

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  • Poster for Sing! China

    Sing! China 2012

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  • Poster for The Voice (The Treasured of China)

    The Voice (The Treasured of China) 2020

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  • Poster for Youth π Plan

    Youth π Plan 2023

    Youth π Project is a variety show co-produced by Hunan Satellite TV and Mango TV. The program features contestants under 30 who, through the completion of 7 co-creation stages with different themes, explore the infinite and endless new power of youthful music, and present the thinking and expression of the new generation of young people.

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  • Poster for Ring & Bell

    Ring & Bell 2023

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  • Poster for Music Up!

    Music Up! 2001

    Four young teenage boys share a common vision and passion for music. They come together overlapping their own personalities and ideas. In the process, they encounter a lot of difficulties as any youth might have. The story is unfolded as the band grows up. Academic, personal conflicts, family, friendship and emotional problems are all intertwined. With the help of teachers, students, and friends they try to achieve their dreams.

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  • Poster for Our Shiny Days

    Our Shiny Days 2019

    Chen Jing, a folk music student, forms a band with her friends to challenge the dominance of Western music after being ridiculed for her lack of knowledge in the genre.

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