2016–2019: Sing! China and college life Curley Gao auditioned for
Sing! China season 1 in 2016 but did not make it through the blind audition. After the show, she signed with 梦响强音. On December 18, 2017, she released her first song
惹哭自己 which was included in
梦想在望, the compilation album of fellow Sing! China contestants. She released several singles with 梦响强音 later, including
颗粒季, the first single written by herself. In January 2019, she moved to Boston and began her study in
Berklee College of Music. While in college, she collaborated with different producers and released several songs independently.
2020–2022: Produce Camp 2020, BonBon Girls 303 In early 2020, Curley Gao returned to China and appeared on
Tencent's girl group survival show
Produce Camp 2020. On July 4, She finished in first place and debuted as the center of
BonBon Girls 303. Before the debut, her first EP
停不下来 was released when she was still on the show. On August 11, 2020, it was announced that Curley Gao was elected as the team leader of BonBon Girls 303. On August 12, her single
2030，我想对你说 (2030, I want to tell you) was released as the theme song of the United Nations 2020 International Youth Day Dialogue. She gave a speech titled
用克制生活换更好的未来 (Self-control for a better future) and performed the theme song live as one of the Chinese Youth Advocates for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the event. On August 25, she released two special versions of the theme song for the 9th Fight Night of
League of Legends, titled
Fight of your life (English version) and
战斗的乐章 (Chinese version). She appeared on
The Coming One: SUPER BAND on August 30 and collaborated with the band 水果星球 on an original song
Stay With Me. On September 26, she performed as a guest of
Xiaoshenyang in the finale of
Crossover Singer season 5. From October to December, she teamed up with
Joey Yung in
Dragon Television's singing competition show
Our Song season 2, and the duo stayed for 6 episodes. On December 16, the original soundtrack of TV drama
Legend of Fei, which includes a song
红尘莫欺我年少 performed by Curley Gao, was released. Which later on January 19, 2021, Curley Gao won The Most Popular Film and TV OST Female Singer with
红尘莫欺我年少 on QQ Music Film and TV OST Popularity Awards 2020. In January 2021, Curley Gao appeared on Tencent Video's variety show
令人心动的offer and
Hunan Television's
Happy Camp as a guest. In September 2021, Curley Gao participated on Masked Dancing King as "Naughty Boss (顽皮老板)". She proceeded to go to the final and won The Most Promising awards. On January 4, 2022
Kappa China Official announced that Curley along with
INTO1's Mika will be their Youth Ambassador. In March 2022, Curley joined The Treasured Voice 3rd Season as a participant. Curley Gao is also Coach Watch Brand Spokesperson. On July 4, 2022
BonBon Girls 303 had officially disbanded due to their contract. Curley wrote their final song as a bonus.
2022–present: Solo Career On midnight July 5, 2022, Curley Gao Studio announced her first EP 《吾》will be released on July 12. On July 18, 2022, Curley Gao was appointed as
Maybelline New York Brand Ambassador. In 2024, she was featured as the singer for "Emberfire" for the
Genshin Impact animated short "The Song Burning in the Embers", which was recorded by
HOYO-MiX. ==Discography==