HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 15, Adam Fan's new album SKYFALL makes exclusive debut on NetEase Cloud Music. Meticulously crafted by top international production teams and Grammy-nominated producers, SKYFALL features 10 tracks spanning melodic rap, rage rap, trap, rock-infused rage rap, and other styles. With every track refined to meet world-class production standards, the album showcases Fan's musical versatility and creative edge, marking a dramatic transformation in his global music career.
The album's title track, SKYFALL, has been released as an advance single on September 8 and reached No.1 on NetEase Cloud Music's Rising Chart (飙升榜), Popular Recommendations Chart (全民热推榜), and Heartbeat Chart (心动榜) that same day. To date, the song has received more than 300,000 comments from listeners. This song was produced jointly by Fan and Lawson, a leading American hitmaker who has produced for superstars such as The Weeknd and Playboi Carti. The song seamlessly blends ethereal, hazy, atmospheric melodies with deep self-examination. Through its lyrics and composition, Fan delves into his inner world—confronting the high-pressure pace behind his success, his inner struggles, and the loneliness at the very top. SKYFALL demonstrates Fan's evolution from a C-POP idol into an avant-garde, internationally oriented musician.
Fan has successfully crossed over from C-POP and acting, making a striking impression with SKYFALL, an internationally oriented urban rap album. The album boasts a stellar songwriting and production lineup: it was crafted entirely by leading hitmaking teams who have worked with global icons such as Drake, The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Beyoncé, Yeat, and Trippie Redd. The album moves from late-night uncertainty, loneliness and intense introspection (SKYFALL and CHANCES) into the dark aesthetic of raw, industrial rage rap (TTTM, ERROR, and MAKE IT ROCK), ultimately arriving at a celebration party with cinematic trap and lush-flowing (GO GIRL, HEARD OF US, MAKE IT MAKE SENSE, and PINK).
NetEase Cloud Music has more than 200 million monthly active users, with over 90% of its active users born in the 1990s or 2000s. The platform's large community of young music fans is precisely the target audience for a new generation of singers, including Fan. In 2020, EMERGING, Fan's concept EP marking his 20th birthday, sold more than 250,000 copies within six minutes of its release on NetEase Cloud Music and surpassed 400,000 copies within 24 hours. In 2021, Yi? (咦？), his concept EP celebrating his 21st birthday, sold more than 150,000 copies within five minutes of its release on the platform, topping both NetEase Cloud Music's daily and weekly digital album sales charts. Its lead track, Born to Lose, reached No.1 on the platform's Rising Chart and New Songs Chart. The newly released SKYFALL surprises and delights music fans with its musicality, sincerity, and innovation. The album shows that Fan is continually pushing his own boundaries and gradually evolving into an all-around musician.
NetEase Cloud Music and Fan have collaborated on multiple EPs and albums, all of which have earned both widespread attention and positive word of mouth. As of this new release, Fan describes SKYFALL as the color of black, because the album represents his journey from late-night introspection to a fresh start. "I hope we all stay clear-headed and confident, and I'd like to thank NetEase Cloud Music for helping this album reach more listeners."
Wei Yuan, Vice President of Copyright at NetEase Cloud Music, said, "We are delighted to partner with Adam Fan once again. NetEase Cloud Music offers a wealth of high-quality rap music and brings together a large community of young rap fans. We hope the platform will help Adam Fan's new album build a more direct and deeper connection with music fans."
NetEase Cloud Music is the leading music community in China, where users can listen for free to hundreds of millions of music tracks and other audio titles. Since the start of 2026, NetEase Cloud Music has continued to significantly expand its licensed music catalog, adding a large collection of classic film and television soundtracks from TVB, as well as officially licensed music from the Chinese-style martial arts game JX3, and exclusively premiering new works by renowned artists such as Ren Jialun (Allen Ren) and Mariah Carey.
At the same time, NetEase Cloud Music has continued to deepen its commitment to HIP-POP, launching the Chinese HIP-POP Music Awards (中文说唱音乐奖), along with semiannual charts, monthly and weekly charts, to identify outstanding work from multiple perspectives and highlight trends in Chinese HIP-POP. The platform also provides systematic support for the development of HIP-POP in China through initiatives including BeatSoul, its one-stop beat marketplace, income support programs, and rap projects. Going forward, NetEase Cloud Music will partner with more musicians to continue bringing users high-quality, officially licensed music.
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Produced by a World-Class International Team! Adam Fan's Official New Album SKYFALL Makes Exclusive Debut on NetEase Cloud Music
By combining artificial intelligence, industry-specific agents and product data, Apogy revolutionizes the way products are designed and developed
PARIS, Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lectra announces the launch of Apogy, its cloud-based solution dedicated to product development, a critical phase between garment design and production. Nearly half a century after establishing the global standard for CAD solutions dedicated to the fashion industry, Lectra is opening a new chapter in history with Apogy.
Designed in the age of agentic artificial intelligence, Apogy transforms product development by bringing data, processes and all stakeholders together in a single digital environment. By automating low-value tasks and making information and expertise easier to access, it significantly accelerates product development while enabling teams to focus on innovation, creativity and strategic decision-making.
From its earliest computer-aided design solutions to Modaris, ModarisPGS and Gerber AccuMark, which have become global industry benchmarks, Lectra has continuously supported the transformation of fashion processes. Today, the industry faces increasingly volatile demand, ever-shorter collection cycles, and mounting regulatory and environmental pressures. Against this backdrop of accelerated change, product development required major technological advances to rethink fragmented processes and dispersed data.
Apogy marks a major turning point by delivering, for the first time, a solution capable of thoroughly reinventing this critical phase.
"For fifty years, Lectra has helped transform the fashion industry, particularly by digitizing patternmaking. Today, agentic artificial intelligence gives us the opportunity to take a new step forward and reinvent product development as a whole," said Maximilien Abadie, Deputy CEO of Lectra. "With Apogy, we are launching the first and only solution designed to bring together all involved parties, data and processes that shape a product. By breaking down silos and streamlining interactions across the entire ecosystem, we enable fashion companies to develop desirable, manufacturable products that meet consumer demand more quickly. Apogy ushers in a new era of product development, where artificial intelligence turns product data into a competitive advantage for fashion players."
Agentic artificial intelligence opens a new chapter in product development
At the heart of Apogy, agentic artificial intelligence assists teams in decision-making, automates and accelerates development, and builds on decades of industrial know-how. Agentic AI proactively supports teams and acts as a true ally, capable of orchestrating tasks and leveraging the right data.
A new generation of intelligent agents supports teams throughout the development cycle, from the initial idea to an industrialization-ready prototype. Teams can quickly generate and explore new concepts from prompts, sketches or images, while collaborating in real time on product development in a shared environment that provides full traceability of changes. Compatible with all standard market formats, Apogy also streamlines digital prototyping and facilitates approvals through 3D simulations and high-quality photorealistic renderings.
Collaboration and knowledge transfer at the heart of product development
Apogy centralizes all key product development data in a single, secure, shared and continuously updated source. It enables teams, partners and suppliers across the ecosystem to collaborate simultaneously, thereby accelerating approval and production stages.
O'Neills, an Irish sportswear brand, is already reaping the benefits. "For the first time in our history, all our teams are using a single solution. This harmonization eliminates errors linked to data transfers, increases transparency and now enables us to accelerate operations, improve productivity and effectively support our growth," said David Towell, Senior Manager at O'Neills.
Apogy also helps preserve and disseminate key know-how within organizations. By leveraging existing expertise, the solution reduces dependence on a small number of experts, safeguards critical skills and accelerates team development.
"New generations expect to work with cutting-edge tools. By equipping our teams with Apogy, a solution designed natively for the AI era and featuring advanced capabilities, we are strengthening our ability to attract, develop and retain the next generation of talent in product development roles, particularly in modelling within the Oniverse group," said Riccardo Romani, Operations Director at Oniverse, an international fashion group comprising several brands, including Calzedonia, Intimissimi and Tezenis.
Designed to evolve continuously and delivered as SaaS, Apogy will continue to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities to automate more tasks, enhance workflows and unlock new performance opportunities.
The result of three years of development and in-depth dialogue with several dozen customers, Apogy is built on a proven understanding of market needs. Its adoption by early customers has already demonstrated both its operational effectiveness and its ability to support the transformation of product development in the fashion industry today.
About Lectra
Lectra sparks customer transformation.
The Group offers solutions that combine software, cutting equipment, data, and services, leveraging advanced technologies, particularly agentic artificial intelligence. By blending deep sector expertise with industrial intelligence, Lectra helps players in the fashion, automotive, and furniture industries rethink their operations.
Listed on Euronext, Lectra reported revenues of €507 million in 2025, including €89 million in SaaS revenues.
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Lectra unveils Apogy, the first solution embedding agentic artificial intelligence to reinvent fashion product development
