in january 2016, lay and the other cast members of "go fighting!" they appeared in the chinese movie "royal treasure". in april 2016, he received the most popular newcomer award at the 16th top chinese music awards. in may 2016, lay made her debut on the small screen on the chinese television series "to be a better man" and released a chinese song titled "monodrama" as part of "sm station". written by lay and co-composed and arranged with divine channel, "monodrama" broke a record by staying in the first position in yinyuetai vchart for five consecutive weeks.