[7] Hsiao was part of a girl group called Phenomenon initially, but pursued a solo career after her bandmates dropped out.

[2] The album included hip hop influences and faster tempos than Hsiao's previous releases, as well as a song performed in Cantonese.

[2][15] Despite a limited schedule of just four concerts and press conferences in China and Hong Kong, the album would still go on to sell 400,000 copies in the mainland in addition to 290,0000 records sold in Taiwan in 2001.

[17] That same year, Hsiao made her feature film debut in the Hong Kong crime thriller, Infernal Affairs in a minor role as the ex-girlfriend of Tony Leung's character.

Hsiao would also lend her voice to the animated film The Butterfly Lovers, based on the classic Chinese fairytale of the same name in 2004.

[11] Despite a light marketing budget banking on Hsiao's public persona, the album sold well, with 400,000 copies moved in mainland China, becoming the biggest selling record for the label that year.

[6][18] Promotions for the album also experienced delays as the singer had to take five months to recover from tearing a ligament in her left leg while shooting a music video.

[18][3] The artist's subsequent album, Diamond Candy, was released under the Gold Typhoon label after it was announced in August that the company had bought EMI Music Taiwan.

[26] In 2013, Hsiao signed with Sony Music in the greater China region along with fellow Taiwanese pop star Show Luo.

[29] Hsiao went on hiatus in August 2017, disappearing from the public eye for 18 months for undisclosed reasons, delaying the release of a new album that she had reportedly been preparing for three years.

[30] The singer broke her silence in August the following year to explain her absence, stating that she had suffered chest injuries in a fall, resulting in her being unable to sing due to difficulty breathing.

From November 2023 to July 2024, Hsiao dated Dutch businessman Mick Van Oorschot, who works in real estate in Thailand.