Xin is noted for his wide vocal range and extremely powerful voice which is rare in Mandopop.
He got the public attention by singing Scorpions's Still Loving You and other foreign rock band's songs in Harlem Yu's show 音樂大不同.
He also tried other music genres like nu metal, progressive rock and Britpop in songs such as 再見, 頑強 and 英國的夏天.
After leaving the band, in September 2007, Shin released his debut solo album, titled 我就是我.
[2] On 21 December 2007, Shin began his debut solo concert tour Starting from Shin: I Am Me (從信開始 我就是我) in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, where he performed the track "Shut Up" with guest Taiwanese artist Will Pan, which was released in Pan's sixth studio album Play It Cool under label Universal Music Taiwan.
[6] On 27 August 2010, Shin made an appearance in Back to Basic-Rock Stars Concert (Beijing) (怒放搖滾英雄演唱會北京站).
[7] On 25 September, Shin held a concert with Taiwan singer A-Lin at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
[8] The music video of the first single, Before the Dawn (黎明之前), was directed by 比爾賈, with Taiwan famous artist Barbie Shu as the main actress.
On 23 September 2011, Shin and A-Lin held a concert titled "One Night in Melbourne" at Dallas Brooks Centre.
One of the song from this album, "Embrace in Strong Wind" (狂風裡擁抱) was performed in Shin's concert in Taipei Arena with A-Lin.
On 1 and 16 September, Shin participated in Bloom of Youth rock tour (怒放青春巡迴演唱會) Shenzhen and Quanzhou stations.
The tour is said to include at least ten cities in Mainland China and Taiwan and potential stations in Malaysia, Singapore and the United States.