[🎤 Vietnamese Songs Part 1] A song that every Vietnamese person knows, young or old, men and women alike🎶

😊 Just like in Korea, where there are songs like 'Namhaeng Yeolcha' or 'Mujogeon' that everyone sings together at company dinners or karaoke,

Vietnam also has a national favorite song that everyone sings along to, from grandmothers to children! 🇻🇳

Today I'll introduce one ballad and one dance song 🎶

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💿 Good to know first: 'Bolero

In Vietnam, there is a genre called Bolero.

✔️ With its slow beat and heartrending lyrics, it feels similar to Korean trot

✔️ Once considered music for the older generation, it has now become a beloved national genre loved across generations

✔️ If you go to a Vietnamese karaoke (noraebang), you're sure to hear it at least once 🎙️

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🌙 The Nation's Favorite Ballad: ‘Duyên Phận (Destiny)’

🎤 Singer: Như Quỳnh

✍️ Composer: Thai Thinh (Thái Thịnh)

🎵 Genre: Bolero

✔️ The title 'Duyên Phận' means 'fate' or 'destined bond' in Korean

✔️ It sings of the heart of a woman who loves but cannot be together with her beloved because of fate 💔

✔️ Inspired by the traditional image of Vietnamese women, it's said that listeners shed tears, saying "It feels like my own story

✔️ It racked up about 70 million views in just over a year after being uploaded to YouTube

✔️ It made the list of the TOP 10 most-searched songs on Google in Vietnam in 2017

✔️ It's the song that sparked the bolero craze, as countless singers performed their own covers of it

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💃 The nation's favorite dance song: ‘See Tình’

🎤 Singer: Hoàng Thùy Linh

✍️ Composition·Arrangement: DTAP

📅 Release: February 2022 (4th album 《LINK》)

🎵 Genre: Retro Disco Pop

✔️ The title is a witty play on the Vietnamese word 'si tình', which means 'head over heels in love

✔️ It joyfully captures the thrill of suddenly falling in love 💘

✔️ They say the singer was inspired by their first love at the age of 17–18

✔️ The music video is set in the Mekong Delta and tells the story of a mermaid confessing her love to a young fisherman 🧜‍♀️

✔️ As a sped-up remix version spread on TikTok, it became a worldwide dance challenge

✔️ Korea's WINNER Lee Seung-hoon, Super Junior's Shindong, and THE BOYZ's Sunwoo took part in the challenge💥

✔️ A video of volleyball players Kim Yeon-koung and Lee Da-hyeon dancing during a match hit 37 million views, and BLACKPINK also danced to this song at their Hanoi concert

✔️ In China, Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai (Cai Yilin) remade it, and it became a big talking point

✔️ Winner of Song of the Year at the 2022 Greenwave Awards 🏆

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🎶 Why it's worth listening before your trip

✔️ You'll hear it really often in local restaurants, cafes, and karaoke bars

✔️ Even singing along to just one line of the chorus in front of your Vietnamese friends will instantly liven up the mood 😆

✔️ You can get a glimpse of the Vietnamese people's emotions through a single song

Be sure to add this to your playlist before your trip to Da Nang! 🎧

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