Chinese music with Vietnamese lyrics helps the Vietnamese music market become more bustling, but this phenomenon also causes a lot of controversy.

Easy to please the audience

It is not difficult to find a list of famous Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics such as: "999 roses", "People from Chaozhou", "Even though it is a lover", "Your figure", "Winter lover", "Nguoi tinh mua dong"... From the audience's perspective, these are songs that evoke many nostalgic emotions. From the singer's perspective, just practice singing Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics well to become a famous singer.

Recently, new harmonies have created the appeal of Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics. This has helped some singers become stars such as Phuong Phuong Thao, Anh Tu, Chu Thuy Quynh, Tang Phuc, Ha Nhi, Juky San, Quang Dang... Currently, singer Phuong Linh (runner-up of "Sao Mai Diem Hen" 2005) is one of the hottest singers today with the trend of covering Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics.

Many singers have also upgraded their position thanks to their victories on music charts. Singer Tang Phuc also dominated mini shows thanks to his Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics. The male singer and Truong Thao Nhi made the audience love the Chinese song with Vietnamese lyrics "Chi la khong cung nhau". This song was rewritten from the original song called "Time and space are wrong" which once caused a fever in the Chinese music market. After being completely remade in Vietnamese, Tang Phuc - Truong Thao Nhi's version quickly received the love of the audience. The proof is that after being aired for less than 2 days, this performance entered the Top 2 Trending YouTube and had more than 1.5 million views. This is also Tang Phuc's highest Top Trending achievement since entering the music industry.

On YouTube Vietnam today, the special duet of Dan Truong and Juky San with the Chinese song with Vietnamese lyrics "Thien ha huu tinh nhan" (soundtrack of the movie "The Condor Heroes") is still winning the hearts of the audience. After reaching the Top 1 Trending YouTube milestone, this performance has now reached nearly 6 million views and ranked #14 Trending YouTube.

Step back?

According to insiders, the return of Chinese music with Vietnamese lyrics is somewhat interesting, but in some ways it also shows that the public today cannot find any other songs that attract them.

Besides the trend of re-exploiting the immortal Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics, many young singers today have translated Chinese songs. The Vietnamese music market has seen the appearance of new Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics and this trend has created a lot of controversy among the industry and the audience.

"There is no need to discuss the old Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics because they are immortal. But now, the new songs with Vietnamese lyrics are too harsh. The lyrics are not impressive, the singers sing without breath, and when they hit high notes, it sounds like they are shouting", "Many new Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics are really tiring to listen to", "There is a bit of confusion when listening to the original song and the translated version", "Those who have the means should listen to the original to know what a good song is"... Those are some opinions of the audience on forums when discussing the trend of singing Chinese songs with Vietnamese lyrics by singers.

"The trend of singing Chinese music with Vietnamese lyrics is just for fun, don't abuse it, this should not be encouraged in a music market that needs development" - musician Huy Tuan affirmed.

Musician Anh Quan asked what would happen to Vietnamese music if it lacked creativity. It would be easy to go backwards if artists were not conscious of creating to find new and good things in musical life.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/hat-nhac-hoa-loi-viet-dung-qua-lam-dung-196250226212023983.htm