The 10 young members of band P366 perform at the release of MV Dung Ngai Ngung (Don’t Be Shy). (Photo courtesy of the band)
HCM City (VNA) - Ten-member band P366 has released its first music video after ayear’s training in Vietnam and Japan.
Dung Ngai Ngung (Don’t Be Shy) features tropical house music in bothVietnamese and English, written, composed and mixed by Khac Hung.
Hung won two Cong Hien ( Devotion) Awards last year for Best Composerand Best Song from the Vietnam News Agency’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper.
Dung Ngai Ngung features youth and love.
“We wanted our first work to be joyful to attract young fans,” Cat Tuong, theband’s manager, said.
P366 has six girls and four boys all aged 12-18, who were chosen from several hundredcandidates around the country by its producer, MBC Studio.
MBC Studio is a joint stock company between MCV Corporation and AsahiTelevision of Japan.
The members had to sign a 10-year contract with P366 before being sent to trainat Avex Group, a prestigious music institute in Tokyo whose alumni include popidols Ayumi Hamasaki of Japan and boy band BigBang of the Republic of Korea.
The youngsters learnt music, dance, composing, performance, and instrumentsbesides English and Japanese.
Although hailing from different backgrounds, the 10 members of P366 have allfaced challenges and worked hard to make an impression on the country’s music scene.
The band has performed with Tempura Kidz, a Japanese teen band, at a TBSTelevision concert before 2,000 people.
They performed Lollipop, a top hit of Tempura Kidz, which was a phenomenonin the region’s music industry.
“P366 is working to give a new taste of music to youth and hopes to receive anenthusiastic response from music fans and critics," Tuong said. The band wants to add two more singers from Japan and other Asian countries,she said.
The band has worked with talented composers and music producers to perfecttheir music, she said.
ꦗ “The band will develop its career in Vietnam and Japan.”-VNA
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The 10 young members of band P366 perform at the release of MV Dung Ngai Ngung (Don’t Be Shy). (Photo courtesy of the band) 
