Vietnamese rapper Den Vau (Photo: Internet) The rapper's latest song immediately went viral after its launch,garnering over two million views and 141 thousand likes within a few hours. Itclimbed to the top of the Trending Music of Youtube 45 hours after it wasreleased.
The song is currently ranked second with over five million views, behind Shut Down by Black Pink.
The music video is shot as if it was a live session, with the rapper singinglive with a band and another singer, Thanh Bui.
It presents viewers with the nostalgic appearance of the singer in old fashionclothes and long hair that used to be popular in the 1980s and the meaningfulmessage of love that it conveys.
The song depicts a person who always tries to hide his emotions andexpressions. However, when he meets a girl he falls for, he becomes "alousy actor" who fails to hide his true feelings.
Viewers are surprised when the singers and musicians are covered inwatercolour, which a girl paints in the distance. The paintings keep appearingand overlapping until the girl's silhouette becomes a painting that the rapperis contemplating.
The idea for the music video for the song represents the creative side of DenVau and the production team.
"At first, we intended to make a video of a normal concert, but then weopted for the second concept – turning all the characters into a painting thatis being painted by a girl standing afar," the artist said.
"In love, a person's appearance will bring many colours to the other'slife, making it more beautiful and interesting. In the MV, emotional paintingsare precious things to be cherished. When you meet someone, there will bemoments like a beautiful painting to be preserved in the memory."
The video for Dien Vien Toi hasreceived many positive comments from Vietnamese rap enthusiasts.
"Den Vau does not abuse English like many other Vietnameserappers. Every word in the mother tongue used in his lyrics has a diverse andinteresting meaning that enables the listeners to understand the contentimmediately. The more they listen to the songs, the more deeply they understandtheir meanings. Unfashionable, unobtrusive – Den Vau's simple music stillexists like a smouldering fire that cannot be extinguished. Listening to hismusic, we can see the good things in the ordinary things of life, find thesimple but extremely precious values and realise the rhythmic sounds constantlyresounding in our souls," commented Minh La Tree.
According to another Youtube user, Ghien Mix, the rapper's music product hasreached the artistic level both in terms of audio and visual thanks to theartist's thoroughly investment. The lyric is like a poem with layers ofmeaning.
"He is truly a genuine artist of Vietnamese showbiz," he added.
Rapper Den Vau, whose real name is Nguyen Duc Cuong, was born in 1989 in HaLong city in the northern province of Quang Ninh. He used to work as a garbagecollector for seven years before embarking on his music career. Some of hisfirst rap songs that went viral on Youtube are DuaNhau Di Tron (Go Hiding Together), DiTheo Bong Mat Troi (Follow the Shadow of the Sun) and Troi Oi Con Chua Muon Chet (Oh God IDon't Want To Die).
At the Bai Hat Viet (VietnameseSongs) TV show in 2011, Den Vau won The Most Favourite Song Voted By TheAudience award with the song Cay Bang (TheIndian Almond Tree). His live show celebrating his 10th years of singing careerin 2019 attracted over 5,000 spectators./.
VNA
