According to information from Tan Binh District Police (HCMC), on November 10, singer Chi Dan (real name Nguyen Trung Hieu) was detained for investigation on suspicion of drug-related charges.
Previously, since the evening of November 9, a photo of singer Chi Dan with a drug testing device has been widely spread across social media platforms, attracting many comments from audiences and the public. Many opinions have questioned what is happening to Chi Dan, what is the reason for a promising singer like Chi Dan to decline, the audience has questioned the quietness in Chi Dan's career and life over the past years...
The photo shocked the public because it showed a completely different Chi Dan compared to what he had built on stage.
Chi Dan at his peak as a singer and musician was praised for his appearance and expected for his talent. Backstage at the show "Oh my god, you're here" in 2019, Chi Dan was praised by Truong Giang and the artists for his bright stage face, handsome appearance, and youthful figure compared to his age.
Chi Dan started his artistic career in 2012 as a singer and musician. He has many million-view hits and many attractive MVs. Chi Dan is also praised for his acting and expressive qualities when starring in his million-view MVs.
As a composer, Chi Dan created the attraction for Bao Anh with the hit song “Anh muon em song sao”. This hit song helped Bao Anh “make waves” on many music charts when it was released. Chi Dan himself also rewrote the lyrics for this hit song and performed it himself, with the title “Em muon anh giong ai”.
Chi Dan's series of songs that left an impression on fans include: Don't care (2013), The truth after a promise (2014), Love from afar (2017), What if I love you (2018), Find you in my dream (2019), Why aren't you me (2019), Just need me to pretend (2020)...
When he was still a promising singer and musician with a scholarly face, Chi Dan was also known as a "playboy" with many love rumors with showbiz beauties.
Recently, Chi Dan seems to have disappeared, he rarely participates in entertainment activities. More than once, Chi Dan revealed images suspected of being related to drugs. In 2023, Chi Dan had to livestream to apologize to the audience, hoping that the audience would give him a chance to continue working, to compose, and above all, to live a better life.
When the photo of Chi Dan, haggard and gaunt, holding a drug testing device spread across social media, even though there was no final conclusion from the authorities, many viewers believed in the positive test result, believed that the photo was telling the truth, and believed that Chi Dan's decline was irreversible.
Losing public trust means losing everything. Especially in the context of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism tightening the management of artists' images. Along with that, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently coordinated with the Ministry of Information and Communications to review and implement regulations to limit the image and influence on many platforms of artists involved in scandals.
The public and public opinion have become increasingly stricter with artists in the past 3 years. When involved in scandals, artists face a major boycott from the public. Stories about being banned from broadcasting, banned from performing, banned from social media activities have also been discussed, and received consensus from the majority of the public.
Experts say that artists are influential people, people working in the arts, they need to aim for a standard lifestyle and spread good values to the community.
