Jack uses Messi's image in the MV From where I was born
At the end of August 2023, after a period of being involved in a scandal in his personal life, singer Jack (real name Trinh Tran Phuong Tuan) held a press conference to release a new MV, "From where I was born".
At the press conference, Jack Ups opened how much effort he spent to meet football superstar Lionel Messi and asked permission to use the superstar image in the MV From where I was born. Also right after the press conference, the information that Jack spent 60 billion VND to invite Lionel Messi to appear in the MV was widely shared on social networks.
The related information and " keyword" Messi immediately helped the MV From where I was born create a storm on all platforms, after only 24 hours, the MV reached the top 1 trending on YouTube.
In contrast to Jack's previous products that were always criticized and criticized, superstar Messi "scored" to help the MV From where I was born have a strong spread. But immediately after that, businessman Quoc Cuong - who took Jack to Paris to meet Messi - spoke up to accuse the male singer of lying, fabricating stories, taking advantage of Messi's name to attract personal products.
From here, the controversy and mutual denunciation between the crew of singer Jack and businessman Quoc Cuong took place noisyly and unprecedently, attracting public attention.
Accordingly, Mr. Quoc Cuong affirmed that the information about "eating dinner with Messi" is fabricated, "The shirt Messi signed was borrowed from me by Jack. A day before the press conference, I sent it to Jack for use, there is absolutely no such thing as Messi giving a shirt" - Mr. Cuong said.
At the same time, Mr. Quoc Cuong repeatedly questioned on Jack's side when, when, and how Messi allowed the superstar's image to be included in the MV.
Mr. Cuong asked Jack to provide evidence (email, text) showing the content of asking for Messi's permission to use the superstar's image in the music video, however, Jack could not fulfill this request.
Singer Jack continues to receive fierce criticism from the audience, from Lionel Messi's large fan base, when taking advantage of Messi's image to promote the MV.
Although Jack spoke out not to seek commercial success with Messi's image, turning off the money-making feature for the MV From Where I Was Born, experts said, "Messi is a brand, wherever he appears, there is commercial value".
The controversy became the most noisy fight in Vietnamese showbiz in 2023.
Southern Forest Land and historical factors
Dat rung phuong Nam has been widely promoted since the beginning of 2023, a project inspired by the literary work of the same name by writer Doan Gioi, the film is invested in setting and images, while traveling in many provinces and cities of the Southern Province to film.
The film was praised for its investment in images, music, filming... but was involved in countless controversies about character creation, costumes, especially closed groups related to Chinese people in the war against the French in the South in the late 19th - early 20th centuries.
Southern Forest Land became a shock for the filmmakers themselves when they were in the middle of the controversial storm. Director Nguyen Quang Dung said that he was completely surprised and could not have imagined that "Dat rung phuong Nam" would be so controversial.
The audience divided into fiercely controversial sides to turn "Southern Forest Land" into the most controversial film project of 2023.
In addition to opinions criticizing the plot of the film that is distorted from the original history, there are still many opinions defending, saying that "Dat rung phuong Nam" told a beautiful story, invested in the once-rich and heroic Nam Ky.
