Recently, a video recording the scene of a woman selling fruit on the beach in Nha Trang suddenly spread strongly on social networks.
In the video, when meeting foreign tourists, the seller not only greets normally but also suddenly sings the familiar opening line of the famous American song.
This impromptu moment quickly made many viewers excited and reminded them of the melody of a famous hit for many decades.
The character in the clip is Ms. Mai - a fruit vendor who has been attached to Nha Trang beach for more than 30 years. When meeting tourists, she often communicates while humming a few English sentences.
In a viral video of a TikTok account named Local Lou, after the opening line "Hello, is it me you’re looking for?", she continues to introduce fruits by singing their names in English such as "mango, pineapple, banana, watermelon" (translated: Mango, pineapple, banana, watermelon). The familiar slogan suddenly becomes a cheerful melody in the crowded beach.
This everyday sound was later used by a music producer named David Scott to remix it into electronic music and share it on social networks.
The remix quickly attracted tens of millions of views, making the familiar melody of "Hello" once again widely mentioned by the online community.
The song "Hello" was released in 1984, from the album Can't Slow Down by singer Lionel Richie.
The song was composed and produced by Richie himself, with the co-production participation of James Anthony Carmichael, his familiar partner in many music projects.
Hello" is a ballad with R&B colors combined with soft rock, telling the mood of a guy secretly in love but not daring to express his feelings for the girl he likes.
The song is inspired by a young experience of Lionel Richie, when he was shy and did not dare to start a conversation with a girl he met on the street.
After release, the song quickly became one of the most prominent hits of the 1980s.
Hello" topped the charts in many countries such as the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and also reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US for two consecutive weeks.
The song also received a Grammy Award nomination for Song of the Year.
Over four decades, "Hello" is still considered a famous song in Lionel Richie's career and is often performed again on stage or used in many movies and TV shows.
The familiar melody of the song suddenly echoing from the sound of fruit vendors on Nha Trang beach has made many people excited, and at the same time showed the long-lasting vitality of a classic hit in popular cultural life.
