Phuong My Chi was not noticed from the beginning when participating in Sing! Asia. It was not until the performance "Bong Phuong Hoa" was widely shared across social networking platforms with an emotional high voice that Phuong My Chi competed in Sing! Asia has just been noticed and watched by the majority of audiences.
Before "Bong Phuong Hoa" made a huge landfall, Phuong My Chi had many performances imbued with Vietnamese cultural identity attending Sing! Asia and international friends.
On Sing stage! Asia, Phuong My Chi performed the song "Buon trang" - a composition by DTAP group in the album Vu tru co bay released in 2023. The Moon Trade was inspired by the poem This Village Vi Da by poet Han Mac Tu.
In front of international friends, Phuong My Chi read famous verses on the Vietnamese actor competition for decades: Why didn't you come back to visit Vi village?/See the sun when the areca nuts are newly rising/ whose garden is as green as a pearl/The leaves cover the face of the Chinese characters...
"Rock of rice grains" was also brought by Phuong My Chi from the album Vuot co bay to the Sing stage! Asia. In this composition, DTAP and Phuong My Chi expressed their special love for Vietnamese culture from the story of rice grains to the emotional combination with the melodies and folk songs of the Southwest.
Opening the performance of Rock rice grains, Phuong My Chi sang a part of the emotional transform, Vietnam with white rice in/ Those who go there, I dont want to go back.
In "Bong Phuong Hoa", Phuong My Chi not only showed off her powerful voice and "over-the-top" high notes, but also the way the female singer told the story of Vietnam to the world.
"Bong Phuong Hoa" was composed by DTAP and Phuong My Chi based on the literary work "The Story of Nam Xuong's daughter".
Talking to Lao Dong reporter, DTAP group - the people behind Phuong My Chi's impressive series of performances at Sing! Asia said, As soon as we started singing! Asia, we understand that this is not only a playground to express techniques or artist personality, but an opportunity for Vietnamese music to step out into the region with a clear cultural appearance, depth and modernity enough to be listened to seriously.
" calculation" is always about how to do it so that within 34 minutes of performance, listeners can feel the spirit of Vietnamese culture, see Phuong My's own musical story and see both the aesthetic production thinking and clear strategies of the Vietnamese producers".
According to DTAP, they want to bring a Vietnamese cultural story through music, through Phuong My Chi's voice, the crew to tell to international friends in Sing! Asia.
Working with Phuong My Chi is a very interesting creative journey. Chi has strong inner strength and a deep cultural mindset. Each performance requires careful research of folk materials and expressions, to both honor Chi's identity and enhance her own spirit" - DTAP said.
Sharing about the inspiration for composing from ethnic culture and ethnic literature to include in music compositions with a breath of the times, DTAP shared: Vietnamese culture is an endless treasure. However, to bring those materials to the audience, especially international audiences, who are inherently barriers in language, it is necessary to do careful research, respect the original, and a suitable storytelling style in terms of music and visual effects.
We always spend time researching, if necessary, we will consult experts to know which part needs to be kept intact, which space allows us to be creative. How to keep each cultural element in the spirit of the song, vivid and touching the emotions of listeners".
Phuong My Chi will enter Sing's second semi-final! Asia on the evening of July 18.
DTAP when watching Phuong My Chi perform at Sing! Asia commented, "As a companion of Phuong My Chi from the very beginning, I came up with ideas for each performance and emotions when watching Chi perform at Sing! Asia is very different. At that time, we no longer saw artists we were working with, but saw a young person really mastering the stage, confidently telling their musical story to the whole area with her own identity. That is what makes us very proud, for the success of the performance and for the true journey of maturity that Chi is going through".
