As soon as public opinion exploded with controversy, Chau Dang Khoa apologized and revised the lyrics of the song "Vietnamese people love each other". On the evening of April 28, at My Dinh Stadium, singers Cam Ly and Hoa Minzy updated new lyrics when performing "Vietnamese people love each other" at the "Echoes of the Fatherland" concert.
However, controversy has still lasted for days, revolving around Vietnamese artists competing to create according to the trend of national culture but not thoroughly understanding when applying it.
In the past 2 years, the beauty of folk culture, the theme praising love for homeland and nation, has become a new creative trend attracting many generations of artists to participate in composing and performing. Vpop witnessed the birth of a series of new compositions, since Hoa Minzy's "Bac Bling" became an unprecedented phenomenon.
Previous compositions – inspired by culture and national literature of the DTAP group for Hoang Thuy Linh, Phuong My Chi are also widely listened to on digital platforms.
When music taking cultural and folk materials reigns in the young music scene - names like Phuong My Chi, Hoang Thuy Linh, Hoa Minzy, Duc Phuc... become typical faces.
However, when it became a popular trend "pulling" many names into composing, Chau Dang Khoa's "creative" case with the lyrics "Rice ripens tall without bowing its head" became a typical example of exploiting cultural material but not researching carefully and thoroughly.
It is the fact that the musician has not thoroughly and thoroughly researched, and has not gained understanding and empathy for national culture, that the line "Rice ripens tall without bowing" becomes out of place and is reacted to.
With a long-standing wet rice culture, Vietnamese people easily empathize and accept the image of "ripe rice bowing its head" as a beautiful symbol of humility, maturity and bravery in life.
As soon as the debate about the song "Rice ripens tall without bowing its head" took place fiercely, at the Hoa Lu Festival, the crown of King Dinh Tien Hoang in the skit also became a topic on social media platforms. The majority of opinions believe that the hat was designed incorrectly compared to the Binh Thien crown as recorded in history.
The cultural industry is being promoted, in which the strength of national culture and traditional beauty are taken as the foundation. The mission of the cultural industry is to bring the beauty of national culture to the world.
Therefore, when the industry operates, cultural beauty needs to be deeply studied, explored, and above all, needs to be sympathized with and grasped by today's generations in the beauty that ancestors have nurtured for generations.
When sharing with Lao Dong reporters about creative inspiration from national culture and national literature to incorporate into musical compositions imbued with the breath of the times, the DTAP group said: "Vietnamese culture is an endless treasure. But to bring those materials closer to the audience, especially international audiences, who have language barriers, careful research is needed, respect for the original, and a suitable storytelling method in terms of both music and visuals.
We always spend time researching, and if necessary, we will consult experts to know what parts need to be kept, and what space allows us to create. How to make each cultural element always blend into the spirit of the song, lively and touch the emotions of listeners.
DTAP is behind a series of hits by Hoang Thuy Linh and Phuong My Chi such as: De Mi noi cho ma nghe, Bong Phu Hoa, Rock Hat Gao, Buon Trang...
