National hit "Continue the story of peace": success and controversy

Bản hit quốc dân — "Continue the story of peace" version of Dong Hung and Vo Ha Tram at the 30-4 ceremony

Never before has Vietnamese music had a song that achieved unimaginable success, to the point that even the song's author "couldn't believe it".

After "Mother's Diary", "Continuing the Peace Story" by musician Nguyen Van Chung deserves to be called a "national hit".

Up to now, the song has reached 3.1 billion views on April 30 (statistics on platforms). Not only that, the song has also achieved countless remarkable achievements.

Accordingly, the song "Continue writing the story of peace" has reached the top 10 trending music on YouTube for the live version of Vo Ha Tram and Dong Hung; the original version of Nguyen Duyen Quynh holds the top 8 trending.

The total number of views of the short videos with music "Continue writing the story of peace" on all platforms reached 3.1 billion views, entering the top 7 Viral 50 of Spotify Vietnam, top 5 of NhacCuaTui.

Musician Nguyen Van Chung shared: "I am extremely emotional because this is a new milestone for me, when international music charts such as Spotify, YouTube ... are often dominated by young and dynamic artists." This is the first song of the musician born in 1983 to be recorded on these platforms.

The chorus "To let the country be happy from then on; To let the red flag of freedom shine; To let laughter resound everywhere from the day of victory " became a national song that any music lover knows by heart.

This 45-second remix (excerpt from the song "Continue writing the story of peace") flooded social networks, exploding into a new phenomenon through thousands of videos with content oriented towards the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification.

Inspired by his homeland and gratitude to the generation of fathers and grandfathers who died to protect the Fatherland, Nguyen Van Chung represents the generation of young people who grew up in peace, continuing the story of peace.

Initially, the song was released with just this idea. Neither musician Nguyen Van Chung nor singer Nguyen Duyen Quynh expected the song to become an internet phenomenon. Everything changed thanks to the 45-second remix. This song, musician Nguyen Van Chung released at the end of 2023, was performed by Nguyen Duyen Quynh.

From a 45-second music clip that became an internet phenomenon, the original "Continuing the story of peace" sung by Duyen Quynh was sought after by audiences and was extremely moving. The explosion of the parade, march and series of "national concerts" made the song sung by Dong Hung and Vo Ha Tram the most searched song of the time, continuously breaking music records.

The resounding success of "Continuing the Peace Story" was beyond the imagination of musician Nguyen Van Chung. He "couldn't believe" that his song had become a national hit, but he was extremely proud when thousands of audiences sang it out loud at recent "national concerts."

In particular, the remix version is also the main theme of the multi-platform content campaign "Peace is beautiful". The campaign targets the young generation, aiming to spread historical values and arouse the desire to contribute on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification.

More than 10 years after "Mother's Diary", musician Nguyen Van Chung has another musical phenomenon that has spread across the nation. Nguyen Van Chung expressed: "I am very touched and happy".

Previously, social networks also spread a clip claiming that singer Duyen Quynh burst into tears because she felt "hurt" when Vo Ha Tram was chosen to perform the song at the ceremony instead of her.

In response to a series of mixed opinions from netizens, singer Duyen Quynh shared: "I feel extremely touched, happy and proud when the song gradually spreads strongly to a large number of listeners regardless of age, profession, or social class. In particular, thanks to that strong spread from the community, the song was chosen as one of the official songs for the April 30th celebration. Thank you to all the audiences who have loved "Continue writing the story of peace", have loved me as well as loved the singers who sang this song.

I am very happy that this song has become the song of all Vietnamese people, patriots. Anyone can sing it with pride. In the future, I will continue to sing meaningful songs that have positive values for the community.

I will also try harder to make new progress after the success of "Continue writing the story of peace", bringing my singing voice to everyone because for Quynh, singing is the greatest and inseparable passion".

Singer Vo Ha Tram said: "For Vo Ha Tram, the moment she sang the lyrics of "Continuing the story of peace" was a mission. The mission was to sing on behalf of the hearts of millions of Vietnamese people, which is gratitude to their ancestors, respect for the past and determination for the future. From the bottom of my heart, I would like to thank all of our efforts to create an event like this."