Male rapper 'defeated' Hieuthuhai with a song less than 2 minutes long

Freefall Drill Tower is a remake version by MCK from the "super hit" TikTok Freefall Drill Tower (Li Bi) - a Chinese song that is especially loved by young audiences, especially fans of the hit TV series Hard to Coax.

Although only 1 minute and 46 seconds long, MCK's version, with its updated beat and fast-paced rhythm, quickly became a hit on all platforms. Compared to the original, which is softer and gentler, Drill Tower is more catchy with hip hop and electronic music .

Song "Freedom Drill Tower" - MCK.

It is known that the Free Drill Tower movement was initiated by MCK. This song was remixed by rapper MCK and released as a demo on April 13. In just a short time, a series of other rappers such as Obito, CoolKid, Ngo Thien Vu (Lil Van) joined in, creating hundreds of different versions, from Free Trap Tower, Free Soul Tower, Free Trap Girl...

After 10 days of release, MCK's Tower of Freedom Drill has reached 8 million views, topping the YouTube charts. The remix titled Tower Trap Tu Do by rapper Obito is at number 2.

Just 4 days before its release, MCK's Free Drill Tower surpassed Hieuthuhai's Crocodile Tears to hold the No. 1 position on the YouTube Vietnam trending music chart. Hieuthuhai's song has now fallen to No. 3 after two weeks with more than 17 million views.

Hieuthuhai was defeated by MCK's "Free Drill Tower" movement.

From the "lonely" position of Hieuthuhai, the Vietnamese music race was suddenly disrupted by the "tower building" fever. Both remakes of MCK and Obito were made simply, without the need for elaborate investment in music and images. However, thanks to the resonance of the trend, both easily surpassed Crocodile Tears and many other expensive MVs.

Vietnamese rap has had trends that have been responded to and participated in by the community such as She make it clap and Muzil fight the epidemic. From the strong resonance, Free Drill Tower has become the hottest search keyword on TikTok at present. The sudden and massive arrival of rappers has made Vietnamese rap explode after a long period of silence.

This is not the first time MCK has created a fever with an impromptu song, without media investment. Previously, the male rapper released the rap 2h at exactly 2am, quickly topping the trending list. MCK also created a fever with two remakes of Big Bang's Haru Haru .

MCK created a fever with the "Free Drill Tower" trend.

MCK (real name Nghiem Vu Hoang Long, born in 1999), became famous after participating in the first season of Rap Viet . In Rap Viet, MCK was highly appreciated by the coaches for his ability to play rap melody, even calling him "JustaTee's successor".

After the success of the competition, MCK was considered an outstanding face and made good use of the launching pad from the program. He was successful in Rap, Hip hop mixed with RnB, combined with auto tune.

He owns a series of hits such as "Stomach Deep" (89 million views), "Why?" (49 million views)... MCK once collaborated with Amee in the MV "Mong Yu" and had a highly appreciated rap part.

In March 2023, MCK continued to conquer audiences with his debut album titled 99%. This album was enthusiastically received by listeners and continuously topped music charts in Vietnam.

At the 2023 We Choice Awards, MCK surprised many people when he won 5 awards at the same time, including the Breakthrough Singer/Rapper award.

However, besides his musical achievements, MCK has been criticized many times for being arrogant and using vulgar language when sharing on social networks.

Ngoc Thanh

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