Phuong My Chi performs at Sing! Asia - Photo: NVCC
Sing! Asia 2025 is organized by iQIYI - one of China's largest video streaming platforms - with the participation of 32 young singers from 9 Asian countries and territories including China, Japan, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and Taiwan.
Although the episode aired at Vietnam Station (Ha Long Bay) ended a few days ago, the audience continued to discuss Phuong My Chi's performance, helping the name of this 2K3 artist become one of the hot keywords searched online.
"Phuong My Chi, you make the world know that Asian music can be so great"
In the competition between artist Ayumi (Japan), the Vietnamese representative performed the song Rock Grain , from the album Flying Storks Universe released last year.
DTAP group has completely remixed the song so that Phuong My Chi can "show off" all her inner strength while still maintaining her emotions at the regional playground.
Compared to the original song, the opening of the song has an additional sentence "Vietnam, white rice, clear water/ Whoever goes there doesn't want to return" (borrowing an old folk song about Can Tho ) as an invitation for international friends to come to the beautiful homeland of Vietnam with a typical rice civilization.
Especially in the ending, in addition to Vietnamese, DTAP added the word "hello" in English, Chinese, Thai... making the contestants and judges from all countries interact and sway to Rock Grain of Rice .
Contestant Kha Lau commented: "Why does this person seem so comfortable the more she performs? She even interacts with the audience. She's clearly holding a concert here."
Judge Chen Mei-wei (Taiwan) said he "used four words to describe Phuong My Chi's overall performance: the demeanor of a general".
Phuong My Chi performs Rock Grain of Rice
As for Singaporean judge Lee Wei-sun - producer of Sun Yan-si - listening to the two performances of Fang Mei-chi and Ayumi, he seemed to forget to breathe. It was so wonderful.
"Miyuna, I really like your singing expression, it reaches the realm of self-forgetfulness. So emotional. As for Phuong My Chi, your song is very good. Initially it has folk elements, then gradually adds modern music. You make the world know that our Asian music can be so wonderful," he analyzed.
The two judges, Su You Peng and Zhang Liangying - China's "angel-voiced singer" - both said that both had intense, passionate and very different styles, making it difficult to judge who was better.
As a result, Phuong My Chi narrowly beat Miyuna with a score of 12/11 points. One judge abstained (because it was too difficult to score).
In the remaining performance, he competed with contestants Chu Phi Ca (China) and Phuong My Chi. performing the show "Buon trang" (Moon trading), inspired by the poem "Here is Vi Da village" by poet Han Mac Tu.
Her performance made the judges praise Phuong My Chi for being both traditional and modern.
"The overall performance, including the musical style and costumes, was really excellent," she added. "She wanted to use this stage to show everyone everything she wanted to say about her hometown culture," said Truong Leung Dinh.
Phuong My Chi brings Vovinam to the stage - Photo: NVCC
As for "Fifth Prince" Su You Peng, "the language barrier is basically nothing, other than the sweetness, the performance is full of freedom and power. Very rare."
In this performance, Phuong My Chi overwhelmingly defeated contestant Chu Phi Ca with a score of 16/8.
Come to Sing! Asia to show off Vietnamese culture
This time coming to Sing! Asia, the artist wants to "show off" all the best things in Vietnamese culture to introduce to international friends.
She wore an outfit inspired by the Ao Tu Than and Non Quai Thao, not forgetting to insert the image of a stork, a symbol of the hard work of the Vietnamese people. She also did not forget to introduce Han Mac Tu's poetry, Vovinam martial arts, Bai Choi, Southern folk songs...
Phuong My Chi's representative told Tuoi Tre Online that to prepare for the two performances, Phuong My Chi and the crew started coming up with ideas many weeks before filming.
From the moment of choosing the song, the artist and crew had to discuss and consider every detail - from the arrangement, stage image, costumes to how to insert elements so as not to be cumbersome, but still have clear highlights, and let everyone see the beauty of Vietnam in it.
Sing! Asia 2025 , starring Phuong My Chi, is being broadcast simultaneously with international broadcasts every Saturday night on FPT Play.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/phuong-my-chi-mang-rock-hat-gao-hat-la-nguoi-viet-nam-xin-cam-on-cuoc-doi-gay-bao-o-sing-asia-20250609110800732.htm
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