Duc Phuc speaks out for the first time about the controversy over being accused of gender bias by international news sites

On September 29, Duc Phuc met with the press and audience in Ho Chi Minh City after winning the Intervision Song Contest 2025. This was the first time the male singer appeared in public since becoming the champion.

Duc Phuc and crew met with the press and audience in Ho Chi Minh City

True to his usual style, Duc Phuc was both witty and sincere when sharing about his journey in the international music arena, the pressure behind the stage, his emotions during the moment of coronation and even his never-before-published shares.

Immediately after being crowned, Duc Phuc received a lot of attention from the domestic and international media. In particular, his performance with the song Phu Dong Thien Vuong was reported and praised by a series of prestigious global media agencies such as CNN, Reuters, BBC, The Straits Times, Lenta, Regnum. Many leading news sites such as Ria Novosti, Regnum, Lenta... also reported and did not hesitate to praise.

People's Artist Thanh Thuy, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, presented a souvenir to singer Duc Phuc.

Duc Phuc and audience in Ho Chi Minh City

However, besides that, there are also some international news sites posting news that accuse Duc Phuc of being an artist belonging to the LGBT community, causing a lot of noise on social networks.

Regarding this information, Duc Phuc shared: “Since the victory, Duc Phuc has not had much time to use social networks, so Phuc has only received such information from his team. Fortunately, before Phuc had time to know any information, the program's organizers sent him a text message to apologize and encourage him not to worry about all that information. The organizers also did not want such things to happen, and they will have measures to handle such false information.”

Duc Phuc affirmed that he has never cared about such information because it has never been verified or verified.

Duc Phuc is frank about the international news site's controversy over gender stereotypes

At the event in Ho Chi Minh City, there were also appearances from the faces that contributed to the success of Phu Dong Thien Vuong , namely music producer DuongK and director Duong Mai Viet Anh.

For DuongK, what he is most passionate about is the way Vietnamese folk instruments are incorporated into vibrant electronic music, creating a unique blend of strong fighting spirit and traditional sophistication.

“Vietnamese folk instruments are very good, so when combined with strong, intense dubstep music, folk music is like a medicine to soften all the melodies and help the song to have both a fighting spirit and a Vietnamese sophistication. I was really surprised by Duc Phuc's live performance because when recording, Phuc had to strain his voice a lot, but when performing live, it was better than the recording. For the content, I used poems about bamboo trees, so DuongK used a lot of folk instruments to clearly express the spirit of the song, such as the bamboo flute from Hoang Anh and the moon lute. To create a feeling of both modernity and tradition, it is thanks to these different approaches that created the uniqueness of this song and made the song more accessible,” DuongK said.

Duc Phuc and music producer DuongK, director Duong Mai Viet Anh at the event

Director Duong Mai Viet Anh sees the Intervision stage as an opportunity to affirm Vietnamese talent before international friends. He expressed pride when the performance of the Vietnamese crew surprised and overwhelmed foreign groups with their creativity and meticulousness in every detail.

“I think this is an opportunity to show Vietnamese music and the level of Vietnamese people in the field of theater and entertainment to international audiences,” Viet Anh said.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/duc-phuc-lan-dau-len-tieng-ve-on-ao-bi-trang-tin-quoc-te-quy-chup-gioi-tinh-post815473.html