Vietnamese-American artist Tina Chau Le writes Vietnamese music for the first time

Young artist Tina Chau Le

In the bustling spring atmosphere, blessings and prayers for a prosperous and harmonious new year have become the topics mentioned in many spring songs, but there is another spring song that makes listeners feel heartbroken. That is the song Tet Xa Que by young artist Tina Chau Le that is being mentioned by netizens.

Although it is a spring song, the song is filled with sadness because of the feelings and thoughts of people far from home during the Tet holiday.

"Whoever listens to this song wants to cry because they want to go home but can't", "Tet in the countryside is the happiest, sitting and watching mom wrap banh chung. Mom's Tet is when her children come home", "I just hope to celebrate Tet with my parents every year", "It's been a long time since I've heard such a good spring song", "This song about family is very touching, listening to the sad voice makes me sad too", "Thank you for the good and touching song", "I haven't been home for Tet in 8 years, listening to spring music makes my heart ache"... Those are some of the comments from the audience when listening to the song "Tet far from home" by Tina Chau Le.

It is not an outstanding spring song but it is a song that can touch the deep emotions of the listeners. Especially for the audience who are in a situation where they cannot go home to celebrate Tet with their family, this song is for the listeners.

Tina Chau Le was born abroad so she has some limitations in Vietnamese.

"Tet xa que" therefore becomes the story of each person. And that is the reason why the song easily captures the emotions of the listener. "I wrote the first Vietnamese song called Tet xa que about Tet days away from home, about the passing of time and the message of peace . I am filled with love for my community, thank you for nurturing my love and passion" - Tina Chau Le shared. That also explains why the song has received many compliments from the audience as soon as it was released.

Born in Kyiv and having lived in Ukraine for more than 10 years and then settled in the US, Tina Chau Le is not fluent in Vietnamese. But for Tina, Vietnamese culture and language are "blood flowing in her blood".

Therefore, she always tries to learn Vietnamese with the help of her family. Although she studied ballet since she was young, Tina loves to sing. At the age of 15, she participated in the VStar contest organized by a Vietnamese music center overseas and won two awards: "Promising young singer" and "Most favorite friendly singer".

But she always spends a lot of time researching and learning Vietnamese.

She also sang and was loved for the songs "Ten Dinh Phu Van" and "Em Di Chua Huong". At university, Tina was selected to study film music at Berkeley University and graduated in 2020. After graduating, Tina worked as an assistant to composer Zoë Keating when making the film Oslo, and the soundtrack was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2021.

Tina Chau Le released the album "The year of" with the MVs "Tender", "Egg" ... in 2022. The topics of love between men and women, cultural differences, and burning issues of modern American society that young people are struggling to solve in order to live and work for a better world are all mentioned in the album.

This is the first time Tina Chau Le has composed a Vietnamese song.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/nghe-si-goc-viet-duoc-de-cu-giai-emmy-lan-dau-gioi-thieu-ca-khuc-tieng-viet-196240215162023684.htm