Tinna Tinh - Mu Tac
Tinna Tinh impressed me with her debut performance of “Tra Lai Cho Toi” on Van Son in Taiwan not because she looked kind of hot and she could rock, but she sang her own tune—something extremely rare among the young Vietnamese pop stars. Her new album strangely titled Mu Tac (Wasabi) features nothing but her original works. Although Tinna is half Vietnamese and half Czech, she writes and sings Vietnamese with confidence.
As a singer, Tinna has a strong, slightly gruff voice. In the opening track, “Hoa Lai Mau Xanh,” she knows how to maneuver her way around the upbeat drums and guitar riff. The best part is that she could make her Vietnamese lyrics flow so damn natural in a rock-up tempo. In the self-reflecting “Xin Loi Cuoc Doi,” she starts off by trading sentimental thoughts with a strumming guitar, but progresses into a hypnotic rock chorus.
The album actually gets a bit weary with the pop-rock flavors, but the closeout “Co May” stands out. The track begins with the street noise, follows by a simply strumming guitar, and proceeds with heavy rain and children’s laughter. A minute and thirty seconds into the song, she pours her heart out on a story of an abandon kid in the middle of the big world, in which she observed, “Mot lan di dao pho thay nha cao cua rong xe hoi, net mat sang trong / Lai thay mot dua be nam tren chieu tran truon co ro / Giua the gian menh mong trong be, nho be, cang be.” It’s quite a heartfelt tune.
Tinna has definitely stepped into the right direction. Keep up the passion and rock on.
her music nghe cũng okay thôi…maybe I am not into that genre ….her pronounciation hơi bị ngọng
I didn’t like her debut performance, her voice is a bit lacking to carry those hardcore/metal rock songs. I much prefer the pop alternative style in her recent songs
she is one talented hot mama!
I like her and thinks it she is
great at singing. I don’t think
she sings “ngong” at all.
Good to see somebody doing something
different for a change.
heh… she is a natural! nice find Donny. This is a very refreshing step in a new direction for Vietnamese music. I wonder how the community will embrace something like this…
Thu Hoai is right, I don’t hear anything “ngong” but more like making the words float with the rock beat. It’s actually a very nice touch!
She is fine, but her accents are definitely “ngọng” in this CD.
Vietnamese people have become less xenophobic over the years towards Eurasians, so I think they will welcome her.
That said, I haven’t heard her music yet.
But I’m looking forward to it. :)
I actually heard of her a while back… before she was with Van Son… I wonder what happened to that first album?
she is awesome. her fan page http://www.myspace.com/tinnatinh1
Tinna Fan, she also has an official myspace too (its on her cd btw)
http://www.myspace.com/tinnatinhmusic
Now that I’ve heard her music…I understand how her accent is a little poor.
However, I like her musical style. It’s very unique, plus the fact that she chooses to embrace her Vietnamese side is worth commending.
Has anyone heard her speak Vietnamese? (If so, is she good?)
Tinna is an awesome musician and singer. I’m glad she chose to write and sing in Vietnamese and hope that she makes it big one day.
If you listen to American alternative rocks, it’s very hard to understand singers sing and the words are not very clear sometimes. Tinna Tinh is not ‘ngong’, she sings like that so the her Viet voice can flow with the rock’n roll beats.
i dnt care if she can sing or not….but what i do care that she is super hottt!!!
GO Nguoi Dep!!!! ^_^ dos it really matter if she has a funny accent? cus it take alot of guts to sing on stages….so dnt judge people ai!!!