Minh Tuyet – Da Khong Con Hoi Tiec
Love her or loathe her, Minh Tuyet is a pop phenomenon. While most of her peers come, shake up the music scene, and then gone, Minh Tuyet is going to be around for a long time. What is her secret recipe? She turns instant Ramen into a savory noodle house with Chinese-inflected flavors and doses of SMG prepared by the CEO of pop franchise Tung Chau.
With her new release, Da Khong Con Hoi Tiec, Minh Tuyet continues to hone her skill as an operatic actress of song, which is her ability to make even the most exaggerated lyrics convincing. On “I am Sorry,” the Vietglish chorus, “I am sorry, I am sorry, em van anh tron kiep loi thu tha,” seems laughable, but she comes across like she means every damn word she sings. On “Hoang Mang,” she phrases, “Vi anh lanh lung bang gia / con toi con tim that tha / Nen minh toi om long dem nhuc nhoi,” like an Academy-award winner, full of heart-breaking melodramas.
An old high school buddy of mine who used to work at Diamond informed me that Minh Tuyet packed the club every time she came through. Even though she likes to capture our heart, she doesn’t want to abandon our feet either. The Latin-groove “Trai Tim Trao Anh” and the title track are for her club heads.
Before many elites among us condemning me for giving such an artless artist a free pass, let me explain. As much as I want to smack her upside the head, I can’t hate her for getting paid by the industry to be mediocre. I don’t give up. I give in.
I actually have the same exact thought as you do about Minh Tuyet. Minh Tuyet used to annoy the heck out of me but I have to admit that she is darn good with those instant noodle pop songs. She is able to turn a song as crappy as “Em Phai Lam Sao?” into something semi-decent. But then too much ramen can make you awfully sick… I was finished by the halfway mark
Lam Thuy Van does it better. :)
Lam Thuy Van doesn’t do it better, she’d be on top if she did. Minh Tuyet’s voice was made for these conflict songs. Nothing wrong with listening to them once in a while.
I confessed I sang “I fai lam sao” and I was very “phe” !
I like minh tuyet for what she is. enjoyable pop.
lam thuy van is over plastic surgerized (not that i really care) and has a (to me) squeaky and annoying voice
No one does “Anh Phai Lam Sao” like Phan Dinh Tung. He is the king of this type of music. The song sticks in my head even when Duke cries. When I just don’t know what else to do, I would just belt out, “phai lam sao, bay gio ba phai lam sao? :)
minh tuyet is the wonderfull person.i can said that. she is number one of the pob singer in my hear.