Singer Tung Duong gives the audience "goosebumps" with the MV Phoenix Wings

"At the age of U50, I will make music for the community"

The MV "Canh chim phoenix" was released to the press, artists and audiences at the cinema on June 17, impressively demonstrating the avant-garde spirit he has pursued and always preserved since the beginning of his singing career.

The song "Phoenix Wings" was composed by singer-songwriter Mars Anh Tú (Tu Dua). The song opens with symbolic lyrics, with the image of a beautiful woman, walking leisurely in life, with a hidden spiritual strength to overcome all storms.

Ca sĩ Tùng Dương khiến khán giả — Singer Tung Duong and musician Tu Dua had discussions about the song "Phoenix Wings".

But a spectacular "twist" took place when rapper Double 2T appeared with a rap telling the story originating from the legendary history of Vietnam with Mother Au Co; going through many historical ups and downs with examples of heroic and indomitable female generals, heroic Vietnamese mothers "for the Fatherland, they bore all the pain... Vietnamese women are the land, the country, the immense field of motherly love, to the women in today's modern society "making themselves and making life beautiful".

Musician Mars Anh Tu (Tu Dua) revealed that he composed this song 3 years ago.

''Before, I often wrote about love and friendship, but then I thought I needed to write more about social topics. Around me, there are many women who are worthy of respect, they are not only good at housework but also successful in their careers. "The Phoenix's Wings" was born because I wanted to pay tribute to women.

When I wrote this song, I had Tung Duong's voice in mind, but with my personality, I don't like to ask for help from other singers. I just thought that if fate allows, one day the work will come to Tung Duong, then it would be reasonable. Until one day, Tung Duong and I appeared at a party together, Tung Duong asked me, "Can you write a song for me?"

At that time, I was very surprised and asked back, "I thought singing music was difficult for me?". Tung Duong smiled and said, "I've changed my thinking now", because Duong wants to target young, modern audiences.

Tung Duong also shared, "When I was young, I made music for myself, but at the age of 50, I will make music for the community."

Tung Duong flew to Saigon to record the song with me because he wanted to work with the author to express the composer's breath and wishes.

Besides, the whole team of Tung Duong made a very serious effort. I am very satisfied with the way Tung Duong performed the song "Canh chim Phuong Hoang". Up to now, I still say that this song must be performed by Tung Duong. Hopefully, the song will be spread because Tung Duong is very dedicated and invested.

"Phoenix" is a symbol of Vietnamese women.

Singer Tung Duong revealed that he invited 5 famous women with talent and beautiful images in the hearts of the public, namely People's Artist Le Khanh, People's Artist Thanh Lam, Meritorious Artist - Dancer Linh Nga, Miss Ha Kieu Anh and Wushu athlete Thuy Hien to appear in this MV. Each person is like a phoenix, beautiful and proud with extraordinary efforts to succeed.

With profound lyrics carefully written by musician Mars Anh Tu (Tu Dua), evoking national pride, pride in Vietnamese women, singer Tung Duong and his colleagues have created a MV that is different in both scale of production and visual effects and emotions.

Nguyen Huu Vuong - Music producer for the MV said: ''Canh chim phoenix is a song praising the beauty of women, but not the weakness, gentleness, but the strength of women, so for the music I chose Epic to honor the strength, inspiration.

This song fits our criteria, strong enough to highlight the power of Tung Duong's voice, but still not difficult for the general audience to listen to. I use many instruments and strong sounds to create energy in the song such as Drums Epic, Guitar Distortion...''.

Tung Duong expressed his joy at having the opportunity to invite Nguyen Truong Kien, CEO/Founder of Zodiac II Media, to perform all the special effects for this MV.

According to the male singer, to make this MV, director Nguyen Truong Kien (Zodiac II) and director Nguyen Huu Hoang had to seek inspiration from cultural and historical materials of Vietnam through many periods and then select the most symbolic images to bring them into the world of "fantastical Vietnam" in the MV.

In particular, director Nguyen Truong Kien also took on the position of Creative Director and Visual Effects Supervisor of the entire project as he is also one of the influential people in the Vietnamese visual effects industry.

Nguyen Truong Kien said: "I want to bring a completely new top-notch visual experience to Vietnamese MVs, especially for MV genres that use a lot of VFX/CGI techniques when most people still think that Vietnam cannot do well."

In addition, the special effects team also gathered many famous talents in the graphics industry. The MV production crew said that with 8 settings, 114 shots were filmed with 100% advanced special effects, of which 95% were filmed on green screen.

The most important and impressive visual part is probably the Phoenix, created by Duy Nguyen, currently the Art Director of Riot Games (famous for the hit games League of Legends, Valorant...) working in Singapore.

He is also the one who shaped the visual details of the 8 worlds in the MV and took 5 months to complete the post-production with many special things appearing for the first time in a music video in Vietnam.

The space of this MV can be considered a combination of legendary elements with images typical of Vietnamese history and culture, such as bronze drums, phoenix images inspired by Lac birds, images of female heroes in Vietnamese history...

There, the image of Vietnamese women is honored. And through that, the quintessence of Vietnamese culture and history is expressed delicately with great pride.

The MV will be an important "push" for Tung Duong to continue carrying out major music projects including the album "Multiverse" and his own live show on November 22 this year.

Director Viet Tu: "The way Tung Duong collaborates with other young artists like Doulbe 2T is also very special, as evidenced by the enthusiastic and excited reception from the audience. Recently, people often tease Tung Duong as the "king of festivals", but after this song, Tung Duong will definitely be busy with shows on anniversaries related to women.

People's Artist Xuan Bac: "Tung Duong's team and the director are very smart, the characters appearing in the MV all made me very emotional, the images presented and finally the image of the flying phoenix created all the most wonderful things, evoking the best and most wonderful things that women bring to us, especially Vietnamese women.

When I watched it, I suddenly remembered my mother. I thought women only took care of cooking, but that's not true. They have undeniable contributions in all fields. Tung Duong's extremely smart choice and extremely graceful steps."

Doulbe 2T: "I feel so happy when I watch the complete MV again. This is a very special and big milestone in my life when I get to collaborate with a great artist and contributor to the music industry like Tung Duong."