Concert 'Chong gai' 5 in the North, will 'Say hi' be held on Friday night?

Anh trai say hi and Anh trai vu ngan chong gai are considered the two most popular music shows of the past year. Anh trai vu ngan chong gai is a stage for male artists who have been active for many years in many different fields,... while Anh trai say hi is for young male artists, even those participating in reality TV for the first time.

Thanks to the good effect, concerts of these two programs are continuously held, attracting tens of thousands of audiences.

At the end of March, two concerts Anh trai say hi (March 21) and Anh trai vu ngan cong gai (March 22-23) continued to take place in Ho Chi Minh City. Reports from many media measurement units showed that Anh trai vu ngan cong gai was superior in all aspects, from the number of discussions, interactions to the coverage on social platforms.

According to data from SocialTrend, Anh trai vu ngan cong gia took the lead with nearly 500,000 discussions during the period from March 18-24 on social networks. Meanwhile, Anh trai say hi ranked third with 224,000.

In this "concert race", the overwhelming victory still belongs to Anh trai qua ngan cong thorn.

Brother say hi is "attachment"?

Since its announcement, Anh trai say hi has caused controversy and been labeled a "copycat". Accordingly, Anh trai vu ngan cong gai is a program that was copyrighted from the show Call Me By Fire (China). This is a program for male artists aged 30 and over, working in many different fields and professions with a passion for singing. The "talents" named in the final night will form a music group.

For Anh trai say hi, the producer introduced this as "a program with a completely new format, appearing for the first time in Vietnam". However, when it aired, the show made the audience skeptical about the rules and format, especially the song auction part that was said to be "similar" to Anh trai vu ngan cong gai.

And the fact that the program was self-produced in a music program format for older brothers that had many elements similar to "Anh trai vu ngan cong gai" (The Brother Who Overcame Thousands of Difficulties) and released at the same time was the reason why the program was sarcastically called a "copy".

The two programs are constantly compared.

The competition between the two shows became more intense as they continuously held concert nights.

On the evening of October 19, 2024, two concerts of Anh trai vu ngan cong gai and Anh trai say hi took place on the same day with the participation of 61 male artists, causing a stir on social networks. At that time, the concert Anh trai vu ngan cong gai had about 20,000 spectators in attendance. Meanwhile, Anh trai say hi was also covered in a "sea of ​​people" with an estimated audience of about 15,000 people even though this was the second night of the show. Both concerts took place in Ho Chi Minh City.

Next, both Anh trai say hi and Anh trai duong ngan cong gai "attacked the North". Both shows were successful in attracting a large audience. During the concert, both sides continued to announce that they would hold another concert in March 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City.

There are constant similarities that inevitably make the two shows "put on the scale". The incident also caused the fan communities of both sides to have a period of explosive debate on social networks.

After two "top-notch" shows at the end of March in Ho Chi Minh City, the producer of "Anh trai vu ngan cong gai" continued to excite fans by announcing the 5th show - this time taking place in the North in June 2025 and continuing to be held at Ocean Park 3 Urban Area, Hung Yen.

Meanwhile, the representative of the organizing committee of Say Hi Brother announced that concert night 5 will be the last concert of this journey in the first season.

However, the fact that Anh Trai Overcame Thousands of Difficulties continued to bring the concert to the North once again made many audiences wonder: Would "Say Hi" easily accept stopping like that?

The value left after each concert

Competition is fierce but what the audience needs is the value left after each program.

Through 4 concerts, Anh trai vu ngan cong gai broke the stereotype that "going to concerts" is not the privilege of young people. Although not choosing young faces, the participating artists still created a strong attraction for audiences of all ages.

In particular, the promotion of traditional cultural values ​​is also a factor that Anh trai tran ngan truc thorn creates sympathy with the audience. Throughout the 4 concert nights, the performances incorporating traditional culture and transforming folk materials of the program always have a great influence, bringing a different musical experience.

Traditional values ​​are highlighted in each concert night "Brother overcomes thousands of obstacles".

Through the hands of music director SlimV, stage director Dinh Ha Uyen Thu, the efforts and creativity of 33 talented people, the musical space of Anh Trai Overcoming Thousands of Thorns creates an opportunity for the Gen Z generation to admire the beauty of the flow of music through each period and the cultural beauty that needs to be spread and last forever through time and generations.

In addition, the event set a world record for the largest number of people wearing Vietnamese traditional costumes at a music event on concert night 3. The image of thousands of audiences wearing traditional ao dai spread strongly, creating a great media effect on social networking platforms.

The image of the audience wearing traditional costumes going to the concert is touching.

Meanwhile, Say Hi creates new songs to meet the music needs of the market, especially young audiences.

However, besides satisfying the tastes, the program also caused a lot of controversy. Notably, at the concert 3 Anh trai say hi , the melody of the song Pickleball, the latest music product of Do Phu Qui, was played. Recently, this song has received a lot of criticism because of its meaningless lyrics. Many people even called it with phrases like "trash" or "musical disaster".

Putting aside the music, the quality of Anh trai say hi 's concerts has also been discussed many times.

At the concert night 3 on December 7, an incident where an audience member fainted but the organizers did not handle it immediately made many people angry.

Specifically, during the minigame, a female audience member held the mic and asked the Organizing Committee to pause the game to handle the incident of a fainting audience member.

"Sorry for ruining the show, but there's someone fainted here, the area is very chaotic. I hope the organizers will handle the problem and then continue the show," said the female audience member.

On stage, the MC thanked the female audience and said that the Organizing Committee would handle it immediately. Then, the MC continued to introduce the next content.

Concert "Anh trai say hi" had many mistakes in organization.

Also on the night of the 3rd concert in Hanoi, the Organizing Committee also set up fireworks during the opening act of the brothers. However, a block of fireworks fell on the crowd of spectators in the area of ​​the stands near the stage. The fireworks incident affected many spectators.

In addition, social networks are arguing about the benefits and bad experiences, not commensurate with the amount of money that audiences spend when buying tickets priced at 10 million VND and 20 million VND.

Tran Thanh's confident declaration that "this is the concert with the most attendees" or MC Duc Bao's announcement that the number of attendees was 50,000 also caused mixed opinions.

In addition, the program also caused controversy in the organization, especially the issue of ensuring the rights of the audience. Previously, in Ho Chi Minh City, many audiences were upset when the organizers did not ensure the rights of the audience who won tickets to fansign and take photos with the artists.

Not only the concert, the film project "Anh trai say hi: The villain creates the hero" has also caused a stir recently. Many fans were disappointed because their idol only appeared for a few seconds or the film stopped abruptly, there was no after-credits, and the quick ending left the audience bewildered.

Or the information included in the documentary such as: "The Anh trai say hi concert series marked a historic milestone in the field of organizing music events with global influence", "The program conquered the audience with unimaginable collisions with the senses of 100 million compatriots", "We move forward with our own logic"... stirred up public opinion, causing controversy about semantics.

Tran Thanh has faced controversy many times with his statements in the concert "Anh trai say hi".

Anh trai say hi and Anh trai vu ngan cong gai both brought new vitality to Vietnamese music in particular, as well as industrial culture in general. However, in this battle, the result was somewhat in favor of Anh trai vu ngan cong gai.

However, it cannot be denied that the attraction of Say Hi Brother is still very large when all 5 concert nights always filled the stage, showing the stable potential of the program brand and the artist lineup. This is also a positive signal affirming the increasing interest of Vietnamese audiences in domestic music nights.

Ngoc Thanh

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