In the single "Weighing the World", Duong Hoang Yen did not hide her ambition to have another hit. The product also appeared when Vo Ha Tram was participating in the race.
People who love the technical voices in Vpop often tell each other the saying “Bac Duong Hoang Yen, Nam Vo Ha Tram” to refer to two female singers of the same age, with the best voices among the young singers but their careers are not impressive. While Vo Ha Tram stands out in the cover segment at venues, Duong Hoang Yen is favored at official events, occasionally releasing some pop ballad songs that do not leave much of an impression on the market.
Deciding to move to the South, Duong Hoang Yen also invested heavily in change by inviting the most talented production team in Vpop in recent years, DTAP, to produce her products. The effort is commendable, but to succeed, she needs a more drastic push.
Duong Hoang Yen escapes the "cocoon"
When looking at the visual side of the single Weighing the whole world , the audience can't help but think of the hit song Let me tell you While using the same costumes and backgrounds typical of the Northwest region, the second half combines with other elements of the urban area. In terms of content, it is clear that Duong Hoang Yen cannot do exactly the same. Let Mi tell you , however, there are still other factors that make listeners unable to help but compare it with its predecessor.
First, Duong Hoang Yen used the same production team that made Let Mi tell you . DTAP also built a structure quite similar to what they did for Hoang Thuy Linh: A gentle start, gradually building up to a climax, then placing a drop as the main chorus, adding a rap part in the middle. Duong Hoang Yen also made an effort to show a segment that was very different from herself up until now.
However, if Let me tell you There is a close connection between image and sound when DTAP builds the drop with a very clear panpipe sound that matches the image, the listener has not seen that in Weigh the world .
Also carrying the pentatonic melody and having a section where Duong Hoang Yen also sings Xam, but these are not the outstanding features of the music of the Northwest region like the flute or the panpipe. That more or less creates a gap between the two elements of listening and watching.
On the other hand, DTAP uses the same old structure of Let me tell you was no longer a surprise. When Let me tell you First released in 2019, the uniqueness in both lyrics and breakthrough in the way of making drops and the literary rap in between has made the public go from one surprise to another excitement.
However, by 2023, when Hoang Thuy Linh had released 2 albums with DTAP, this way of constructing songs was no longer strange to the audience. On the other hand, the lyrics of Weigh the world also does not leave many characteristic lyrics that immediately impress like the previous song so that the audience can remember and sing along from the first time.
But, there needs to be a better personal touch.
Duong Hoang Yen has always been a talented singer, able to sing many genres of music, however, throughout her career, she has built an image familiar to ballads. Therefore, releasing an EDM song like Weigh the world is also a reckless act of Duong Hoang Yen.
However, when listening to this music product, the audience still expects more results from the risk.
It cannot be denied that Duong Hoang Yen has a good voice, in the last part she also added the harmony parts with a high headvoice. She also showed a different image of herself when performing both rapping and dancing. However, when looking at the whole song, Duong Hoang Yen's influence is not much compared to the big shadow of DTAP.
They made a strong impression in the drop with catchy sounds and Yen's voice was just a small part of the sound to enhance the effect, like the way this team did many other songs for Hoang Thuy Linh. It did not give the audience the feeling that this was a song by Duong Hoang Yen alone, only Duong Hoang Yen could do it.
That is also a limitation in DTAP's role, when it has not been able to highlight Duong Hoang Yen's unique voice.
This is very different from what Vo Ha Tram did recently with her single. Come back to me . In this song, Vo Ha Tram fully exploits the Indian element in both image and sound - an element closely linked to her personal life - as well as placing her voice in the drop in a smart and unexpected way.
Having the same starting point as a powerful singer but not having much impression on the general audience, Vo Ha Tram still has a way to put her personal identity into the song in an impressive way. As for Duong Hoang Yen, it is really difficult for her to go further by still letting the listeners see the shadow of Hoang Thuy Linh somewhere in the product.
In all fairness, single Weigh the world is a product that deserves recognition when DTAP blends folk and contemporary elements quite harmoniously. However, if Duong Hoang Yen wants to use this song to go South, it will be very difficult because her personal mark here is not much. She has only ensured the market and catchy elements, still needs a bit more of her own identity for the song to really leave an impression for the name Duong Hoang Yen.
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