Sublime music, rich in drama

As of the morning of March 25 - after about 3 days, the MV "The Unlucky Career" reached 10 million views, taking the top 4 position in the world's most viewed MVs in 24 hours on YouTube.

Phao's new hit even usurped the throne, ending the 3-week reign of MV Bac Bling - Hoa Minzy at the Top 1 Trending Music on YouTube Vietnam.

The Karma is a diss track that blends elements of synthpop, electronica, and a bit of groovy soul. The track is captivating from the first, loose bassline that repeats itself at the end.

On the soaring music, Phao alternates singing and rapping with a melodic rap style and the rap almost converges all the emotions. The King of Rap 2020 runner-up changes the pronunciation, emphasis, pauses and sings with his own unique personality, making the rap even more attractive.

Excerpt from "The Karma of Obstacles"

Phao wrote "Career" to attack his ex-lover. The title of the rap is a play on words between "career" and "karma".

The guy in the rap song is "extravagant, womanizing, and flirtatious"; has affairs with many girls and often uses work and career as an excuse to cover up his wrongdoings.

Cannon uses many interesting puns, metaphors and highly damaging punchlines, especially hinting at this person's sensitive personal issues.

The highlight is the two short skits including the message Phao sent to her ex-boyfriend and a simulation of the guy's confession. The message is so real that it feels like Phao wrote the rap song as a way to "hide the tree in the forest".

The only downside of the song is that Phao's way of telling the story of her ex-boyfriend's affair is a bit crude and explicit (like: "That night, he took her into a small, closed room"), a bit out of place among the other meaningful and poignant rap verses.

In conclusion, The Karma is still a unique and rich product of Phao; completely worthy of its "huge" achievements, regardless of whether it is related to the private scandal that is attracting public attention or not.

What Phao showed was not too surprising. Observing her career journey from underground to current rap star, Phao is one of the top female rappers with personality and ability.

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Phao is suspected of alluding to ViruSs in the new song.

She excels at diss rap but has become less edgy since entering the mainstream market. Therefore, the rare time Phao recreates her underground personality and bravery is enjoyed and supported by many rap fans.

The role of ViruSs

The unusual explosion of the rap song "The Bad Career" comes from the personal scandal between musician, YouTuber ViruSs and his ex-girlfriend - hot girl Ngoc Kem.

When ViruSs was accused of cheating, rapper Phao posted a story: "That day I cried like rain but still kept thinking and blaming myself for whether I misunderstood him. Thank you for helping me realize and thank you girls out there for daring to stand up and move on."

After the above story, Phao officially released the rap song "Unfortunate Career" which attracted public attention. A few lyrics made people believe that Phao was referring to ViruSs.

Up to now, Phao and his crew have not confirmed any information about his relationship with ViruSs and his personal scandal.

On the other hand, ViruSs suddenly recorded a reaction video to the song " Ngư nghiệp hư " with some comments that were said to indirectly confirm that he was the main character in the story.

Specifically, when hearing the rap line "This pig denies being evil", he exclaimed: "Saying I'm a pig is a compliment, I'm not that fat". This reaction is quite contradictory when before that, ViruSs kept saying he didn't know who Phao was rapping about, he only recorded the video because he received many requests.

The "art exchange" between ViruSs and Phao is causing a stir in public opinion.

In addition, the male musician also had notable comments such as: "You poured out your heart and soul like that, proving that you are quite miserable. Now I know that Phao is miserable like that" and "If for some small reason Phao wrote this song and sent it to me, then I am also a part of your success, so I am happy".

ViruSs's reaction video currently has 1.7 million views, Top 3 YouTube Trending Videos (Pháo's MV is Top 1 - PV) .

Putting aside the scandal and personal stories, Phao and ViruSs's behavior is both civilized and shows respect for their profession and audience.

Phao wrote the article "Career" to harshly attack her ex-boyfriend. Every word was sharp, not only denouncing his adultery, exposing his lies and hypocrisy, but also hinting at revealing this person's sensitive private matters.

But after all, this is just a rap song that doesn't mention anyone by name, has high entertainment value for the audience and shows a very proper way of behaving as a rapper.

Contrary to many people's speculations, ViruSs did not hesitate to record a reaction video to the MV that was said to attack him. Apart from some "strange" statements mentioned above, he enjoyed the song, praised Phao and commented on the expertise no different from previous videos.

Thanks to Phao's moderation and ViruSs's smart moves, this scandal did not reach the peak of crisis, causing negative social networks, and is even gradually calming down and passing away.

Maybe Phao suffered a lot of damage and ViruSs's reputation was seriously affected by the scandal, but at least they did not create more stains for themselves and also gained more benefits from 2 successful products.

Le Thi My Niem

Portrait of ViruSs - the person being called by Ngoc Kem, Phao and many girls ViruSs's real name is Dang Tien Hoang, born in 1988. He is famous as a streamer and musician, with formal training in music. ViruSs is the center of discussion among netizens, being called by many girls, criticizing him as a bad person.