The love that kimchi audiences have for “See Tinh” seems to have been somewhat predicted by the music review site Pitchfork. Achievements in the international market like this are already included in the calculations of Hoang Thuy Linh and DTAP.
Most recently, Hoang Thuy Linh’s song “See Tinh” caused a stir when it entered the Viral 50 – South Korea chart of Spotify, which ranks the 50 most popular songs in Korea on this platform. In particular, the original version is present at No.16, while the remix version remixed by Cukak is also present at No.23. Surrounded by this hit are countless popular songs in Korea in recent times such as “Boy’s A Liar, Pt. 2” (Pink Pantheress & Ice Spice), “Here I Am” (Boys Planet), “Pandora” (MAVE:), “Left Right” (XG), “Limbo” (keshi), “Kill Bill” (SZA) …
Just earlier this week, the product has just suddenly appeared on the top songs chart on YouTube in Korea. The song debuted in the first week at No.12 with 1.5 million views in this market in the week from February 17 to February 23. Before that, many Korean artists, celebrities or influential names participated in the cover of “See Tinh”. With so many achievements, it is enough to judge the remarkable popularity of this song in the land of kimchi.
To explain the virality of “See Tinh”, DTAP – the producer group behind the song as well as Hoang Thuy Linh’s album “Link” once said that was the goal that the artists had aimed at when they started creating the product. Products. In an interview with Billboard Vietnam last year, the trio of producers shared that because the Tiktok platform is now well developed, the way a song trending will be much different from previous years. Therefore, they also have to update, learn how to make music to conquer today’s audience: “Every time we make a product, we will create a space so that the three members can get in and determine where the piece is played, where it is heard. Like “See Tinh”, we determined this will be a teen song a bit, need to follow the trend that young people on TikTok will like and follow the same color.
However, making a viral song on TikTok is one thing, making it popular in Korea, a country known for its successful K-pop industry, is another. When the album “Link” was released by Hoang Thuy Linh, the prestigious music review site Pitchfork had a review for this product with a score of 7.2/10. In it, writer Joshua Minsoo Kim feels that Hoang Thuy Linh’s music has been inspired by different cultures and markets. To explain that idea, Joshua used the track “See Tinh” as an example.
In this song, Pitchfork is not only amused by the pun in Vietnamese and English, but also by the attractive Disco Funk like the album series “Funk Wav Bounces” by Calvin Harris, while the chorus is extremely “sticky” “. In particular, they think that the chorus in “See Tinh” is reminiscent of the way Korean musicians use onomatopoeia to create a catchy, memorable hook that any audience around the world can relate to. can sing along. After “The moment I met you, I knew I was in love” To be “Love of mourning, love of mourning, love of love of mourning, love of mourning”, the word “love” from a word with its own meaning was immediately transformed into a folk hum. Below the “See Tinh” MV, it is not difficult to find comments from Korean audiences who are excited to share this song. In addition, this approach is also highly appreciated and considered as one of the details that best shows the joyful intersection between “the past” and “now” in Hoang Thuy Linh’s music.
