Rare time Lam Truong shares about his wife and 17 year old son

Lam Truong is a singer of the "golden" generation of Vietnamese music in the 1990s. He is the youth of 7X, 8X audiences, associated with songs such as:Love is so painful, Airport rain, Rain and sunshine of love, Tonight I dream of you...Not only are Lam Truong's songs popular, his hairstyle has also created a trend for a long time.

Lam Truong rarely reveals his private life. This is the rare time he shares, when preparing to sing in a live show.Bang Kieu - Minh Tuyet: Because I love youwill take place on two nights, March 7-8, at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace, Hanoi.

Singer Lam Truong.

Special love for Minh Tuyet

- You used to be Minh Tuyet's "first lover" on stage, but you were "dethroned" by Bang Kieu. Did you set a goal to "get back what you lost" when you were a guest in the Bang Kieu - Minh Tuyet live show?

Minh Tuyet is a long-time colleague, we live near each other so we are even closer. We both used to sing and film together until Tuyet went to America. I have special feelings for Minh Tuyet, she is also my first “musical lover”.

The reunion between Lam Truong, Bang Kieu, and Minh Tuyet is not only a meeting between colleagues but also a reunion in music, especially through the songs they sang together, so everything will be very natural. I don't set any goals.

- Bang Kieu once shared that on stage, he and Minh Tuyet act together very well, just by looking at each other they know what to do with their co-star, what about you?

Bang Kieu is good at understanding women's psychology as well as his co-stars. On the contrary, when I go on stage, I focus on expressing the content of the song. I am gentler than Bang Kieu and I don't want to be "punished".(laugh).Who knows, maybe her husband won't like this. Just kidding, maybe this time we'll do the unexpected!

- Do you have any special memories with Minh Tuyet?

Performing in Europe, we drank alcohol for the first time since we met, the previous times we only drank milk. We sat on the street with Minh Tuyet's husband and a few friends, the weather was very cold, everyone's faces were red from drunkenness.

After drinking, we put our arms around each other’s shoulders and walked aimlessly, singing like we were “young and innocent”, carefree and carefree. Youth just rushed back, sweeping away all daily worries.

- What about singing memories?

I have many memories with the audience, even after I sang, the audience cried. The time I sang in Da Lat, I sang the songMiss youand asked a female fan to act out a love scene. The 8X female audience cried on my shoulder because they heard a familiar melody from the past.

Since I got married, I have always been respectful to female audiences. When performing in the US, the audience was more daring. One hugged me until I couldn’t breathe, I felt like I couldn’t sing, and security had to intervene.

- Do you currently live mainly in the US or Vietnam?

I have a house in the US so it is more convenient for me to tour. I live mainly in Vietnam but many people think I live in the US. Partly because every time I go to the US to perform, I update my image, and partly because I rarely share with the media.

- As an artist, more media is good, at least production units know you are still working in Vietnam so they can invite you to perform?

It’s not that I’m closed off and don’t want to communicate, but my tendency to exploit hot information is not as good as that of young people. I don’t want to attract attention with “sensational” information. I’ve been singing for many years, I have a lot of information, and I’ve shared what needs to be said.

Currently, the Vietnamese music market has many new singers emerging. The sensational news about this person has not yet cooled down, then comes the news about another person, sometimes I get dizzy with the trend-following. I want to live my own way, proactively seek out the media when I have a music project.

In the family, Lam Truong plays the gentle role.

Relationship with ex-wife has improved

- How is your life with your wife and children now?

My daughter just had her 6th birthday, cute and adorable with bright eyes. My son lives with his mother so I don't have the chance to see him often.

I often have to go on tour, but I am happy because my daughter is sweet, affectionate, and close to her father. My wife and daughter just returned to the US. My husband and I plan to let our daughter live in Vietnam, close to her grandparents in her early years. Many children live abroad from a young age and speak little Vietnamese, so I don't want that to happen. During the 3 years of the Covid-19 pandemic, my family stayed in Vietnam, so my daughter speaks Vietnamese quite well.

- Do you often talk with your son in America?

My ex-wife was very strict and didn’t let my son have a phone when he was little. Last year, my son finally got a phone, and that’s when I started texting and chatting with him.

I create opportunities to meet my son on every tour in the US. When we go out together, I am happy to see that he has many of the same personalities as me. My son is gentle and rarely speaks Vietnamese because he mainly studies at an American school. He still understands me in Vietnamese, but we have to use English when we talk.

My son is 17 years old this year, tall, well-behaved, good at studying, likes to play piano and sports, has his own band at school. He searched online and was surprised to know that his father is a famous singer. Sometimes, I go to school to cheer him on in his performances and graduation exams. I offered to be a special guest, I sing and he plays music in the school music performance.

- Besides music, do boys confide in you about their girlfriends?

The son does not have a girlfriend because his mother is quite strict.

- How does a son react when he knows he has a half-sister?

Kien Van only found out about his sister a year ago. I hid it because it was difficult to explain when she was young. Before I gave birth to my second daughter, Kien Van's mother already had a son. When I told Kien Van the truth, he was not shocked and understood.

Lam Truong and his ex-wife are now less tense.

- How is your relationship with your ex-wife now?

Our relationship has improved but is not completely comfortable. Kien Van is still young, it is difficult for me to take him out because he cannot be independent or away from his mother.

- Is your new wife comfortable with you meeting your son?

My wife always makes it easy for me. She connects me with my son, and sometimes when I am busy she urges me to call and ask about him.

- What kind of father are you in your family?

I would play the angel, and my wife would be strict. One time, I tried to play the witch by yelling at my child, then recording a video to see his reaction. I yelled a lot but he didn't record, maybe in his subconscious, it wasn't the sound of his father.

I yelled too much, I turned around and saw that she was really scolding me, she looked confused but didn't cry out loud. Honestly, seeing that scene I felt so sorry for her, after that I didn't play the witch anymore.

I stand on my wife's side, letting her take the initiative in raising the children.

- How is your wife's job?

My wife is an accountant and wants to learn more experience to start her own business. I support her wholeheartedly because I know she likes to exercise, think, and be financially independent. I can buy this and that, take care of life, and don't want my wife to work hard, but that's her motto in life, so I respect it.