People's Artist Quoc Hung surprised the audience when he switched to singing love songs.

People's Artist Quoc Hung is currently one of the leading voices of Vietnamese Opera. Together with his teacher, People's Artist Tran Hieu, he is considered to possess the rarest and deepest bass voice in Vietnam. Perhaps that is why the audience will be surprised to hear that People's Artist Quoc Hung has released a new music product related to the love song genre.

On the evening of December 8, People's Artist Quoc Hung released the CD and video album "Send to the Past". This music product originated from People's Artist Quoc Hung's desire to find memories and show gratitude to his own past. People's Artist Quoc Hung himself also had interesting experiences while making this album.

People's Artist Quoc Hung shared at the press conference. Photo: Hoa Nguyen

According to People's Artist Quoc Hung, many love songs are rich in musicality and the artistic material contained within them is very high, so expressing the quality of these works is not simple, requiring the singer to have full musical emotions, a romantic soul, and to know how to turn music into a journey that they themselves take the initiative in.

"In fact, many songs are similar to the Western music romance framework, requiring the artist to have new vocal techniques to conquer, such as the song "Half a Soul of Sorrow" in the album "Send to the Past". Therefore, performing lyrical works in the romantic love music genre also contributes to enriching the artist's soul with new emotions" - People's Artist Quoc Hung shared.

According to People's Artist Quoc Hung, many love songs are rich in musicality and the artistic material contained within them is very high. Photo: Hoa Nguyen

The CD "Send to the Past" was supposed to be released at the end of 2021, but at that time, the pandemic was still affecting so People's Artist Quoc Hung and his team decided to postpone the release date until now.

Also during the time when this album was delayed, music critic Nguyen Quang Long got to enjoy the entire album. Impressed by Quoc Hung's voice when performing love songs, the music critic encouraged him to make a video recording to introduce it to the public more vividly.

After December 8, the album “Send to the Past” and the clips will be introduced separately on the artist’s personal YouTube channel named People’s Artist Quoc Hung. Photo: Hoa Nguyen

After the individual release is completed, the full Video album "Send to the Past" will be introduced. This will be done at the end of December, right near the new year 2023.

"Send to the Past" is the first love album by People's Artist Quoc Hung, gathering 10 masterpieces about love that have been familiar to music lovers for many years.

In which, People's Artist Quoc Hung chose to perform 3 works by musician Ngo Thuy Mien: "Love song for you", "Sad love song" (poem: Pham Quang Duy), "Ha Dong silk dress" (poem: Nguyen Sa); 3 songs by musician Vu Thanh An: "Nameless song number 4", "Last nameless song", "One time let me see you again".

In addition, the album also includes masterpieces such as "I still owe you" (music by Anh Bang, poetry by Pham Thanh Tai), "Tears for you" (Tu Cong Phung), "Half a soul in pain" (music by Pham Dinh Chuong, poetry by Thanh Tam Tuyen).