Nghe An boy composes song to spread message against Covid-19 epidemic

The song was composed "as fast as lightning" by a 9X guy from Nam Dan (Nghe An) Nguyen Van Vinh (often called Ron Vinh) and a friend of his, Truong Le.

Nguyen Van Vinh is also the producer, arranger, mixer, mix & master for this song.

During the days of social distancing in Ho Chi Minh City, where Vinh lives and works, he often listened to the press report on the increasingly complicated situation of the epidemic.

40 artists from across the country performed the song "I am Vietnamese" together and received a lot of support from netizens. Photo: Thien Thien

Many people lacked food, homeless people had nowhere to go, thousands of people crossed roads and mountains to return home on old motorbikes, carrying their newborn children... Those images touched the heart of Vinh - a young man from Nghe An who started a business far from home in Saigon.

Ron Vinh really wants to do something meaningful. If it cannot be material, it will be spiritual encouragement to work together to overcome difficulties and challenges.victory over the Covid-19 pandemic.And the song "I am Vietnamese" was born.

40 artists sang songs to cheer Vietnam on in the fight against Covid-19. Photo: Thien Thien

Ron Vinh, rapper Dinh Phuc (from Nghe An) and 40 artists across the country performed this song together to encourage the strong fighting spirit against the Covid-19 pandemic of the people of the whole country and the frontline forces...

Due to the tense epidemic situation, the artists could not meet in person to film the MV. Vinh came up with ideas for each segment and sent them to each person to record and film at home with their phones and send them to Vinh for production.

“I had to call the 40 participants to instruct them on how to record and film, then compile the files and start mixing the audio files up to 100 tracks. When mixing, the machine was overloaded and had to mix and remix many times, sometimes the machine had to be restarted continuously, had to remember all the music files sent by the 40 participants to understand and mix. When editing the film, I also had to remember all the images of all the participants to arrange who goes where, who sings first, who sings later, who sings together... to complete the best MV possible”, Vinh shared about the difficulties in producing this MV.

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Luckily, 40 artists all agreed to join Vinh in making this MV. They were very excited until the MV reached the community last night, August 7.

Vinh breathed a sigh of relief because finally his and the artists' efforts were successful with thousands of listens and shares from the online community right after its release. The comments from netizens supporting the song and encouraging Vietnam to fight the epidemic have really spread the spirit of fighting the epidemic across the country.

“As a young generation, I and the 40 artists participating in this music product want to send a message to all Vietnamese people around the world: Always love each other, be united, and unite despite all the difficulties, hardships, and challenges, but always stand together to overcome the pandemic and win together,” Vinh, representing the artists, confided.

Nguyen Van Vinh was the valedictorian of the composition major when he entered the Hue Academy of Music with 58.5 points. Photo: Thien Thien

A lyric in the song "I am Vietnamese" clearly shows the fighting spirit of the Vietnamese people.

"Vietnam will win!

No matter how many hardships and difficulties, still try!

No matter how many storms there are, my heart is not afraid of worries.

Not afraid to sacrifice

Vietnam we will fight!

To follow the example of our ancestors and set an example for future generations.

Let your feet go far away and still always remember

Proud to say that

I am Vietnamese…".

Thien Thien