The truth about musician Vinh Su 'daring' to criticize Dam Vinh Hung and Le Quyen

Vinh Su is a famous musician with a huge composition portfolio of up to hundreds of Bolero and folk songs. In mid-July last year, he caused a huge controversy because he bluntly criticized Hoai Linh for not having the expertise to judge Bolero competitions. After the comedian implicitly responded, musician Vinh Su clarified that his initial statement was not actually that harsh.

Recently, he has once again caused a stir in public opinion because he was said to have "dared" to criticize Dam Vinh Hung and Le Quyen. Asked about the "queen of the tea room", Vinh Su said that Le Quyen only emerged as a commercial singer of the bolero music genre.

“Maybe she sings well because she is supported by many people and has her own tea room with her husband, but to me, I find her voice ordinary. Compared to many people, her voice is only considered easy to listen to. Among all the bolero singers, Quang Le is the one who sings with the most emotion and lyricism,” he said.

According to this source, musician Vinh Su said that there are many people who call themselves Bolero singers. This is good because Bolero must be good and attractive for them to pursue and make it a popular trend. But the trend is still just a trend because even though he is a star to many people, he is not like that to him.

To illustrate his statement, Vinh Su said that Dam Vinh Hung sings many genres but none of them are really good. He also mentioned the incident where Tung Duong sang a few Bolero lines and received a strong reaction. According to the veteran musician, whoever is suitable for a certain music genre should only focus on that genre and not try too hard.

The author of the song "Knock on the Heart" said he did not consider his comments as "offensive" because he "said what he thought".

However, statements attributed to him are causing heated controversy across social networks.

The reporter immediately contacted musician Vinh Su to verify the information. Knowing the story, he could not hide his indignation. The musician said that a few days ago, someone called him to ask about the "Bolero Queen". However, because he did not follow the news much, he did not know who the "Bolero Queen" was. That was all until he heard that he was falsely rumored to have criticized Dam Vinh Hung and Le Quyen.

“I am almost 75 years old, about to die, and I dare to criticize anyone? Why do you make up lies saying that I criticize Dam Vinh Hung and Le Quyen like that? While he (Dam Vinh Hung - PV) is the one who bought and painted the house for me to live in. And Ms. Le Quyen once sang three of my songs in a show in Hanoi and paid me 140 million VND in royalties. I really don’t know who the “Bolero Queen” is, so I asked my two students. Neither of them knew who the “Bolero Queen” is” – musician Vinh Su angrily said.

He said he did not know who called him the other day. If he knew, he would sue this person.