Happy like singer Le Quyen

Late Shining Star

Le Quyen did not "become a star overnight". She started her career by singing covers of hit songs like "Blue Wave" and foreign songs with Vietnamese lyrics at coffee shops and tea rooms.

Before the 2010 milestone, she left her mark with many hits such as:Dreams are real, Please answer me, Stop dreaming, If that day, Bitter... ArticlesLike a dream, Lonely nightDuets with Tuan Hung are also very popular.

Despite having many hits, Le Quyen only stops at affirming her position in the profession, not being placed on the same level as contemporary stars.

The reason is, she sings pop music not badly, but experts and audiences both feel that she is not really in tune. On the other hand, she shines then disappears, her series of sporadic, broken successes is not enough to bring the female singer to a higher position.

Le Quyen's life and career turned a new page when she moved to the South and devoted herself to yellow music. In 2010, it was not an exaggeration to say that Le Quyen's style of singing yellow music was pioneering and unique.

She has a mezzo-soprano voice, a bright, sharp, characteristically hoarse voice, and an average-weak but sufficient vocal technique.

At that time, the statement "Le Quyen made yellow music 'elegant'" caused fierce controversy among generations and audience segments. The controversy lasted for many years, contributing to spreading her name from within the country to overseas.

Putting aside the controversies, the pioneering and unique element in the way Le Quyen sings is that she is completely separate from the overseas generation of yellow music singers, not following the stereotypes of the domestic folk music singers, and not being as clichéd and deviant as the young singers who call for "renewal" of yellow music.

Looking at the 2010s in general, we can see that Le Quyen had a smart and reasonable strategy to develop her career.

Popular products that become brands like albumsOld love song, live concertQ Showexploited in a series, helping Le Quyen's name maintain its popularity. In particular, the organization of live shows in a row partly shows that this is a "profitable" activity.

Having succeeded with yellow music, she continued to develop a collection model like: Le Quyen sings Lam Phuong, Le Quyen sings Vu Thanh An... low cost, low risk and high profit.

Next, Le Quyen expanded her "territory" to the closest genres: pre-war, lyrical, typically the albumTimeline, Trinh Cong Son theme album.

At the same time, Le Quyen participated in a number of reality shows - very useful in increasing recognition, especially during the golden music period (2014 - 2017).

10 years after the 2010 milestone, Le Quyen has risen strongly. The rare failures, if any, are the times she tried to return to light music, young music in album style.Endless love.

Happy like Le Quyen

In recent years, the name Le Quyen often appears in scandals outside of music.

When taking the testBeautiful lady riding the wind and breaking the wavesIn 2023, Le Quyen caused controversy throughout the show, from constantly using social media to express her anger about a colleague, many times winning unconvincingly to "overdoing it" with her boyfriend - host Lam Bao Chau.

Her nonchalant sharing of all her negative emotions on social media made the image of the contest ugly, affecting the common efforts of many other artists; causing public uproar, and adding more scandal to showbiz.

Le Quyen is also a Vietnamese artist who likes to show off her assets, often arguing with netizens with harsh, sometimes vulgar language.

As a celebrity, Le Quyen's behavior has a certain influence on the crowd and is capable of creating public opinion. Therefore, her uncivilized use of social networks violates the responsibility of a celebrity to the community.

It is worth mentioning that after the controversy, Le Quyen still maintains her position in the profession.

Currently, she is in the A class, with an average salary of around A - A+. If she appears in a show with commercial elements, the number can go up to S- class.

Compared to her contemporaries or former rivals, Le Quyen is somewhat better. She is also admired for her successful career, solid assets and happy personal life with her younger boyfriend.

While most artists are extremely cautious in their behavior and speech to maintain their image, Le Quyen is a rare case that shows her true self in behavior and lifestyle without much affecting her current position.

Explaining this, it is not difficult to see that the group of young audiences who are always on social networks and have the power to boycott are not the audience that Le Quyen is serving.

The times Le Quyen caused controversy were only at an average level, not a serious violation of ethics or the law; she could be criticized but not to the point of boycotting.

However, Le Quyen should be more aware of the limits of her behavior. There are many cases where artists have ruined their careers in ways that cannot be explained by conventional rules.

In some obvious cases, artists get caught up in scandals and then slide to the bottom of their careers even though their actions are not commensurate with the consequences they receive.