Erik - The voice that caused a global storm thanks to "Corona" and rumors of homosexual love with Son Ngoc Minh

Erik's career

From an unknown child singer to a talented young artist

Erik's real name is Le Trung Thanh, born in 1997. Erik started his singing career when he participated in the Voice Kids program 2013 (The Voice Kids 2013). Passing the Hidden Face round and choosing to join coach Hien Thuc's team, Erik is highly appreciated for his voice. However, due to not having his own color attractive enough, Erik had to stop at the Top 15 of the show.

In addition to Vietnamese Children's Voice, Erik also participated in a number of other music contests such as: Tuong Tuong Tuo nationwide in 2013, Vietnamese Star 2014, The Winner Is in 2014... but none of them created any buzz. In the same year 2014, at the age of 17, Erik became a trainee of St.319 Entertainment, joining the group Monstar under the management of this company.

In 2016, Erik made his solo debut with his first music video titled "After All". The song quickly became a craze in the Vietnamese music market during the first half of 2016. This song became a hit and has brought him fame and many awards, helping him get a nomination. Nominated for the First Dedication Award in the category of "Best New Artist" in 2016.

At the beginning of 2017, Erik and St.319 Entertainment had a conflict because of a labor contract issue. Erik decided to leave St.319 Entertainment and the group Monstar to become a freelance singer.

Three months later, Erik as a freelance singer collaborated with singer Min to release the MV titled "Ghen" composed by musician Khac Hung. This song after its release has made remarkable achievements on the music charts of Vietnam.

After leaving St.319 Entertainment, Erik joined HI Entertainment. The first product after joining HI Entertainment was the song "Don't Apologize" which attracted a lot of attention from the audience.

In 2020, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, he continued to collaborate with singer Min to release the song "Ghen Co Vy" to promote epidemic prevention. The song not only quickly caused a fever with Vietnamese audiences but also spread to world television. This song was broadcast on John Oliver's Last Week Tonight show in the US. After that, UNICEF and France's BFMTV channel, and many international newspapers simultaneously praised this song. Thanks to that, Erik's name was also known around the world.

Singer Erik's private life story

An ungrateful scandal to the management company

After the success of the debut MV "After all", Erik and the management company St.319 Entertainment had a conflict over a labor contract. The singer was accused of being ungrateful to the management company. The case dragged on and Erik eventually terminated his contract with St.319 Entertainment.

After this scandal, Erik was not allowed to sing old songs again, including "After all". After leaving St.319 Entertainment and the group Monstar, the companies were afraid and did not dare to cooperate with him, Erik's image was also damaged and he started again with "0". However, success came to Erik faster than expected when soon after his name was saved with the hit "Jealousy".

Rumors of love Son Ngoc Minh - former member of V Music

Right at the time of the scandal with the management company St. 319, Erik was caught up in rumors of homosexuality, specifically male singer Son Ngoc Minh. At the time, both denied it. However, in 2019, Son Ngoc Minh suddenly posted a series of photos of messages with a person with an avatar like Erik with a confidant line expressing an unstable mood, blaming someone for taking advantage of emotions and supporting love:

"People get to know me, but they succeed with their hit songs, but when they leave the company, they don't know anyone. So I introduced all of my relationships to them. Good luck, they left me. Because they think they'll be more popular, take advantage of their feelings and then stay. Actually, they're famous and they even used me to do some PR posts to push me to the bottom of society just to promote their products. I took all the blame on myself, at that time I was still in love, still in love, so I thought I would live like a normal person, nothing happened until they pulled me out again to continue PR." . This status line of Son Ngoc Minh caused rumors of love between him and Erik once again. However, Erik continued to remain silent.

Relationship with Hoa Minzy and Duc Phuc

In the showbiz place full of marketing, having beautiful friendships is very difficult for many artists. However, Erik has a beautiful and close friendship with two singers, Hoa Minzy and Duc Phuc. The three of them form a group called "Hibiscus Family".

The trio "Hibiscus flower family" has now had more than 3 years of attachment. On every special occasion, despite being busy with work, "Hibiscus family" always tries to gather as many people as possible. They still regularly post pictures of all 3 members gathering on their personal pages.

Change in appearance after plastic surgery

Erik does not hide that he has undergone plastic surgery to get a better-looking face. However, many people think that singer Erik plastic surgery is a bit too much, making his face lose its naturalness. Many viewers feel sorry for the declining beauty of this talented singer.

Duc Phuc and Erik are suspected of facing each other, how does Hoa Minzy react? Duyên Trần13:02:08 08/12/2021Recently, the social network was extremely confused by the news that the hibiscus family was about to crack. The source of the incident began with two hidden posts by Erik and Duc Phuc in the same time frame. While Duc Phuc "kicked" someone saying: "Yes, I'm the best friend, I...