Revealing the identity of the author of the song A Duck, the first billion-view song in Vietnam

The children's song A Duck has officially reached the billion-view mark on the YouTube platform. A terrible number that no song has ever achieved in Vietnam, netizens also began to search for the identity of the song's author and learn about copyright.

Surpassing many "million view" singers such as Son Tung M-TP, Hoang Thuy Linh, Jack... recently, the MV for the song A Duck - a version posted on a children's music channel - has reached 1 billion views. (views), becoming the first Vietnamese song to reach billions of views on the YouTube platform. When mentioning A Duck, many people still remember Xuan Mai and also think that she was the first singer to perform this song, in 1998, when Xuan Mai was only 3 years old.

Musician Nguyen Thuy Kha revealed: "The author of this song is Kim Duyen." The musician speculates that Kim Duyen is a kindergarten teacher in Hai Duong. He also did not know whether she was alive or passed away. According to him, during the teaching process, preschool teachers often compose songs to teach children and let them have fun.

"A duck was born a long time ago, because when I was a child I heard and knew this song, so I think the age of the song is probably about 65 - 70 years. This song exists today and reached 1 billion views because it's funny and adorable. The lyrics are short, easy to memorize and talk about the life of a very cute animal, close to children, the duck," musician Nguyen Thuy Kha shared.

Just like musician Nguyen Thuy Kha, poet Tran Dang Khoa confirmed, "A duck with a long life", the author of this song is Kim Duyen because according to his research, there is no one and found a second name. The poet of many children's poems also guessed that the author was not a professional musician but a preschool teacher.

According to Tran Dang Khoa, only preschool teachers can understand such child psychology. During the teaching process, she practiced making ducks and showing movements according to the lyrics of the song. Singing "A duck with two wings spread out", the children spread their arms. When it comes to the sentence "It says "cable cable, cable, cable, scrape", then slap on the butt. It's so simple, any kid can do it.

"This song currently has more than 1 billion views because it is very suitable for children and adults also enjoy listening to it, because as I once said: "In an adult there is always a child that is never lost and in a child child, there is always an adult in the making."

An interesting duck is not because there is anything profound or sublime, but because of the innocence and naivety in this song's lyrics. Children can easily sing, remember and memorize immediately. Thanks to that naivety, simplicity but innocence, a duck lived so long," poet Tran Dang Khoa expressed.

Musician Thai Chi Thanh - author won the Cricket Aspiration Award 2024 with the musical composition of the poem Oh Moon... Where does it come from? by poet Tran Dang Khoa - said: "Since I was a child, I have listened to A Duck, so I guess the author of this song must be very old.

I have an 18-month-old grandchild who loves A Duck and always opens it on YouTube to watch and eat. I think the song's MV will continue to spread and gain more views in the near future."

Journalist Pham Hong Tuyen - daughter of musician Pham Tuyen, who was associated with the show Little Flowers that attracted audiences for a while on television - also confirmed that the author of the song A Duck is Kim Duyen.

"I also guess that the author Kim Duyen is a preschool teacher living in some northern province, not Hanoi. 50 years ago, when I was 4-5 years old, I heard this song, so, The duck must have been born before and be very old. The author is definitely old. I only know the author "One Duck" so much.

Many people are curious, how will royalties be paid to authors? Does the owner of the channel whose MV A Duck reached 1 billion views look for author Kim Duyen to share this huge profit?

Talking about this issue, journalist Pham Hong Tuyen - daughter of musician Pham Tuyen - said that it is the right thing to do because in her opinion, MV producers benefit the most and clearly must have that song. Just came up with such a product.