Tang Duy Tan: The nephew of the former Minister of Culture, causing a fever in China

In the increasingly vibrant Vpop music market with the appearance of many young singers, Tang Duy Tan emerged as a special case, a "phenomenon" that breaks many conventional norms of creating hits.

Not possessing the standard appearance of a Kpop "male god", nor appearing densely on reality TV gameshows from the beginning, this boy born in 1995 chose to conquer the audience with his own different musical thinking.

Tang Duy Tan's career is a journey that began from rustic demos on social media to the status of a leading "hit-maker", who holds the formula to create melodies that haunt the minds of listeners from Vietnam to the market of billions of people in China.

Few people know that the owner of a series of cult hits was born in a family with an illustrious artistic tradition in Quang Tri. He is the grandson of the late musician Tran Hoan, the former Minister of Culture and Information, the author of immortal songs such as The Word of the Departed, At the same time, he is also the cousin of Divo Tung Duong - a monstrous voice full of internal strength of the Vietnamese music industry. And it is also Tang Duy Tan who is the author behind his cousin's hit song Rebirth. However, instead of choosing the path of spreading roses or relying on the reputation of his father and uncle, Tang Duy Tan chose to hide this "terrible" background throughout the early years of his career. The boy born in 1995 wants to conquer the audience with his own different musical thinking and strength.

Before becoming a household name for digital music charts, Tang Duy Tan had a start that had little to do with professional performing arts. Graduating in Oriental Studies and having worked as a tour guide in Hue, he accumulated for himself living capital and understanding of Asian culture. Debut songs such as First Love, Innocence or Da Vu were initially only rekindled in the indie and TikTok music listening communities, but quickly spread thanks to the catchy pentatonic melody mixed with modern electronic sounds.

However, it was not until mid-2022, when Above the Floor was born, that the name Tang Duy Tan really exploded. This song with a modern house melody mixed with pentatonic sounds has created a real earthquake. Not only dominating the #1 Trending YouTube Vietnam for a long time, the song also set a record when it stood on the Billboard Vietnam Hot 100 for many weeks in a row. More proudly, Above the Floor also reaches out to the big sea when appearing in the Youtube Global Music Videos chart - a rare achievement of Vietnamese music. With hundreds of millions of views and thousands of cover versions from around the world, this hit officially put his name straight into the ranks of A-list stars.

Not letting himself "sleep" on the peak of glory, Tang Duy Tan continues to prove that the title of "hit-making machine" is not a false name. At the end of 2023, he launched the next explosion called Cut Sorrow in Half, sweeping all digital platforms at breakneck speed. The song quickly climbed to #1 Trending YouTube, reaching more than 100 million views in just a short time and bringing him a double award at Green Wave. On the TikTok platform, hashtags related to the song garner billions of views. Not stopping there, the duet Turn On Love with Hoa Minzy also became a "national" song in karaoke rooms, dominating the #1 Spotify Vietnam for many weeks. These talking numbers have shattered the "one-hit wonder" prejudice, affirming his remarkable endurance on the harsh V-pop track. Not only stopping at viral singles, Tang Duy Tan also affirmed his artistic thinking with depth through his debut album called The Garden of Love. The album quickly achieved impressive achievements with tens of millions of streams on digital platforms, especially the two hits Say Song and Ikigai.

The most dazzling and unique highlight of Tang Duy Tan's career is the ability to export music to the Chinese market of billions of people, something that few Vietnamese artists can do. This success does not come from random luck but from a very unique mindset of making music. Tang Duy Tan's music stands out for its unique combination of traditional Vietnamese pentatonic sounds with modern electronic music such as deep house. This style creates mysterious, ghostly but extremely catchy colors, turning his compositions into million-view hits, easily viral on TikTok and online platforms.

It is the cultural similarity through this pentagram material that has made Da Vu or Innocent become close, easy to feel to Chinese audiences and become the hottest trend on Douyin with billions of views. Realizing this terrible attraction, the Chinese units took the initiative to buy the copyright to compose from him. The fact that famous stars of C-biz such as Ly Than and Trinh Khai performed the song Cut in Half Sorrow with Hoa lyrics in the program to welcome the New Year 2026 or big TV shows is the clearest proof of his position. Tang Duy Tan is not importing culture, he is exporting Vietnamese gray matter to the world, affirming that Vietnamese music is fully capable of competing fairly on the international stage.

In addition to his sublime career, Tang Duy Tan's private life has also received the attention of the audience, especially rumors of a romance with female singer Bich Phuong. Although the two chose to remain silent and have never publicly confirmed it, this relationship is considered a "public secret" in the entertainment world through a series of quality "hints" from using couples to travel together. The presence of a talented "pink shadow" next to him is said to be a great inspiration for Tang Duy Tan to sublimate more in his recent compositions about love, bringing brighter and more optimistic melodies.

Looking back on the past journey, Tang Duy Tan is a typical role model for the generation of Gen Z artists who are talented, independent and thoughtful. Without the need for tricks to polish his name or rely on a huge family, he conquered the audience with his own "addictive" melodies and serious professional attitude. With the current momentum, Tang Duy Tan's name is expected to go far, not only as a V-pop star but also as an influential music producer in the region.

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