Artists record song to cheer on national football team

A hundred of Vietnamese singers, actors, MCs and models recorded a song together to cheer on Vietnam’s National Football Team at the region’s biggest sports event, the 29th SEA Games in Malaysia next week.
Artists record song to cheer on national football team ảnh 1Vietnamese artists act in the Nhung Ngoi Sao San Co (Football Stars) music video to cheer the national football team at the 29th SEA Games (Photo from DJ Wang Tran’s Facebook Page)
HCM City (VNA) - A hundred of Vietnamese singers,actors, MCs and models recorded a song together to cheer on Vietnam’s NationalFootball Team at the region’s biggest sports event, the 29th SEA Games inMalaysia next week.

Nhung Ngoi Sao San Co (FootballStars) is a composition of songwriter and dan bau (aVietnamese one-stringed zither) player Ha Chuong. It is produced and mixed byDJ Wang Tran.

The song contains a message from Vietnamese fans encouraging allplayers to play well and bring home the gold medal.

The work’s beat is a mixture of Latin rhythm and electronic dancemusic. It also has a few sections of dan bau played by Chuong.

The song was sung by dozens of famous singers, such as PhuongThanh, Thanh Thao and Nguyen Phi Hung, along with bands of MTV, Lip B andVMusic.

MCs Thanh Bach and Quoc Binh and models Tien Dat and Duc Vinh alsojoined in the performance.

“I believe the song will help our players relax and motivate themto win the champion at this year’s SEA Games,” said Wang Tran, who has beenDJing for 15 years and won several international prizes. He launched his firstworld tour through 20 countries in May.

The music video for the song was directed by Huynh Phuc Thanh Nhan,who made several successful television shows such as Nguoi Hung Ti Hon –a Vietnamese version of the American talent show for children LittleGiant, and Ca Si Giau Mat – Vietnamese version of a Koreansinging show Hidden Singers.

The video was filmed last week at the Mong Bridge in district 1and Ho Xuan Huong Gymnasium in district 3 with participation of all the artistsand 100 dancers and 100 university students.

It is expected to be released before the opening match of VietnamNational Football Team on August 15.-VNA
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