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Monthly Archives: October, 2022
In the Diaspora: October 2022
News from Việt Nam►Hundreds of Vietnamese workers return home from CambodiaMore / Other►Vietnam is not facing fuel shortages, minister says►Immigrant-owned coffee roasting company brings...
Where Are You From?
I wanted to explore my Vietnamese roots and possibly blend them with my American roots. How could I incorporate that into my music and into my sound?
Fierce Viet German
I wanted to create a new strong, independent picture of an Eastern or South Eastern Asian woman.
More Than Friends, Less Than Lovers
The beginning of the music video asks: “If life is a train of time, which year would you go back to change the most important thing?”
Thet-thet-tha-ret-thaa
Kick up the volume and switch on the microphone: green light / activating my father's stage presence.
Pause, Re-Wheel
Since relistening to several Vietnamese diasporic songs a few years back, I’ve begun to interpret the lyrics as conveying a sense of tragic optimism, a pathos in Vietnamese diasporic music.
Aural Breadcrumbs
“Let’s sing it again,” she whispers, launching us into another round of Socratic dialogues.