"See Tình" (; pronounced in or translates to "See Love" in English) is a song by Vietnamese singer
Hoàng Thùy Linh
Hoàng Thùy Linh (born August 11, 1988) is a Vietnamese V-pop singer and actress.
Early years
As a former student of Hanoi's College of Art, she was trained to be an actress. Thùy Linh had also joined girlband ''Thien Than'' (Angels).
Durin ...
, released in 2022 as the second single from her fourth studio album ''Link''. The Cucak remix of "See Tình" went viral on
TikTok through its use in
dance cover
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s.
Composition
The song was composed and arranged by the group DTAP and takes inspiration from the culture of the
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta ( vi, Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit=Nine Dragon River Delta or simply vi, Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, lit=Mekong River Delta, label=none), also known as the Western Region ( vi, Miền Tây, links=no) or South-weste ...
in Southern Vietnam.
Thùy Linh commented that the song was inspired by her first time falling in love as a teenager.
The song was written in two hours and recorded in just two days. "See Tình" is a pun on the
Vietnamese word "
si tình", which means "to fall in love" or "madly in love".
The song is described as having a
disco-pop
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and
dance-pop
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style
and has a
retro vibe with a
pentatonic-sounding chorus that takes the listener along the
West River with a
cải lương
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piece.
Music video
The music video for "See Tình" was directed by Kawaii Tuấn Anh and written by Minh Châu.
The video's fashion stylist was Hoàng Ku.
The video narratively follows the video for "Gieo Quẻ", the first single from the album ''Link'', which was released on 1 January 2022.
The director opted for a Western Vietnamese setting with simple colors complementing the lyrics of the song, a difference from the northern setting in Linh's previous music videos.
The video made extensive use of CGI, as about 75% of the scenes were recorded on a green screen, and processing time took up to three months. The video's plot is about a mermaid (Linh) who confesses her love to a boy who works as a rug seller.
Vietnamese singer Isaac Phạm makes a guest appearance at the end of the video.
In popular culture
"See Tình" became globally popular through its use of the
remix
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by Cucak on the video sharing service
TikTok, in which users would post themselves dancing to the song.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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2022 songs
2022 singles
Hoàng Thùy Linh songs
Internet memes introduced in 2022