Từ vựng & cấu trúc qua bài báo New sound: Rap gradually goes mainstream in Vietnam (evnexperess)

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Rap Việt đã xác lập kỷ lục trở thành chương trình thực tế có lượt xem trực tuyến CAO NHẤT THẾ GIỚI với hơn 1,1 triệu lượt xem. Một chương trình mới toanh, thu hút sự chú ý của khán giả, chắc hẳn các em cũng nhìn ra, bay giờ muốn bắt trend thì phải biết vài cau rap. Vì thế, bên cạnh hướng dẫn các em cách trả lời SPEAKING chủ đềđề và experiences , IELTS TUTOR sẽ phân tích từ vựng và cấu trúc về thể loại rap qua bài báo New sound: Rap gradually goes mainstream in Vietnam. Các em cùng theo dõi bên dưới nhé!

I. Đoạn báo IELTS TUTOR phân tích

Vietnamese rap artists have managed to drag their music from underground and into the mainstream.

For the last three months Nguyen Thanh Huy and his friends at a university in Hanoi have a new Saturday evening rendezvous : at a coffee shop to watch a TV reality show that seeks to unearth talented rappers.

After each episode they rewatch it on YouTube and talk about it with friends.

Huy, 21, says: "I did not like rap since it used to be associated with gangsters and street culture, but not any more. There are a lot of famous rappers in Vietnam with beautiful songs."

The young man is among millions of Vietnamese who have been hooked on rap music recently.

Rap, which was earlier not popular in Vietnam due to its dark and violent content, slowly won over young music lovers before finding its ways into the mainstream.

The genre first appeared in Vietnam in the late 1990s but did not attract many fans until around a decade ago when many rappers became popular on the Internet.

In the last few years dozens of rap artists, mostly underground, have appeared and achieved success with their music videos getting millions of views and shows attracting tens of thousands of fans.

One of the most prominent faces is Den Vau, famous on the underground and independent music scenes and an icon of rap lovers in recent years.

He first came to prominence with the massive success of "Dua Nhau Di Tron" (Hiding Away Together) in 2015, which fetched him several awards.

Last year he was the most streamed domestic artist in Vietnam on Spotify, the world's biggest music streaming service, and his concert in Ho Chi Minh City sold 5,000 tickets in 10 minutes. Den Vau's latest song "Troi Hom Nay Nhieu May Cuc" (It Is Cloudy Today), has amassed 18 million views and 614,000 likes on YouTube.

Names like Binz, Suboi, Wowy, LK, Khoi, Karik, Big Daddy, and B Ray also have many hits under their belt and millions of fans, marking the rise of the genre in the Vietnamese music industry.

In October, Rapper Binz's music video 'Bigcityboi' has impressed US entertainment website Billboard, which has hailed his performance. The video has raked in over 62 million views on YouTube, and made its way to the video-sharing site's Top Trending in several countries within 12 hours of its premiere in July.

In October, Rapper Binz's music video 'Bigcityboi' has impressed US entertainment website Billboard, which has hailed his performance.

In August something unprecedented happened: rap made its way to national television.

unprecedented (adj) chưa từng có, tính từ này đã xuất hiện trong bài báo

Reality shows looking for talented rappers began to air on prime time on Saturday nights, wowing audiences and smashing TV records.

Videos of performances from the shows got millions of hits on YouTube and thousands of comments. One episode had more than 700,000 concurrent viewers on the streaming platform, a record for a TV show in Vietnam.

"I am shocked by the rise of Vietnamese rap, but it is a nice shock," MC Ill, a leading rapper, says.

Rap for Vietnamese

The influence of foreign culture brought rap to young Vietnamese, but it not gain prominence until local rappers began to write lyrics with more

until local rappers began to write lyrics with more diverse stories, poetic words and metaphors and similes: cho đến khi các rapper địa phương bắt đầu viết lời bài hát với những Câu chuyện đa dạng hơn, từ ngữ thơ mộng và n von.

Rappers are nowadays smart and professional and put a lot of effort into their songs and lyrics, the opposite of what people thought about rap, rapper Neko Le says.

DSK sings about daily life, Binz about love in poetic terms and Mr. T talks about patriotism; some contestants on TV sang about friendship, family and traditional folks, making their music accessible to a wider range of audience.

patriotism (n) lòng yêu nước

One artist with gentle soft lyrics is Den Vau.

"How are you doing? Still the usual daily grind at work?

From dawn to dusk for a measly pay?

How are your coworkers? Any greetings in the elevators?

Any squabbles or digging up dirt on one another during meetings?

This is from his song "Bai Nay Chill Phet" (This Song Is So Chill), which is very popular, especially among those running in the urban rat race.

To take their rhythms, words and puns to more people, many rappers have stepped out of their underground world and cooperated with famous singers in the last few years.

Karik, one of the first rappers to collaborate with mainstream artists and achieve success, says: "The world of music is massive out there. If I live in the underground world, I will be a frog in the well."

His 2018 song "Nguoi La Oi" (Hey Stranger), for which he collaborated with young singer Orange, was a big hit.

Earlier this year "Chan Ai" (True Love) performed by Orange and another rapper, Khoi, became one of the most trending videos on YouTube.

Later "Tu Choi Nhe Nhang Thoi" (Softly Turn You Down) by Bich Phuong and rapper Phuc Du also became a hit on several streaming platforms.

The so-called underground music has become a loose term as many artists, especially rappers, have stepped out and been widely recognized.

Another reason for the rise of rap is that it came as a breath of fresh air for audiences who were tiring of mainstream music.

"We have listened to pop and rock music for decades; rap is such a new lovely genre," Huy, who calls himself a new fan of rap, says.

Rap has been around for years, but underground, and so not many people cared about it, but now new factors have made it popular, film director Nguyen Quang Dung reckons.

However, some people are skeptical , saying the genre could return to anonymity after the shows end on TV.

Rapper Ha Le asks: Will producers of these rap competitions keep supporting them even if they are not profitable, or will they only chase after whatever giving them commercial benefit?

Training a future generation of rappers will be vital to sustain the music because, unlike pop, rap is harder to listen to and takes people a long time to get hooked, he says.

In the meantime there is a glimmer of hope : more and more rappers are being recognized, and people have started opening their hearts to the genre.

Từ vựng & cấu trúc qua bài báo New sound: Rap gradually goes mainstream in Vietnam (evnexperess)

II. Phân tích từ vựng & cấu trúc tác giả sử dụng trong bài báo

  • rendezvous (n) điểm hẹn
  • (v) seek to do sth: cố gắng để làm gì đó
  • (v) unearth: nghĩa gốc là khai quật ⇒ trường hợp này có thể hiểu là phát hiện
  • (to) associate with sb: liên quan tới ai
    • Liên quan đến từ associate with, IELTS TUTOR hướng dẫn các em thêm một số phrasal verb có nghĩa tương đương, các em lưu ý các giới từ đi cùng nhé:

      • go in on sth: tham gia vào hoạt động gì đó. Ex: He bought a jet for personal use, inviting three friends to go in on it. (Anh ta mua một chuyên cơ riêng, mời 3 người bạn đi cùng)

      • align yourself with sth / sb: đồng hành, ủng hộ mục tiêu của tổ chức / cá nhân nào đó, gắn bản thân với điều gì đó. Ex: The major unions are aligned with the government on this issue. (Các công đoàn lớn liên kết với chính phủ về vấn đề này.)

  • (to) hook on: say mê

  • Rap, which was earlier not popular in Vietnam due to its dark and violent content, slowly won over young music lovers before finding its ways into the mainstream. Rap, trước đó không phổ biến ở Việt Nam do nội dung đen tối và bạo lực, dần dần chiếm được cảm tình của giới trẻ yêu nhạc trước khi tìng đường nhnạ thih thg thgà thà

  • mainstream (n) được coi là bình thường và có hoặc sử dụng các ý tưởng, niềm tin, được hầu hết mọi người chấp nhận

  • achieve success: đạt đến thành công, 2 từ này thường đi cùng nhau khi biểu thị sự thành công, các em lưu ý đây là mẹo để nghe bài IELTS LISTENING đạt target nhé!

  • prominent (adj) nổi bật, rất nổi tiếng và quan trọng ⇒ prominence (n)

  • amasse 18 million views: thu về 18 nghìn lượt xem

  • under one’s belt: đã học được, đã thành công và bây giờ là một phần kinh nghiệm của ai đó ⇒ trong câu “Binz, Suboi, Wowy, LK, Khoi, Karik, Big Daddy, and B Ray also have many hits under their belt” có thể hiểu Binz, Suboi, Wowy, LK, Khoi, Karik, Big Daddy, and B Ray có nhiều bài hát đình đám trong sự nghiệp nổi tiếng của họ.

    • Các em nên học thêm các cụm idioms, note lại những từ ruột để áp dụng vào bài IELTS SPEAKING/ WRITING, bài viết có điểm nhấn đặc biệt thì dễ chinh phục giám khảo phải không nào!

  • (to) hail: ca ngợi

  • (to)smashTV records: phá kỷ lục truyền hình.

  • pun (n) sự chơi chữ

  • The so-called underground music has become a loose term as many artists, especially rappers, have stepped out and been widely recognized. Cái gọi là âm nhạc underground đã trở thành một thuật ngữ linh hoạt (không cứng nhắc) khi nhiều nghệ sĩ, đặc biệt là các rapper, đã bước ra ngoài và được công nhận rộng rãi.

  • genre: thể loại

  • concurrent (adj) đồng thời

  • skeptical (adj): hoài nghi

  • anonymity (n): sựu ẩn danh, ẩn dật

  • be vital to: quan trọng, cần thiết

  • (to) sustain: duy trì

  • a glimmer of hope (n) một tia hy vọng

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