Vietnamese New Wave

Vietnamese-American(?) version of synthpop/eurodance/eurodisco/italodisco/etc.

Stumbled onto songs songs on Youtube, mapping my web search …

• https://saigoneer.com/saigon-music-art/19467-the-curious-subculture-of-vietnamese-new-wave
  • https://www.instagram.com/newwavedocumentary/
    Documentary by Elizabeth Ai, insta has lots of scene images
    • https://linktr.ee/newwavedoc
• https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10477731/vietnamese-new-wave
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_by_Night
  • 'Lynda Trang Dai (sometimes spelled “Linda” on bootleg items), Trizzie Phuong Trinh (now Trizzie Nguyen — sometimes spelled “Trizzy” incorrectly on bootleg materials), Leyna Phuong Nguyen, and Thai Tai, to name a few.'
  • Also mentions E. Ai's doco https://elizabethai.com/new-wave
    • https://diacritics.org/2020/08/new-wave-a-conversation-with-filmmaker-elizabeth-ai-on-her-documentary/
      • https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0f75TgsQ7HyShuJUixmERJ?si=5sOfsWTsQIq3LpY8OW9udw&nd=1
      • https://ericbrightwell.com/2010/03/09/the-vietnamese-new-wave-revival/
• Vietnamese Pop Music in The 80s – The New Wave | VTV World - Music in Vietnam, different thing, but investigate.
  • Melody of Love, by Tran Tien.
  • The Song I Sing, by Tu Vi.
  • Oh, A Wonderful Life, by Nguyen Ngoc Thien.
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• https://www.discogs.com/search/?q=&type=all&type=all&country_exact=Vietnam
• https://saigoneer.com/saigon-music-art/21019-party-like-it-s-1985-a-new-mixtape-resurrects-vintage-vietnamese-new-wave-bangers
• https://vwave.bandcamp.com/album/vwave-rare-vietnamese-new-wave-1980s
  • Supposed to release a follow-up at some point
• https://www.youtube.com/@overseasvietnamesemusic-am7525/videos

Artists:

• Lynda Trang Dai
• Trizzie Phuong Trinh
• Leyna Phuong Nguyen
• Thai Tai
• Ngọc Tuyết
  • Love Is The Name Of The Game