{"id":612,"date":"2020-02-05T02:24:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T19:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leminhha.vn\/?p=612"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T08:40:07","slug":"not-so-chill-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leminhha.vn\/?p=612","title":{"rendered":"Not So Chill Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>Last year the song\u00a0<em>B\u00e0i N\u00e0y Chill Ph\u1ebft\u00a0<\/em>was everywhere. It was released around summer I believe, and everybody was sharing it on facebook.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0110en ft. MIN - B\u00e0i N\u00e0y Chill Ph\u1ebft (M\/V)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ddaEtFOsFeM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It took me a while to give the song a listen&#8230; and wow, I was immediately impressed. The song has a dreamlike and melancholic feel to it. The chorus, with the beautiful female voice, gives out this dreamy vibe of a peaceful place where you just long to be after a day of hard work. The lyrics sound like they come straight from the author&#8217;s heart &#8212; very genuine and touching. The wordplay is really good too. I&#8217;ve never heard anything like this song before. It really is no wonder why the song became so popular: it speaks to a young generation who would much rather &#8216;chill&#8217; (being with their friends and having a good time) and express themselves rather than pursue the rat race of moneymaking.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m absolutely not a music connoisseur or an art critic. I just think that the song is really good. I&#8217;ve listened to it many times and have always enjoyed it. In September 2019, I actually attended a live show by \u0110en at M\u1ef9 \u0110\u00ecnh stadium, and I enjoyed every second of his performance.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently when I started to pay more attention to the lyrics&#8230; and wow, I&#8217;ve got to say, there&#8217;s quite a bit of the song that I don&#8217;t approve of at all. At least the first verse it is &#8212; I think it promotes a selfish and entitled attitude.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>1st Half: Fuck Your Work<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The first (rap) verse of the song is literally just the author lamenting the dreadfulness of a 9-5 job.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;<br \/>\n\u0110\u1ed3ng nghi\u1ec7p c\u1ee7a em th\u1ebf n\u00e0o, trong thang m\u00e1y c\u00f3 ch\u00e0o v\u1edbi nhau?<br \/>\nC\u00f3 n\u00f3i qua n\u00f3i l\u1ea1i v\u00e0 nh\u1eefng cu\u1ed9c h\u1ecdp c\u00f3 \u0111\u00e0o b\u1edbi nhau?<br \/>\nS\u1ebfp c\u1ee7a em th\u1ebf n\u00e0o, d\u1ec5 t\u00ednh hay th\u01b0\u1eddng g\u1eaft g\u1ecfng?<br \/>\nAnh ta c\u00f3 th\u01b0\u01a1ng nh\u00e2n vi\u00ean hay th\u01b0\u1eddng bu\u00f4ng l\u1eddi s\u1eafc m\u1ecfng?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like this mentality. It sounds like the author is referring to a stereotypical toxic workplace where your boss treats you like crap, and your co-workers do nothing but gossip and play office politics.<\/p>\n<p>This is just\u00a0<em>wild\u00a0<\/em>exaggeration. If you feel like you are mistreated by everybody, both your bosses and your co-workers, then maybe <em>you<\/em> are the problem. Stop whining and blaming the world. It&#8217;s like the saying, <em>&#8220;if everyone around you is an asshole, then maybe you are the asshole&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In my limited number of years alive, I&#8217;ve found that people are mostly nice. You do your thing well and treat people politely, and nobody will give you crap.<\/p>\n<p>Now I know toxic workplaces do exist. Anyone who works in a government office has to deal with bullshit on the daily. But if it were me, I&#8217;d either try to change it, leave it, or just shut up and focus on my job. I don&#8217;t write a fucking song to badmouth my colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>The next part, he talks about the stress of work which is actually rather relatable. But then he gets to this egregious line:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>V\u00e0 \u0111\u1eebng \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111\u1eddi ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng chu\u1ed7i ng\u00e0y \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ch\u1ea5m c\u00f4ng<br \/>\nMi\u1ec7ng c\u01b0\u1eddi nh\u01b0 n\u1eafng h\u1ea1, nh\u01b0ng trong l\u00f2ng th\u00ec ch\u1edbm \u0111\u00f4ng<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So he&#8217;s essentially saying that your job is just a series of clocking in-clocking out throughout which you have to constantly fake it: smiley on the outside, dead on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>This is a horrible attitude to have. I think that if you are given a job, any job, you should do it with all your heart. I don&#8217;t care how shitty or unpleasant the job is; if I am to do it, I will do my damn best. I&#8217;m not going to put on a facade and wish for the day to be over just so I can clock out and leave.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not very good with words, so here&#8217;s a great quote by MLK: <em>\u201cIf a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, &#8216;Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2nd Half: Live Freely<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the next verse, he talks about his life as a singer. And then he concludes the song with a bridge that basically says that you should always be young at heart, live freely, and focus on building memories and finding peace for yourself instead of getting caught in the moneymaking rat race.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>M\u00ecnh s\u01b0\u1edbng h\u01a1n nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi gi\u00e0u nh\u1ec9<br \/>\nV\u1ea7ng tr\u00e1n m\u00ecnh ch\u01b0a h\u1ec1 nh\u00e0u nh\u0129<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1ng ch\u00fang ta l\u00e0m, v\u00ec t\u1edd b\u1ea1c nhi\u1ec1u m\u00e0u trong v\u00ed<br \/>\n\u0110\u00eam v\u1ec1 ta chill, ri\u00eang m\u00ecnh m\u1ed9t b\u1ea7u kh\u00f4ng kh\u00ed<\/p>\n<p>Ch\u00fang ta c\u00f3 nh\u1eefng chi\u1ec1u v\u00e0ng, d\u1eaft tay nhau l\u00ean \u0111\u1ed3i xa<br \/>\nN\u1eafng kho\u00e1c l\u00ean m\u00ecnh l\u1edbp \u00e1o, nheo m\u1eaft l\u1ea1i nh\u00ecn tr\u1eddi hoa<br \/>\nV\u00e0 nh\u1eefng \u0111\u00eam \u0111en huy\u1ec1n d\u1ecbu, cho ti\u1ebfng l\u00f2ng th\u00eam d\u00f5ng d\u1ea1c<br \/>\nTa th\u1ea5y nhau b\u1eb1ng t\u00e2m h\u1ed3n v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng c\u1ea7n nh\u00ecn b\u1eb1ng v\u00f5ng m\u1ea1c<br \/>\nTa s\u1ebd c\u1ed1 \u0111\u1ec3 c\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c nh\u1eefng th\u1ee9 m\u00e0 ta ch\u1edd mong<br \/>\nD\u01b0\u1edbi ng\u1ecdn \u0111\u1ed3i, c\u0103n nh\u00e0 nh\u1ecf<br \/>\nNh\u00ecn ra b\u1edd s\u00f4ng<br \/>\nV\u00ec anh ch\u01b0a t\u1eebng m\u01a1 ng\u00e0y n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3 m\u00ecnh tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh si\u00eau sao<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have no problem with this part. I quite like it actually &#8212; it promotes minimalism which is a great outlook on life. We should strive <em>just enough <\/em>to create a little corner of peace and contentment for ourselves, and the focus of life should indeed be on acquiring experiences and building memories. Our bottomless greed and the constant-growth nature of capitalism have fucked the planet and made society unfair enough as it is.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, more of us should be more like \u0110en. Fuck money, live freely. (Just kidding! But totally &#8212; there&#8217;s even a similar slogan on the banner of my blog haha)<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Now of course after all, it&#8217;s just a song. \u0110en is simply expressing himself. He is obviously a free-spirited artist who has issues with the rigidity of the modern 9-5 lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Still &#8212; I think, at least for the first half of the song, it&#8217;s a horrible message to tell a young audience. Complain about all the shitty aspects of your job, and say how much you wish to get out to &#8216;chill&#8217;? Nope, that is not how you do it.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he should be rapping about this: work hard, treat your colleagues with respect, do your job with excellence, <em>and then<\/em> you can chill later. How much better would that be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year the song\u00a0B\u00e0i N\u00e0y Chill Ph\u1ebft\u00a0was everywhere. It was released around summer I believe, and everybody was sharing it on facebook. 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