Khiem Tran

Currently listening to this beautiful song.

It is not normal at all for me to listen this song, because I only listen to it on “special” ocasions. But, I just want my first/second (whatever you may call it) post on this blog to be a little more unique, so I decided to play it. No one knows exactly how special this song is to me, and even I had to spend a quite lot of time considering if I should let people know about it, but it doesn’t matter any more because I’m gonna write about it anyway.

So the first time I listened to this song was a glum and emotional day for me. I remember slamming the damn door after receiving my result. Earlier, I took part in a provincial excellent contest for high school students, and I only got the consolation prize in English. I expected so much from it, so that prize absolutely did not satisfy me. To be honest, I felt ashamed, and sad. I really needed motivation.

I slammed the door, and got absolutely nothing to do. I did not know what to do next, and I did not even know what my next goals were gonna be. So after a quite long time just sitting, somehow I decided to watch Youtube, but I didn’t even know what to watch. Unexpectedly I figured out that music is really a cure for me right now, so I just kept scrolling down to find some good music.

Then the MV of this song appeared. I have never listened to it, never watch the music video, because I occationally listened to Avicii’s songs back to that time. But I like his music, so I just wanted to give it a try. Since I’m bad at describing, I’m just gonna tell you what I love about the song. First, Avicii’s music is always good, and this song is no exception. The tempo suited my feelings perfectly, and the singer’s vocal was just awsome and beautiful. But what makes the song so so special in my heart is the video. The music video, like every other Avicii’s video, is made to send a message to people, and I love the meaning of it. It tells people to stand up after a fall, and try as hard as they can to pursue their goals. I love the way it gives me so much motivation EVERYTIME I listen to it. The video also taught us the lesson of family love and expectations. As it can be seen, the little daughter in the video expect so much from his father’s result, but he could not do well in the contest. I remember I busted into tears right at the scene when the girl cried, and then I cried a lot, too. I have to admit that I cried a lot, but only by crying so much can I figure out that it helps me. At first I realized how much my family expected from me, and then I felt a lot more relieved, and a decision to try a lot harder next time was easily made.

And guess what, next year I got the second prize ^^

Now and then, whenever I need motivation, there’s one thing I would do for sure: open Youtube and watch this music video. You should give it a try as well: https://youtu.be/V6iKSUoUN48

Hi, my name is Khiem, and I am the owner of this blog.

The blog is all about music. This is a way to let you guys know more about my type of music. I’ll post when I am free about which songs I listen to, and maybe some stuff relating to them (my feelings about it, what I am currently doing at that moment while listening to the songs, or my first thought about them, etc.).

I love music. I listen to it a lot. The very first thing I always do just after waking up is to play a song (or songs), and keep listening to it/them while preparing myself. The idea of sharing what I listen to has been on my mind for the last 2 years, and actually I created an Instagram account about a year ago so that I could post screenshots of the songs I played at that moment, but the project didn’t work so well. But now, I decided to try again, but this time I use Tumblr (I still cannot figure out why I choose it 😂).

I cannot tell exactly what my favorite genres of music are; partly because I fall in love with a lot of songs of different genres, partly because sometimes I find it hard to differentiate between two genres; but I can tell you my all-time favorite artists: Avicii (sadly he is not with us anymore, but his music lives forever), BIGBANG, and last but certainly not least, Swedish House Mafia. Their music suits me so well. There are some other great artists that I pay much admiration and support to: Ed Sheeran, Alesso, Kygo, Akdong Musician, Against The Current, Armin van Buuren, etc...

I mostly use Apple Music to play, but sometimes I use Soundcloud because there are songs that are not available on AM, and there are some other songs that are not available on AM Vietnam. I spent a lot of time thinking which to use, either Apple Music or Spotify, but after weeks of consideration, I choose Apple Music for some reasonable reasons.