Birth name Nguyen Khoa Toc Tien Website Facebook page Occupation(s) student, vocalist Name Toc Tien | Years active 2005-present Role Singer Associated acts Paris by Night Genres Pop music | |
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Born 13 May 1989 (age 35)
Vietnam ( 1989-05-13 ) Education Pasadena City College, Le Hong Phong High School, California State University, Long Beach Similar People Dong Nhi, Ho Ngoc Ha, Minh Tuyet, Nhu Quynh, Thuy Tien Profiles | ||
Vietlish adventures episode 7 in the usa with toc tien toc may joseph hieu dinh maria tran
Nguyễn Khoa Tóc Tiên (born 13 May 1989), who uses the stage name Tóc Tiên, is a Vietnamese pop singer. In 2009, she moved to the US to start college, and began appearing regularly on Paris By Night, an overseas Vietnamese-language musical variety show. In 2015, she returned to Vietnam to launch a comeback and released "Vũ Điệu Cồng Chiêng", which became her signature hit.
Contents
- Vietlish adventures episode 7 in the usa with toc tien toc may joseph hieu dinh maria tran
- Toc tien hit g5 trong ngay mai toc tien vocal range
- Biography
- 20152016 Vietnam comeback and success
- Filmography
- Studio albums
- Collaboration albums
- Extended plays
- Compilation albums
- References
Toc tien hit g5 trong ngay mai toc tien vocal range
Biography
Toc Tien was born into a wealthy family. She has two younger brothers and was nicknamed Ti within the family home. Her mother is a former ballet dancer. From grades one to five, she was the highest academic achiever in her class. At age 16, she was the first prize winner of a beauty contest sponsored by Fujifilm.
She attended Le Hong Phong High School, one of Vietnam's most renowned high schools, but her grades suffered as her school schedule conflicted with her singing schedule.
In 2009, she moved to California to begin undergraduate studies at Pasadena City College, with ambitions to study a pre-medical course. She then transferred to CSU Long Beach. Initially, she majored in Biology, but later switched to Communications. Although she is generally recognized as a pop star by the Vietnamese students she meets, she does not disclose this status to her non-Vietnamese classmates.
The Vietnam News Agency described Toc Tien as "well known among local teens" (in Vietnam). VNExpress called her a "singer students love." For the release of her album My Turn in 2011, she remade her image as more adult and sensual.
2015–2016: Vietnam comeback and success
In 2015, Toc Tien launched a comeback in Vietnam. She was a contestant on the popular musical competition show "The Remix" alongside other young pop stars such as Isaac and Sơn Tùng M-TP. During this time she began working with producer Touliver, who remixed her single "Ngày mai". After she performed the remix of this song on the show, it became a sensation. This remix included 2 dance breaks where a gong is prominently featured, and so the song eventually became known to much of the general public as the "Gong dance" (Vũ Điệu Cồng Chiêng) rather than by its original name. The craze over the performance started a trend of Vietnamese youth uploading covers of the dance on YouTube. Later, it was reported by the Vietnamese press that a Khmer singer had copied the dance during a televised performance. When the music video for Vũ Điệu Cồng Chiêng was released in May, it quickly went viral in Vietnam, where it currently has reached over 11 million views as of January 2016. The video was featured in a Thai TV report on the recent rapid development of Vietnamese pop.
In January 2016, Toc Tien announced the release of a mini-album, titled T, featuring 4 new tracks. She also released a music video for the lead single "Big Girls Don't Cry", which featured a plot of betrayal and murder set amidst a Japanese-inspired backdrop. The music video notably featured guest stars Nyle Dimarco, the winner of the final season of America's Next Top Model, as well as the runner-up from that cycle, Mamé Adjei. The mini-album also includes the previously released promotional single "The Beat of Celebration" (featuring Justatee and Big Daddy).
Filmography
In December 2015, Toc Tien made her film debut in the action-comedy Già Gân, Mỹ Nhân và Găng Tơ, alongside veteran comedian Hoài Linh.