The podcast series titled "Glass Sunshine" will send listeners excerpts from the love letters of the late musician Trinh Cong Son to his muse Dao Anh. In addition, the program also introduces 50 of his songs with new arrangements such as "Pink Rain", "Glass Sunshine", "Old Love" or "Watching the Autumn Goes Away"...
The program is produced by the film crew of “Em va Trinh” directed by Phan Gia Nhat Linh. The podcast will be on air from October 14, the first episode “Vai lan gap” will be broadcast at 7 p.m. on Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcast platforms.
The two voices in the podcast are also actors Alvin Lu (playing the role of Trinh Cong Son in his youth) and Hoang Ha (playing the role of Dao Anh in his youth). During his lifetime, the late musician Trinh Cong Son wrote 301 love letters to Dao Anh since 1964. At that time, he was only 25 years old and Dao Anh was only 16 years old, a schoolgirl in Hue. Because of her admiration for Trinh Cong Son, Dao Anh often expressed her feelings and comforted the musician after her love affair with her biological sister - Ngo Vu Bich Diem, the inspiration for the famous song "Old Diem". However, the love between him and Ms. Diem was not as deep as with Ms. Dao Anh.
Trinh Cong Son's 301 letters to Dao Anh were written over a period of 37 years. The period he wrote the most was the first four years, from 1964 to 1967. Through the letters, he expressed his doubts about a happy ending between the two, believing that a breakup and suffering were inevitable. In 1967, Trinh Cong Son took the initiative to break up with Dao Anh, she moved to the US to settle down but remained a close friend of the musician and his family.
Musician Trinh Cong Son and Dao Anh in their youth
In January 2001, he sent Dao Anh his last letter via email but had to ask a friend to type and send it for him because he was sick at the time and could no longer write himself. Three months later, the musician passed away.
Some of the songs the late musician wrote for his lover Dao Anh became famous works, leaving their mark in the hearts of music lovers such as "Please pay debt to someone", "Pink rain", "Lullaby for me on each finger of warm spring", "Sad words of the saint" or "Con tuoi nao cho em".
“Em va Trinh” was shot in early November 2020, the film recreates Trinh Cong Son’s relationships from the 1960s to the 1990s with beauties such as Bich Diem, Dao Anh, famous singer Thanh Thuy and Japanese student Michiko. The film was scheduled to be released to audiences in 2021 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the late musician’s death, but due to the prolonged pandemic, it had to be postponed to 2022.
