“Có hẹn với thanh xuân” by MONSTAR

By: Phạm Cao Nguyên, Vietnam

Have you ever reminisced the beautiful memories you made during your youth—that bittersweet feeling when you are glad they happened but sad they have passed? One song perfectly captures that emotion and even brings you a positive outlook with its message: “Có hẹn với thanh xuân” by MONSTAR, a Vietnamese boy group. With its harmonious íntrumental, alluring visuals, and beautiful lyrics, this song depicts the feeling of bidding goodbye to a past full of unforgettable memories and nostalgia. Those memories will not fade but forever stay within us, as long as we remember them.

This song holds a dear place in my heart as it was released around the time I had just finished four years of middle school. It perfectly resonated with my feelings at the time which was a mix of sadness and gratefulness. With it, I felt as if I was not alone; that this feeling was also felt by others. The song helped a lot mentally, but most importantly, taught me that waving goodbye to the past is inevitable and that we all need to move on to become a better person. Furthermore, just as the title “Có hẹn với thanh xuân” (which, in my opinion, can be translated as “One day we will meet our youth again”) suggests, youth is never really gone; we will meet it again someday, and until that day, we need to be grateful of the memories of our youth and become strong, improving so that we will be worthy of our memories. Through this, I hope I was able to share with you all a wonderful song with a beautiful message.

From the "Có hẹn với thanh xuân" music video, directed by Thuy Vu.