Fat Panda Tuan is an inspiration due to his multi-talented personality traits. He has worked through his fears and honed his talents in the fitness and music industry. Tuan is a certified fitness trainer, and he was a general manager at LA Fitness. He is also a renowned chef and musician. His social media accounts has a growing fan base for music and food.
Background:
Fat Panda Tuan was born in Vietnam but his current nest is in Germantown, Maryland. His parents were separated and divorced when he was in junior high. Tuan faced depression, anxiety, overweight problem in his early life, but he proved himself a courageous person. During college, he studied wireless and network technologies. However, while working at LA Fitness; he decided to study anatomy & physiology to become a certified personal training professional.
Music Background & Career:
Music has undergone remarkable changes through the generations. Many young artists are challenging old ways of music creation into more creative melodies. But Fat Panda Tuan’s aura stands out from the rest.
Tuan’s father has a successful career in playing keyboard and the guitar. His father is a well known musician in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Tuan was inspired by his father’s work at young age. He was fascisinated and learned many music genres, including Jazz, Tango, Cha-Cha, Swing, and Latin music. Tuan draws musical flavors and inspirations from his music-loving artistic family. He deduced those musical flavors and complimented it to the genre of Hip-hop. Along with his friends, Tuan started rapping in junior high school and continued on for a little during college. After not seeing much result, he left the music industry to work on his professional career as personal trainer. He said “I felt like I needed to find myself.”
Although he was doing exceptionally well in his professional career; Tuan was not satisfied in his heart and felt lacking for not pursuing his music career. He had earned enormous success in his fitness training journey, but his heart was not happy with just fitness. He could not neglect his instincts anymore, and his musical inspirations and dreams found their way out. “I was happy with my career, but something inside of me felt a strong need to be expressed. I dealt with depression as a child, and the music was always very therapeutic for me. When I’m making music, I feel confident and alive! I hope I can inspire others to feel the same, whether it be through my music or myself as a person.”
He jumped back into his music career in 2018 and immediately hit the gas pedal. He gained reputation after releasing the LP “Shinboi Tempura” in 2018. The project has 14 tracks all produced by Kid Ocean Beats; who has a growing youtube channel with over 350k subscribers.
Fat Panda Tuan is heavily inspired by popular Japanese culture. His music album is a hybrid of modern hip-hop and a fusion of asian culture, all in one pot. He says life is like a video game where we are all players, and we can attain our dreams and goals.
Project Shinobi Tempura:
Project Shinobi Tempura reveals his true artistic colors, including the Asian culture. The refreshing artwork exhibits a female shinobi meditating; the art contributes with many popular asian commodities.
In this project, he created imagery of real life in the form of a game. The outstanding and refreshing melodies, combined with Tuan’s staccato flow; won the hearts of his fans. Tuan has a vibe, most of his music is head bobbing. It’s a mixture of southern bounce mixed with upstate east coast sonic and a sprinkle of many different genres. It is visible in his artistic work that transcends soothing vibes to listeners.
“I do a lot of melodic rapping and singing, and my bars are creative. They can be funny and humorous yet witty and clever at the same time. I strive to make music that makes people feel good. I want to excite me’ up and empower them with confidence. I want my listeners to feel good and catch a positive vibe from my songs!”
Project Tempura is a fusion of multicultural vibes, modern and traditional rap flow with a touch of humor, wit, anime, and video game.
Future Goals:
Tuan has significant goals for his future as a musical artist. Although he has made a more substantial impact with “Shinobi Tempura,” “Atari,” and few other singles. He has short term and long-term goals for his dreams. He wants to take over Rolling Loud in a short time. His long term is to inspire the asian culture and tour as a well-established international musical artist.
Final Words:
Music keeps us alive and expresses the thoughts of the creator as well as listeners. It helps us deal with depression and anxiety problems. When a person writes and sings a song who faced a lot of hardship and experiences in his life, it becomes the voice of every other person. Fat Panda Tuan’s music grasps our hearts and resonates with our emotions. Fans contain “feel-good vibes” after listening to his songs. Moreover, when an artist does dedicates his heart and maintains the credibility of music, it leaves a permanent mark in the pool of music.
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