Karaoke is a cherished ritual in Vietnam - a borrowed song, briefly inhabited, through which one releases what words alone cannot carry. “bộc” (i.e. “to let out”) unfolds as a lament of desire, voiced through the act of karaoke itself. Clad in the everyday attire of workers - among whom karaoke is most deeply rooted, we move through a series of cynical gestures: singing karaoke to an opera song, dancing to karaoke instrumental backings where no voice arrives. These dislocations expose the artifice of karaoke performance while amplifying its longing. The microphone then becomes a site of inquiry into what a voice carries when it is borrowed, displaced, or withheld.