How often do you listen to Foreign Language Music?

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Recently, I've been enjoying some foreign language music on YouTube, for example: J'en ai marre by Alizée in French and Atemlos by Helene Fischer in German. These show up in various music playlists.

I only understand a small part of the lyrics, but the beat, melody and presentation is really good to listen to. Audience participation is also very good.

Do you ever listen to music in a language other than your own?

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Cinematic Lily · Accepted Answer

I listen to foreign language music all the time 🎧

Lots of K‑pop and J‑pop, some French chansons, Italian film soundtracks, German electro, even random Turkish and Spanish tracks I Shazam from movies or festivals. I usually discover them through films, k‑dramas or Netflix shows, then deep-dive into the artists.

I rarely understand everything, but the vibe and emotion matter more than the words 💿✨

WhiteSteve · Answer

It goes up and down, depending on what I’m hot on at a given time.

I don’t know if it counts, as it’s more of a different “dialect” than a “foreign language”, strictly speaking, since I’m a native English-speaker, but I do listen to a fair amount of reggae and dancehall that’s in Jamaican Patois. In some cases I can infer the translation to American-English, but there’s other stuff I might not know, or I only know since I’ve been exposed to it enough. One of my best friends growing up was Jamaican-American, and he didn’t really speak Patois or even English with any sort of accent, but his parents were both from the island, so they did. But if I didn’t know actual Jamaicans, I can’t imagine it wouldn’t be very foreign to me.

This is a little more aggressive than the Bob Marley you might be used to, lmao, but I have it on my workout and pre-hockey playlist, just because it’s intense and gets me jacked up. But I can really just understand the better part of the hook, and then during the verses, it’s wicked fast, so I just hear the occasional familiar word or phrase, and the rest might as well be in Sanskrit. I basically just kind of bop along to it, and then the one part I can sing along with that makes me feel cool and tough like a Jamaican shotta, lmfao, is the end of the hook: 🎶Dead body wi lef’ on di ground fi di people dem see🎶 But the verses? Forget about it, no idea what 99% of it is😂

https://www.youtube.com/embed/eqSBc7AYrPM

Then I occasionally get into some reggaeton, but more old stuff, not as much today’s Bad Bunny and the like. This was big like 20 years ago, I definitely still go back to it pretty frequently…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXzg2ZA-9Us

And then there’s just this one random Japanese song I like, from the 80s. They call the genre City Pop. Just sounds like whatever genre The Love Boat’s theme song was, lmao. I don’t know, I just randomly love this song. The titular part of the hook is in English, but the rest is Japanese. But I’m a sucker for a great melody…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/QNYT9wVwQ8A

I’d say the vast majority of what I listen to is in American-English, though

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I like the way Jewish worship songs sound and I know limited Hebrew so I might only understand around 25% of the song, but I feel Jewish music has less pessimistic words then Christian worship music, so I prefer Jewish worship music to Christian music. I had a dream telling me that music has prophetic powers and I needed to avoid music with depressing lyrics if I wanted to avoid depressing events, so I only listen to religious music now. And even though, most religious music has depressing moods and thoughts inside it, so I prefer Jewish music.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

I don't know, often. I'll say a few times a week. I'll post some obscure languages... MALTESE BASQUE ARMENIAN RÉUINION CREOLE HUNGARIAN

OlderAndWiser · Answer

My wife came to the US from China 24 years ago. She listens to videos of Chinese television programs EVERY SINGLE DAY. And I don't understand more than 10 words of Mandarin. I did hear this one song that I really like:

NathanDavis · Answer

all the time...

although I don't consider English or Spanish music foreign to me, technically, they are

but there's also, French, Italian, German... a lot of Portuguese nowadays, lol and few other more that I listen to quite often... and also do some exploring from time to time

it's been like that to me, since I was a kid, lol

Ill_made_Knight · Answer

Often... the bass player of a popular Mexican group lives right across the street, so I do hear them playing, they're quite friendly as well. They do Mexican country music with the accordion and all... quite similar to German music in many regards

xawyx-3 · Answer

Almost all the time... English is a foreign language to me, but I do speak English.
I'm not a fan of most of my country's music.
As for the music in languages I don't speak, yes, I listen to it quite often - French (e. g Alizée, Kate Ryan), German (e. g Blumchen, Nena), Spanish (e. g Paradisio), and many other foreign language songs (mostly electronic music).

Staximus · Answer

There’s few I like for sure, from movies or maybe stuff my dad used to practice bass to, and stuff I’ve just found in my own. This is a Cuban group my dad used to listen to.

Jersey2 · Answer

I like Edith Piaf even though I don’t understand French. This I listen to a few times a year  99 Luft Balloons in German of course. But not much more after that. T

Nikki1989 · Answer

All the time. Mostly Italian progressive rock.

queenofcardio · Answer

Almost everyday. I listen to French, Arabic, and songs in many African languages.

Ariesman81Nshiiit · Answer

About once a week or so I listen to some Portuguese music. No idea what's being said, but it's soulful and brings back old memories.

Peachie2050 · Answer

I listen to Hollywood every day because I like it. I can’t listen to their colonisers (East Asians) whose music they keep shoving up our ass even when the language is jarring

lilBigPotato · Answer

Daily since that includes English.

msc545 · Answer

Never listen to it. It's too annoying.

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