I like to listen to music that has a great feel to it and in languages I do not speak or understand. That way I can enjoy it without the burden of terrible lyrics. ☺️
I have a few that I listen to a lot:
Amatz by Shanti Dope - Filipino rap
Mundian To Bach Ke by Punjabi MC - upbeat Bollywood style
Life on Mars by Seu Jorge - just him and a guitar
Update: I have created a Spotify playlist with the songs so far. I will continue to update the list as new songs get added. If you find your song on the list but meant a different version please DM me a link to the one you want. Enjoy!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5MpR8Tio1klnb85LLqimgX
Update: Thanks to all who have participated so far! The playlist is getting long and very eclectic. I am being introduced to what will soon become some of my favorite songs and styles. I will keep updating the playlist as new music is added.
Du Hast - Rammstein (German) Fighting Dreamers from Naruto (Japanese)
I’m enjoying No Comment by Kneecap recently
I speak/understand Spanish, Icelandic, Dutch, Arabic and German but I ended up listening to Estonian music for a bit and they have some bangers there.
🇪🇪 Alüspukse by 5MIINUST
🇪🇪 push it by nublu
🇪🇪 kanuu by säm
Also, fun note, for a country og 400k Iceland has 3 entries here.
Does Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano count? It’s sung in Gibberish that was meant to sound like an American singing in english to non english speakers.
Tuvan Internationale and Kongurei by Huun Huur Tu.
Everything by MADKID and Chihara Minori is great
“Buka” by Kwiat Jabłoni
YouSeeBIGGIRL/T:T
Mahlalela by Letta Mbulu from South Africa
I don’t really know what language that is. If somebody could provide a transcription of the lyrics, I would be very happy to finally be able to translate and understand it.
I love good lyrics so am not wild about listening to music in a language I don’t understand but its kinda common to have songs with english and another language so the stuff I don’t understand is just kinda dispersed. Also since I watch animes Im used to having songs that are in a lnguage I don’t know. Don’t really have a favorite though. All my favorite songs are in english.
Dragostea din tei (română) from O-Zone Heard it a lot when I was junger.
Numanumanei numanumanumanei
As a younger millenial I can’t help it – Gangnam Style was and still is great
I’ve never really been into pop music but Gangnam Style was just so much fun and musically interesting.
Hell yeah
Music from Sigor Ros comes to mind.
Yeah, my first thought was Kveikur. Such a vibe.
These guys are badass!
They’ve also done a cover of The Trooper. Some of their best ones also include Shoog Shoog and Yuve Yuve Yu.
Thats taken me down the rabbit hole of other Mongolian throat singing songs. These will start playing in the car and my wife is like “WTF is this”.
