Ask Lemmy

ATARASHII GAKKO! My uncle told me to check them out and I've like them a lot.

Shchedryk (Ukranian original version of Carol of the Bells) comes to mind. Folk rhymes better with their original tongue in general

Gangnam Style

I think nobody posted yet this Finnish duo...This song slaps: Maustetytöt - Syntynyt suruun ja puettu pettymyksin I'm posting this link as it has both subtitles and you get to see them playing, but audio is better in the Studio version.

Since I'm at it...how about some Mongolian metal with throat singing? The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu. Comments on this video are hilarious too.

This video still cracks me up... Bomba Estéreo - Soy Yo

Japanese pop/rock overloaded with traditional instruments and general chaos...Wagakki - Kishikaisei

And...this. Namewee - Makudonarudo

El Pescador y La Luna - DJ Ignato

A bunch of Japanese Metal...

Band Maid - Domination

Neophila - AMA-TE-RAS

Ningen Isu - Heartless Scat

Maximum the Hormone - Koino America

Tricot - 爆裂トリコさん

Dude so many! I'll link some favorites old and new.

All things Rammstein. I speak an elementary amount of German so maybe this doesn't count. If you only know Du Hast, you really should check out more of Rammstein. These are a few of my recent favorites. (each video is probably nsfw if you have a puritanical office.)

• Angst - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONj9cvHCado
• Deutschland - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQM1c-XCDc
• Zeit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbHGS_bVkXY

Sigur Ros

• Sæglópur - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiFgfPiJHyA

Sakanaction is a great Japanese band that a friend introduced me to years ago.

• Sayonara wa Emotion - さよならはエモーション - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wlRFsmceo0
• 多分、風。- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lx0vLTH_yg
• Shintakarajima - #新宝島 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIlZCmETvsY

Tiziano Ferro (bit older song but I still dig it)

• Perdono - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnGjr_czU1E

Las Ketchup (It got old fast for me but this was a huge hit at the time)

• Asereje https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0PisGe66mY

King and Jester

• Forester- лесник - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BdJ8piaEkA

Hikaru Utada

• Automatic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9DxpPiE458

Juli (Love her voice. One of my favorite voices)

• Perfeckte Welle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad8ukI7Z-b8
• Irgendwann - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npdk6IxqjFE

Annenmaykantereit (Told myself if I ever learn piano this would be one of the first songs)

• Barfuss am Klavier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tERRFWuYG48

Mylene Farmer

• Belle Journee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huZTRymyfpU

Grand Corps Malade & Camille Lellouche (Had this one on loop for awhile when I first found it)

• Mais je t'aime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ss-xmvLGFw

Passi

• Le Monde est à Moi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvwSVCnLF1Q

Panzer AG

• Bereit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ0KjI8Oxug

That's a decent list of some of my favorites. (please excuse the wonky formatting. I can't get it to behave.)

Starts off in English but really kicks in when it turns Welsh.

patio song by Gorkys Zygotic Mynci

This, which I remember from the FIFA 06 soundtrack: https://youtu.be/M-rZ3602Lm8?feature=shared

Ruina Imperii by Sabaton

There's a bunch of hardbass I like that's usually in Russian or some other slavic language Mostly listen to Uamee

Who killed UN Owen https://youtu.be/eCyf9C6dHYE?si=IcV5ZkNFNGBexBey

I would normally just go with an Infected Mushroom tune (there are a few in Hebrew like Lost in Space which also has Arabic at the end), but I challenged myself to think beyond my regular playlist, and Disko Partizani was the first that came to mind (partly in English, but otherwise in Romanian, I'm pretty sure).. Great tune and it's been ages since I gave it a listen, so thanks for the reminder!

I'm sure there are more examples, but my mind is drawing a blank right now.. This is going to bug me all evening lol

Asian Kung Fu Generation - After Dark

(French) Meryl - Coucou https://open.spotify.com/track/3kiTnvHHKipoAwa40GTGGy?si=hjnmnrfbTEOoypCdxLeSOw

(Twi) Kato Change, Winyo: Abiro (with Winyo) - Afro House https://open.spotify.com/track/3dC7XCt0E0bJG53Tdp6AkC?si=_1lzZa8BTlGXD4ZgFgcL2A

(Russian) Erik Lundmoen - Яд (Yad) https://open.spotify.com/track/59vIllaE2ottAAAtAiAuLt?si=qomTpbPuQi2A_TZZ7y105A

(Chinese, assuming Mandarin) Xian (from Daily life of the immortal king, a good song) https://open.spotify.com/track/4wS9qzjqOEZdZqpTQpUvzp?si=rAGehbsWQR60flO9eROk2Q

(Japanese) Hatsune Miku x STEAKA - Doping Dance https://open.spotify.com/track/42pjAjhZQG4BGmOmAhgwbP?si=MwOf09VlTdKP1y5WuWDo9Q

(Brazilian Portuguese) DJ Gudog - Beat Mágico que mexe a sua mente https://open.spotify.com/track/6nluwwQLiTI2ExXtWm81w6?si=ovRzolZcREqzdAd4RGob8A

(Spanish) Kali Uchis x Peso Pluma - Igual que un Ángel https://open.spotify.com/track/6XaJfhwof7qIgbbXO5tIQI?si=vxm3V8hOTYKYqZ9jk0qBQg

(Assuming Hindi) Mitraz - Akhiyaan https://open.spotify.com/track/2l3dFxtoSMgMQVyRIUHjpz?si=UyhBbaHiQLuJCbaNFpmY9w

I've got quite a bunch, in multiple languages and genres. Here are a few. Let me know what you think.

Culcha Candela x HBz - Hamma 2k22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q9fD6UA4xs

Tacabro - Tacata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqFtayBRdfs

Shiva - Auto Blu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGlWbPR6SjA

t.A.T.u. - Malchik Gay

Blümchen - Heut' ist mein Tag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXay1pdfQpI

G-Dragon - Butterfly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98qqghzKAMM

Gangnam Style, O Fortuna (Carmina Burana), stuff by Hildegard von Bingen

Malagueña Salerosa from the Kill Bill soundtrack.

Wen Bie by Jackie Cheung

Rammstein, most of what eluveitie makes and inabakumori makes...

Most things by Snow Tha Product - start with 'Butter' or 'No Cap In My Captions'.

"Habibi"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JcrIvCaDGt8&list=PLrvbNZgqiZcTFEs3lNXegUoTB-3lB-nB_&index=10&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB

I really like the French national anthem.

Traicionera by Sebastian Yatra.

Dame veneno by Los Chunguitos.

Anything Jam Hsiao works, but I really like his song A Love Song For You. I also found out about a group called 製燥者StoryMaker and I absolutely love their song Sin of Sloth. I have so many different songs, mostly vocaloid and other related software, songs that I like that are in Chinese, Japanese, some in Korean, and even a song in Ukrainian that I like, but I ain't doing a super list of songs.

White Tiger Field (Byakkoya) by Susumu Hirasawa

This Frederic song was on my feed one day. I had to hunt it down later that week and fortunately it was easy to describe because I found a thread of someone trying to find the same song.

Mungkin Nanti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWcMwUySDvI

Kasa no Hone - Anathallo

Pretty much anything by Sigur Ros

Sarà perché ti amo

The gipsy kings cover of Hotel California.

"Teresa Rampell" by Manel. It's in Catalan.

I like most songs by Carla's Dreams (Romanian/Moldovan + Russian). From eurovision, Shum (Ukrainian) and My sister's crown (English+Ukrainian+Czech+Bulgarian) are pretty good. Slavic languages just sound nice in songs.

Also most pop in catalan (eg. La sortida, escriurem, Ara!).

For something rarer check out Pat Boy who sings in Mayan.

Na Laetha Geal M'Oige - Enya

Sidi Mansour (any version)

The Vietnam National Anthem

Voyage Voyage - Desireless

Xoris Esena - Despina Vandi

Epic of Gilgamesh

"Ari Im Sokhag", Serj Tankian (system of a down) and Larisa Ryan, very beautiful Armenian song

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-tfFfHm8E

Literally anything by Thievery Corporation, though a lot of their music is in English