Sunday 20 February 2022

trilingual songs

Liz Granier in the E L Gazette takes us to 'trilingual songs':

Once again, contemporary singers have banded together to create a song which slides from one language to another. K-pop band BTS did it back in May 2021 with Butter and now Malaysian R&B pair FML has taken the concept one step further by teaming up with high-profile Vietnamese rappers Seachain and Nhật Hoàng to record the trilingual track Call You Mine.

Trilingual rap | E L Gazette

Here's the song:

Call You Mine - FML X Seachains X Nhật Hoàng (Official Music Video) - YouTube

Here's a lively and interesting discussion on the themes:

Bilingual Bops, Trilingual Tunes, Multilingual Music – UCWbLing

And from Babbel, a very well-considered piece looking at the theory and the artists:

When Music Is Multilingual: 10 Artists Who Perform In Other Languages

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