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Music is multilingual


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In Lisa's segment: The universal language of music

  1. Music is known as the universal language. Why are songs translated, and who does this translation? (00:01:23)
  2. Translating songs can be challenging. We look at the business challenge of copyright and translation as an art form. (00:06:28)
  3. In the digital age, lyrics are everywhere, and so are translation services. Does this expand our enjoyment of music? (00:19:55)
  • Shakira - Eyes like Yours (Ojos asi)
  • Shakira - Ojos Asi
  • Nena - 99 Red Ballons

In Laurie's segment: There is not only Korean in Kpop

  1. A lot of songs have other languages other than Korean (00:24:40)
  2. More and more songs are all in English to reach an international  market (00:29:40)
  3. More collaborations with other artists that speak other languages than Korean, such as Arabic! (00:30:42)
  • (G)I-DLE - HWA (Chinese version)
  • Got7 - Lullaby (Spanish version)
  • Itzy - Mafia
  • Bader AlShuaibi X AleXa - Is it On
  • Saweeti - Best Friend ( feat. Doja Cat, Jamie & Chanmina)

In Dee's segment: We were immersed in other languages before we knew

  1. We discuss some songs that weren’t originally in English, you will probably be surprised by #1! (00:37:08)
  2. There has been a lot of collaborations in the past where singers sing in another language, did they succeed? (00-:42:56)
  3. Pop Quiz! How many times do you think this song was translated? (00:47:49)
  • t.A.T.u - Yo Soshla S Uma ( All the things she said)
  • Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlo Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema (Live)

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