is it weird listening to something esle for what u dont understand?
and looking like korean / japanese or anything that ur listening too and also speaking and dressing the language?
and is it weird for u guys knowing ppl listening to ur language song and dressing like it?



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i am japanese and vietnamese xD and i dont think it's weird ppl think so because i listen to korean music xD
and it hurts me..... ><

i don't think that it's weird at all. i listen to korean music and i just sing along with the words that i do remember and can pronounce... hehe. i think it's pretty awesome that a lot of us listen to 'other language' music. it just shows how diverse we are... and that's greatness! i am hmong by the way. if a lot of other nationalities listened to hmong music, i would think that it was the 'shinitz!' lol... i would be very flattered to know that someone else is enjoying 'my language' music.

Nope..
I find it cool ^^ hehe//
Its good to listen to others language so that we can learn their language ^^ hehe..

I don't think it's weird at all, especially since I'm on a Korean music forum when I'm Filipino. Actually, I think I wouldn't like some songs as much if I understood them :X

haha thats what i thought i dont like songs that i understand i dontknow why O.o i never listen to english or anything like that but its always asian songs

Mmmm, not at all. I listen to songs in all these languages I can't speak. Like Spanish (I can understand a little), Korean, French, German, etc. Though I might not understand the words, sometimes the way they say the words with the music it's something really unique to hear.

i don't think its weird. i'm chinese/viet and i listen to
-korean
-japanese
-german [yes, german ^O^ electronica]
-french [electronica]

a select few of my friends think its weird but screw them

i don't think it's weird at all. i'm taiwanese and i listen to all kinds of music preferably ENGLISH, JAPANESE, GERMAN (yes i like german rap..bushido is good german rapper), AND FRENCH SONGS TOO. don't listen to much korean though

Nope!

I like Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, and French

acutally... it's weird for me when i listen to american songs....
after a loooong time listening to other languages... it feels a little bit different listening to
songs that you understand the lyrics to.

but i dont think it's weird at all.
just good music.

It's not weird at all.
It just shows that we are not the typical music listeners
that only listens to one language.

I'm Filipina and I listen to ...

Korean
Japanese
Chinese
Vietnamese
English
French
Spanish

songs... If listening to other langauges
is weird then I'm weird.. lolx

Exactly ^^.

I don't think anything is wrong with it. Those who do, should get screwed. I'm Vietnamese, and I listen to Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. I love listening to music in other languages.

I don't think it's weird. If people think i'm weird then so be it! I don't care. Its what I like. I listen to Korean, Japanese, and Thai. And I'm Lao and Thai but i don't even understand thai -__-;;;

But the beat of the music just gets to me! That's whY i love it. And I FEEL like I actually understand them even though i don't XD

if its weird then i guess many people here on soompi are weird.

-- including me.

There's nothing wrong with listening to music in another language. Translations for there for a reason. =) Plus, music transends language boundaries.

I know a few people who thinks it's weird that I listen to Korean/Japanese music but I don't care. I like what I like, and you like what you like. Who are you to have any say or question what I'm into? Get a life.

Maybe because i listening to other languages too, but i don't think its weird at all. its kinda cool you can enjoy music despite a language barrier.it gives you a WAY GREATER variety of stuff to listen. plus their are some styles of music that countries seem to "master" better. like your k-hip/hop doesn't sound like the mainstream rap you hear on radios. I can only speak english, (and i'm not asian) but I listen to music in: japanese, korean, icelandic- not to mention stuff in english from other countries. i like my eclectic taste- and its great a lot of us on here are like that too





I feel exactly the same!

of course not......i only listen to songs from other countries.......probably because there is none here that really intrestes me and you get tired of hearing the same old songs on the radio everyday.
i listen to songs from:

japan
germany (tokio hotel)
taiwan
china
thailand........and the list goes on.

why would u ask us?!?

what the heck, obviously WE DON'T!

there's so many mixture of nationalities in this FORUM and we all listen to all different kinds of music!

I hope you were kidding, or at least, you were EXTREMELY bored when you wrote this.

It's common sense

It's kind of weird to ask this question on Soompi...just ignore the people who hurt you they are ignorant and closed minded

I'm Nigerian-American...and I listen to Korean, Taiwanese, Chinese, and Japanese music...I listen to this more than American stuff...yes people think it is weird that I do..but wtf cares I can listen to whoever I want whenever I want!!!

It's kind of weird to ask this question on Soompi...just ignore the people who hurt you they are ignorant and closed minded

I'm Nigerian-American...and I listen to Korean, Taiwanese, Chinese, and Japanese music...I listen to this more than American stuff...yes people think it is weird that I do..but wtf cares I can listen to whoever I want whenever I want!!!

I'm a Filipino but I listen to Korean, japanese and chinese ( mandarin) songs. I don't find it weird at all. It's cool in someways.

People here in soompi don't find it weird at all. Coz I think we listened to korea, chinese, japanese songs in here.







oh oh include me too..

i don't find it weird at all =]
lols

i listen too
*korean
*chinese (canto nd mando)
*japanese

wweeeeeeeeee!
ii also listen to thai song (buh im thai) xD

my close friends and family members find it (or me) weird, just because they do not understand the lyrics or something...
i listen to japanese, korean, chinese, spanish, italian and french songs and i still feel what the song expresses (even before i google the lyrics/translation). i love it!
and honestly, i don't care. its my CD, its my player, its my life! ill listen to whatever pleases me!

I dont find it weird. I think it's great, and shows how people's music tastes can be really diverse. And also, it allows you to try to understand the music in other ways than just the lyrics.

I'm English-Welsh, but I listen to Japanese much, much more than I listen to English. Why not? My favourite bands are Japanese.

I also listen to:
Chinese
German
Italian
Spanish
and some Croatian my friend sent me

nope. not weird at all. that's like .. me. but the good byproduct is that after listening to one language (that u don't understand) for a long time... u start to understand it. kinda/sorta.

i think..people who haven't really sat down to listen to foreign music find it weird...but I find foreign music to be just music..

i dont think its wierd. all that matters is the music.

Not at all. I think it's simply normal. I listen to Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Thai songs and I don't speak a word in any of those languages. People usually think that when I listen to Korean or Japanese music, they assume that I'm a Korean or a Japanese wanna-be. But that's not the case at all. I just simply adore listening to their music because their music is more unique and different. So yeah, it's completely normal.

No, it's not weird at all. I listen to

Korean
Japanese
Chinese
(just listen to it a lot eversince I was young, all the above)
Veitnamese (I have veitnamese friends so yeah)
Thai (My mom listen to it so do I)
Hmong (it's my language)
English (I understand it)
French (my french teacher puts it on often)

It's really cool to listen to other langauges.

I don't think it's weird, there's more to music than just the lyrics. You have to give credit to all the people who plays the instrument and mixes the beats.
I listen to music to relax and sometime prior to my mood; I usually pay attention to the arrangement of the instrumentals, though not knowing the lyrics creates barriers that could limit the potential of a song to one's liking. For example, I don't like rap but oddly enough mild Korean rap is tolerable for me cause I can't understand it so therefore I don't pay much attention to it to begin with. This goes the other way around as well, sometime I wish I could understand lyrics to a ballad cause then it wouldn't be as boring and if the lyrics were meaningful enough, it could capture my attention.

You do know that you're on soompi, right xD.

it isnt weird.. i find it even cool!

I don't find it weird, like it better than english, ROFL.

nope. :] but some do. screw them. haha. they don't know real music, then.

it's not weird at all imo..Lol here in the Netherlands we have a lot of Dutch artists who prefer singing in English over singing in Dutch anyway ..(so we have a lot of English singing artists and stuff). But I guess it's different again when you listen to it and you don't understand the language, like I listen often to Spanish,Japanese,Chinese,Indonesian and ofcourse Korean music but I don't understand the words (except for a few that is)..But I guess I look up for English translations if I wanna know the meaning..
English is like my second language so I can understand all words..When it comes to French and German music I can understand most parts..
But I also like Dutch music btw, I think Dutch songs can be pretty good..

nope..not weird..it's cool..

plus, that's how i learn other languages..I start from the songs..but I don't dress like it/them..I do my own style..

I don't THINK it's weird, but it feels weird to me. Like listening to English, Korean, or Japanese doesn't sound weird to me but listening to Chinese or Vietnamese is really weird. You know, like it doesn't sound familiar to me so I pay close attention to what they are saying and it just feels odd.

A lot of my friends bug me about it..

They always say it's wierd and how I can understand the song if I don't even understand the lyrics..

IT makes me kind of mad when they say it.. but oh well.
I don't think music has to be all about words.. Just the emotions are enough for me to call it "music."

It's cool! How can you say that? I am proud with myself because of this. Besides, it is DO helps me to teach my tongue to another language, and now I am proud with my Korean speaking.... ^^ Trust me, it's really full of advantages, don't care what people say...


SG Fighting!
xxx

_{My friends and family think I'm weird for listening to music I can't understand lol >:X Korean Music, Japanese Music, etc. But yeah I don't really mind & my family is getting used to it}

its not weird to me but some of my friends do lol.

i think you appreciate the music and quality of the voices more when you don't understand the lyrics/words...

If it's weird, then I'm one of the weirder of the bunch because I hardly listen to any music in English anymore. ^^;;;;;

I agree! And yeah, I listen to alot of Korean music now ^^ My parents thought it was a little weird at first, but now they dont really care. they think its great ^___^

Well, I listen to korean, japanese, chinese(mando & canto) and vietnamese and I only understand viet. I don't really find it strange, just because you don't understand another language doesnt mean u cant listen to the song. Sometime you can just guess what the song means by the melody and mood. But if ppl say I'm weird then I'll accept it too.

i'm a malay and i listen to korean, japanese, english and reggaeton. in fact, i barely listen to english songs nowadays. malay songs; not against them (why whould i be against songs in my own language anyway), but they all sound the same? i don't know. i think most of us here in soompi listens to songs in other language. and yessa, you do learn the language and even the culture as you go along. i don't know how learning a certain culture has got to do with listening to songs in another language, but yah. i just do. )

not weird at all. i do it all the time...as long as the lyrics are meaningful (i try to look up the translations), and the beat is great...then it constitutes as listenable to me

It's not weird at all. Music is universal, after all~ :D

I don't think it's that weird to listen to music in other languages. I know a lot of people do think it's strange, but obviously a lot of people do it, too.

it depends on the song
some songs it sounds natural and okay
but for some songs it just sounds weird to me
that's just me

My family always makes fun of me because I listen to Chinese and Korean music......I don't mind though, because it's me and I choose to listen to what I want. They secretly like it, but won't admit it.