base talk Why is mainland Europe more receptive to foreign language songs than the Anglosphere?

[John Slayne]

native English speakers are more used to all media catering to them

[bad guy]

Latin music is massive in the US. But yeah outside of English and Spanish there really aren't major hits from other languages because the music industry as a whole is centered around the US. We set the trends and the standards so unless there's a big enough market for another language, there won't be mainstream hits in other languages.

 

There's certain subgenres of non-English songs (Molchat Doma comes to mind) that people do listen to here, you just won't hear it on radio. But last I was in Europe the only countries where I heard English speaking songs playing were the UK, Germany, and parts of Spain (Barcelona). I don't think France plays anything other than French either.

[Escape]

I don't know but we love it.

[Onyxmage]

The UK likes foreign music but hates foreign people. Ironic isn't it?