Usually its like just a few words sprinkled in, or at most like one or two lines…

Literally I feel like they’re just trying to say: “Hey this is a foreign language I’m sooo cooool!”

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    7 days ago

    Because of the US and british empires, english functions as a prestige language, the language of international trade and english language media is widespread. Many people know at least a little english, and most languages have english loan words.

    Plenty of US english songs have the odd spanish word. Doesn’t 小蘋果 have a korean bit? Even hebrew prayers break into aramaic every now and again.

    We live in a multi-lingual world and our songs reflect that.