There are growing numbers of rock bands in France singing in English rather than French. Musicians are familiar with American and English rock culture and believe English is the most natural language ...

Two years ago, recording a fully English song was out of the question for BTS. “If we sing suddenly in full English, and change all these other things, then that’s not BTS,” member RM told ...

BTS has revealed it would never have sung its songs in English fully if it weren't for the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recent interview with Billboard, RM, the group's leader and spokesperson, admitted he ...

Researchers at Zhejiang University and Microsoft claim they've developed an AI system -- DeepSinger-- that can generate singing voices in multiple languages by training on data from music websites. In ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. K-pop has quickly established itself as the most exciting genre of ...

You're not the only one wondering, Bruce. The phenomenon of British singers adopting what's perceived as American-style pronunciation has attracted inquiry at linguistics departments around the world.

International hip-hop star Bad Bunny opened the 2023 Grammys ceremony with a performance of songs from his Un Verano Sin Ti album, but some viewers at home were hung up on the telecast. Instead of the ...

Singers, I surmise, relax when they don’t have to think about enunciating awkward foreign diphthongs or fricatives: because they are insiders, as it were, they can rely on instinct and concentrate ...

Popular native rock bands topping the charts in France this year are writing and singing in English. At the country's oldest and biggest rock festival this week, the young talent section's performance ...