Get ready for spring and summer with our big pop culture episode featuring recommendations for music, TV and films to enjoy in over 22 languages. Lindsay introduces a helpful framework for getting the most out of pop culture in another language:
- Discover
- Consume
- Create
We hope you enjoy our recommendations!
Timestamps
Lindsay’s faves
MUSIC
- Rosalia - MOTOMAMI (Spanish with some Catalan and English and Japanese influence)
- Stromae - Multitude (French)
- Daddy Yankee - Legendaddy (Spanish)
- Tierra Adentro - Aguije (Spanish and Guarani)
- Dead Blonde - Propaganda (Russian)
- Monetochka - Raskpaski dla Vzrosluh (Russian)
- Toot Ard - Migrant Birds (Arabic)
- Waiata Reo Maori: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX9Ca1SohktgM
- Raices Indigenas: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX1aLJoYoaZnK
- Mosaic: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXd9vfK9DV3I6
- Organica: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX2pprEpa9URZ
- Borderless: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWZJmo7mlltU6
- Global X: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWUxHPh2rEiHr
- Folk Fabrique: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX62XscWX9t6h
- The Sounds of Spotify/Every Noise
FILMS
- La Famille Belier - CODA remade from this concept (French)
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi - he really really really likes sushi (Japanese)
- The Skin I Live In - phew! Banderas is on fire! (Spanish)
- Downstream to Kinshasa - moving. Loved seeing a different place. (Lingala, Swahili)
- Bad Lucky Goat - take me here too please sunshine (islander Creole English)
- Cairo Station - it’s OG Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Arabic)
- Song Without a Name - heartbreaking, real, honest, tonne of bricks (Spanish with Quechua)
- 5 Broken Cameras - life in Palestine looks tough as (Arabic, Hebrew)
- The Prince of Nothingwood - wanna watch all his films please (English and Arabic)
- Sweat - never connected to this lead before (Polish)
- TV: El Casa del Papel (Money Heist), How to Sell Drugs Online Fast
Kerstin’s faves
MUSIC
Indie, alternative, punk, rock music:
- Tocotronic, Kraftklub, Die Ärzte 🇩🇪
- Candelas, Swnami 🏴
Dancehall, caribbean feel, afrobeat type of music:
- Mandi Classic 🇨🇩 (Swahili), Jamaican artists like Sean Paul and Spice, and Seeed 🇩🇪
BOOKS AND TV
Mysteries & Thrillers
Books: Arnaldur Indri∂asson’s Erlendur series 🇮🇸
On TV: The Bridge 🇩🇰🇸🇪 , Salamander 🇧🇪, The Killing 🇩🇰, Trapped 🇮🇸, Craith/Hidden 🏴, Dark 🇩🇪
FILM
- Patagonia (Welsh, Spanish, English)
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