international songs

didnt put japanese korean or french cos theres so much thats really not hard to find lol

Indonesian:
Weird Genius is a major EDM artist from there (even has a song with Yellow Claw). A couple of their best ones:
Trap with indonesian flavour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uy7G2JXVSA
Future Bass (seems to be their main style) - this one SLAPS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su-TS7G9Szw

Completely different vibe here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maQ34mgcdyU

Classic song with a lot of history (genjer genjer):
an early recording of it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ECW_Xlsu2A
a modern recording of it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaccT5xY_6Y
hip hop version - marx seems to be enjoying himself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=564kyK7xsc8 - there's also a nice little dance m/v of this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eaccUeWqc4
wiki page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genjer-genjer

City Pop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS51cHCOz2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtcy_76s1A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGJC2OY7mg8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iozf-m53Chk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2YPuxMjz_4 (much more recently released, but in city pop style!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw1Q5SWT6fs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPqW08VK0-c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2g_OFD0UuQ

Rap:
Ramengvrl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW7KSkUOa_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmO6zFtqpF0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXMbp8WaDck

Other:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-tBVVumMw

Marion Jola - indonesia's ariana grande i swear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5q7etvf8_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp5Q6v8Bsuk

also there's Niki & Rich Brian who are great, but in english lol
Rich Brian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vR2lPExR00
Niki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkj_NHie5LM
Niki has a TON of bangers but just putting that one lol this indonesian section already went on far too long :pp I Like U, War Paint, Vintage and lowkey all slap for example.


Thai:

Highlights:
Future Bass! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-KIxNNrJwc
Addictive on second listen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1iIwQyrVyk

Bonus:
Happy Wife Happy Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jMFZ1E42To
Fonky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=257FubyZh_Y
Cute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAB_X4Tdbgs
Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik228UkBp6w
Jannine Weigel does not have a thai name AT ALL LOL or look very thai but half her songs and most of the comments on her M/Vs are... this is my fave song of hers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBjK61HhmE


Vietnamese:
Awesome live remix of a big pop song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5lgko0nXXg
Here's the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5CNJUMJcII
And here's a cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QLYdSB354g - there was a M/V for this one but its taken down :( for reasons I don't understand almost all versions of this song have nearly as many dislikes as likes. HOAPROX is the first vietnamese artist i listened to, from this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12BbclHzDE ... also he blessed us with THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoV3wzO2qLQ

Masew is a huge vietnamese EDM artist
A different mix of this song I think blew up CRAZY on Tik Tok: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxXKfq86E0I
this also slaps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4QuUdy9FvI
as does this: [future bass] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV-91JV4Fws

Mongolian:
You NEED to know The HU if you don't already. Mongolian folk instruments blend with metal immensely well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4xZUr0BEfE
And another mongolian song w/ a much different vibe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woaDNIlRRik


Filipino:
Really I don't know a lot.

Alisson Shore is an artist I actually listened to first in like 2016 then I saw later he was a massive filipino artist lol.
Here's a good one in tagalog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGulEj6C3Q
Here's the english song I knew in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqX7ZORGC20


Azerbaijani:
I went pretty in on this one time, and the highlights that stick out are:
Elvina - wish she had more songs. We just get these gems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQ6D36nVsk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBrJu2JU4-Q and this cover of the girl from ipanema: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZIvk6xJpt8
Sevinc Ağaşirinova - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syc4x1CAzNo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDR5dRD4SxU

also more future bass lmao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QplEw4yUE-E


Arabic:
For some reason one of my friends LOVES this shit lol. He's a big fan of, uhh, Amr Diab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rXu-UTmoiE
this song is uhh the first arabic song to ever top the israeli charts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3bjZlmsb4A also there's a DREADFUL version of it with Pitbull on it (no really). There is a good trap remix of it tho by P.A.F.F. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd5We2IgYhc
this also slaps from A-WA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e0txlm7KUo
and then somehow i found the ycollabed with INFECTED MUSHROOM OF ALL PEOPLE?!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEMpCcLm6NI


Chinese:
I know painfully little, but here's a couple bits.

G.E.M. is a big pop star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4SimnaiktU
I'm not sure what this is, I think my Indonesian friend sent me this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4s80qMfoTw

also have this rap song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grO-f46KSrg

Columbian:
impressive power with just acoustic instruments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHSY-7Rykl4

Ketekalles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH1PGQeTzzs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLZluFNjAMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUhrZs73og0

Algerian:
Soolking is big: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwoIK72477E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLIWleB0g78

Tinariwen are a big rock group but they spent a lot of time in Mali before coming back to Algeria after I think some war? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vACZA9dGvV4 think they've also toured or at least performed at some events with the red hot chilli peppers before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4VqYHXwX5Y

Lithuanian:
Tautumeitas - really good latvian folk group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7zjCalr90o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsgO5OTUsRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGzBBLF8x7o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3ntgZ3aZG4

Also have this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-elyK2cnxI

Other:

One of the biggest african hits in europe ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJNiMNUSrw8
Plus a tribal house song sampling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3NzsdVvGZs

Kolinga from the DRC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqLX3t9G6CA
Don't know where from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7WfPHHXCAY
Swedish disco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF5Ev0ucyf0
Trio Mandili - georgian folk music (lots of good stuff): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFyMYRztzSc
big brazilian tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6baf8BqKDI
Ilesaural is a big fan of ROSALIA (so ofc, spanish): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFUhty8EF4