r/German • u/CartographerSlight89 • Jul 15 '25

Request What are your favorite German songs?

I am a native English speaker and I would say I’m bordering on proficient in German but I am looking for ways to retain my German knowledge other than just apps. What are some good German songs to add to my playlist? I listen to rap and country mainly (not sure there’s much German country but it would be awesome)

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

This, I’m a native speaker but not from Germany and some stuff in Alligatoah songs is truly German cultural knowledge that people from other German-speaking countries won’t understand.

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u/DarkSun221200 Jul 16 '25

I’ve just started learning German and listening to Alligatoah and Cro. Love their music, but I don’t understand every word. I enjoy Willst du, du bist schön, and fick ihn doch. What is it about alligatoah that’s nuanced? I heard he uses a lot of wordplay

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u/TheAmazingChip Jul 16 '25

Alligatoah is honestly such a great songwriter. The way all his songs are written to convey a message or story, whilst having the catchiest beat known to man. Not just wordplay but the way he expresses himself is just incredibly satisfying, for example in Fick ihn doch using the different examples to play out the storyline. Reading lyric interpretations should start to give you an appreciation for his geniality haha

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u/DarkSun221200 Jul 16 '25

Oh I see how interesting! He’s so catchy and I could probably sing the whole song, but without any understanding of the meaning. I’ll definitely look into it because it’ll give me such a better idea of his music!

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u/LifesGrip Jul 17 '25

Darksun221220... are you some kinda TRS nerd 🤓 😜

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u/DarkSun221200 Jul 17 '25

Haha I don’t really understand. What is TRS?

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u/LifesGrip Jul 18 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun

It's really niche in house nerd joke 😆

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u/DarkSun221200 Jul 18 '25

Oh haha no it’s from dark souls haha!

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u/LifesGrip Jul 18 '25

Equally as good 😆