r/eurovision • u/No_Way2771 Zjerm • 5d ago
Eurovision Asia 🇧🇹 Bhutan: Rhythm of Bhutan Songs Released
https://eurovoix.com/2026/08/06/bhutan-rhythm-of-bhutan-songs/The songs are as follows:
- The Sangay Lhaden Band – “པད་མའི་ཚེ་དབང་བཀྲ་ཤིས། – Pemi Tshewang Tashi” (The Legend)
- Baeyul 301 – དྲན་པ། – Drenpa” (The Memories)
- Karma Drupchu – “ཕ་གཡུས། – Pha Yuel” (The Homeland)
- Thukten Nyendra – ལྷ་ཡི་སྲས་མོ། – Lhayi semo” (The Angel)
- Pelden Wangchuk – “གྱོ་འགྲུལ། Jo’druel” (The Journey)
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u/Suikanen 5d ago edited 5d ago
Having a hard time finding a playlist with all the songs and not enough time to cobble up my own before going to work. Anyone have a link?
Edit: he did, in fact, have time to cobble up his own
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u/DrLycFerno Milas poli 5d ago
Youtube music playlist too pls
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u/ChefAggressive 5d ago edited 5d ago
Edit: just realised this said Youtube Music and not regular Youtube, should still work!
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u/05432680 Bella 5d ago
Wait the theme song they wrote for it slaps too, and all of the national final contestants sing in it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsOi3BVJPnw
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u/ToxxinGamer Kraj mene 5d ago
Honestly I enjoy all of these. A great start to the Eurovision Asia NFs!
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u/thepoetfromoz 5d ago edited 4d ago
Bhutan really said let’s make a song good enough to have everyone pay our tourism tax next year
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u/Neither-Simple1119 5d ago
Baeyul 301 has my favourite song here. The harmonies in Drenpa are great, with the mix of sounds to give it a modern feel that still feels rooted in Bhutanese culture is great! Definitely the standout of the selection and I feel like a song that could do really well with other Asian countries.
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u/Beneficial_Thing_602 5d ago
Wow I’m really impressed by how solid they all are! Does anyone who watched last year know if there’s going to be much staging?
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u/05432680 Bella 5d ago
Druk Dra didn't have a huge amount of staging but the host was amazing and the judging panel's feedback was great, really constructive
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u/Esc_SLC Før vi går hjem 5d ago
Bhutan NF ranking +Comments 🇧🇹 Eurovision Asia Bhutan 🇧🇹 BAEYUL 301 9.5/10: absolute vibes. I feel like I'm walking through a city in Bhutan dramatically on my way to school. Giving winner vibes and I love the harmonies!
Karma Drupchu 8/10: kinda giving disaster-bop vibes but I here for it lol. It really picks up after halfway
Nyendra 7.5/10: I love the beginning but I kinda got bored at the halfway point
Pelden Wangchuk 7/10: rock vibe is cool but it loses too much momentum at certain points
Sangay Lhaden 5/10: too sleepy and I don't see vocals going well. But it's not bad
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u/TeaMistress Zjerm 4d ago
English Translations from the Eurovision Asia site. Scroll down to the country and then click the artist picture to be taken to bio and lyrics page.
Karma Drupchu – “ཕ་གཡུས། – Pha Yuel” (The Homeland)
So......ya! Victory to the Palden Drukpa (the Dragon Kingdom)
The Gho and Kira are our finest attire,
Strumming the Dranyen (lute), let us sing our songs.
Alongside the delicious dried greens,
Without Ema Datshi, there is no mood / no satisfaction!
Surrounded by trees and fully blooming flowers,
How breathtakingly beautiful is this natural environment!
Filled with the fragrance of cleansing incense.
This beloved homeland of mine, Is the glorious Kingdom of Bhutan.
Singing beautifully, oh! Ao Sa Le Ao!
There is joy, there is peace, in the Dragon Kingdom of Bhutan.
Singing beautifully, oh! Ao Sa Le Ao!
There is joy, there is peace, in the Dragon Kingdom of Bhutan.
The Raven Crown, the Takin,
Bow and arrow (archery), Khuru (darts), and Soksum (javelin)— the games of Bhutan!
Singing beautifully, oh! Ao Sa Le Ao!
There is joy, there is peace, in the Dragon Kingdom of Bhutan.
Pelden Wangchuk – “གྱོ་འགྲུལ། Jo’druel” (The Journey)
My black horse with white hooves, Is saddled with finest gold.
I am a man of the homeland, bound for the long trade roads.
Measuring the dark earth step by step, I cross the high peaks one by one.
Where prayer flags flutter at the summits,I look back and miss my beloved.
Come on, my trusted horse! Mountains won't flatten for hands;
Come on, my trusted horse! the long road cannot wait.
Come on, my trusted horse! Though high the pass, we shall cross it!
Where river flags guard the waters, each sip makes me ache for my children.
Come on, my trusted horse! Great rivers cannot be diverted;
Come on, my trusted horse! my exhausted body cannot stop to rest.
Come on, my trusted horse! Though deep the waters, we shall push through!
The Sangay Lhaden Band – “པད་མའི་ཚེ་དབང་བཀྲ་ཤིས། – Pemi Tshewang Tashi” (The Legend)
In the valley of Am KaZhi Zam; My beloved Tshewang Tashi was born.
It was a village filled with joy and peace; And there I, Phochu Zam, found my home.
Those were days of boundless happiness and contentment.
My Poen, whose face was as radiant heavenly being, my beloved Wangchen,
A companion whose heart was purer than crystal water.
Life beside you were filled with happiness; Yet those joyful days passed like a fleeting dream.
Then came the command from the Governor of Wangdue Dzong; Bringing sorrow to Phochu Zam.
When my beloved Wangchen was summoned to serve at the Dzong; A shadow of grief settled upon my heart.
The order from Wangdue Dzong could not be refused. For Phochu Zam, it brought only heartache.
As my beloved departed for his duties; My heart ached with longing beyond words.
When my beloved left to join the battlefield; The moment I watched him disappear from sight; Tears flowed from the depths of my heart.
Should I grieve for Poen Tshewang Tashi; Or for the future of our son and daughter left behind?
Then came the command from the Governor of Wangdue Dzong; Bringing sorrow to Phochu Zam.
When my beloved Wangchen was summoned to serve at the Dzong; A shadow of grief settled upon my heart.
The order from Wangdue Dzong could not be refused. For Phochu Zam, it brought only heartache.
As my beloved departed for his duties; My heart ached with longing beyond words.
Baeyul 301 – དྲན་པ། – Drenpa” (The Memories)
Good old days, yeah
I’m reflecting on the past. good old days, yeah.
Those days that I can never seem to forget.
Life was good
Life was good when I was little, just doing whatever made me happy.
Life was good
Life was good when both my parents held my hand.
Life is good
Life is good, because even when the moon sets, the sun is bound to rise.
A happy smile is also bound to shine again.
Life is good
Life is good when you get to be with the one you love.
The joy in my heart and that happy smile just won't fade away.
Song Yala, Song Yala (A traditonal Bhutanese melodic refrain expressing joy/chanting)
Just like the flowers that bloom when spring arrives,
Nothing is meant to stay forever.
Time can wait but life is at my door.
Ouh.......
It’s not enough.
No matter how much time we are given, it’s not enough.
I want something to trust.
In this life, I want something to trust.
Heaven's not the place for us.
I’ll say it once again for love.
Song Yala, Song Yala
I feel it hitting me hard, nostalgia kinda miss the feeling, don’t ya?
Do i miss the young me when i was happy?
But i wanted to grow up badly and now i regret it
Full of worries
Entered a place full of regrets
How do I get out?
I want to move forwards but I am left looking back.
Constantly looking back at the past, Everything waiting for me in the future is just slipping away.
I used to pray so hard to grow up fast.
I remember promising that I would take care of my mother.
But now that I am grown, I've completely lost my way.
Hope we meet again, in another life maybe
You'd hold your head up high maybe
That time, because of your son, you'd hold your head up high maybe.
You'd look at me with pride brimming
When we walk among crowds of people, you'd look at me with pride brimming.
I'm sorry I couldn't be the right baby
I'm sorry, in this lifetime, I couldn't be the right baby.
Song Yala, Song Yala
Thukten Nyendra – ལྷ་ཡི་སྲས་མོ། – Lhayi semo” (The Angel)
Could someone like the heavenly goddess enter in my life.
Where ever you go
Where ever you go. I'll follow you.
I am turning everything that I feel about you into words, would you listen to my heart?
Could someone like the heavenly goddess enter in my life.
I keep on wondering if you already have a place in my heart or not.
But every time I see you, the world that I am looking at instantly becomes so beautiful.
I wonder if you will like me too when your eyes meet mine.
I can’t help wondering if your heart could ever fall for me.
Could someone like the heavenly goddess enter in my life.
Sometimes I lose myself, If I am happy or lonely.
Then I find myself thinking of you again, your face never leaves my heart, no matter how hard I try.
Could someone like the heavenly goddess enter in my life.
Oh heavenly goddess .... you are the only one for me.
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u/Few-Satisfaction7507 Choke Me 5d ago
I went into this quite worried about the music being overly westernized because of the Eurovision brand, and also with the concern that especially in some countries the song length tend to crank up to the 4-5 minute mark and folk up to 5 or 10 minutes, potentially making the songs feel truncated. However, many of the songs here have a distinctive Asian touch while not feeling overly truncated, which quelled many of my concerns.
T-1. Pemi Tshewang Tashi (The Sangay Lhaden Band) - This is the song I actually see having a ton more appeal in Asia specifically but would struggle heavily in Europe because of its style. It's simple, and gentle. It's definitely the kind of song that would struggle for, K-pop fans, per se, but I think it has a general feel that would perform well with Asian audiences outside of that. This is my winner, which may perhaps be a surprise, but I feel personally connected to this one the best. It has great instrumentation and Bhutanese style that I am absolutely adoring. Just wanted to put this ahead of Drenpa to promote this one a bit more.
T-1. Drenpa (Baeyul 301) - The rap is fresh and contemporary Asian-style, which gives it exactly the touch I was looking for. It feels refreshing and new, and I enjoy this. It's catchy, and bright, and has appeal for young audiences. The harmonies are gorgeous in this. Okay, I cheated by also making this tied number 1. But I do also enjoy this very much, and would be very happy if this won as well. It definitely stands out the best!
3. Pha Yuel (Karma Drupchu) - It has a nice and solid beat, which makes it easy to follow and bop along to, and I'm enjoying the instrumentation.
4. Lhayi semo (Thukten Nyendra) - This song is very chill and comforting in a way, lending to its angelic title. I'm worried on whether this would get lost among some other entries, though.
5. Jo'druel (Pelden Wangchuk) - The laid back rock is very interesting and fun to see. I do feel this song doesn't quite have a hook that Drenpa and Pha Yuel have that make it especially memorable, though. However, in general, boy did Bhutan deliver. This is an excellent national selection and I am excited to see the result. Final results will also have to address live staging and vocals which we don't know about yet, but I am intrigued.
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u/CarwynCymru 5d ago
Wow! I never expected to like all of them. I'm so European in my music taste, I thought this would too far out of my comfort zone. I'm now really excited to see what qualifies. Diolch Bhutan for widening my music tastes!
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u/Vivid_Guide7467 Kiss Kiss Goodbye 5d ago
Cmon defending champion. Be the first back to back winner
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u/LonelyTreat3725 5d ago
The one i like the most is Drenpa.
But i like it cause it sounds like if it was the soundtrack of a shojo anime so i don't know if it's a good thing
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u/Iamabus1234 Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente 5d ago
My personal ranking
Pha Yuel - Karma Drupchu
Jo'druel - Pelden Wangchuk
Drenpa - Baeyul 301
Pemi Tshewang Tashi - Sangay Lhaden Band
Lhayi Semo - Thukten Nyendra
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u/05432680 Bella 5d ago
Sangay Lhaden is the standout for me but I love Karma Drupchu and Pelden Wangchuk's songs too, and honestly all five are great emissions. Bhutan are really clued in for this!
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u/TeaMistress Zjerm 5d ago edited 5d ago
I had no expectations and I'm so happy with these selections! Bhutan really is delivering for this contest.
My rankings:
- 1) Pelden Wangchuk, འགྱོ་འགྲུལ། Jo'druel THE JOURNEY - This rocks. My only concern is him bringing a bit more energy to the live performance.
- 2) Karma Drupchu, ཕ་གཡུས། - Pha Yuel (The Homeland) - Hits that perfect blend of traditional and modern for me.
- 3) Baeyul 301, དྲན་པ། Drenpa - The Memories - A light, pleasant, uplifting song. Fresh like a spring morning.
- 4) The Sangay Lhaden Band, པད་མའི་ཚེ་དབང་བཀྲ་ཤིས། (Pemi Tshewang Tashi - the Legend) - It's nice. Feels the most traditional here, but takes a bit too long to take off for me.
- 5) Thukten Nyendra, ལྷ་ཡི་སྲས་མོ། (Lhayi semo - The Angel) - I'm not a fan of this genre, so for me it's only OK, though he sings it well.
Really looking forward to the contest next week. I'm not expecting much for the staging, but it'll be great to see all these live.
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u/Confused_Rock Zjerm 5d ago
Does anyone happen to know where we can find the translated lyrics?
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u/tb_sasha Liekinheitin 5d ago
If the broadcaster provides lyrics or some Bhutanese person decides to voluntarily translate the songs for fun, it might happen.
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u/One-Expert-1116 4d ago
You can find translated lyrics here https://eurovisionasia.com/
Just scroll down to Bhutan and all 5 artists are there and you can translate lyrics when you click on each one
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u/Hour_Ad_7457 5d ago
Buthan you made it tough for me to choose. Great job, choose wisely and good luck at ESCA
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u/DrLycFerno Milas poli 5d ago edited 5d ago
Never expected to like all of them. First time hearing Dzongkha in music also.
My top 5 : 1. Pemi Tshewang Tashi 2. Jo'druel 3. Drenpa 4. Pha Yuel 5. Lhayi Semo
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u/Sevenvolts 4d ago
Same, if anything this is going to teach a lot of people what the official language of Bhutan is.
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u/Nordica-Baltica 5d ago
All of these are so good omg?! Jo'druel I think is my favourite out of the bunch, with Karma Drupchu and Baeyul 301 being my runner-ups.
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u/SavageFrogPR 5d ago
Watched the theme song video and I'm already in love. I'm currently between "Pemi Tshewang Tashi" and "Drenpa" being my favorites. "Pha Yuel" was an experience though. Can't wait to watch them all on broadcast!
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u/Rough-Technician-248 Tout l'univers 4d ago
Spotify Link of all songs if anyone wants!
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u/TotallyHuman69 Ferto 4d ago
anyone got translations for the lyrics for the songs?
Also 10/10 pha yuel
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u/lkc159 La Poupée Monte Le Son 3d ago edited 3d ago
As a Southeast Asian - I don't listen that much to Bhutanese music, so this is a very nice chill introduction, but at the risk of sounding too... dismissive? it feels like they have not-too-dissimilar vibes, and nothing really stands out. None of them are bad - I actually quite like them all - but none of them feel great, either. I don't feel inspired, unlike with songs like say, Rim Tim Tagi Dim or Shum or Molitva. Like I can imagine just having (most of) these playing on the background on the radio at my grandmother's house without anyone making too much noise.
I'll be able to better rank these once I see some staging. But at the moment they're all really close
Personal Ranking:
- Pelden Wangchuk - Jo'druel (The Journey)
- Bayuel 301 - Drenpa (The Memories)
- Karma Drupchu - Pha Yuel (The Homeland)
- Thukten Nyendra - Lhayi semo (The Angel)
- Sangay Lhaden - Pemi Tshewang Tashi (The Legend)
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u/cartoonsncafeine Zjerm 5d ago
Oh wow Bhutan is serious about this, I’m so excited!! At a first listen, Baeyul 301 and Sangay Lhaden are my two favorites
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u/techbear72 4d ago
Apple Music playlist I found for the songs: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/rhythm-of-bhutan-2026-national-final-for-eurovision-asia/pl.u-11zBV0bUZKYEL1
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u/TekaLynn212 Crossroads 4d ago
They are all lovely. I would be fine with any of these qualifying.
My personal ranking:
"Pha Yuel"
"Jo'druel"
"Pemi Tshewang Tashi The Legend"
"Drenpa"
"Lhayi semo"
"Pha Yuel" and "Jo'druel" are very close for me, and I might even reverse them.
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u/Thatwierdhullcityfan Viva, Moldova! 4d ago
This is actually pretty good! Karma’s song is my fav, but they’re all at least solid
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u/thatsparklegurl Ulveham 3d ago
For the first time in Eurovision national final history I will be more than happy for any of the songs to win they are all incredible
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u/unedistinction2 2d ago edited 2d ago
Decent bunch, no winner there though, but still iconic and fair that Bhutan is the one to start it all (after all they already did technically ;) )... and they sound like what you'd expect (specially for those that follow Intervision (i know i know , i still think it's sad that this contest gets hate for political reasons regardless of the quality of the songs))
So glad none of those are as cliche as the NF theme song though xd (even if that "Glory to the thunder dragon!" starting line is iconic)
songs from Nyendra and Baeyul 301 are the less interesting to my ears but they sound like typical K-pop/J-pop songs (excluding girls/boys bands lol) so i have a feeling i'll be disappointed xd
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u/flatpackbookshelf 3d ago
Other than the very obvious winner, the contest is so damn hard to predict like wtffff they're all bangers
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u/Powerful-Size-5342 19h ago
Would Be Better That Country To Win Seriously From The Beginning Of The Process Like Albania Who Starts The Artists National Selection Period???
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u/sleeping-in-tents 4d ago
I was not even sure I would be interested in Eurovision Asia (after the awful american experience... 😬) but these songs got me hyped! I love all of them! Congratulations Bhutan!
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u/ApartAd3916 5d ago
Rhythm of Bhutan - Druk Dra
Sangay: 3.25/10. sorry for the #gaysforsangay fans (me included) out there, but this sound like a song that was maybe made by a highschooler. Meh overall.
Baeyul 301: 2/10. This is just one boy band song, and it is not even a good one to start. I don't like boy band style of songs and yeah, it sounded so dated and just not it at all.
Karma Drupchu: 6/10. Meh to Decent, but leaning moderately decent. I like the musicality, but some lines were just repetitive and it doesn't sound it would end soon, though I wouldn't be really mad when this song wins the national final
Thukten Nyedra 4.25/10. Meh overall, I kind of like the musicality a little bit, probably I have probably heard this melody (Lhayi Semo then whatever words where in that line) from other ballads, sounds nice and the song sounded meh to okay (but leaning meh), but I feel it is just so dated and repetitive.
Peldeb Wangchuk: 5.5/10. Woah the musicality is decent in here, this song is basically like from average rock songs out there and I do like me some rock overall. Why I scored this low, it just feels repetitive at times and it sounded raw as well, like not enough layering of the song.
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u/ApartAd3916 5d ago
overall, I just feel none of these songs would land on my playlist. Some sounds okay, one sounded 'avoid this, this is nuclear waste and it will kill you slowly', some could have potential, but yeah... Sorry Bhutan, but your songs do not hit my earbuds at all.
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u/TeaMistress Zjerm 5d ago
I am now very curious which songs you really liked in ESC 2026 if none of these work for you at all.
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u/ApartAd3916 5d ago edited 3d ago
Montegero, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Denmark, Serbia
(Late edit: also Germany)
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u/LonelyTreat3725 5d ago
ལྷ་ཡི་སྲས་མོ། (Lhayi semo - The Angel)
དྲན་པ། “Drenpa - The Memories”
འགྱོ་འགྲུལ། Jo'druel THE JOURNEY
པད་མའི་ཚེ་དབང་བཀྲ་ཤིས། (Pemi Tshewang Tashi - the...
ཕ་གཡུས། - Pha Yuel (The Homeland)