2024-01-28
8 分钟Welcome to the A to Z English podcast.
My name is Jack, and I'm here with my co host, Sochil.
And today we are doing a culture corner episode.
And today's question, Sochil, is, what kind of music do Americans like the most?
Jack, that's an interesting question because it's such a huge country, and I would say that it varies a lot by region.
I think in the kind of south or rural areas, we think of country music as being quite popular.
You might think in big city areas, especially areas with a larger african american or black population, you see a lot of influence from their culture in the music, rap, and in areas with high latino population, you see a lot of spanish music.
Like, a lot of music in Spanish, including, like, rancheras and reggaeton and, like, kind of bilingual music.
Like, you'll hear them speak in English and Spanish and have, like, artists from the US or Canada featured on a track or vice versa.
Like, latin american artists featured on an english track.
Yeah.
And then I guess the big one is pop.
Pop literally stands for popular music.
And those are artists like Beyonce, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, doja Cat.
All those people are kind of in the pop lexicon.
There's men there, too.
Justin Bieber is one of the big ones that is world famous, I would say, for men in pop.
Besides Justin Bieber, most of the men that are.
That are popular in music are african american artists.
Would you agree with that?