T-pop songs to learn Thai
T-pop is Thai pop music: idol groups, bands and singer-songwriters with catchy choruses that everyone in Thailand knows. Pop lyrics use the natural, modern Thai of conversations and chat messages, and the hooks repeat until the words stick.
We explain the best lines of each song with romanization and English, the grammar behind them and the words you will hear again in everyday life.
A2 Koisuru Fortune Cookie คุกกี้เสี่ยงทาย BNK48 · 2017 The song that turned BNK48 into a national craze in 2018: everyone from surgeons to office workers posted dance covers. Its bright, clearly sung lines are full of everyday patterns (secretly do something, or not, let someone do something, might, don't) and it opens a window onto Thailand's love of fortune-telling. Meaning and key lines 
B1 Just Being Friendly เพื่อนเล่น ไม่เล่นเพื่อน Tilly Birds feat. MILLI · 2021 The anthem of the Thai friend zone: a catchy pop-rock hit about a friend who texts every night but won't say what you are. It is full of everyday texting and dating language (texting first, 'sweet dreams', acting like more than a friend), and the title is a clever pun you can only get in Thai. Meaning and key lines
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