I think I speak for many when I say that we all remember last school year’s favorite musical meme, “Gangnam Style”. It was for a time, and probably still is, an incredibly influential song for America’s pop culture and teenage society. But Psy, the creator of “Gangnam Style”, wasn’t the first to accomplish such a feat, and he certainly won’t be the last.

A good example of some earlier popular foreign music would be AC/DC. Not many people realize it, but this iconic rock n’ roll band is actually Australian. This applies to several other bands as well, such as Led Zeppelin, Coldplay, ADELE, Mumford & Sons, Daft Punk, and even Rihanna. Each of these artists have left a giant dent on the face of America’s popular music.

Of course, AC/DC was not the first band to introduce foreign music to us, but trying to date back to the very first one would take us all the way back to when we first migrated here from Europe in 1492. All of our music is technically foreign except for Native American music if you think about it. It all derives from foreign roots anyway. But that doesn’t exactly tell us why we like modern music from other countries. So why do we?

Truthfully, there is no answer. But personally, I think that most other foreign artists today are no longer trying to appeal to audiences within their own countries, but actually trying to appeal to us. America is not only the richest country in the entire world, but we also have quite a lot of people who can afford new music. So that leaves us with only one question left to answer. What does the fox say?