Learn Vietnamese with music
Play a Vietnamese song in Spotify. Singuistic shows the words as they're sung, with English underneath.
Đợi thêm một chút, bài hát chưa tan
Wait a little longer, the song hasn't ended
Original line written for Singuistic — not a lyric excerpt.
Learning Vietnamese as an English speaker
Vietnamese tones bend to melody, so songs teach you vocabulary and reading while the tone marks printed under each line keep you honest about pronunciation.
Watch for: six tones, and classifiers before almost every noun.
How it works
- 1Connect Spotify and press play on any Vietnamese track.
- 2The lyric line lights up in time with the vocal, with the English right below it.
- 3Tap a word to keep it. It lands in your vault for review later — the song never stops.
Artists to start with
Sơn Tùng M-TP
Modern V-pop, widely known.
Hoàng Thùy Linh
Folk-influenced vocabulary.
Vũ.
Slow, clear, conversational.
Mỹ Tâm
Careful diction, classic pop.
Đen Vâu
Spoken-word Vietnamese; dense but very clear.
Why songs work
A song repeats the same phrase four or five times and you don't mind. Melody carries the words into memory the way rote repetition never does, and because you chose the track, you'll play it again tomorrow.
Free and Pro
Free: one language, 20 saved words, 3 songs a day.
Pro from $1.99/month: unlimited words and songs. Pro Unlimited adds every language.
Free and ProQuestions
- Can I really learn Vietnamese from songs?
- Not on its own — but as the listening and vocabulary half of your study it beats any app, because you repeat willingly. Singuistic adds the reading and review half.
- Do I need Spotify Premium?
- You need a Spotify account so we can read what's playing. Playback works with what your account already allows.
- Which songs have synced lyrics?
- Most popular tracks. When a song has no synced version we show the plain lyric, still translated.
Other languages for English speakers
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