Collective Cadenza translates the Fresh Prince theme across languages

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The Collective Cadenza, often known by its initials cdza, is famous for taking music on playful detours and inviting listeners to join the ride. In a recent, widely shared experiment they posed a simple, provocative question: what happens when translation software rewrites a familiar chorus into other languages? With the help of Google Translate they converted the FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR theme into a broad array of languages, from Spanish and French to Turkish, Mandarin, Hindi, and beyond. Then the group, a team of professionally trained musicians who relish creative experiments, stepped into the studio to perform the song anew, singing the freshly minted lyrics with the same swagger and precision that marks their work. They called the project the geekiest experiment they have attempted, a label that captures the blend of curiosity, craft, and humor behind the video.

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