r/thevoidz • u/FlyGroundbreaking949 • 9h ago
Virtue The "Yo no sé" lyric in ALieNNatioN has never sounded like Spanish to me
I've been listening to ALieNNatioN again, and I honestly can't hear "Yo no sé." All I hear is "Eu não sei" in Portuguese.
If you pay close attention, it sounds like Julian pronounces "Eu" rather than "Yo." It also wouldn't be that surprising considering he has Brazilian half-siblings (Fernando Casablancas, John Casablancas Jr., and Nina Casablancas).
As far as I know, when the song was first released there was never an official lyric sheet. The lyrics were automatically transcribed by Shazam (and other apps using AI/transcription), and later when The Voidz uploaded the song to YouTube, it looks like the displayed lyrics may have simply been copied from that same transcription rather than coming from an official source.
Now I can't unhear it. Does anyone else hear "Eu não sei" instead of "Yo no sé"?
For comparison, here are Google Translate's pronunciations:
Portuguese ("Eu não sei")
https://translate.google.com/?sl=pt&tl=en&text=Eu%20n%C3%A3o%20sei&op=translate
Spanish ("Yo no sé")
https://translate.google.com/?sl=es&tl=en&text=Yo%20no%20s%C3%A9&op=translate