Dubioza Kolektiv’s new song 'Yebiga' questions AICEFR A2
26 Apr 2026
Adapted from Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
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Dubioza Kolektiv, a Bosnian band, released a new song called "Yebiga." The song uses satire and catchy music to criticise society's growing trust in machines and algorithmic decisions. The band warns this could give power to technological elites instead of democratic institutions.
The music video is in Bosnian and has English and Spanish subtitles. It opens with a digital brotherhood that stands for rising technocracy and then shows a chorus that praises a world without books or independent thinking. The band mixes humour and sharp political comment to make listeners think about the risks of letting machines decide.
Difficult words
- satire — funny way to criticise people or ideas
- criticise — say that something is wrong or bad
- algorithmic — connected to computer rules that make decisions
- technocracy — system where technical experts hold political power
- elite — small powerful group with high social statuselites
- democratic — related to a political system by the people
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Discussion questions
- Why do you think the band warns about machines getting power instead of democratic institutions?
- Have you watched a music video with subtitles? Which languages were they?
- Do you like songs that criticise society? Why or why not?
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