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Weird Al said it best:

> It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss with all these marbles in my mouth.

Honestly I've often thought that many songs are only popular because you can't really understand the (trivial, vulgar, gross) lyrics.

Try listening to Boss Hoss sometime.

(German band, lots of English language covers with "wait THAT'S why they're saying?!?" moments.)

This! I came to the US when I was 14. I thought everyone understood Sting but me…

Glottal stops.

I suspect that a large part of this problem is Autotune. Singers need no training to hit the right pitches anymore, so they receive no training at all for any of the other skills as well.