Turbo-Folk is a genre of music that originated in the Balkans. I’m not sure exactly when and where, but I’d guess in Yugoslavia. Serbian Turbo-Folk is the Serbian version of the genre, though this article is mostly concerned with Yugoslav-era Serbian Turbo-Folk which, as the term implies, was Turbo-Folk from the Yugoslav Wars.
This music is interesting to listen to for a variety of reasons. Many Westerners are not used to music that is very…patriotic, nationalistic and so on…
I’d also describe it as music that gets close to sounding like condensed insanity in musical form.
So yeah, it should probably be mentioned that Serbian Turbo-Folk (especially the more blatantly nationalistic songs) are very patriotic.
While it is the case that the many examples I’m citing are nationalist/propagandistic, that’s just what the article is focused on. From what I’ve heard, Turbo-Folk is actually a fairly normal genre of music in the Balkans, these are just the weird outliers.
The music here (that I’m focusing on) mostly has Serbian themes. Serbia is the best, “Bosnia sucks” and war crimes are not bad, actually. That last one varies, but the most well-known Turbo-Folk song is “Serbia Strong” which was performed by war criminals about how Serbia is the best. The Serbs also apparently make fun of how they’re stereotyped as being war criminals (hence “My Dad is a War Criminal”).
This is just a list of songs that I found online. These are YouTube embeds. Due to the fact you’re likely looking at this with Balkan wi-fi (you know who you are), this is to save you from having to load it all at once. More will be added gradually.