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In this special fan message, gothic musician Sindy speaks directly to the fans who have been sending her messages in Pig Latin. As a playful thank-you, Sindy delivers a short message in Pig Latin — just for those who enjoy and understand the language.

This video isn’t a lesson or an explanation. It’s a fun, personal moment meant to reward fans who’ve embraced Pig Latin as part of Sindy’s music and aesthetic. If you understand the message, you’re officially part of the inner circle.

SCRIPT:

Hey everyone. I just wanted to say I’ve been loving hearing from you all lately — especially the messages from fans who’ve been writing to me in Pig Latin. I see you. And honestly… it’s been making me smile.

So I thought I’d do something a little special. This one’s just for the fans who enjoy Pig Latin — and actually understand it.

Alright… here we go.

Ey-hay ymay eautiful-bay ans-fay. Iyay ove-lay eading-ray ouryay essages-may, ay-espyay ethay onesyay at-thay akemay emyay augh-lay.

Ifyay ouyay andercay isthay, en-thay ouyay areyay ymay eople-pay.

Ouyay eptkay ethay anguage-lay aliveyay, ay-espyay en-whay ityay urnstay ayay ittle-lay eerieyay.

Ouyay areyay ayay ecret-say ircle-cay, anday isthay essage-may isyay orfay ouyay.

Okay

If you understood that without thinking too hard — you’re definitely my people.

Thank you for the love, the creativity, and the playful messages. More music soon… and maybe a few more secrets along the way.

Watch the music video for Sindy's Pig Latin classic The Murmur In The Mural.

Goth musician Sindy invites fans and language lovers to take part in a unique Pig Latin music challenge inspired by her song The Murmur In The Mural. In this video, Sindy explains why Pig Latin isn’t just a joke or novelty to her, but a creative tool she uses selectively—guided by rhythm, sound, and emotion rather than rigid rules.

Instead of converting every word, Sindy weaves Pig Latin into her lyrics where it feels musical and meaningful, allowing hidden phrases and subtle textures to emerge. In this challenge, she encourages others to experiment with Pig Latin in their own way—any genre, any style, strict or broken rules.

This is not a contest. There are no prizes or winners. The goal is creativity, exploration, and shared inspiration.

To participate, viewers are invited to create their own Pig Latin song and share it by leaving a comment on one of Sindy’s Pig Latin songs on her official website. In the comment, participants should include a link to their song and a brief note about their creative process and how they approached Pig Latin.

If you love language, music, or experimenting with sound, this challenge is for you.

Here are the links to Sindy's Pig Latin songs, so you can leave a comment and share your song.

The Murmur In The Mural

Sing It Sideways

SCRIPT:

Hey. I want to talk to you for a minute.

If you’ve heard my Pig Latin songs, you probably noticed something right away — I’m not converting every word.

That’s intentional.

For me, Pig Latin isn’t a novelty. It’s a creative tool. I love how it hides meaning in plain sight. How it can feel private… rhythmic… almost emotional when it’s used the right way.

In The Murmur In The Mural, Pig Latin shows up where it feels musical, not where rules say it should. I let sound lead. I let cadence lead. And sometimes I leave words untouched because clarity matters just as much as mystery.

That balance is what excites me.

So I want to challenge you.

If you love Pig Latin — or if you’ve never tried using it musically — I want you to write your own Pig Latin song. Any genre. Any style. Be strict with the rules… or break them completely. Let it be strange. Let it be emotional. Let it be playful or dark or beautiful.

This is not a contest. There are no prizes. There’s nothing to win.

This is about experimenting with language and sound, and seeing what happens when Pig Latin stops being a joke and starts being music.

If you decide to take the challenge, here’s how to share it.

Go to one of my Pig Latin songs on my official website and leave a comment. I'll put a link to them in the description. In your comment, include a link to your song, and a few words about how you approached Pig Latin — what rules you followed, what rules you ignored, and why.

I really want to hear how you think about it.

So if this idea sparks something in you — even just a little — take the challenge.

I can’t wait to hear what you create.

Pig Latin has always fascinated me—not as a joke, but as a creative tool. In my songs The Murmur In The Mural and Say It Sideways, I didn’t convert every word or follow rigid rules. That was intentional.

What I love about Pig Latin is how it hides meaning in plain sight. When used selectively, it becomes rhythmic, emotional, and almost private—like a thought you’re not supposed to hear, but do anyway. In The Murmur In The Mural, Pig Latin isn’t a gimmick. It’s woven into the melody where it feels right, where sound matters more than structure.

That’s the technique:

Now I want to challenge you.

If you love Pig Latin—whether you’re a songwriter, producer, or just curious—I’d love to hear what you create. Write a Pig Latin song in any style, using any approach. Be strict with the rules, or break them completely. Let it be musical, strange, emotional, playful—whatever feels honest.

How to share your song

I don’t have a contact form, so here’s how to participate:

This isn’t a contest. There’s no winner. It’s just a shared language, turned into sound.

Let’s see what happens when Pig Latin stops being a joke—and starts being music. Here are the links to my Pig Latin songs, so you can leave a comment when you complete your song.

The Murmur In The Mural

Say It Sideways

In this video, Sindy explains the creative process behind The Murmur in the Mural and the unique Pig Latin style used in the song. Rather than translating every word, the lyrics were shaped around rhythm, syllables, and melody to create a hypnotic, story-driven sound. Sindy breaks down how Pig Latin can be used as atmosphere instead of novelty, and how musical flow guided every lyrical decision.

SCRIPT:

Hey… so I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me about The Murmur in the Mural, and honestly, that surprised me—in a really good way. A lot of you said you loved the Pig Latin, but not just that it was Pig Latin… more how it felt.

And that’s kind of the key.

When I started writing that song, I didn’t want to just take English lyrics and flip every word into Pig Latin. That usually sounds clunky, and it totally kills the rhythm. So instead, I treated Pig Latin like a musical texture, not a rulebook.

Some words needed to change to create that unfamiliar, murmuring sound. Some words needed to stay in English so the story didn’t disappear. And sometimes I’d bend the Pig Latin rules a little—just enough—to keep the syllables landing where the melody needed them.

I was thinking a lot about flow. How it would sound when sung out loud. Where the vowels landed. Where the consonants hit.

The story came first—the image of a mural that feels alive, like it’s whispering back at you—and the Pig Latin had to serve that mood, not distract from it.

So the process was really about listening. Writing a line… singing it… changing it… breaking it… fixing it again. Over and over until it felt natural, almost hypnotic.

I think that’s why it works the way it does. It’s not Pig Latin for novelty—it’s Pig Latin as atmosphere.

Anyway… I just wanted to share that, because I love that people actually noticed. And yeah—there will definitely be more experiments like that coming.

Thanks for listening… and for listening closely.

Check out Sindy's music video for her Pig Latin song The Murmur In The Mural.

1. Pig Latin isn’t a real language — and that’s the point. Pig Latin has no native speakers, no standardized grammar, and no written tradition. It’s a language game, designed to obscure meaning just enough to exclude outsiders while remaining instantly reversible for insiders.

2. Its core rule is deceptively simple, but surprisingly flexible. Most people learn the “move the first consonant sound and add -ay” rule, but vowels, consonant clusters, and silent letters introduce variations. This flexibility is why Pig Latin survives without ever being formally taught.

3. Pig Latin has been used as a social filter for over a century. Children, teens, and subcultures have used Pig Latin to signal belonging, secrecy, or rebellion. It functions less as encryption and more as a social boundary marker — you either get it immediately, or you don’t.

4. It subtly trains linguistic awareness. Using Pig Latin requires speakers to think in phonemes rather than letters. That mental shift — separating sound from spelling — is one reason linguists often cite Pig Latin as an early, informal exercise in phonological awareness.

5. Pig Latin has quietly crossed into art and music. Beyond playground use, Pig Latin occasionally appears in lyrics, spoken word, and experimental writing. Its rhythm-forward structure makes it especially effective when sound and cadence matter more than literal meaning.

6. A modern example: Sindy’s The Murmur In The Mural. In The Murmur In The Mural, Pig Latin isn’t used as a novelty. Instead, it reinforces themes of secrecy, hidden messages, and language as emotional texture. The obscured words mirror the song’s atmosphere — meaning is felt before it’s fully understood.

7. Pig Latin works because humans enjoy “almost understanding.” The brain stays engaged when meaning is just out of reach. Pig Latin exploits that sweet spot: familiar enough to follow, altered enough to intrigue. That balance is why it still feels playful — and strangely powerful — generations later.

Watch Sindy's music video for her Pig Latin Classic The Murmur In The Mural.

The Curious History of Pig Latin — From Playground Fun to Pop Culture and Music

Pig Latin is one of those language games most of us first meet in childhood — a playful way to twist English so only those “in the know” can understand you. While it may seem like just a silly pastime, Pig Latin has a surprisingly long history and has shown up in different corners of culture, including music.

Where Pig Latin Came From

Pig Latin is a simple coded form of English created by shifting the first consonant or consonant cluster of a word to the end and adding “-ay.” For example, “hello” becomes “ellohay,” and “play” becomes “ayplay.”

Though the exact origin isn’t clear, the version of Pig Latin we recognize today appeared in the early 20th century. A 1919 Columbia Records album featured a song called Pig Latin Love — subtitled “I-yay ove-lay oo-yay earie-day” — suggesting the playful form was already in use.

Across the 1930s and ’40s, Pig Latin was mentioned in various films and comedy shorts, and it eventually became a common children’s playground code. It was simple but effective: anyone could learn the basic rule in minutes, yet using it fluently made you feel part of a secret linguistic club.

How Pig Latin Evolved Over Time

Though primarily a playful language game, Pig Latin has appeared in media and pop culture in unexpected ways:

In the 1933 musical film Gold Diggers of 1933, Ginger Rogers sings a verse of “We’re in the Money” in Pig Latin — a fun, tongue-twisting moment in a classic musical.

Pig Latin terms like ixnay (from “nix,” meaning “no”) and amscray (from “scram,” meaning “go away”) entered American slang, showing how language play can influence everyday speech.

While Pig Latin never became a formal language, its simplicity and playful secrecy helped it stick around in classrooms, among friends, and even in folklore.

Pig Latin in Music

Pig Latin hasn’t just stayed on playgrounds — it’s also turned up in a handful of songs over the decades. While not widespread, these tracks show how this playful code can become a musical device.

1. “Pig Latin Song” — Bob Luman (1961)

One of the better-known recordings featuring Pig Latin is Pig Latin Song by rock and country artist Bob Luman. The chorus switches into Pig Latin with lines like “Iay ovelay ouyay ithway all of my heart,” turning the language game into the hook of a love song.

2. “Igpay Atin-lay” — Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon Feature)

In the animated series Teen Titans Go!, characters perform a catchy “Pig Latin Song” that both celebrates and teaches the language game, complete with chorus lines in Pig Latin itself. It’s a modern pop-culture example that highlights Pig Latin’s playful appeal.

3. The Murmur in the Mural — Sindy

And another well-written Pig Latin song is The Murmur in the Mural by Sindy. While most songs use Pig Latin sparingly or for novelty, Sindy’s track fully embraces the language as part of its lyrical identity. The song pairs thematic storytelling with Pig Latin conversions in the chorus and verses, turning the language game into an artistic device that reinforces its mood and rhythm. It’s an imaginative example of how Pig Latin can be used not just as a gimmick, but as a creative tool in songwriting.

Why Pig Latin Still Matters

Pig Latin remains a cultural curiosity because it’s:

Simple — Anyone can learn the basic rule.

Social — It reinforces group belonging when used among peers.

Playful — It creates a secret language without needing complexity.

Creative — It occasionally inspires artistic and musical experiments.