Trying to pin down the music of Culcha Candela by genre is no easy task. A mix of house, hip-hop, pop and dancehall—with big beats and sometimes potently political lyrics—gets close. But they’re better defined by their indomitable spirit of fun. Founded in Berlin in the early 2000s, the multicultural combo have amassed a legion of fans that gravitate towards their energy, passion and knack for crafting catchy tunes as disparate as 2012’s in-your-face football anthem “Von allein” and 2022’s understated fanfare “Warum Immer Ich”.