The rise of digital media is unavoidable as technology has been emerging. This phenomenon shifts the habit which requires media literacy to access, analyze, and evaluate information. At this moment, the opportunity of digital media exposure could be used effectively as a medium for English language learners to gain more skills in media literacy related to cross-cultural issues as culture is a part of language learning. Therefore, this paper aims to research the role of media literacy to enhance the cross-cultural knowledge of English language learners.  As a result, the paper will focus on the use of multimodal theory as the key feature of media literacy to evaluate the information provided in digital media which is music videos that are presenting cultural issues. It is expected that having knowledge of both media literacy and cross-cultural understanding could equip language learners to be more critical and independent.