English songs are very popular in the current generation. People use English songs as entertainment, as well as in the field of education used as a medium to learn and improve English skills. English songs are used by students born in Generation Z to improve their English skills because they can relate to English songs and are familiar with them. This affects the result of their learning process.

This research aims to investigate students’ perception of the use of English songs to improve their listening skill. This research has two research questions: (1) What are SMAN 1 Bantul students’ perceptions of the use of English songs to improve their listening skill? (2)  How does listening to English songs improve students’ listening skill?

The quantitative method is the methodology used in this research. The researcher used a questionnaire and interviewed some participants to collect the data for this research. The participants who participate this research are eleventh-grade students of SMAN 1 Bantul.

From the data collected, the researcher concluded that eleventh-grade students in SMAN 1 Bantul had positive perceptions of the use of English songs to improve their listening skill. Moreover, the improvement of students' vocabulary and pronunciation after listening to English songs has a big effect on the improvement of students' listening skills.