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Woah, guys!! This year's Eurovision was so cool! Congrats to Austria for winning and congrats to Australia for getting second! So glad they managed to make it to the final :3
eurovision turns me into a conspiracy theorist because I fully believe this shit was rigged to give Israel a win
yo we didn't want points from Israel tho... not claiming that one
not now baby Poland is being robbed
i'm glad the ancient tradition of hating eurovision juries is still followed
wtf you dumbasses
I appreciate eurovision because it's the only time of year when it's appropriate to discuss "serving cunt" on a work call
Haven't posted in a while so have this while I make better artwork ( I literally forgot how to draw)
Austria won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest ?! π
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Γsterreich hat den 69. Eurovision Song Contest gewonnen?! π
The audience literally shouted "Erika" after her performance and this was heard even during the speech of the presenters, and then she receives so few points from the audience.
KAJ have been getting huge attention since winning the national selection, and then they receives so few points from audience.
It can't be true.
and I also hope that Finland will refuse to participate next year so that Eurovision will understand who they don't appreciate enough
congratulations to Tommy Cash on winning the Eurovision because with his joke song and no vocals, 3rd place is a win. and also he was in the death zone and still finished third
"No stresso, no stresso, no need to be depresso."
And just like that depression was cured.
Take a bite of my poison cake ππ§
I believe in Albanian women supremacy ππ
UMK25 Song review: Nightmares
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) is back and stronger than ever! We have seven new artists ready to compete for the trophy and the ticket to Basel in May! The first song kicked off the UMK season with a banger!
Neea River - Nightmares
Neea River is a singer-songwriter who was discovered on Instagram (she sang CΓ©line Dion's All By Myself) during her holidays in L.A. The singing sensation has since written songs for other artists (Bess, Laura Voutilainen, Blanka, K-Pop artists etc). So she has a full day job as a music professional and she's made a name for herself as one.
As a solo artist she's been pushed by her label to switch to Finnish but she's always found English as a more natural choice. Now days, she has own label. She loves dance pop genre, loud bangers and Eurovision. Her musical influencers are Britney Spears, Weekend and Rihanna.
Her UMK song Nightmares was inspired by traumatic experience and reminds the people that there's always an exit of the difficult experiences. She wrote it together with Ilkka Wirtanen and Petri Alanko. With Nightmares she wants to bring pure pop banger to Eurovision from Finland.
Nightmares is her first own song to be released as a solo artist. And so far it has been compared to Loreen (Sweden, 2023), Keiino (Norway 2019) and Saara Aalto (Finland, 2018). This defintely has a nordic sound!
The beginning starts with a dark, mysterious tone - some might be fooled to think we have a ballad in our hands. The song builds up strong to the first drop which reveals the EMD/ disco beat which is the core of the song. This could be easily taken from early 2000's house music scene.
The woman can sing even though many have been worried the layered edits on her voice during the track. Personally, I'm not one of those people. There's a debate going on whether the dancing she does in the music video is part how you do it in this type of music or if she's actually just not the best at it.
It's true that often EMD tracks it's difficult to get a real climax, a drop happening later in the song because the beat is so strong and in here the song tends to continue kind of predictably without further surprises. This bothers me a bit tbh.
A lot of people speak about "the eurovision sound" and how much this song has it. Yeah would be an easy fit to the contest and a big pleaser for a lot of people. But I don't see this pulling a lot points
However, this is an impressive defeat for someone producing her own music as independantly as Neea does and running her own label on top of it - I do hope all the best for Neea but I have a feeling this ain't our UMK25 winner.
What do you think of the first UMK25 track and what are the chances of Neea to advance to ESC? Talk to me in the comments below!