Vocal Coach Reacts! Käärijä! Cha Cha Cha! Live! Eurovision 2023!
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Vocal Coach Reacts! Käärijä! Cha Cha Cha! Live! Eurovision 2023! - Hudba
Only thing I'm bitter about is the lost opportunity to see Käärijä's winner performance. The crowd was absolutely crazy about him. It would have been the PARTY of the year 🥳
I see you have very boring life i guess?
Yes!! I literally cried because of unfairness. You could see the audience’s disappointment when Loreen was announced. They started leaving right away
@@AnnaFresa1 whats wrong with you? Now in July how often do we here the Finnish shit? Be ashamed! Loreen on the other side is a real star!
Loreen may be a better singer, but I just enjoy this song infinitely more than her song.
Same!!
Strong disagree. Loreen's screeching is so painful I have to mute her. I never have that problem with Käärijä.
i agree if we where talking about euphoria but loreen sounds like a fucking dying banshee in tattoo
Of course, if the competition was about the ability to sing, which it is not, as it is the Eurovision _SONG_ Contest, not the Eurovision _Singing_ Contest, there would be some other more deserving candidates to win than Loreen, including Blanca Paloma from Spain, Mimicat from Portugal, Marco Mengoni from Italy, Remo Forrer from Switzwerland, Monika Linkytė from Lithuania, Alika from Estonia and Brunette from Armenia.
"Maybe"😂😂😂
The popularity of the Käärijä is not only limited to his wonderful song, but also to himself. Captivating, funny, chatty and, above all, approachable. If you follow his performances, you will notice it. What convinced me the most was his style and manner in that Swedish newspaper interview, where he asked his supporters to stop the outbursts of hatred towards Loreen. A man who, of course, showed his typical way even after the disappointing result, but who also gives credit to the jury's favorite. Isn't this already fair, if anything?
So happy to see a professional vocal coach tell the world that he is actually a great singer of the styles he chooses.
That feeling of connection with the singer is what the entire Eurovision audience felt and that is why he won our hearts. He's a purely likeable person and it comes through. ❤
There is a new winner every year but it's much more rare to see someone become a legend
We all know Käärijä won hands down. Swedish song we have heard million zillion times before. Käärijä is totally unique and crazy.
I am so glad hearing someone analyse the song and Käärijä's singing ability 💚
He has none!
@@michaelhammar2778 Nah that ain't true
@@Mucrush oh it is and i you do not think so i guess you are hearing disabled!
@@michaelhammar2778 You are swedish ,i think.
@@hilkkakemppainen2340 Facts are facts I hope that in you in your heart could be as honest as the Finnish jury Greetings to the Eastern part of Sweden! And be honest his singing capability is less than averege drunken Pekka on a Friday night!
I've literally come here from my Finnish lesson (which I started learning because of Käärijä!) on Duolingo to watch your reaction to the performance haha I voted for Käärijä, Joker Out (Slovenia) and Voyager (Australia), and honestly this year had so many strong performers, 2023 is probably my favourite Eurovision year! And I AGREE, he has such a gentle singing voice, he should sing more!!
Also my faves. My top 2 Finland and Slovenia 😍
It blows my mind that people are trying to learn Finnish, one of the hardest languages to learn because of 1 silly song.
I'd imagine you're not alone and I'd also imagine that many drop out due to how difficult it is and how little use there is.
Hope it goes well for you, nothing but respect for people who try.
@@Caldera01 People have been sticking to it unbelievably consistently. Usually people have the stamina to learn like "hei" or "perkele" but now they're actually learning an impressive amount of vocabulary and even sentences. That's so cool 💚! All thanks to our amazing "finnish ambassador" Käärijä 💚.
@@Mari-ok6xg Hey, if Käärijä makes FInnish a world language together with English, Spanich, French and Chinese... I'm not going to complain.
I hope you enjoy learning Finnish.
I learnt it when I was working there in the early 2000s.
It is a fabulous language.
I love Cha Cha Cha so much. The artist, himself is wonderful as well.
This might be the best reaction I've seen to his performance, and I've seen many. You give credit to his nuances and give us the info why some things that he does works. Also, a total honest transformation from "okay let's see why the people loved it more than the obvious queen" to "he is my winner" many many of us can agree
7:05 The crowd actually interrupted the hosts multiple times during the voting reveals chanting "Cha Cha Cha" and "Käärijä", they weren't just loud during the performance xD
here an example: czcams.com/video/6_RxGTPAyfU/video.html
Which is rude af
@@ucanhtruong4769 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
It cheered me up intensely 😂❤
@@ucanhtruong4769 Some thought the Liverpool crowd behaved much better than they could have...
UK crowds are not the sitting-in-quiet types 🤓🤓🤓
Except for Wimbledon tennis matches, maybe 😜
@@ucanhtruong4769 It’s a live music show with a public vote. You expect them to sit quietly with their hands in their laps? 🤷♀️
I'm glad that a vocal coach is telling how talented he really is! Alot of Loreen fans don't understand that his ability to sing like this is rather difficult. However, if it's your taste or not is different entirely. I absolutely loved watching this video!
Your reaction to this video is rather similar to when I first heard it, but believe me soon you won't be able to get it out of your head. I love this song, it makes me smile and I think alot of people needed that
He had a lot of help with his own vocals on the backing track.
@@GRAHAM2109 not in EV though, except some of the cha chas
@@GRAHAM2109you can’t have your own vocals on backing tracks at Eurovision. He did have a female backing singer backstage singing live
@@GRAHAM2109 he was singing live though?
Loved this reaction! 💚 People should have fun and Eurovision shouldn't be such a serious thing. This is what you can call "united by music" - you can sing along and have some crazy party 🎉
"It's crazy, it's party!" was Kaarija's catchphrase throughout the ENITRE Eurovision journey and you can see why - he's been on a crazy ride! And the studio version has an interesting music video too! The meaning of the song is about the man, or the Finnish people, and how they open up 'after a few pina coladas' - a song about the introvert being the extrovert!
There is a real meaning behind this song believe it or not. Käärijä had a gig with Alan Walker today in Finland. He made a remix of Cha Cha Cha 😁💚
Like Käärijä himself said, "My voice sounds like it is supposed to sound."
Awesome reaction, greetings from Finland! And I must say, the juries need more professionals like you. Pop producers and pop radio hosts and pop musicians are over represented, so they reward the kind of music they work with. Vocal professionals like you can highlight the fact that there's legit skill and technique in singing styles that are not the most obviously difficult and impressive ones like belting clean etc. Käärijä got a lot of criticism for "not being a technically good singer" but as you highlighted, there is technique here that many people might not recognise as good, even when it is. And that's exactly the sort of thing juries should be there to recognise, as professionals. At the moment that is unfortunately not how it works, so the more unique vocals and most unique musical styles get ignored by juries completely. Finland wasn't the only one ignored by juries either. I can't believe the way Spain was treated this year.
Yeah, they're not even consistent as while Kaarija is a great vocalist but arguably not a great singer, Blanca Paloma is a great great singer so what do the juries even want? Allegedly, of course, they wanted a Swedish hosted final 🙄
@@janinebedfordl The music industry is full of swedes. Most juries work with swedes. Juries have always favoured Sweden and placed it somewhat high no matter the quality. I wonder why…
This!! In my opinion Spain should be the jury winner. Why it got so few points from the public I can kind of understand (I liked it though), but it should tick every box with the juries. Amazing voice (even better than Loreen in my opinion), well produced and a mix of genres, fantastic performance. And I also strongly agree with you regarding the juries itself. I really, really hope they do something about this next year.
What I like maybe the most is how much healthier role model he is for young boys than Andrew Tates of the fragile male internet.
He's admitting he needs to drink to dare to dance, kind of spelling out that part of toxic masculinity, and then he goes and does it in the front of the biggest audience in Europe - and maybe the world - all sober.
A small and shy guy showing you don't have to tough it out, you can admit your weaknesses and embrace them.
The thing is, I have never seen anyone listening to/reacting to this without getting a big, stupid grin on their faces. It's just like… I listen to this when I'm sad, because I CANNOT BE SAD while listening to this ❤
Hurrah! I've seen so many people give this song a really enthusiastic response but it's almost always kind of "despite" the vocals as if turbo-powered melismatic singing is the only kind of vocal that counts. I love that you've given that more nuanced appreciation of Kaarija's capabilities - it's a shame the Eurovision juries weren't as enlightened
Käärijä was number 4 by jury, that is not that bad. The gap between Loreen and the jury second place is over 160 points (to Käärijä 190) this happened never before and this is the problem. Loreen was really so much better than anybody else?
@@Scheherasad No, she's a very good singer with a well produced song that played to her strengths. It wasn't an outstanding song and there were other singers (even just in the same sort of style as Loreen) who were as good if not better. She absolutely deserved to be in contention but not to be a mile in front
@@janinebedfordlThe normal thing is to congratulate the winner and move on. This crapping on Loreen on social media for almost a month by people is insane.
The ESC bubble is small. Most in the bubble don’t understand that. Loreen is doing better in terms of listeners, streams, Spotify, charts etc. More people listen to this song. Kärija is not that popular.
I’m just a regular viewer, I’m happy whoever wins and this years shitty behaviours from the toxic Kärija bubble has really disappointed and disturbed both others in the ESC bubble and mainly the regular viewers.
This is not normal. Loreen won. Learn to live with it. It’s not The Emotional Contest.
@@AnnaKaunitz I didn't say a word against Loreen.
@@AnnaKaunitz Literally no one here said anything against Loreen? What are you even on about? And people being pissed off about the jury is NOT a new thing, it happens all the time. This year was simply such a glaring demonstration of what is wrong with the jury system as it is, which is why people are so angry. It's actually nothing personal to do with the artists themselves or their songs, just a critique against a system that does not work well.
Also sooo happy seeing reactions that show it's not all just silly looks and show.. Yeah ok, Loreen is a great singer but you cant really even compare them. But he is a complete mix of everything. So lovely to hear the comments on his singing voice, I love how the song represents him as a person, a bit of everything, craziness, silliness, energy, also a bit more serious when needed, calmer.. Its got it all. And its memorable - the performance & mostly, him. So hapoy and excited he's also getting the recognition he deserves and works for. 💚💚
I think I´ve watched at least 50 reaction videos about Käärijä, but this was my favourite one. Thank you! 🤩
Wow, thank you!
@@SSTVocalCoach Love from Finland. 😄💚
I'm crying a litlle bit over your reaction video and I'm not even from Finland 😂🥲🤣
My favorites with Slovenia this year. We bought both flags for this event.
Your face, smiling ear-to-ear and then giggling like a 5 year old when they open their present and find the long awaited favourite toy in there!
Great analysis, thank you!
💚💚💚
The audience did not disappoint this year. They sang along to most of the songs and it was amazing
I am glad to meet you again. I watched several times your reaction to The Hu Shireg shireg, I wanted to understand throat singing and you explained it so well. I love Käärijä’s Cha Cha Cha and was almost scared to hear your opinion. How good to hear you liked it. It is crazy, it is party. I think that Loreen’s Tattoo is a very good song, but this boy is my favourite, he makes me happy.
The issue people have with Sweden is not that it is the Jury favorite, but how excessively it is the jury's favorite. There were other entries that were technically very strong and should easily be able to compete with Sweden's entry on aspects a jury would look at (vocal control, range, composition, etc) yet got shocking low amounts of points, which in turn destroyed the competitive element. Even with a hundred less jury points, Sweden would still have won.. but a hundred points means more than 8 12-pointers, or 10 ten-pointers, etc. Every time Sweden gets the most points, other countries fall behind, and yet the juries voting behavior was basically akin to putting all the eggs into a single basket to a degree that seems almost coordinated. Sweden was good, but it was not remotely THAT good. If Käärijä barely missed out, I'd be like 'well shit, that's the story'... but instead it has become a David vs Goliath battle where it feels like other entries never stood a chance when reality clearly shows Tattoo is not iconic or otherwise comparable to ABBA's original entry, or even Loreen's previous winning track Euphoria.
I have a feeling that you might just love Lordi who won Eurovision back in 2006 with Hard Rock Hallelujah. They're also from Finland and they still perform to this day.
Käärijä has been such a phenomenon here in Finland. I loved it from the beginning and I thought that I could never get bored of it but now my neighbour’s 5 year old child has been outside singing Cha Cha Cha every. F. day seriously ever since the ESC finals and it has been a true test for my love for this song 🤣
Ok, I am not even kidding, after 55 min I wrote this, neighbourg’s child is at it again! 😂
Hahaha, my daughter has been singing cha cha cha since Eurovision😅. Belting it. Playing it ten time in a row for days to end. This was her favorite. Mine too. We are from Sweden. And I think Käärijä should have won!
I enjoyed that. You really understand ESC, unfortunately most jurors don't. They are stuck on radio pop and power ballads. I want the juries gone or people like you in it.
The only finnish word you need to know is "perkele". It covers everything! 🤣
Or "No niin".
@@Goddybag4Lee Mastering "No niin" is difficult though.
@@Caldera01 I know. But highly useful.
@@Goddybag4Lee Niin ku
It must be remembered that ESC is not a SINGERS' competition in which the best singer is sought, but a singing competition in which the most entertaining and audience-appealing song is sought. Käärijä and Cha Cha Cha was a perfect song in this sense. Over 78% of the audience voted him as their favorite and there is no doubt that he should have been chosen as the ESC winner. Who is ESC for if not the public and ESC fans? At least not for the jury, which represents only a fraction of the voters! 😮😢
I think the jury should at least count for only 20-30% or something. 50/50 is way too much.
@@kristin123a I agree. In the Finnish New Music Competition (UMK), where Finland's ESC representative is selected, the ratio is 75/25 televote/jury. I think it is a better and fairer system also in ESC.
Thank you for this reaction! It kind of sums up all of my feelings and thoughts about this song and Käärijä in general. Lots of love from Finland!
Austra's entry "Who the hell is Edgar" is also super fun. MV is more entertaining than their stage performance IMO
I am perpetually sad Teya and Salena didn't bring old white men in business suits as backup dancers, would have made their staging infinitely more fun.
@The Stitch with Sami yeah. Also they could have rolled with their secretary or drag King costumes from the video. Oh well. I still like the song though.
This was the best act by far in the contest, receiving 133 more televote points than the actual winner and tied for the 2nd most televote points ever (376). Should definitely have won. Kaarija and his dancers are legends!
If you look for the translated lyrics those in themselves tell a real story. It’s about feeling pressured to be “masculine “ and needing a few drinks to relax the shell he’s built up. It’s actually quite a journey!
You can also see the influence of Rammstein on this artist. That’s a Rammstein logo tattoo over his heart and the initial growly/europop presentation and final pyrotechnics are absolutely Rammstein!
I wish they had competed different years, I want them both to have won.
Your reaction was brilliant- it’s great to enjoy this with someone new. My kids have been listening to it on repeat since the final. I also appreciated how you gave him credit for the crowd! I think it’s very impressive when you don’t have to sing parts of your song because the crowd is shouting it out enthusiastically and perfectly!
Germany (thank you for covering them!) and Norway were my other two favourites. Norway is a girl power song that for some reason stands out in a crowded field… (Austria and Italy would be great to have reactions to as well!)
It's crazy, it's party🇫🇮!
I kinda feel really comforted about this reaction because I feel like I can do stuff like Käärijä does in the beginning really well, like really low and growly, and then high and loud. But I can't do the middle and actual singing and it's probably why I also heard Käärijä's voice in those parts as weak or wobbly, since I identified with that WAY strongly. But to hear someone else describe it as just soft feels really good. For me, at least.
Same here, this was my favorite reaction/analysis. Kaarija was also very active/running while singing., even tho that is normal for him. But during the week he had a sore throat or infection and fever which didn't help.
What a great reaction 🔥 Totally nailed the essence of this performance. TBH, it took me longer to grasp it. However, in the end you are entirely consumed by it all 💚
"Cha Cha Cha" is a great song and Käärijä does an excellent job, but I love the cover of the German entry 'Lord Of The Lost'. Their version is the icing on the cake.
I am from Finland and not a fan of Eurovision and I had never heard about Käärijä before. I heard Tattoo ans cha cha cha for the first time at the same time, one after the other and after that Käärijäs song stayd in my head but I couldn't remember anything but the staging about Loreen's song.
Cha cha cha makes people enjoy, standing up, singing along, etc, Tattoo didn't get any emotions out of me.
Still Tattoo was not a bad song and Loreen is professional singer and better than Käärijä what comes to singing, but Eurovision is not a singing contest, it is songcontest.
You should watch some more videos about peoples, comtestents and journalist's reactions to Käärijä and cha cha cha.
I have watced some videos about him and he seems to be a good person, warm and kind.
And in my opinion these eurovision songs are made for masses not for professionals (the jury), and peoples voting should be a bigger part than just 50%, maybe 75%, or some other way changes should be done.
Anyway, Käärijä got 4th in jyry votes and that is not bad. Loreen got so much more votes than the runner up, and it makes me vonder was she really so much better than the the others..
You are correct that rolling/purring "R" is Finnish R-sound 😊
Haha he was amazing. Loreen's was a pretty standard Swedish pop song - I love her but between the lyrics and her nasal singing early in the song it didn't feel innovative I felt like I'd heard it before. But she is such a performer she killed it on stage. But I'm still listening to and singing the Finnish entrant. PS try Australia's Voyager!!
This is the best reaction for sure, and I watched so many. Love the analysis and giggles lol -thank you!
I still can't accept the fact that Kaarija didn't win...🥺💚
I haven't read all of the comments below ... His name is pronounced "Ca - like the beginning of cat (not car) a bit drawn out , sharp "r" followed by i soft j and Ä shorter this time . You can check out two other great songs he´s done - "Mic Mac" ans "Paidaton Riehuja". He says that he's been heavily influenced by Rammstein (thus his tattoo). He mixes rap/hip hop with melodic bits :) He has also said that he wants to put out exciting, suprising music so people don't know what to expect! The Finnish "R" is very sharp - like when you scots say "murder" lol. Finnish has a lot of consonants . The dancer are wearing "gumguards" in white on their own teeth. I think it was to parody the way ballroom dancers have to constantly grin and look happy with over the top makeup. I'm Finnish and first I was super angry about Sweden winning (I still think letting Björn from Abba talk and other hype was unethical/unprofessional) BUT now I think it was ok he came second because in our minds he didn't. He's such a charismatic, fun, smart and sympathetic guy, very humble really. Genuine and talanted and a breath of fresh air for us all because a lot of Finnish music can be quite harsh and serious where as his Cha Cha Cha is the equivalent of drinking 10 energy drinks or Espressos :)
I think you really hit the nail on the head. I believe a big reason for the success was that people instantly connected with him. Even though he kind of plays a character he's not at all pretentious. And he's a truly nice sweet guy. And you could see he (all of them) were having such a good time on that stage.
That is actually a really Finnish thing that you kinda get what you see. We're an honest and straightforward bunch.
I hope people don't think of the performance as just a joke thing, because I think the song itself is really good.
About Finnish language.
Yes, that's our normal (and only) r-sound.
The Ä letters sound actually more like E (the sound for instance in "beg") then A (like in "car"). But really Ä is what we use for the sound in "can". So not A like in "car"/"cocAcolA"/"bar" but like in "can"/"cash"/"cat"/"ban"/"drag".
The "j" is the sound you would use "y" for.
The "i" is like "i" in "it"/"pick".
So kinda like caaa-ri-ya(h)
("caaa(n)", trilled R+"i(t)", "ye(s)"/"y(es)+ä).
If you want to see some more Käärijä I'd suggest watching the music video, a video of Käärijä doing Loreen's dance and my favourite song from him "MicMac" (it's about him going to visit his granny, waiting for the cinnamon rolls to come from the oven and finding old pictures of his childhood). I'm not too much into rap, but liked the heavier influences on Cha Cha Cha - reminded me of Prodigy - and Mic Mac is fun with a silly video.
This makes me even more sad about juries butchering him. He is not a singer like Loreen but he has variety to his vocals and is in control of his style and performance. The fact that Loreen mumbled and Käärijä does quite opposite of that is a big deal too.
@Mariyan Georgiev The issue isn't the total score, the issue is how it happened. Käärijä was pretty much dead last for some juries while winning for others. It's a sign that the juries aren't very balanced and don't follow the same, transparent criteria. Some really did butcher him. Like I said in my previous comment, Käärijä didn't get what he deserved considering the while different scope of technical skill that he has. Käärijä and Loreen aren't alike but only latter gets appraisal for their skills.
@Mariyan Georgiev Juries shouldn't be about taste. They should be as objective as possible. To be objective, there needs to be a criteria that everyone in the juries follow. Now that obviously isn't the case.
Käärijä isn't the strongest vocalist but he uses versatile technique and does some things very well (rythm, articulation for example). That should have been taken into account. Just like Loreen's weak articulation should have been.
AND it is a song contest, not a singing contest. Käärijä was much stronger in that perspective since the song is very unique, very versatile, very catchy, has a deeper meaning and a lesson to it, there's a storyline in it, it unites people, is easy enough to be learned quickly but not to get tired of quickly. The performance was something that makes him great too, especially since it supported his song's story and meaning. He isn't a singer like Loreen but he is so much more.
That's why juries placing him dead last is butchering.
Edit: Loreen was strong and deserved strong points, but did she deserve so much? Also many countries succeeded way better in televote than with juries, and it benefitted Loreen the most.
Nice reaction, you have to understand The meaning behind The words.... 😊🇫🇮
Thank you for this video! They were my second favourite... I was mostly voting for Australia's Voyager , I'd love to see your reaction to them too 😍
The lead vocalist from Voyager is so amazing.
Thank you for reacting to Eurovision! Id love to hear your thoughts on Italy (a beautiful ballad from Marco Mengoni) and Austria, which I just thought was clever and different. 💕
I just subscribed, your reaction sums up so much of how I feel about our dear Käärijä and this song and performance. As his big fan & him and our lead singer being BFFs since Eurovision, I dare to thank you on his behalf 😁 and greetings from Slovenia 🇸🇮 ofc.. 👋🥰
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Love how our countries are besties now ❤ I've been listening to Joker Out a lot lately, love from 🇫🇮
@@ML-yu5ms i love it too, so nice! And thank you, sending love back to you! ✨🥰
Austria’s entry was also really fun and had good moments for crowd engagement. I also recommend checking out Croatia and Slovenia!
I was on the floor for the final. The entire audience was into it. It was the first act that everyone was. He was robbed.
käärijä cha cha chaa is like hollywood action mega movie, who people adore but who never winning oscar coz jury like difference style movies :) thanx to great reaction and have wonderful weekend.
I watched the Loreen performance
at her national final
at the semi-final
and in the final
They were all the same performance.
Käärijä were all subtly different /
the choreography was changed.
Plus the elements of the lyrics
matched the delivery styles
remarkably well.
But it helps if you know some Finnish.
I think the Finnish was the most entertaining. The Norwegian the best vocal. I loved the French one. The Swedish one not so much...
Love your reaction. This was my absolute fav. Another fav. Would be Davina Michelle, I don't know if you already reacted to her contribution to ESC. The power of water. Otherwise please checkout her take on; This is my life (Shirley Bassey) Marvelous! Keep up the good work. Greetings from Holland 🇾🇪
Honestly this song doesn’t do his stamina justice. I’ve seen other performances of Käärijä where he jumps around and his voice doesn’t tremble a single bit.
It's crazy it's party 🎉
Would love to see a "Queen Of Kings - Alessandra" reaction too! She was amazing for Norway
I know this is an old video but if you're not completely done with Käärijä you might want to check out some interviews, especially in Finnish. My point? He's got a really lovely speaking voice, at the same time soft, rich and crispy. It's better to listen to him speaking his native language because he really struggles with his English. That's funny in its own right, though. He's got such a sweet personality.
Thank you for the video, too, your speaking voice is also very pleasant and I really liked your take on this song :)
Käärijä gigs that he has booked so far, June 2023 (there could be changes):
Apologies for any misspellings.
9th June, 20:00: Tavastia, Helsinki. Finland. (Sold out).
9th June, 23:30: Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland. (Sold out).
10th June: Nuapuripop, Rautalampi, Finland.
15th June: Satamaravintola Kaisla, Tampere, Finland.
16th June: Lola Club, Jyväskylä, Finland.
17th June: Kesärauha, Turku, Finland.
First upcoming international gig:
17th June: Flex Fest, Viro, Estonia. Käärijä is doing 2 gigs in different countries on the same day.
28th June: Kölifest, Rahe. Finland.
29th June: Lohjan Tori, Lojan, Finland.
30th June: Allas Sea Pool, Helsinki, Finland.
Love the Buffy reference! 🖤
Verse 1]
This exhausting week and the many long days are behind
There's only bar and piña colada on my mind
There is some time for a few, the night is still youngish
This icy shell is something I have to demolish
[Chorus]
Holding on the drinks with both hands tied on them like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
There's no tomorrow when I grab a pint tightly like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
Wanna mess my head up and to free my mind of fear like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
And I stay on this seat until I have to climb off it like a
[Verse 2]
A couple piña coladas I have devoured
Yet the expression I have on my face is sour
Yeah, yeah, ye, ye, yeah
There is some time for a few, the night is still youngish
This icy shell is something I have to demolish
The floor is calling me when I'm no longer so frozen
Like a cha cha cha I am approachin'
[Chorus]
Holding on the drinks with both hands tied on them like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
There's no tomorrow when I grab a pint tightly like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
Wanna mess my head up and to free my mind of fear like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
And I stay on this seat until I have to climb off it like, woah
[Post-Chorus]
I head towards dance floor
Like a cha, cha, cha
And this world ain't making me scared no more
Like a cha, cha, cha
When champagne all over myself I pour
[Bridge]
Cha, cha, cha, one eye keeps turning crossed too far
And talking is so hard when this different side of me does its part
Cha, cha, cha, I don't usually go and drop my guard, not me
But now I am that guy, now I am that guy
[Post-Chorus]
I head towards dance floor
Like a cha, cha, cha
And this world ain't making me scared no more
Like a cha, cha, cha
When champagne all over myself I pour
Like a cha, cha, cha
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, aha
Like a cha, cha, cha
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha
Käärijä gigs that he has booked so far, August 2023 (there could be changes):
Apologies for any misspellings.
2nd August: Helsingin Kaivohuone, Helsinki, Finland.
3rd August: Vaasa Festival, Vaasa, Finland.
4th August: Multamäkifest, Heinola, Finland.
5th August: Siltakemmakat, Puumala, Finland.
6th August: Porispere, Pori, Finland.
11th August: Aukusti, Jalasjärvi, Finland.
12th August: Simerock, Rovaniemi, Finland.
18th August: Krapin Puutarhajuhlat, Finland.
18th August: Tapiola Festivaali, Espoo, Finland.
19th August: Helsinki Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland.
23rd August: Hotelli Waltikka, Valkeakoski, Finland.
24th August: Eurovision Cruise 2023, Silja Symphony, Helsinki, Finland. (NB, this is a ship. Avoid if you get seasick).
25th August: Kokkolan Venetsialaiset, Kokkola, Finland.
26th August: Jukupark Venetsialaiskarnevaalit, Kalajoki, Finland.
really enjoyed your professional analysis! i would love it if you could see Jann-Gladiator (preferably the studio version, as the live performance had very lousy sound mixing), who was robbed of the chance to represent Poland in eurovision this year. How do you think it could've fared against Käärijä and Loreen, or would it even have been up there?
Käärijä gigs that he has booked so far, July 2023 (there could be changes):
Apologies for any misspellings.
1st July: Provinssi, Seinäjoki, Finland.
3rd July: Kuopio Wine Festival, Kuopio, Finland.
7th July: Ruisrock, Turku, Finland.
8th July: Café Pori Jazz, Pori, Finland.
10th July: Aitoon Kirjastusjuhlat, Finland.
13th July: Kapina Festivaali, Nivala, Finland.
14th July: Porvoon Viinjuhlat, Porvo, Finland.
15th July: Ilosaarirock, Joensuu, Finland.
19th July: Lomakeskus Sieravuori, Eura, Finland.
26th July: Kotkan Meripäivät, Kotka, Finland.
28th July: Kosken Kohaus, Koski, Finland.
28th July: Headland, Lahti, Finland.
29th July: Qstock, Oulu, Finland.
Aitoon korkastusjuhlat, eikun kirkastusjuhlat : )
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Funny that you mention the similarities between Käärijä and Lord of the Lost from Germany....Cause LotL did a cover of this song and it is SOOO good. I'm really hoping you you have a reaction that I get to find later.
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I'd like to see your reaction to this year's Serbia's ESC entry - Luke Black - Samo mi se spava. The whole concept, the visuals, the dancers, the message are great, imo. Here's the link to the official video: czcams.com/video/gPRfg9wzbpw/video.html
Käärijä is a rapper, not a singer. A really good rapper to that. On the other hand, he created this song and influenced the ESC presentation of it. That's talent in action !
If you want a perfect pronounciation of his artist name Käärijä, check out any German reaction to this song. The name itself is "wrapper" in Finnish, both a slang word for a (gangsta) person and also sounds like... He himself is far from gangsta, does not even drink (even piña c).
He drinks😂
Name comes from wrapping money with gambling. Which is a joke, he said that really nothing is coming 😄
The rolling r is very prominent in Finnish. And the lyrics are actually pretty positive and sweet. Kind of like Käärijä himself.
The ä is just a short a sound if you're curious.
it is, but two ä’s is a long a sound, don’t forget to mention that
There is actualyl a really deep message on the song when it comes to Finnish men. There is a (very accurate) stereotype about Finnish men being able to let go of their reservations without the use of alcohol. The Song is about a man going to the club and wanting to just let go and have fun, but not being able to do so without getting absolutely shitfaced, and at the moment where he starts doing the silly dances etc. is the point where he's drunk enough to just let go and have fun dancing. The "dancing" is campy and stupid on purpose since it's meant to depict someone who has no idea how to actually dance just going for it and being so drunk that he doesn't care that he looks stupid.
Greetings from Finland 👏
As far as vocals go, Spain, Italy, Estonia, Lithuania, Portugal and Australia would be interesting react to. As far as crazyness goes, Croatia is the way.
Käärijä gigs that he has booked so far, September 2023 (there could be changes):
Apologies for any misspellings.
1st September: Z-One, Varkaus, Finland.
2nd September: Harjavalta Live, Harjavalta, Finland.
Judging by the name of your channel, please seek help.
Here rolling my r's because Finland 😂
My sister’s crown!!
Easy way to learn the letter Ä, is to know A in cat, hat, that or fast.
Is the winner of eurovision by far kisses from Thessaloniki Makedonia Greece
Thete's no doubt in my mind that Loreen is the better vocalist. But this is peak Eurovision.
That LALALALA Hurt my ears😢😂😂❤
Perrrkele😂
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I could watch Weegie vocal coach Eurovision reaction videos all day. Gaun yersel, mate! Do Israel and Austria's entries, please and thank you.
Ä, ä (like Ö, ö) is it's own letter the dot's over it are not accent marks it is pronounced closest like 'a' in rap, hat, cat, bat had, sad..
He is a rapper (räp in Finnish!) actually - might explain some of his stylish switch ups ?
And yes Finnish way of rolling our r's is legendary. One of the world's most known Finnish word (after sauna) is swearword 'perkele' which is very good example of Finns rolling our r's because when we are really mad we start going with it to the growling territory "GRRR", perrrkele! (There is videos of Finnish perkele - how it can be used in every situation from enjoying your first cup of coffee in morning, to the late evening.. :/ And another also how a Finn uses it to drive away a bear from his yard (and how he is worried the bear will eat his dog, before he gets the Hugo "Huuko" inside to safety - we absolutely adore dogs here.) There is a thing that we tell around, that most people and even animals who first time in their life hear "Perkele!" understand it like it is meant "You have angered a Finn, either seriously run away, or start being on your Very Best Behaviour." as we don't do emotions. So getting a Finn angry is a feat.
As for who is the better singer, Käärijä or Loreen, I will go with the one that I don't have to mute. And that's Käärijä. I always have to mute Loreen because her screeching is so awful.
If you want to listen more finnish soft singin and pronunciation you should look Samu Haber from Sunrise Avenue and especially his song called Hiljaisuus. It's very popular in Germany and they can sing that song, even though they probably don't understand the words. :)
Käärijä's singing can't be assessed very seriously, but he as a performer and the song have different kind of merits.
The “conspiracy” isn’t really about the ABBA anniversary. Sweden consistently gets very high scores from the jury’s no matter what they send. It could be an amazing or a super boring song, they get lots of jury votes. It was particularly telling in Eurovision 2019 when Sweden placed top 5 with very few televoters, but lots of jury votes. 241 points from the jury’s and only 93 from the audience, second most from the jury, but a fairly low audience score. The winner Arcade got many votes from both the jury and the audience. On the other hand Norway got the most votes from the audience with 291 point, but only 40 from the jury.
The craziest thing is that the jury don’t even make their decisions based on the live final, but the “dress rehearsal”. Norway as mentioned had technical difficulties during the rehearsal and that seem to have affected their results.
Bro was robbed
If you find the time could you react to Let 3 - Mama ŠČ from this year's Eurovision? But be sure to check the meaning of the lyrics if you do :)
Loved this one...but as a proud Swede of course I love Loreen.
He sings about how we north people needs a drink to be able to party. Kind of 😂🎉
Hello Sam, I would like to recommend to listen to a collab Feuerschwanz ft Thomas Winkler, Saltatio Mortis & Melissa Bonny "Warriors of the world united" cover of Manowar song. 5 amazing singers, so a lot to talk about. If you don't want to do a reaction watch for yourself.
Feuerschwanz and Saltatio Mortis are German Medieval/Folk metal bands, Thomas Winkler Swiss singer ex Gloryhammer, now Angus MacSix, Melissa Bonny Swiss singer in Dark side of the Moon and Ad Infinitum. A lot of fun and great musicianship. They love reactions and interviews, so there should be no Copyright issues.
Love your reactions, fun and knowledge, 👍👍👍 ❤ from Germany
The "Bizarro World" comment is spot on.
The song is the story of an ordinary introverted Finn who wants to be the life of the party. But he's Finnish. And introverted. And he can't.
So he needs to have a drink. Or seven. To take him to Bizarro World where he's not introverted and he is the life of the party.
The performance is his voyage into drunken fun.
Have a Pina Colada in sympathy. Or celebration.