🇨🇭 Nemo "The Code" ANALYSIS & REACTION | Switzerland | Eurovision 2024
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- I react to the music video of Nemo singing "The Code", who will represent Switzerland in Eurovision 2024.
I discuss their potential visual staging, the meaning of the song and its lyrics, whether this can qualify & whether Switzerland can win the contest for the first time since 1988!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Song Intro
2:04 Music Video Reaction
4:31 1st Thoughts
7:50 2nd Listen
10:04 Lyrics Analysis
14:32 Staging Analysis
18:54 Who are Switzerland in ESC?
21:29 Can this qualify?
23:41 Can this win?
25:19 Community Response
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This sounds like a James Bond theme song on steroids 😂. If they can pull this off live, it will do really well.
omg YES 😂
Yes! That's what I thought! Make it slightly slower and it's a perfect fit for the JB franchise 🙂
yes yes yes
I understood the “Somewhere between the 0’s and 1’s” to be referencing them discovering themselves as nonbinary, Nemo uses binary code to describe the binary which is male and female. So by saying they found their kingdom between the 0s and 1s, Nemo says they found themselves and their own identity between male and female
yea that makes sense, great spot
Oh no, not this again.... Not everything in the world needs to be interpreted as "non-binary", those are just numbers for gods sake, and all the more as no such thing exists!
I really don't think it means that.... But some people just like to think so. :/
@@florenna why would you think it doesn’t mean that?
@@elvinam888non binary people exist and them being themselves doesn’t effect you and you should treat them with the same basic respect as anyone else.
3:45 We have a winner! ❤
12 points to Switzerland! 🇨🇭
Happy to find Nemo! ❤
I think this will win. Cause it will get Jury votes and Televotes. It’s a lovely song. Kind of underrated. 12 points from Greece
I am so proud SRF made this choice, I’ve not been hyped for our song since Tout l’univers.
Me too Even the I dont are no one talking about it in ANY top videos (in the comments) and I can’t get why because it’s such a beautiful song and it’s really high in both odds and in the Eurovision scoreboard app!
@@usertherucanio I think this year is a little special as there is absolutely no obvious winner despite some overhyped parts of the fandom.
That’s why I think a lot of people are not really inclined to speculate before the semi-finals performances.
I personally think that Nemo, Bambie and Angelina are going to stand out!
A true Winner ❤❤❤
Music: ✅
Lyrics: ✅
Artist: ✅
Message: ✅
Authenticity: ✅
Entertainment: ✅
Winner? ✅❗️👏
"This is my bohème, so drink it up my friend. Literal Bohemian Rapsody
Fredrik Rydman who did the stage for Käärijä last year, will do it for Nemo this year. Very exciting!
Good god we’ve been spoilt this year 😍
My new number 1 !!!! Absolutely crazy! Love from Belgium. ❤❤❤❤ 12 points
I am so happy, being Swiss (I’m adopted)! Love the video, their sister made (she also takes their photos)! A pretty wild entry for my country! I loved Häni, Gion and now Nemo!
2 Nonbinary artists this year BOTH dismantling genres and submitting the 2 most unique songs. How amazing!
They make us proud 💜
Switzerland and who else?
@@Yiago Ireland! Bambie Thug with the song Doomsday Blue
So many styles and personalities in one song, it's just amazing! Switzerland is sending a great, great song to Sweden. Have fun, Nemo...🥰
My number 1 by far!!! ❤ I'm already booking a hotel in Switzerland!!! :) :) :)
My favourite Swiss entry ever. BY FAR. Love from Australia .
Instantly my number 1, the production is beautiful and the video is just so exciting to watch. This is such a good year but in terms of innovation I think Switzerland is, as you say, something really special.
I love Nemo's song. Their song is amazing
Switzerland sends a drum and bass opera into the race, here everything fits from the beginning to the end ... Quiet part before the explosive ending ... Germany sends Isaac ...we will never learn ...
One of the best Acts ..when he Brings that voice and energy on stage in Malmö, it's winner material 🎉
love the mish mash of genres without being too chaotic. it becomes a bop-pera, as I might say.
Switzerland just invented #Boperap ©.
I am Swiss and I am so happy they chose Nemo. He is a great and well known artist and cool to now know he is non binary 👍😎❤️🇨🇭
12 points from Belgium!!! ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Words cannot describe how this took me by surprise in the best way possible! This is my new number 1! I never thought I would have Switzerland ever as my most favourite, especially after last year and 2022 when I was so mad the Swiss entries got into the finals and took a spot from one of my favs. I was most hyped for Cyprus and Netherlands over this Thursday and in the end Nemo ended up being my favourite of the three!
This is one of the most bonkers and fascinating songs! It was love at first listen and it's been on repeat all day ❤ I love the music video, the fashion, the high notes and rap! This is perfect to me
yea theres so many different parts to fall in love with ❤️
@@ESCTom I just can't believe it's not a sad boy Ballard! I think this was a smart move by Switzerland, sending something fresh and different and I'm sure others will have a reaction like I did 🫶
I liked Switzerland latest entries. It is hard to win with that kind of music but I thought it was really great.
Love that Teya is on background vocals! Will we see her at Eurovision? I hope Poe 😉
Their singing style reminds me of Teya's, so her being a backing vocalist wouldn't surprise me one bit.
That's awesome!
I absolutely love this. Drum & bass opera rock rap from Switzerland, it's everything I didn't know I wanted and it absolutely sends chills down my spine. Yes, this has the "gravitas" we were talking about earlier. It's fascinating and so well constructed.
Love the details, the train ticket that says "non standard" from Zürich to Malmö, the lyrics ("between the 0's and 1's", the binary code)... where I have no idea what Luna means with the tower, I immediately knew what Nemo means with the code. It's wonderful!
Now the question remains how this will work out on stage, but there are so many great ideas here. I sort of have the feeling this could be the jury winner...
Fantastic job Switzerland!
Yes we want to win 🏆 ❤ this year 🔥 let’s go
Welcome to my top 3 Switzerland! 💖🇨🇭🔥🥰
Between the 0s and 1s, outside the binary (Love the nb messaging).
Actually my favorite song this year, and it's in hot competition
This is my fav.
Winner.
I have decided I’m no longer ranking songs from this year. Almost every song is fantastic so far, including this. Definite winner vibes!
I am so hopeful and truly think Switzerland could get to host next year!
The Swiss delegation: "Nemo, do you want to enter something pop? drum & bass? opera? theatrical?"
Nemo: "Yes"
😂
Well, the Swiss came out swinging! Its an unusual song constructed by melding so many genres and sounds together, but it really works because it sounds quirky, yet serious enough for it to not be taken as a joke.
Im loving this, but by the third half of the song, i do find myself losing that "wow" moment and my ears search for something else to pick out. Not a negative, but the visuals completely elevate this. And if they deliver an interesting, conceptual staging inspired by the video, then they'll get an amazing result.
Great job the Swiss! ❤
for me the wow moment is the part in the coridor, omg even listening to it after im like WOW. if they can reprroduce that on the stage, omg its going to be such a moment, that the audience will still be catching their breathe in the last 30 seconds
The best song in usc 2024. No doubt. BW from Finland
we hope for your 12 points Finland 🥰
This might end up as my winner this year.
Such an unexpected and risky choice for Switzerland, but I LOVE it! The changes, the drama, the talent, the instrumentation…wow! If they can sing it well live and if the staging is great, this could end up really high! So far I think this is my favourite, along with Belgium
This song gave me whiplash in the best way, the artist actually got leaked the day before and me and my friends looked at their music and it seemed very harmless and indie, so we weren’t really expecting anything much from Switzerland this year, and then they come out with THIS, this was SO unexpected in the best way possible. It’s a lot, but it works, I couldn’t stop listening to it and it jumped straight to my number 1, it’s addictive to listen to.
I REALLY hope they pull this off live, it will be tricky, but it could really be a moment at Eurovision, I can see it appealing to both jurors and televote actually.
hahaha yea i saw your tweet where you listened to this 20 times in the car 😂, love that you love it
@@ESCTomAND I’M STILL NOT BORED OF IT!!! I LOVE IT ❤
literally same, i went to that one live performance they did and I was like "ok so we have like a sweet indie song coming, fair enough" and then i got hit by the Nemo Express Train
I feel bad for you Tom! So many songs to react to after yesterdays releases. Dont burn yourself out 😭🥰
Thank you, Why can’t they space them out 😭
@@ESCTom Literally! I was overwhelmed trying to rank them all 😭
This song… it made me speechless, in shock, I am listening to it (and watching this amazing video) since it was released, and I cannot stop! During these two days I quickly listen to other newly released songs and then come back to this one. It is definitely in my top! 🚀 The problem is - my top 10 already has over 15 songs 🙈😂 what a year 🔥
i love this song, im also so happy that someone dares to bring something opera inspired back into the competition, i always love to see that!!
hope they do well in the competition
I'm so excited for this, it's such a risk to send and I love that for Switzerland. The MV has incredible aesthetics, I'm really hoping it translates well to the stage. I certainly hope Nemo can handle that live vocal, it won't be easy, but if everything is done right it's totally winner vibes. Hey ho, let's go, Zurich to Malmo
I love this song, it totally took me by surprise! Switzerland doing a coordinated release of the song/video all at once was so smart- I didn't have any expectations going into this, and now it's in my top 3!
So dramatic but also authentic. So unique. Exactly what we need. Like the Movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once" but as a Song! Beautiful ❤
i watched your analysis second time now, cuz i was not concentrating first time - i was so excited about the song 😂 BUT i got *the feeling* that this could win (imagined the performance in my head) 😶
Absolutely fabulous entry - intriguing to listen to. Love it - so many genres but it works - loving the mix of rap , drum and bass and opera. What a year for us Eurovision fans! 🎉 Such an open field I feel this year - so many fantastic entires. ❤
yea its really really open
It's now in 4th in the odds
There are very eclectic artists/bands outside of the mainstream - this one from Nemo still sounds "pop" and the only one which grabbed my attention together with Angelina Mango's La Noia (out of all the eurovision entries for this year). Both offers plenty of surprises in their songs and performances but Code is more "singable" (despite the weirdness) and could reach Conchita Wurst's drama if well staged....while La Noia offers more in terms of rhythm and dance.
Judging from the many others reactions I've seen so far; Nemo has got a real chance to win - yes, the general public is ready for avantguard and arty songs. 12 points from Italy.
If I had a nickel for every time this year a country previously known for safe, generic pop entries took a huge risk by sending a unique genre-bending song sung by a nonbinary artist that quickly became one of my favorite songs of the entire season, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Well said 😂👌
I love this so much, so happy and they are my winner now
winner winner chicken dinner 👏❤️
I was surprised by this like so many others. I really like it!
I love it. Very queen meets west end and clubby vibes.
Adore it
I don't know Switzerland can win this year, but I will say that they definitely deserve a win soon. I don't always love what they send, but I think they've sent quality entries the last 7 years, and when you look at how bad they did before that since like 1993... That turnaround deserves Merit.
I honestly think that this could be a winner. It instantly captured my attention from the first 16 seconds. By the 2 minute mark I felt surprised that there was still a minute left of the song because I had already been on such a journey. And it had so many ups and downs in the music that really play with your emotions. When you look at the structure of the song it is still a conventional pop song form but because they do something different with the music in each verse/chorus it never feels like it gets stale. Yes some people might not like it for trying to cram too much in but you are never going to please everybody with one song.
If they can stage it well and he sings well then I honestly think that he has a chance of the win. He is trained performer and his background is musical theatre so i have no doubts that he can pull it off.
It might be a slow burner in the odds like Conchita or Sam Ryder but i really do think that it is quality and seems to be getting a lot of positive reactions.
This surprised me so much. Went straight to my number 1. I reviewed my entire ranking because i could not believe it, but guess what. The entire ranking has been thrown upside down and Switzerland is still on top
I love this!!! Quality, Artistry & Skills - WOW !!!
It's my runaway winner right now, I can't get enough. ❤
4th on betting now
This Eurovision year is soooo queer and I LOVE it
Love the video,and good voice🤩😍Great choice for Switzerland😍😍
My winner along with Croatia. Italy, Belgium and Ukraine follows. What a Eurovision year! 😊
Those are exactly my top songs too! I also throw Ireland in there too but that’s honestly out of national loyalty 🇮🇪🇮🇪
@@myrawatters1036 haha, I was going to reply to op and say that I have the same entries in my top, and the only thing that makes me feel special is that Ireland is my first place. Now I feel basic again /j 😂
No national affiliations here though! Good luck, I will throw my votes at you in the semi to get you through 🇩🇪
@@emdove Well, I massively appreciate your vote! Thank you. And there's nothing basic about liking Bambie Thug🖤
I really love the last two thirds of the song. The beginning is really frantic and I don't love the rap. If Nemo can comfortably sing this live, Switzerland is going to do very well!
Loved this very early analysis, and your open positive personality 😊 you were also on point, we need to sell that kidney to go to Switzerland next year 😂😂😂
Nemo's song, music, lyrics and performer's authenticity was by far the most complex and enjoyable in this year's contest. I loved Mustii a bit more tbh but after Belgium didn't qualify, I ciuld focus on Nemo and I am soooooo happy they won. Absolutely deserved it. 🎉❤
Gimlo didn't believe 2024 could get any better! Love this one so much, might even be Gimlo's favourite
This is probably the second entry where I've been super eager to hear it live (the first was Veronika). The falsetto has been compressed and layered to give it some volume in the studio version, but their technique still shows through it and there's a lot of clever tricks going on "the co-woah-oh" instead of "the code" when singing in non-spoken word parts. First verse is really just a very nasal spoken word with some tremolo thrown in and some texture, but the falsetto staccato is sampled straight from the queen of the night aria from the magic flute opera, though slightly faster, and I need to hear them doing that live lol.
The long melisma near the end of the song isn't as challenging as it seems but the difficulty with falsetto is knowing how to resonate it to give it volume and power without it sounding harsh to the ears, so that's the real challenge for them in that regard. I caught in the video at around 2:12 a single note in their falsetto which hadn't been layered and compressed, which was much quieter than the rest of the track and a notable difference to their head voice (which sounds similar to loic nottet when it's not nasal), but because of their technique elsewhere and all the technical tricks they did in the song I'm very eager to hear them in a live setting.
If they can replicate the studio to a live performance then this is a serious contender to win overall, and I think will be guaranteed a top 3 spot with juries. They do tend to spend a lot of time in that nasal area, and personally I think they sound much better down in the pharyngeal area, but to each their own.
The vocals aside, the other thing I'm really impressed with is the composition itself; it's quite the genre-clash but it still has a good progressive flow and nothing feels unnatural musically. It's quite artistic and contemporary, and in that regard reminds me a lot of Veronika (also quite artistic and contemporary).
Were you satisfied with the live singing? :) I can see you're a vocal expert and I appreciated your detailed explanation. To my un-expert ear the live performance sounded brilliant, despite them catching their breath due to the physical workout they did on that platform 😂
Tom, I have had another look at this video and boy is it a revelation to me. Being a parent of a non binary child I get it. To me the corridor scene is representative of the babe in the womb, pre determined but unrealised at the time. The first carriage is basically rejection therefore fleeing to another to try to find acceptance from others, to finally in the end finding real self acceptance in an empty carriage - just you and you alone, needing nobody else's approval. Its absolutely brilliant. Its genius ❤
Thank you for making the carriage analogy clear to me, I never connected those specific dots but now I can appreciate it even more. What a brilliant, beautiful concept ❤
STAND OUT, 12 POINTS!!
In a very very strong year for me
yep same, this could be my strongest year ever
Loved it too. Finally something creative and different. It has to have something epic and unique on stage too, otherwise the song will end up like Austria last year.
But we qualified. Plus, we would have finished in the Top 10 if it wasn't for the unlucky first spot in the running order. End up like Austria, what does this even mean? This staging really didn't do as much damage as expected, especially when achieving our 2nd best semi-final result ever.
The video reminds me of scenes from Snowpiercer by Bong Joon-ho, it has everything but Tilda Swinton onboard ! I love it, its by far my preferred entry ATM ...
Love this song, needs a few listens but I really enjoy it
yea it gets better with a few listens, but the operatic part also smacks on first listen too
@@ESCTomyeah how it’ll be staged can possibly give it a v high finish
Your comment about going to Switzerland next year had me cracked up!
- A 2nd job is required
- Take out a loan
- Sell our kidney
Try the loan first before you sell the kidney 😭
Isn't this kinda Jann's Gladiator in more upbeat? They both have a rap part, a crazy vocal in the end and also the start that you already mentioned (possibly more I haven't done an analysis or anything). Which I find great, I really loved gladiator and if it gets to be redeemed by my home country ...
the drum & bass with some of the vocals are (to me) a bit reminiscent of twenty one pilots, and they're one of my favourite artists! needless to say I'm obsessed, deffo the best release in these last 30 hours, and if they stage this well (fingers crossed) we might be looking at a potential winner (hope I'm not delusional)
My winner!!! I have no words!!
Barbra Pravi serving us train in 2021, followed by Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers in 2022. 2023 was the year off and now Nemo is serving us train again!! I love it!
This song is produced in a direction that doesn't jive with my personal taste, but I suspect that I may LOVE a live performance or a symphonic version, similar to Amanda Tjenford's Die Together.
I need to learn to not undererstimate Switzerland. After Luca Hänni I thought, well that was our best shot to win at all, we can‘t top that. Then Gjon‘s Tears hit twice with a masterpiece. It can‘t get better right? Nemo: „Welcome to the show“
Switzerland genuinely want to win, it’s becoming increasingly apparent
I'm surprised u didn't catch the "somewhere between 0's and 1's" line despite u doing so many great analysis videos.... that i think is the easiest thing to decipher especially when we know that nemo is nb.....
yea working 14 hours will do that to a person 😅
@@ESCTom lol.... thanks for all u do though.... u r a real blessing to us eurovision fans
Thank you for this deep analysis!
To me this seems a more likely winner now than Croatia, so I can't fathom why has Croatia now jumped into nr 1 in odds, right after this was released...? Oh well, maybe I need to stop checking the odds until May, as they can be upsetting in so many ways, and they tell nothing much yet anyway, I just can't resist it 😂
So cool! I love this!
I knew you would like this song as much as I do. So happy for you Tom!
Btw So happy you noticed Jann Gladiator’s similarity!
one thing that I think people haven't picked up on (or I'm reading too far into it) is the operatic motif they do. it happens just before the first chorus, right before the lyrics "this story is my truth", and in opera, it has taken on a meaning of a character being a villain (The Magic Flute - Queen of the Night aria). In Nemo's case, they seem to be using it as being viewed as a villain because they don't fit into "the code", which is another reason they need to break "the code". I hope this intentional because it would elevate the song that much more
There is also the beginning descending chromatic vocal line and bass line at the start which I am sure is meant to be a reference to the Habanera from Bizet's opera Carmen. It is too similar to just be a coincidence (although not quite sure what the meaning behind it is, if anything).
@@maniamuse1319 it might be! the strings plucking sounds like the beginning of the aria and Nemo matches the notes near perfectly in pitch, the rhythm and bpm is just different. Habanera is a piece about love's rebellious nature, so maybe Nemo is using it for rebellious self love? Nemo could just be a fan of good opera tho
@@GettNumber A late answer. But Nemo was a trained opera singer before going into rap and then transitioning to pop. So the song is incredibly fitting :D
Yeaaa finally a nee video can’t wait to watch it!!!
non binary german teenager here: i can’t express in words how much i am proud of german language media for gendering nemo correctly (cause it’s really complicated in german) and it gives me so much hope to maybe be accepted in the future
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Yeah, it's very difficult, I'm struggling myself as well. I would refer to them as "die", but that's rather Austrian Bavarian than Bundesdeutsch, I guess.
I actually googled which pronoun they want to be used in German and I can understand how hard this has to be even though I'm not non-binary myself.
@RikaMagic-px6bk Yes, this definitely sucks. Plus, it also sucks to address a non binary person correctly in German.
@@in_wino_veritas I wish there was a good pronoun just for German because another pronoun would be much easier for me to say than their name in every sentence because I don't want to adress people with the wrong pronoun
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This song is absolute quality, I am not sure how much I actually like it or if I want to listen to it regularly, but I do appreciate the originality and effort that went into both the song and the video.
I thought the same and when I was walking yesterday and listening, I was really enjoying. Particularly the operatic part
That's a fun Shirt choice❣
Thank you I knew the beginning sounded familiar from last year but couldn't actually place it to a song
The song and the music video are insane. I also didn’t have any problems with the mix of music genres - to me, the transitions felt very creative but natural. I do hope that the atmosphere of the music video can somehow be transferred to the Eurovision stage. The thing is, that Sacha Jean-Baptiste, who regularly does the staging for Switzerland, normally ignores the music videos completely, which can be a good thing (Boys don’t cry) or also a bad thing (tout l’univers). So as you said, adding another person to do the staging, might be a good idea.
Bedankt
Thank you so much Anneke 🙏🏻❤️
Uuuuhhh... now THIS is interesting 😮 Rap and opera is a new one for me. Reminds me a little of Hollywood Undead and Palaye Royale in some of the rap parts.
Weirdly enticing song and a combination that shouldn't work so well 😮❤
Love love love this song! And I am here for the double non-binary representation that ESC 2024 is bringing.
As far as Sacha, I don't think she will be staging this. From what I've heard, SVT has her hired on the Eurovision production so I think it's unlikely she'd be working for other countries this time as she will be busy - unless her team/others will be (That's always possible)
ah ok interesting, i know that she has a team, maybe she will delegate it to them? she normally has a relationship with GEO SWI ALB
Absolutely loving it. Combining so many genres can be super tricky, I was afraid it would go too much into camp, jokey territory but I think it´s so solid. Obviously I am super curious about the live performance. If he can actually pull this off live he can have a very good result. Definitely going straight into my top 5
Ammonite is a type of fossil so I took my time like Ammonite is referencing how his identity/the song has formed/solidified over time
@@niamhomahony7794 Thank you
How can you fit 37 songs into number 1? Sounds like all countries are going to take the number 1 spot! Make it 38, icluding one for ESC Tom
You broke down the song so well, but! The bit about the 0s and 1s (and the mention of 'the code' in general) is not about the internet, it's very on-the-nose imagery, they're non-binary, using the *binary code* to express that!
Haha yea I realised that after. It’s an awesome lyric
Ok! Now Italy is in danger 😩
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I love it, is different, ..like me
Remo to Nemo