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I genuinely love that they're bringing traditional slavic vocal techniques into pop and the mainstream. It's AMAZING
Totaly agree!
it was the worst esc song together with germany.
Love it. Severely underappreciated in jury. This year Europe's taste was based asf
pop? mainstream?
The Doox - Гриць (Hryts'). Enjoy ;)
She learned singing at the school of vocal. Her teacher said that with her type of voice she has 2 options either opera or folk. The "white voice" not "noise" is a very old traditional singing technique. And btw she performed this song having only one lung...
Yes and it doesnt sound like shes angry
Probably my favourite Eurovision performance. The song gives me shivers every time I listen.
Do you think their original version of Shum is better? I think this song and especially the video is a work of art, but some people like the first one more!?
@@xarastewartmusic i actually kinda prefer the new one. it has some more depth but the original has a little less and go straight to the point. also the old video was less mad max and more pandemic/quirky. with the one guy dancing ect. which also could symbolize dancing alone.
Probably!? Well of course it's ur favorite!!!
There is a reason why it is still number 1 in Viral 50 in Spotify and we are celebrating their success. It was a big shock for most of the people that Ukraine got the second highest televote but it was well deserved. If only the jury gave more points to them they could've placed higher.
They were ROBBED 😤
Atleast they won this year☺
Ahhh Ukraine, you really are a country of talent, of rich culture, and creative artists. Always marching to the beat of your own drum and I think it's genius.
Thank you!!! hug
Uh... About our artists...
You got it right 😉
I’m not Ukrainian but I saw a comment by someone that the forest spirit she is singing about has green fur. So her outfit is very in unison with the lyrics
Honey do you even know what fur is?
You are correct 🥰
that is 100% correct
@@adiscatic2058 they probably ment that the god has green fur and she has that green thing to mimic it
Green leaves on trees
they weren't "allowed" , they "had" to change it because it was 1 min too long and it used too much of the folk song it's based on. It's amazing! I'm Romanian so our folk sounds are very similar and I think it's a great way to incorporate these sounds in modern music
Serbian too...
Wooo, another romanian have a nice day/night bud
Actually, in an interview, Katerina Pavlenko, the lead singer of Go_A, said that there were talks with Maneskin , Blind Channel, and Gjon Tears about future collaborations. There are video's in which both rock bands were praising Go-A and saying that Shum was their favorite and the best song of Eurovision 2021.
Also I saw an interview on youtube here where a maneskin singer was getting his makeup done with nikkietutorials and he said shum was probably his favorite entry
Eurovision must be special, we can't take ordinary radio songs and pretend it's fine. Well, it's not, we need something cool, like this. Ukraine is awesome.
Thank you for your good feedback. Ekaterina - the soloist reminds me of Trinity from the "matrix". Hello from Ukraine
@@user-rf7qz3hx3q Kateryna
You can take ordinary radio songs. Won't get any points though. *cough* UK *cough*
Louder for the people in the back...:)
Dude if people want to do radio songs let them do them so long as they do it well.
you probably seen the LookLab with them, but this song is basically a traditional Ukranian song that has been updated to the modern sounds
the song is meant to bring in the spring, and they use it to end the metaphorical winter that is the pandemic
also I have read that when she was a teen she had pretty intensive surgery to remove tumours from her lungs
There is a documental project about her - MonoKate you can find it on CZcams, there are English subtitles available.
It's not easy to unerstand this song without the traditions knowledge and connotations..
Shum is not only the noise (literally), it's also mythological god or "joined" spirit of the forest, and in some ukrainian dialects - just a forest. Also, this song is of "Vesnyanka" traditional type (moreover, Hayivka subtype) - it calls for spring and new life, and the another layers are the calls for the resurrection after the Chornobyl's tragedy, and COVID as well.
Hemp plants were quite important in Ukraiene lands as we do not have cotton, also hemp fabrics in many cases is much more useful and healthy, non-hygroscopic than others. So it was a very importat part of agriculture up to 1980s, and also it's green of course, and one of the earliest cultures to sow.
Kate here plays Shum in her green cardigan - she is the spirit which should be awaken and awake the nature itself, and this cardigan shoud be teared by the ritual and the song (first girls make this, than tear off or burn it)
After the centuries and christian influense all was simplified and only songs, round dances and some sign things left of these rituals, and also like many other pagan rituals, there dances were melted with spring christian holidays ))
That was a very nice explanation of the culture behind it. Thank you very much. But I still found Ukraine's song a piece of art, even without knowing the culture. Love, from Greece.
I just love this explanation 💖💖💖💖
Shum actually means "forest" and green coat is green leaves. "A w nashoho shuma zelenaja shuba" means "Our forest has got green leaves".
thank you friends )) Of course it's the case when most of people feel all the message right without any verbal background, and this is amazing! Go_A are great, and audience is great too! BUT.. As soon as someone is trying to translate the words - most of the magic disappears because of the strange sense and strange hemp plants, so I've tried to explain that the words themselves are not so important, I think the message is being delivered almost perfectly by the voice, music, visuals and some overall tribal spirit of the song )
And yes, the symbolysm of this song is very powerful.. the most obvious - as always and almost everywhere, people appreciate the sun by circles in items, dances, repeating the words etc )))
You don't need to cram all that. it's Slavic female shamanic song.
I never imagined that techno-folk would be a genre of music I enjoy, but here we are.
My first listen to Solovey and then again with Shum was "WTF did I just listen to?" And now I can't get enough of Go_A.
And I vote for a triple-header tour of Måneskin, Blind Channel, and Go_A.
Well with this song it is unfortunate that it is totally misunderstood from the world as in what it is… it is just taken out of Slavic context… I came from Slovakia… I am 21 years old… we as Slavic people have those distinguished sounding folklore songs our grandmas would love but our generations would totally 100% ignore because youth just things its all trash… tend to listen to more west-like music… all those folkore old songs do have those high “screamy” voice… girls especially are praised at schools at young age if they can do that… it was meant to be “strong enough to sing thorough whole valleys… whatever… but why I am saying this is, that this artist managed to turn part of slavic culture even young slavic people would look down upon and turned it into something modern… it is just so so rare and such an unusual combination to hear that slavic people are now obsessed with the fact that the music they thought was dead is now new. Btw great vid
A very true idea, I totally agree 👍
Coming from a Slavic background I can honestly say I love listening to all sort of music that has this sort of ethnic flavour to it. As a 30yo man myself, I wouldn't really say there's much of a generation gap, it's more due to different influence we've been exposed to.
Now more than ever we need tradition! Thats why we love this so much!!! 💖💖💖Australia!
I find it really sad that people don't understand it. I can't, as a Slav, understand how can they interpret her voice as angry, I found her voice magical.
Absolutely agree with what you say 👏🏻 And that is exactly why I love this song. It sounds very magical, like a spell, and the dynamics of the traditional music is successfully supported by the modern sound in this song.
I can’t believe she sang that difficult song with just ONE LUNG
That “doingi-dong” instrument called Drymba. ) You can still hear it often in Carpathians. Pretty cool bass in live
It's called Jew's harp in English :-)
In Italy we have the same instrument, it's called scacciapensieri! It's mostly used in sicilian and sardinian folk music
You hear it in Serbia as well.
yes well used in Hungarian folk too
And let's not forget the adaption of the Jew's Harp made by mapuche people, the one that call themselves "trompe", very important to their music and culture!
Btw, she has only one lung (literally, she had an operation and it was cut out), so she has way less air to sing.
Oh, please stop saying "the Ukraine", please :) Not always, but it slips out often.
And thank you for your work! :)
Could you explain what's wrong with that name? I'm completely clueless.
@@annulrsolformrkelse4023 Because you don't say "The Russia", "The Germany", "The Norway"...etc. The use of the article relates to the time before independence in 1991, when Ukraine was a republic of the Soviet Union known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. An Independent country should merely be just Ukraine. "The" is that is a part of the other bigger state..."the" Ukraine highlights the most unpleasant part of history to most of us....vanishes our independence.
At least they call you Ukraine and not Czechoslovakia, like us, instead of the Czech Republic. I still don't understand how many people are so clueless when it comes to geography or even basic knowledge of names of European countries.
@@irynamyroliubova1152 Whoever thought of that explanation had not mastered the English language AT ALL! 🤣 First of all, there are plenty of independent countries with "the" in their names in English, like the Gambia, the Congo, the Lebanon and the Netherlands. Secondly, no other former USSR member State gets the "the", so the only thing linking this usage to the USSR is... sheer paranoia. Finally, dropping the definite article in English is still a controversy and by no means is it easily agreed upon. There is still a lot of debate going on about this topic, so please, do chill.
@@lukkerrful I think a big part of it is simply people from older generations continuing to use the names of the countries as they were when they were growing up. It's obviously not great for anyone from those countries, particularly if the former name has uncomfortable associations, but I do understand it. It also doesn't help that in the UK we are often inconsistent about updating our naming conventions to match those of the countries we are talking about.
In my experience as someone from the UK, it's not really a problem with younger people because internet, but I've heard a LOT of older British people refer to "Belorussia", "Rumania", "Rhodesia", "Burma", etc. There's rarely any malice behind it, but it does reflect that unfortunate British tendency to be a bit dismissive of other countries and cultures. I do try and correct people when I see it happen.
i think it's amazing that white voice singing technique is performed on Eurovision. Really helps to connect with traditional culture of slavic countries since it's a common singing style there. Would really like to see Georgina's reaction to latvian band Tautumeitas that also sing in white voice.
In 2019 Poland also had white voice singing.
Correct me if I'm wrong but Buranovskiye Babushki also sang in white voice (it may be a whole different singing technique but it's certainly not a classical singing)
I just loved Ukraine! They were awsome.
As a singer I actually like about this song that it's sung with a technique that's so far removed from anything I'd ever do myself. And she's actually hitting notes you can't reproduce on a piano because the traditional scales in those countries developed so differently from our standard major and minor keys, but somehow they work very well in harmonies that are grounded in e minor. It's like the song is a perfect blend between different cultures.
this song is based on ukrainian spring songs (vesnyanky) and the sound is basically Ukrainian traditional instrumental. the way she sings is very common in Ukrainian songs too, especially in the western part of Ukraine with mountains and whiches and stuff. so you can say it's the way ukraine sounds. her outfit is Ukrainian mavka, you can look it up, it's kinda like Ukrainian legend and she sings this song for mavka, who lives in the woods, that's why she wears green
There's a rule in Eurovision that says that the material must be original. Shum's original song wasn't made for Eurovision, they used an actual Ukrainian Folk song as lyrics, like a 2021 version of the song. But since this song was selected for Eurovision after, they had to rewrite the lyrics so it would be a 100% original piece. Also the time thing, must be 3 minutes and the original was over 4. But revamps are a very common thing in Eurovision, from drastic to very little ones. Maneskin for example had swear words in their lyrics, had to remove them. Albania's song also was revamp after Anxhela won the Albanian national final, Festivali i Kenges. So it's a very common practice.
Måneskin also shortened their song a bit, Sanremo version was slightly longer. Still, this version of 'Shum' is essentially a whole new song, usually they aren't revamped to this degree.
IIRC this song was never intended to be Go_A's submission, it was just a song release. But the reception was so good the Ukrainian broadcaster just told the band, "that's what you're sending!" So they had to frantically revamp, because it was 4 minutes and a folk song (I believe while not against EBU laws the Ukrainian contest rules for their entries is that it can't be the same lyrics as any existing song). So, complete overhaul was needed!
That end shot, with Kateryna's royal figure backdropped against the rising sun and the dancer giving her a halo, is ACE. Semifinal version had somewhat poor camera angles, but they were much improved for the final.
The director said in an interview that he had to explain to the operators for a long time what he wanted from them.
ebm + slavic folk singing = win
The minute I'd heard that song (the way it was sang specifically) I thought how similiar it sounded to some Polish folk songs! That is a great example how broad slavic culture is! ♥️ And i'm happy that it's being appreciated finally!
(Poland tried that during 2019 Eurovision, but it didn't work out for us😅).
Good job, Go_A! 👏👏
The Polish song was in my personal top 10 in 2019! (I'm from Ukraine)
@@somebodysvideos7876 All of us Slavs have that specific singing in folk songs. 🇷🇸 I guess it's lef of a time of paganism.
Yeah, loved your 2019 entry, one of the best for me! I thought about it immediately when listened to Go-A for the first time on qualifications. Was very sad that your song had so little appreciation. Seems like this style touches some inner ancient slavic vibes inside us. :)
It's "Ukraine" without any "the". "The Ukraine" is the same wrong as "the England."
lol yes
Except that England has never been "the England", whereas "the Ukraine" was the traditional, correct and official way of referring to this country for over a century. It's just been very recently dropped in English by *some* news outlets (not all, this is far from being agreed upon) and not everyone is used to saying it without the "the" just yet. Also there are plenty of other countries with "the" before them, so this is not an isolated case. Chill.
No. It's THE Ukraine.
@@user-ec7yf8wk4s No. It used to be. Now it is just UKRAINE.
@@RaphaelGhunnter according to your logic we can gather and burn a person thinking the Earth is plane. Earlier it was ok, now it’s not.
In Belgium youngster rock radio Studio Brussels, there was a call to vote for Ukraine because it is great (Belgian public gave 10 points to them). I voted for them in the semis and I'm probably older than Georgina and also not that into EDM. In ESC, the whole package with a story is more important than just presenting a nice song and they delivered. For me the green fur symbolizes spring in the winter landscape.
Thank you very much for voting for Ukraine. I am pleasantly surprised that our culture excites (awakens from winter sleep). Catherine's green cape is a stylized green foliage near the forest, she is embodied in the song in the forest god "Noise". Thank you again, greetings from Ukraine.
Thank you 🥰
Дякую
They had to revamp the lyrics and singing melody, because the first songs was a cover of a traditional Ukrainian folk song called “А в нашого шуму”.
It was also to long
It was also too long. The original is about 4 minutes and a half and Eurovision only allows songs about 3 minutes long.
I heard her explain in a documentary that came out a day before the Semi Finals that they made the extra version to play during concerts because it would be something where fans would be able to dance to which they all wanted. (Documentary is called 'Monokate' which is all about Kateryna's life and it's amazing. She's a walking miracle.)
Is it actually against Eurovision rules to use a folk song? Surprisingly, everyone seems to know the rules so well)
@@georgiymironov9204 it’s not actually specific to folk songs but rather you can’t use another songs lyrics. It was a weird case cause unlike most cases this was a folk song with no known author, but they decided to play it safe and make new lyrics
I love this song now! It wasn’t until the performance in the final that I began to appreciate its brilliance.
Absolutely brilliant
Same here
Go_A - is basically an enthralling blend of electronic Ukrainian ethno-folk music with some serious Cranberries, Dead Can Dance and Cocteau Twins vibes.
Everyone from Go_A except the flute guy played\sung hard rock in their past. So yeah, the vibes are real
Hello from Ukraine! Thank you a lot for this video, love your channel sooo much!!!
I think the coolest thing about the tempo in this song is that is follows very traditional folk dance music patterns, but it's hard to clock it as an "ethnic" thing because it combines so well with electronic music conventions. EDM usually sticks to the same BPM and all the build-ups and tension are created using dynamics, halving note values, adding tracks etc. But when Go_A take the acceleration that commonly happens towards the end of a lively folk dance and incorporate it in a rave build-up, it just feels like rave build-ups have always had tempo changes. This is because both speeding up in folk and the all the effects used in EDM build-ups serve the same purpose: making the music even more intense and inducing a trance-like state in the dancers.
I've heard many attempts at blending musical styles, but it often feels like a weird mixture of things that don't really fit together. But this song is arranged in a very smart way, where the folk and electronic music enhance one another, so nothing sounds out of place.
It’s not «THE Ukraine», it’s «Ukraine».
I loved Ukraine’s entry in this years Eurovision!
Just want to say that Albina who represented Croatia now is most listened Balkan artist on Spotify,with just one song.Over 660k monthly listeners,isn't it amazing??🤩🥰
Yup. Amazing. Because the song is so bad I can't understand why would anyone listen to it. But to each its own. Maybe her other songs are better.
@@motherofslavs8761 i hope you will get taste for music soon,wish you all the best ☺️
@@danilok792 awww, you are so cute! Thank you!
Absolutely a Masterpiece🥰😍👏👏👏
As far as I know Go_A had to revamp their song because the original version's lyrics were almost identical to folk Ukrainian song. Secondly, the first version was just too long.
Love you Mrs. Georgina!
I love how you've transitioned from "this isn't my cup of tea" to actually moving rythmically - and seemingly enjoying it - to the song )) Even if you still say it's not really your thing. Thanks for your honest reaction.
P.S. Please, just Ukraine (without the article). Thanks.
That’s right it’s the UK but simply Ukraine ♥️
The Gambia, the Congo, the Lebanon and the Netherlands have left the chat.
@@RaphaelGhunnter The Gambia and the Congo are named after rivers, hence the "the" in their names. "The Netherlands" contains a common noun in plural ("lands"). "Ukraine" doesn't fall into any of those categories.
I love it, it’s quite mystically medieval sounding, hauntingly occultists . I envision witches twirlingly dancing around a fire listening to this. ❤️
I really liked this one. We loved the different tempos.
I really wish youd talk more about the singing and techniques as a vocal coach and less about outfits and makeup
I know, riiight?
I know, riiight?
The first version was not uploaded in the official Eurovision channel meaning it is not the official entry of Go_A for the contest. The revamp version is basically the Eurovision entry.
I'm from Romania and part of me resonates with all of these Balkan influences :D Although I didn't expect them to win I was sure they would make it big in the final. They are a nice follow-up to Ruslana and her ""Wild Dance" song in terms of style and use of folklore elements. Their previous song from 2020 - Соловей ( Nightingale) is really cool as well. If you don't know, maybe give it a listen because they really did a good job on it.
Go_A - Shum! Raving Balkaaaaaaaans!:D
You literally don't talk about vocals or quality of singing. It's basically a reaction channel with some fun facts
Sorry you feel that way. I try my best to analyze the vocals.
the speed acceleration matter with perception of nature explosion when springtime, beginning of the song they are all inside the white (snow) platform and they start moving slowly with increasing pace as well as forest do .
behind on screen there is sun rising and exploding.
I'm just italian and ukrainian language isn't easy at all
Apparently all the background explosions and "white noise" a picture is a direct reference to the Chernobyl tragedy and explosion of nuclear power...when you have a sun exploding to the beams. The "halo" behind is actually a ceremonial shaman drum - Tambourine...that was from one of the interviews of the band
The Spring Goddess 😍
This song is a MASTERPIECE! Amazing job
i m Italian and i m one of those,who was literally shocked by Go A....this song is soooo dark, vicious and enchanting as well...i love the rave style with her folk vocals,something totally unique...and do we want to mention the dancers as well? man, they made the whole thing look gorrrrgeous
Shum - means "Noise" in modern Ukrainian, and the God of Forest in pagan mythology, Vensyanka it's traditional spring in Ukraine
This song gives me tears i don't know why ... I have nothing to do with Slavic cultures and I'm far away from Europe but MY GOD I'm obsessed!! And glad to see I'm not the only one !
"Vesnyanka" and "Rano, ranen'ko (official videos) even better. IMO ♥️☺🤗😊
The fact they used goa trance genre to support a spring evoking song is amazing. A large part of goa trance “raves” are held in forests :) very fitting
Goa trance??!...LOL
It's a combination of techno and Ukraine folk/traditional music.
Honest vocal coach : rave is not my style
Also honest vocal coach : 6:17
As a Ukrainian, I ADORE MY CULTURE
I love this song too much. She sings soo well and she has 1 lung. She is a beast
I find it amazing i could tell it was folk singing that they mixed with the electro-techno, without knowing a thing about ukraine folklore and traditional singing. A proof of the power of music to reach international ears.
I fell in love with this on first hearing.
I've heard that they're allowed to revamp the song as much as possible before the deadline when they have to actually submit it to eurovision
By far the best & most original song on this year's Eurovision 🎵👌. Folk Trance/ Techno Shamanic... Siouxsie Sioux goes Eastern European Shamen,Bloody ❤ it.
Interesting, I always hear people from English-speaking countries making a remark that "extended listening would give them a headache", as a Slavic person this thought never crosses my mind 😃
I love this song so much!
You too! ❤️
The delegations are asked to send in their songs on a specific day some weeks before the contest. The song musn't be published before a specific date which is usually set to a date in the summer/autumn before the contest. In between those dates they can publish and change/ rearrange their songs as often as they want to.
I appreciate Georgina's honesty...she is not going to say she likes something just to get more views/likes. Love you queen. Please keep with Eurovision reactions, post-Eurovision depression is kicking in
They're awesome. Good for Eurovision to bring us new sounds and not the same commercial anglosaxon-style music we hear everyday.
YESSS!! This was my fave , I voted for Ukraine hahah
Also I think the staging and outfit have a lot to do with the theme of the song; everything white (winter) and her being in bright green (the fresh leaves of spring) :)
Hi from Lithuania. This is what we listen to. It's just freaking amazing, that's why we gave 12 point in both - from jury and televote.
I’m so glad that from the first time you talked about Go_a you’ve become very open minded to the cultures singing methods and that’s what Eurovision is all about learning from cultures around the world. It’s beautiful. I’m waiting for the UK to perform songs in Welsh or Scottish Gaelic it would be so interesting! (I doubt it would happen though 😂)
This song is really good
I'm a fifty four year old and voted for Ukraine, no headaches (but then I used to like Punk music). voted for Italy as well.
This was my favorite of the night. Hands down
Hi! I really like your videos, altho I don't often comment! I just wanted to add something about the backing track:
1) In regards of covid: Eurovision songs can, from time to time, have big ensembles of musicians. They indeed had to limit the amount of people on stage. To remain fair, if one is required to have a backing track instead of live music, it has to be the same for all
2) In general, it has been a few years now that the music isn't live for a big reason: sound engineering. It would be an absolute logistical nightmare for sound engineers to reach good sound quality for both the stage and TV considering the wildly different bands that come in. It's already a gigantic task to cap the sound of a single band live, let alone several in various styles. With each style change (that takes time, slowing the whole thing down and demanding more padding on part of the presenters), it also introduces a risk of mistakes. It would be a considerable advantage for the first entry, and a massive risk for the later ones. While I adore live music and would prefer to have everything live, I can understand why it isn't done.
My favourite song ! Total addicted to the band despite understanding the lyrics
To us, in US it's a southern sound that twang that's used in southern folk music made by a jaw harp or a juice harp.
Ukraine, Serbia and Moldavia always bring the most interesting entries. They are very creative and I usually like their songs and performances. Shum was one of my favorites from 2021.
to the people that disliked this video -
-she is incredibly dedicated to react and coach every song that is requested
-she makes vocal exercises and she cares enough for her fans that she helps them sing and coaches them because she is amazing
next time think about how incredible she is before you dislike..
It is awesome. This last version took time to grow on me unlike the original but out of all the songs this was my choice from EV.
It was rewritten because it had too many elements of a traditional Ukrainian folk song which is not allowed under EV rules as the work needs to be original and not heard before.
It also needed to be shortened to 3 minutes.
The way she is singing is etno.. its specific for all Slavic people
03:56 It's not because of covid that the instrumental part is not played live. has been like this for years. I heard a couple of versions of why this is (not sure which one is the real one or if both together play a factor in the "no live instruments part" but I'm sure has nothing to do with covid)
Version 1: back in the days Eurovision had a full orchestra playing live. There was a year they had a strike of all musicians in the orchestra and since then they never had live instruments again.
Version 2: takes too much time for soundcheck and this way they are sure that the performance has only 3 min.
If anyone knows the real reason, or if in fact, both versions are the reason why please let me/us know.
when i first saw her on the ESC i immediately called her the matrix girl xD.
awesome band btw., checked a lot of other songs from'em afterwards. highly recommended.
I think about/and playing this song all day everyday since I discovered it. THEY SHOULD'VE WON!!
Nice video! Keep it up!❤️
Hi. At 5.20 you have mentioned interesting coloring of costumes. I'm from Ukraine. This song is version of ancient Ukrainian Vesnyanka. "Vesna" means "Spring" in ukrainian. People sang those songs to spring, so it can hear and come faster. That is why the singer is in green coat and the others are dressed in white. It means that after winter there's always comes spring.
Vocally it is the most difficult to jump from note to note like that
Thank you for your content!!!!
yes!!! as a fan of world music I LOVE the traditional vocals with contemporary music. her voice is amazing
Just love how deep in depth you go on all the details, you explain so well, been subrscribed for a year now soon and you never dissapoint 🙌🏻
Didn't Katya have half of her lungs removed as a child? imo that makes this even more impressive than it already was. I couldn't do that with 2 entire lungs!
Yes she said it in an interview she had cancer and had to go through 2 surgeries that resulted in part of her lungs being removed.
Her way of singing is actually similar to the one used in Bulgarian folk music and that's why it doesn't sound weird or foreign to me and I just adore Go A's Shum!
My winner
This was one of my favourites!
To be correct: this is not a revamp of 2020 song, but a new one
Instruments haven’t been played at Eurovision for years, it’s not because of covid
In ukranian the word "Shum" (ukr. - Шум ) has the meaning - Noise
By the way, the instruments were never allowed to be played live in Eurovision, it's not because of Covid, those are the actual rules.
I think they had a great stage, everything is well planned and styled with the song. She reminds me a bit of Italian frontman as well)). Would be great to see collabs between go_a, blind side and maneskin)
Also, there is one more layer in visuals, linked to Chornobyl tragedy. On the 50th second of the performance the sun explodes to thousand pieses - it's the direct allusion to J. Robert Oppenheimer: “If the radiance of a thousand suns Were to burst at once into the sky That would be like the splendour of the Mighty One... I am become Death, The shatterer of worlds". And at the end sun raises again..
It's called turbo folk that type of music but the lyrics are a lot like the songs they sing in the village (if you know what the village is) also it's "ukraine" not "the ukraine"
Best song to run to!!! On my playlist forever. :)
Do you run faster and faster? :)
This one was one of my favorites too, because it brought together the mystical story and techno music. For me this has something really enchanting and captivating
Cool breakdown. Thanks for your explanation on Ukrainian music background. However, it's just Ukraine without "the".
4:38 that instument is also called jaw harp, called drymba in Ukraine I think.