#Cha Cha Cha

[vaspider]

this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

[polygraphish-art]

i am not immune to finnish man going cha cha cha, i have eurovision brainrot

[materassassino]

Transparent Käärijä for your dash and all your transparent Käärijä purposes

[loki-hargreeves]

have you practised your Finnish today?

[jarvishasthephonebox]

If anyone asks what the true spirit of Eurovision is send them this:

[suspiciouslandlady]

What I find extremely hilarious right now is how Sweden can’t accept that people aren’t focusing on them. How Finland isn’t just crying in the shadow of Sweden. How Finland is celebrating Käärijä even if he didn’t bring the trophy home. They don’t want to accept why we are celebrating. Swedish media is trashing Finland right now harshly and so does Swedes in media. Hell, even Swedish ice hockey coach made some stupid comments to Finnish ice hockey team. 

But why are Finns celebrating like we won?

We are celebrating because for the first time in ages THE WHOLE WORLD sees us as our own and not the shadow of Sweden. Käärijä made the world acknowledge us! Point us on the map! And that’s something that rarely happens. 

Sweden is acting like the bitter big brother who doesn’t accept that someone is paying attention to little brother Finland instead of them.

And that’s beautiful. 

[leggywormy]

This year's award for the Tumblr Eurovision Blorbo goes to:

[fluffsnake]

winner of our hearts 🇫🇮 💚

[wowevenmoreloveonearth]

People’s princess Käärijä is out for revenge

Loreen better watch out

[ariakey]

Käärijä as a moomin 💚💚💓💚💚

[sitruunaleipa]

Finnish people have gone absolutely crazy with Eurovision this year. Some towns have changed their coat of arms to look like Käärijä for this week. Statues are being dressed up in the iconic green bolero. Grocery stores are selling Käärijä buckets that have pinã colada ingredients in them. And now people have started selling completely random green things on this online marketplace called Tori.fi and labeling them as "Käärijä themed" and it is the funniest thing ever

Sometimes I love Finnish people

[embbu]

CHA CHA CHA!!! We all know who truly won.

[drev-the-procrastinator]

Finland any moment now:

[promqueendyke]

[huurrekukkia]

Same

Also I love how much appreciation the Finnish language has been getting - it's insane 😭😭❤️

[ilthit]

Okay oooone more Cha Cha Cha post. 'Cause have we talked about stuff about that song that I recognize that could never come through to an international audience?

He's from Vantaa. I grew up there in a different time, it's a working class area.

Finnish ballroom culture leans heavily on Latin American dances, and cha cha is one especially associated with fun and parties in a kind of an uncool way, like a conga line, which the act also references.

Finnish drinking culture is drinking too much. Finnish party culture is also drinking too much. You wanna have fun, get prepared for alcohol poisoning.

Finnish songs tend to be sad or angry. Ballroom songs are sometimes the exception, though they can be melancholy too. Finns are kind of stiff and keep their problems to themselves, and Finnish masculinity means showing anger and competitiveness and being funny and clever, but hiding gentleness or vulnerability or need or anything too queer. It's the opposite of Latin heat, it's Nordic chill.

The way to break this is through getting shitfaced. That's what the song is about. You have locked yourself up inside yourself, all your rage and your gentleness have been held in check, you can't take another minute of it, but you know now you can drink. And you drink until finally the rigidity releases its hold. You are free. You are gentle. You are happy. You're not afraid of this world anymore.

The ugliness of the costume, the kind of a comedic reference to Latin culture is not, like, a pisstake on Latin music, but a reference to the bland imitation of it in Finnish ballroom culture. He is mocking himself and his own awkwardness and the specific culture he comes from (I could even say specifically Vantaa), while addressing this experience of being locked inside yourself, needing to drink so it will be socially acceptable or possible for you to defy that which is expected of a Finnish man.

It's not cringe if you were plastered. And when you're plastered, you're brave enough to be cringe.