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johannesviii · 3 years

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Top 10 Personal Favorite Hit Songs from 2020

You know, when I finished my latest list and realised every decade had the same pattern and that we were slowly going towards a series of great years for pop, I didn’t realise how good that year would be.

What’s at the top? Am I boringly predictable because I already said I loved that song all the way back in January 2020? Let’s find out.

Disclaimers:

Keep in mind I’m using both the year-end top 100 lists from the US and from France while making these top 10 things. There’s songs in English that charted in my country way higher than they did in their home countries, or even earlier or later, so that might get surprising at times.

Of course there will probably be stuff in French somewhere on this post. We suck. I know. It’s my list. Deal with it.

My musical tastes have always been terrible and I’m not a critic, just a listener and an idiot.

I have sound to color synesthesia which justifies nothing but might explain why I have trouble describing some songs in other terms than visual ones.

So. Uh. How was your 2020?

Mine was actually surprisingly good, considering. I’m lucky enough to have a job that I can partially do from home, and I was extremely paranoid from the get-go and nobody got sick under this roof so far. Turns out I’m even better at my job from home and I got permission to work from home one day per week even after the health crisis is over! My first name was also finally officially approved and I can’t tell you how happy I feel about that. I almost feel bad to have had such a good year considering the circumstances. I feel like an asshole just because I’m happy, haha.

The only frustrating part was that I was supposed to see Hatari in concert in Paris in early April which, as you can guess, was cancelled. I’m not too mad about it though, since their tour was called “Europe will crumble” and the message saying the tour was cancelled started with “since Europe is actually crumbling due to Covid-19″ and that’s hysterical.

Good or interesting albums that came out in 2020 now, let’s see.

Nightwish released Human/Nature, which was a huge letdown compared to their previous album, but I will relisten to it at some point to make sure I wasn’t just in a bad mood that day.

The Birthday Massacre released Diamonds, which might be their weakest album since their debut, but contained some real gems (I listened to The Last Goodbye on a loop, it floored me. Flashback and Enter are also very good).

The 1975 released Notes On A Conditional Form, and let’s be real, it’s a f█cking mess. You could cut half the tracks and end up with an excellent album, but as it is it’s like, yes, a collection of notes ; however there’s some truely excellent shit on it (see unelligible songs).

Thanks to a friend on a discord server I was exposed to Dorian Electra’s music and I haven’t been quite the same ever since. I’m so happy to be alive to see other enbies making such great music with an insanely good aesthetic surrounding it and asking so many interesting questions about gender. Also the arc the ‘gentleman’ character goes through over the course of the entire tracklist of the 2020 My Agenda album is absolutely hilarious, don’t @ me.

I also discovered 100 Gecs this year. Why are most of you guys saying it’s unlistenable garbage. It’s just as abrasive and over the top as industrial music is, but with none of the edginess or drama. I love it. What the hell. But yeah Tree of Clues was released this year. Good.

Speaking of industrial, in March 2020 Nine Inch Nails were like “hey remember when we released Ghosts I-IV a decade ago entirely for free and how amazing that was? Well we’re all in lockdown and bored as hell so here’s Ghosts V-VI and it’s also free. Enjoy” and I f█cking died instantly. And it’s even better than I-IV. What the hell was that year

Jonsi released Shiver. It’s strange and highly experimental. I’m pretty sure it’s a good thing I was into hyperpop this year, otherwise going from his previous material straight to this album would have been brutal.

Yadda yadda yadda After Hours by the Weeknd good yadda yadda.

I’ve joked about that already but if you had told me in 2019 that 2020 would have fires, a pandemic, riots, monoliths appearing and disappearing, and also a super good Machine Gun Kelly album, guess which part I would have found the most ridiculous. But yeah uh. Tickets to my Downfall good

So uh this year I tried to listen to some hyperpop and liked it a lot, and I also dipped my toes timidly into screamo and listened to Svalbard, who released When I Die this year, and the entire album was a very beautiful, very intricately decorated punch to the face. It sounds like God Is An Astronaut except with a shit ton of yelling. I love it. Open Wound is my favorite track on it.

But no, despite all of this, my album of the year was from a band I had never even heard about before that year, called Spanish Love Songs. The album is titled Brave Faces Everyone and it’s line after line after line of extremely relatable generational angst but yelled with complete sincerity and it’s so propulsive and energetic you can’t help but feel both exhausted and ready to fight the entire universe. I don’t know how it works, but it’s incredible. The entire album is wonderfully brutal, so it’s kind of difficult to pick my favorite songs on it, but Beachfront Property and the title track stand out.

Unelligible songs, now, and there’s, uh, quite a few of them too so I’m also gonna use bullet points. Good lord this post is gonna be long.

First, let me say I have literally no idea why Midnight Sky by Miley Cyrus wasn’t a bigger hit. It’s not on the year-end US top 100 and it feels extremely wrong. Would have made it to #4 on this list otherwise.

I still entertain the vague hope that stuff from Machine Gun Kelly will chart higher in 2021 but I doubt it will happen so I might as well tackle it now and say that Bloody Valentine and especially Forget Me Too are both excellent and that it’s a shame radios aren’t playing them more often.

Heaven by the late Avicii featuring Coldplay should have charted in 2019 and still didn’t chart in 2020 and that’s a real shame.

If the world was a bit less unfair, Lovesick Girls by Blackpink would have been a hit rather than the awful Ice Cream.

One day I will stop complaining about my bafflement concerning the lack of mainstream pop charts success of The 1975. Today is not that day. I just love how they keep making songs about extremely awkward relationships full of weird details, and I haven’t grown tired of that yet. So yeah If You’re Too Shy is about a guy who’s crush is asking him to get naked on Skype in his hotel room and he’s, uh, not too sure about that idea.

And Me & You Together is about a guy who never finds the right moment to tell his best friend he’s in love with her, and he manages to do so at the end and it’s cute as hell. My fave part is “I'm sorry that I'm kinda queer / It's not as weird as it appears / It's 'cause my body doesn't stop me (Stop me) / Oh, it's okay, lots of people think I'm gay / But we're friends, so it's cool, why would it not be?”. Relatable as f█ck.

And now for an international hit that should have been bigger in the US and/or in my country but wasn’t: Head & Heart by Joel Corry and MNEK.

I’ve heard Nos Célébrations by Indochine extremely often on French radio for months now so I was very surprised to see that it didn’t crack the local year-end list. What happened.

I can finally hear the appeal of Bring Me The Horizon. It took me ages. And also Death Stranding. The song Ludens isn’t in the game per say, but it’s among the ones you can pick to broadcast briefly when people drive by your constructions, and long story short it's been living rent-free in my head for months now.

Phew.

It’s time for a round of Honorable Mentions for elligible songs, containing a couple of guilty pleasures, which is saying something considering the kind of shit I put on some of my previous lists.

Ne Reviens Pas (Gradur et Heuss l’Enfoiré) - Heuss is a French artist that kept baffling me while making my lists for the previous years, and I was like “??? ok, that’s it then, I guess I’m getting too old to get what teenagers find funny”. This one worked for me, though. And the music video doesn’t hurt. Really dumb and really fun.

Adore You (Harry Styles) - Perfectly good little pop song, very pleasant to listen to, never outstayed its welcome for me.

Mood (24kGoldn) - This doesn’t sound like a very good relationship, my dude, but that’s still a super pleasant song.

WAP (Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion) - This song is absolutely hilarious and I will hear no argument from any of you.

Control (Zoe Wees) - Was clearly a hit here. Should have been even bigger though. What a powerful but comfy voice. If I had better taste it would be on the list.

Hot Girl Bummer (Blackbear) - I. Uh. Listen. I keep saying I have bad taste and nobody believes me. Do you believe me now. But yeah. “F█ck you, and you, and you~, I hate your friends and they hate me too” is gonna pop in my head every single time someone is being a jerk anywhere near me now. It’s been happening all year already. Someone trashed my documents at work? Someone isn’t wearing a mask in public? That guy has filled his car with rolls of toilet paper? Brain goes “F█ck you, and you, and you~”. Every. Single. Time.

Come & Go (Juice WRLD & Marshmello ) - Damn, that’s a pretty good little song. I’ve seen plenty of people saying it’s ruined by the drop, but may I remind you I’m the person who loves Blue by Eiffel 65 with all my heart. If the song was ramping up consistently until the end instead of ending like that, it would have made the list, definitely.

And now, the actual list. This one actually feels pretty solid, I genuinely like everything on it, there’s no filler here for once.

10 - The Box (Roddy Rich)

US: #3 / FR: #23

Now this is a weird case, because for the longest time I couldn’t figure out why this song was so popular and I was completely neutral about it. Then, one morning in September, my mental jukebox (which always, always puts a song on a loop in my head when I wake up) decided to play it. And I was like oh wow?? I never noticed the atmosphere in that song before? It’s so great. And that hook too. Let’s listen to it.

So yeah, I don’t know what happened. It just clicked one day and everything fell into place, I guess.

9 - Alane (Wes & Robin Shulz)

US: Not on the list / FR: #93

Come on. You can’t do a remake of one of my previous #1 songs and let it chart in 2020. That’s cheating. Even with this subpar drop, I have to put it on the list, now.

I’ve already said my piece about the original, so I’m just going to send you back to my 1997 list.

8 - Kings and Queens (Ava Max)

US: Not on the list / FR: #76

[BBC documentary voice] After Lady Gaga decided to make piano balads and left her musical niche vacant, Ava Max quickly took her place as the top predator pop diva. Even after Lady Gaga was re-introduced to her natural habitat in 2020, she still hasn’t fully recovered in Europe, where Ava Max still reigns supreme on the charts -

(tldr I think it’s hilarious that this isn’t on the US Billboard while Lady Gaga isn’t on the French year-end top 100)

7 - Roses (Saint Jhn & Imanbek)

US: #19 / FR: #3

What an earworm. It doesn’t even bother trying to have an intro or an outro, so it loops almost perfectly. It’s like entering a party that started long before you arrived, and it will go on long after you leave it to go back home. Kind of hypnotic in a way.

And yes, my mental jukebox was very fond of using it to wake me up this year, so this is another song that’s here almost solely because of that.

6 - Physical (Dua Lipa)

US: Not on the list / FR: #69 (hehehe)

“Hey I’m not that old” says the guy who’s definitely a sucker for this kind of retro throwback that was so popular this year. Oh well.

I don’t have anything interesting to say about this one, though. Apart from the fact that everyone seems to have a different fave song on that album. Guess that’s quality for you.

5 - Rain on Me (Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande)

US: #48 / FR: Not on the list

That is far from being Lady Gaga’s best song, but it was a joy to listen to everytime it was on the radio anyway. Also Ariana Grande has surprisingly good chemistry with Gaga! This year was full of strange duets mostly made for commercial reasons, and this one isn’t an exception, but unlike a lot of them, it really, really works.

4 - Dynamite (BTS)

US: #38 / FR: Not on the list

I’m still not 100% sold on k-pop even if a ton of it sounds super good, but come on. Even if some bits of this song (especially the beginning of the second chorus) sound a bit like they were made on autopilot, it still sounds just as happy and fun several months after I first heard it and I never got tired of it. That’s quality. You hear it and you can’t help but tap your feet and smile.

Actually, I’m sure there’s people somewhere that don’t smile when they hear this song. And they must be avoided at all costs.

3 - Godzilla (Eminem ft Juice WRLD)

US: #62 / FR: Not on the list

What are you doing so high on this list, old man. Why are you still here in the year 2020. I thought we left you in the previous decade. Who gave you the right.

I’m gonna tell you who did, and it’s actually Juice WRLD. Because that chorus is incredible, and like a lot of people I’m pissed off because the guy died super young and this shit shouldn’t happen to anybody. No, his early material wasn’t great, but I’m sorry I’m gonna say it again: have you heard this damn chorus? It’s suspenseful and dark, it’s got this lowkey menacing quality, it’s an earworm and a half, and it’s more convincing in like six lines than Eminem’s own flexing is in the entire song.

The beat is extremely good as well, and the flow, obviously, impressive. The weakest link is Eminem’s writing, which is as usual full of puns and weird wordplay, except here a lot of it isn’t great, and that last ultra fast part at the end is technically impressive but it also drives the song up a cliff and stops it dead in its tracks once it’s over. But frankly the lines fly by so fast it’s difficult to be too annoyed by them.

Can I sincerely put this extremely flawed song so high on my list? A better question would be “did I spend hours trying to learn how to sing this shit without choking on my own spit?”. The answer is yes. To both.

2 - Heartless (The Weeknd)

US: #28 / FR: Not on the list

I’ve said it on my 2015 and 2016 lists already, but just for the record I’ll say it again: it took me ages to like The Weeknd, mostly because I found most of his songs fairly boring, or disliked the lyrics, or both. Also I never really liked the general vibe of his “sexy” songs like The Hills, they felt dark but in an unpleasant creepy way. Felt like miserable hedonism, if that makes sense.

So, because I’m a person with extremely consistent and logical tastes, here’s the exact same shit he was making before, except that this time I absolutely adore it.

What is he doing differently that makes the whole After Hours album click for me whereas almost all of his previous material failed to do so? Is it the energy? Is it the reverb? Is it the fact that the narrator sounds properly unhinged and, frankly, scared to be spiralling out of control? Why are the colors so beautiful yet full of anxiety? Why is that bridge so fantastic? How can you make your voice look like a glowstick in the dark?

I give up. I have no clue. At least I’m done talking about-

Oh.

1 - Blinding Lights (The Weeknd)

US: #1 / FR: #1 (listen sometimes something’s just that good, ok)

Surprise. Or not.

Wow, look at that, Johannes has put this year’s number one pop song at number one on their personal playlist. The audacity. The edge. What a hot take.

I discovered that song when it first came out at the end of 2019 and I adored it instantly. And I was so scared it wouldn’t be a hit. Which means I’m a f█cking dumbass considering it ended up breaking all sorts of records in 2020. But what can I say, overplay can be a blessing when you love a song that much.

Like every single song I put at number one on one of my lists, I will draw this one at some point and you will understand how incredibly satisfying it is to listen to a song called Blinding Lights, talking about city lights looking blurry when you’re driving at night, while looking itself like a bunch of blurry city lights passing by super fast. Perfect in every way.

Also it sounds exactly like A-ha, and that never hurts.

See you next year! Pretty sure it will be even better music-wise.

#Johannes’ bad not good pretty terrible music lists #music #long post #eye contact tw

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hatari-translations · 4 years

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Matthías on the new Icelandic constitution - translation

I was asked on Facebook to translate this article, an opinion piece by Matthías concerning the new Icelandic constitution. I wasn’t really going to until requested, since he’s commenting on very specific details of Icelandic politics and honestly I doubt what he’s saying would mean all that much to non-Icelanders; don’t expect to get all that much out of this. But we do at least start off with a fun Hatari reference and learn how he likes his coffee.

Of course the nation voted for freshly-ground coffee

Before it ever crossed my mind to dress up in a leather thong with my cousin and screech something about collapse and death into Europeans' TV cameras, I took part in a pretty remarkable election. My mind was full of optimism. No hatred or the destruction of humanity. It was 2012, and I'd just gained the right to vote and had even used it in a historic moment.

I was one of 115,890 people who put an X in some well-chosen boxes, and the results told those in power something like this:

"Hey, of course, man! I want all votes to be equal, for the people who live here to own the natural resources and be responsible for them and just, Christ, for us to have a modern constitution! This shouldn't even be a question!"

My sister will lose her braces first

That's what eighteen-year-old me thought. As did the majority of everyone else who showed up. That it wasn't even a question, even though of course it was important that we were asked. But it would become a question that would take eight years and three governments to answer. I have a younger sister who'd barely started primary school when we voted on it, and next week she's getting her braces removed. At some point in between, Britain was squeezed out of the European Union by the power of a non-binding referendum. Kind of like the referendum that I voted in when I was eighteen years old was non-binding. Its results aren't being squeezed through, but instead watered down in parliament.

Like syrup-based coffee in a plastic cup with nonperishable milk

For instance, I want an article on natural resources in the constitution the way I want my coffee. Black and no sugar. That's how it is in the new constitution: natural resources are defined, the nation's ownership of them is clear and inalienable, and it's clearly delineated that the right to use those resources is to be given out for only a short, modest period at a time. The article on natural resources currently open for comment is kind of like two-day-old syrup-based coffee in a plastic cup with nonperishable milk. If you remove the edge from the phrasing, the taste is gone and you might as well skip it. Of course what the nation voted for was freshly-ground coffee.

Please read the new article on natural resources when you've got the chance, just as a reminder. And the entire [original] document when you have time. It's not only clear but beautiful. If it had a scent, it'd be the scent of freshly-ground coffee.

Thanks, fact saviours!

Now various people claim to be watchdogs for facts, and mean to collect them to reduce confusion on a new website. That's a cool effort. One gets the feeling that when thousands of people make natural but loud demands for democracy, the dedicated website of the society for nonperishable milk will be pretty weak as a defensive maneuver. That's not a fact, just a feeling. When I look at the facts, I don't think of hatred or the destruction of humanity, but optimism.

I don't know the facts better than the fact saviours on the internet but I can only thank them. Thanks, dear fact saviours! Now more than ever we can feel the demand for a new constitution is working, it's being heard, it's clear and beautiful. It shouldn't be a question, but a fact.

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Obviously there’s a lot of context here that he’s commenting on. I’m going to go over what the hell he’s talking about briefly.

In 2011, in the wake of the financial collapse, we crowdsourced the writing of a new constitution - there was a meeting open to the public where people could get their voices heard, then 25 ordinary individuals were elected to get together and write a new constitution. (There was a weird fiasco where technically maybe in theory somebody could have seen somebody else’s vote the way things were set up, and somebody sued about it and as a result the election was officially struck down, but then parliament just put together a committee to write the constitution consisting of those same 25 individuals instead.)

In 2012, there was a national referendum on the draft of the new constitution written by the committee. Although turnout was disappointing, 2/3 of voters wanted to adopt a new constitution based on this draft. However, instead of actually doing so, parliament just kind of quietly stuck the new constitution in a drawer and nothing changed. (To actually make constitutional changes, parliament needs to vote on it twice, with an election in between; they just never voted on it at all.)

Recently there’s been a new surge of interest in the new constitution and a lot more people demanding that they finally vote on the new draft. Instead, parliament has submitted its own versions of some of the changes in the constitution for public review, watered down. The natural resources thing Matthías is talking about was a big point of contention with the new constitution, since the way the original draft is phrased requires an overhaul of the fishing quota system, which would be bad for the big fishing companies which are coincidentally very close and in bed with Iceland’s biggest political party, the Independence Party. The watered-down version basically just changes it to maintain the status quo, conveniently for the fishing companies.

The bit about “fact saviours” at the end, as best I can tell, is referencing a recent article by the head of the Independence Party’s youth movement, headlined “#Where are the facts?”, where she helpfully explains that the constitution can only be changed if it’s confirmed by parliament twice with an election in between (we all knew that, thanks), and that the referendum doesn’t count because only less than half of the nation voted so really only 1/3 of the nation wants the new constitution (if this were how referendums worked, then the referendum where Iceland voted for independence from Denmark would also not have counted).

#matthías tryggvi haraldsson #iceland #translation #politics

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silenthillmutual · 4 years

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Daniil Dankovsky

favorite thing about them

favorite... i like a lot of things about him (naturally) but i guess my favorite is that, while he is rather blunt and kind of tactless, he cares a lot. about what he does, mostly, but i do think he cares about people - particularly children - and just doesn't know how to deal with feelings (his own or others) or how to express them. which is very relatable to me.

least favorite thing about them

the classism. it's suuuuuch a thing in western academia and it's annoying as fuck. that and some of the sexist comments in classic are just...eugh. i get that it's a Time Period (which one, no one knows) and that artemy has some choice shit he can say (same w rubin's racism - why'd you make artemy's whole friend group like that game) but please. please. please.

favorite line

there are sooo many good ones (i personally think he's fucking hilarious) but "You all are borderline feral here" from classic is such a fantastic response.

brOTP

YULIA!!!!! YULIA YULIA i live for their friendship. pathologic 2 bachelor route better not nerf it or make it romantic, they are peak wlw/mlm solidarity

OTP

burakovsky.....spspspspspspsp come here i've written like 40 fics about them...... it's about the narrative foiling.....

nOTP

i saw someone post daniil/vlad jr once and i know daniil/victor and daniil/isidor exist so like, all of those.

random headcanon

academia has tried to beat the autism out of him (as it does us all 😔) but he starts to get burnout during the plague, and by the time it's over and he's staying in the town as a resident he's back to stimming more openly and some of the adhd & autistic kids in town pick up stims from him.

unpopular opinion

lol. i think most of my opinions regarding him are uh, unpopular... i don't think he's heartless. i think he's too theorhetical and forgets to apply his theories to life and living people (perhaps a side effect of primarily working with death and dying), but i don't like the uh...demonization of people who struggle with emotions or aren't openly emotional or even those who lack the ability to be sympathetic/empathetic. there was a post on tumblr a while ago about that, and how the word you want is compassion. but that's a different topic altogether wrt how tu.blr treats autistic and other neuroatypical people.

song i associate with them

i have a whole playlist that is part songs with vibes i think fit him and part songs with lyrics i think fit him... i think a nice mix is ”hatriđ mun sigra" by hatari. i think he has a pretty dismal outlook, and i also like to imagine everyone at thanatica dresses like hatari.

favorite picture of them

i love the official artwork for marble nest, but i don't have that on hand so here have this screenshot from @shogoakuji

i have this saved in my reactions folder because it's just. something about it is so funny to me.

send me a character!

#icarus.txt #path of logic #Anonymous

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tinyriver · 4 years

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engin miskunn: to be perfectly honest, i sort of slept on engin miskunn and 14 ár until hearing the album. i was never a big fan of those two, but man, hearing a good version really fixed that. this is such a good song to start an album, and the beat drop? damn. klemens’ part is great, wasn’t expecting his lower register to be the first of him i heard, and i love it.

spillingardans: nothing’s different here? right??? still, even thought i’ve heard is lots, right around 2:27 when klemens is doing the soft angelic thing, and einar’s drums come in???? holy shit. and then when it goes back to matti at 2:54 and there’s the lingering haunting tone from klemens in the back. that’s good shit.

klámstrákur: i’m still not over this release. i was sort of disappointed with the official release, since there was a solid amount of very light but still noticeable autotune or something on klemens voice that i didn’t like and i was worried the rest of the album would be like this. pleasently surprise this isn’t the case. still, all the harmonies on the official vision of this are gold.

klefi / samed: still slaps sooooo hard. i almost thought to skip over listening to the already realeased songs, but like, you can’t??? and they’re so good.

Þræll: aaaaaaaaaaa the lower register. brings me back to kjurr. and we all know i love kjurr. and like, this works so well lower. klemens sounds so good. the little moans. the percussion. just lovely. all around lovely.

hlauptu: cyber needed to do this to knock it into y’all’s heads how fucking fabulous they are. all the little bits with amazing singing during the ‘skeri, skeri, skeri’ refrain part were, just, perfect.

hatrið mun sigra (xtended): “xtended” means you’re ready to go hard like 5 seconds before you should. i could go on and on about how much this song is incredible. i love matti in this, and klemens part really triggers my syntesthesia so it’s super pleasant. and the key change??? i was in a pretty good place in may and this just puts me back there and reminded me how much i love this song

spectavisti me mori, op. 8: i know we were all surprised, but after about 5 seconds i remember some interview or video or something where they were saying how the great thing about hatari is the overlap of creative fields in iceland, and they mentioned something about a violinist, idk if it’s the same one, but having this on the album makes a lot of sense to me. and it’s stunning. i have now gone on two walks where it’s been right after the rain, super cold, and cloudy, and this song has just been a fucking vibe.

14 ár: i know i didn’t give this song enough credit before. it’s good. still not my fave or anything. i can’t say i’m a big fan of it, just cause nothing super stands out or anything to me, but the matti bit at the end is really nice, and idk, i like it a lot more than i did before, so that’s a thing.

ógleði: y’all know this is my fave song. the train whistles were a great touch. the rolled rs. the moaning. it’s just such a good song to cry to or just angst over. it’s really beautiful, and it kind of makes me feel like i’m floating and i love it.

helvíti: we hadn’t heard much of this, but let me tell you. it’s my new fave. helvíti is sexy. svarti laxness is great. enough said.

nunquam iterum, op. 12: other than the first 10-15 seconds of the intro, this is all new, and like, i ain’t mad. it’s really good. but honestly, my fave part is the drums at the end. it’s so powerful. i just feel so ready to like go to war or something with the synth and the deep drum beat.

niðurlút: i like having new song on this album. i honestly hoped for maybe a bit more new stuff, but this is really good. i fuck with gdrn’s vocals.

#the opinions no one asked for #but here they are #hatari #neyslutrans

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diamondorloj · 5 years

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You are so smart and well educated, especially regarding Israel and Jewish history, so I hope you don't mind if I ask you to help me, an uneducated (and to be honest mostly ignorant towards politics because of personal issues) person, to graps what the fuss is about all the political statements during ESC this year? I'm really confused and used google but I understand like maybe half of what's going on. Sorry to bother you.

Hey, thank you for coming to me. First off, I have studied and learned a lot abut the topics, but they’re very complex and full of details beyond my grasp. I’ll try to make this short, but your ask was a little broad and calls for a couple of explanations.

First off, there are rules against political statements and activism in every Eurovision song contest. For example, the only flags allowed in the arenas are the flags of UN states and of the EU, as well as unpolitical flags like the rainbow or the trans flag. In 2016, there was a conflict because the Armenian delegation held up a flag of Bergkarabach, which is debatable territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Now, here’s the EBU statement: “In the live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final, Hatari, the Icelandic act, briefly displayed small Palestinian banners whilst sat in the Green Room. The Eurovision Song Contest is a non-political event and this directly contradicts the contest’s rules. The banners were quickly removed and the consequences of this action will be discussed by the Reference Group (the contest’s executive board) after the contest.”

Determining a course of action on legal grounds based on the flag rule is going to be a little difficult because as of 29th November 2012, Palestine was granted the status of an observer state in the UN. However, showing the Palestine flag in Israel, on an Israelian stage, is considered political activism (and just generally…bad).

To briefly touch on the history of the Palestinian and Israelian conflict is almost impossible. The area of today’s Israel and Palestine used to belong to the Osmanian Empire, which shattered in 1922 officially and for a huge number of reasons. Great Britain took over mandate control for the area they then called Palestine, until it was possible to establish its own state. This was a common idea of the time for colonies that were supposed to be supported on their way to independency. Jews had fled to this area for centuries, but especially so during the 19th century because of rising antisemitism in Europe. While it wasn’t exactly pleasant to live as dimmi, people of the books and second-class citizens, it was relatively safe and peaceful, and Arab people happily sold their land to Jewish immigrants.

The idea of safety for the Jewish people led to the idea of a Jewish state, which is zionism. However, there were many options discussed as to where this Jewish state should be installed – among them were Uganda and Argentina. In the end, it probably was a mixture of many factors, like the Jewish connection to the land of Israel and Jerusalem, the fact that many Jewish people had bought land in Palestine for a relatively good price and that a lot of Jewish communities already lived there. Great Britain agreed to install a Jewish state, however they also installed the Great Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, and he incited violence and pogroms against the Jewish people. He vehemently opposed the existence of any Jewish state and also collaborated with the Nazis, organised a Muslim garnison in the SS, and is responsible for many people dying in the Holocaust because he prevented them from fleeing to Palestine.

So, after the Holocaust, the calls for a Jewish state for the Jewish people got louder because it had been made abundantly clear that no other state would guarantee their safety and survival. The UN was very newly installed and kinda improvised a new solution for the territorial conflict: There should be both a Jewish state, called Israel, and an Arab state, called Palestine. Jerusalem should stay under UN control. It was a hasty, imperfect plan, however the Jews accepted while the Arabs declined and the Arab nations surrounding Israel declared war on the same day Israel was founded. Against all odds, Israel won the wars and exists to this day. During the war, there were many refugees on both sides. Israel advertised for Arab people to stay and granted them full citizen rights. The Arab states called for Arabs to leave the places of war and conflict and were promised they could return to their homes when the war was over aka Israel destroyed. Well, guess what. Many refugees of these days and their decendants fled to Syria, Jordan, Egypt but were not taken in and instead were used against Israel. To this day, there are refugee camps in Jordan which does not grant any of their decendents who were born there city rights. Jewish people were dispelled from their homes and found a new home in Israel.

So, Israel as a state is the only guarantee in the world for safety and survival for the Jewish people. If you know any Jewish people in Europe, you will often hear their discussions and plans of going to Israel. The state exists, and it will continue to exist and thrive. To debate its right to an existence is politically pointless because it was granted by the UN and other leading political organisations, and antisemitic because it’s a direct call against the safety of Jews everywhere. Palestine wasn’t a state in the beginning at first and to this day has a special political status. In the 1940-1960s, a lot of Palestinians didn’t even want to be called Palestinians and the leading politicians in fact called for Palestine to be reunited with Syria, calling them Syrians. In 2005, Israel granted Gaza’s wishes and completely unrooted all Jewish life in the Gaza strip, making it free of living Jews for the first time in millenias. Unsurprisingly, peace did not follow.

Phew. I left out about a thousand details around here, so please use these points as a starting point for your research and take it with a grain of salt.

The conflict between Israel and Palestine to this day exists because Palestine does not acknowledge Israel’s right to exist and uses acts of terrorism and war against the state. Beginning of May, Gaza fired way over 600 rockets on Israel, aiming at schools and civilian buildings, killing 4 and injuring over 300 people. Their leading political organisation, Hamas, calls for the complete destruction of Israel and their people. They also refer to Israel as an oppressing state and an occupation of their territory.

One of the organisations that also believes Israel to be an occupator is the BDS organisation, which is a Boycott against Israel. It claims to be peaceful and harmless, but aims to completely isolate Israel in every way, culturally, economically, politically, from the rest of the world. They also want Palestinian refugees in Gaza and Westbank to have a right to return to Israel. However, given that Israel has a population of about 15 million people, and 20% of them are not Jewish, integrating about 8 million people of non-jewish Arabs into Israel would make Jews a minority in Israel and effectively end the existence of the only Jewish state in the world. (also good luck boycotting Israeli technology like the world's most efficient field hospital, the USB stick, and just about every smartphone works with Israeli technology.)

BDS called for a boycott of the ESC in Israel, Roger Waters himself foamed at the mouth when Madonna was announced to perform in Tel Aviv. One band that is at least close to the BDS is Hatari, the Icelandic group. They announced their intentions to use their performance to criticise Israel for the way they treat Palestinians.There was debate in Israel apparently whether they should be allowed to come to Tel Aviv, in the end they were allowed. They returned the favour by showing the flag of their biggest aggressor and threat to safety.

Funnily enough, homosexuality is punishable by imprisonment and death in Gaza. So I can’t help but wonder how well their support was received in Palestine… It’s a typically European knee-jerk reaction. They want to show solidarity with what they think is the underdog in that conflict, and they’re cowardly showing their protest in a democractic, safe country.

Madonna’s performance is problematic because she agreed to do a non-political act and proceeded to slap the flags on their dancers at the very last second, betraying the trust and rules of the hosts. Her act shows a big, scary man dressed like a soldier in a black uniform as Israel and a tiny woman in a white dress as Palestine, and in the beginning she talks about supposedly hidden crimes that ‘we all know of’ wink-wonk. It’s a tired provocatin and villainification of Israel imo. The reactions all over social media show that it was not actually perceived as a message of peace and love, but as a message of pro-Palestinian interests, painting them the victims and only the victims of the conflict.

There was probably more going on with political statements in the ESC, but you referred to Jewish history and Israel, so I hope your questions are covered with this response!

#marina replies #long post #i don't wanna tag this bc it will attract antisemites to my blog

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11, 12, 26, 28 for the three songs ask!

Thank you for all the numbers! I love getting these asks from you!

11 Three favourite songs from a movie or TV series soundtrack

I had a dilemma here, whether these include just instrumentals and decided that it does. Again there are many songs I really love, and the 3 I name here aren't my all time favourites, just the first ones that crossed my mind

* Lullaby song from Carnival Row, I'm not sure it has an official name, I've seen it being called "Lora Lie Lay" and also "I'll fly for you". It's a shame Amazon prime still hasn't released it and I wish they will once

* Paint it Black cover from Westworld

* Jenny of Oldstones from Game of Thrones

12. answered

26 Three favourite non-English songs

There are so many I can't pick! Again, these 3 are by no means all time favourites, just the ones that crossed my mind first.

* Engel by Rammstein (I am basic like that)

* Spillingardans by Hatari

* Pravo ja by Hladno pivo

28 The best songs to get drunk or high to

I have to admit I'm a goodie two shoes who rarely drinks, even more rarely gets drunk and does not intend to get high. HOWEVER when I do get drunk I suddenly start enjoying this new rap/trap or however you call the genre that all the new rappers fall into, so there's my choice.

Thanks again and I hope I did not mess up the asks, also that I didn't disappoint

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Song Review: “Klefi/Samed (صامد)” by Hatari featuring Bashar Murad

Because I can comment on more than just Eurovision songs. Enjoy this eclectic mash of EBM with Middle-Eastern sounds:

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Wait! Who the Hell are these guys?

If you’re not into Eurovision or haven’t heard of it, Hatari represented Iceland in the most recent edition (2019) hosted in Tel Aviv, Israel. While their televotes were announced in the final, they waved banners of the Palestinian flag.

Bashar Murad is a queer Palestinian artist. He collaborated with the United Nations with a song about gender equality. He also performed at the protest event “Globalvision” which took place simultaneously with the grand final of Eurovision.

There isn’t much on Hatari’s official site apart from social media bios and interviews, and Bashar's site seems to not work at the time of this posting but most info can be found in social media and interviews.

Why should I give this song a listen?

First it’s a fusion of Middle Eastern harmonies with the sounds of industrial metal and dark electronic beats. I’m familiar with folk industrial through Croatian band Manntra (link is to their song “In the Shadows”. I also listen to some Oriental Metal through bands like Myrath (from Tunisia, link is to their song “Believer”), and Orphaned Land (from Israel, link is to their song “All is One”).

As for what the song is about (translation of lyrics can be found here in English and 5 other languages, though the English translation comes from the YouTube video’s captions), the Icelandic title Klefi means “chamber” (other definitions include “cabin”, “compartment”, and related to the song’s context “prison cell”) and the Arabic Samed (صامد) means “steadfast” (or holding up). And there are two things going on with this song.

First is Bashar’s parts. For the most part it’s “I have suffered a lot and I’m not backing down or giving up”, hence steadfast. It deals with a struggle and it’s obvious to point out Palestine and Israel (which anyone can Google for information, no need for lecture here), but one can also look to other countries where minority groups or any marginalized groups exist. The fight for equality, freedom, and human rights will go on and those fighting for them and alongside them aren’t going to be defeated easily.

I'm steadfast I won't bow down I've started, and I will not finish I'm staying, and I won't just disappear I'm worthy, and I will not be erased

Matthias’ parts (we don’t get to hear Klemens’ voice in here) act as a narrator. Going by the poetic translation the “chamber” is not only a prison where criminals or those wrongfully accused are held, but more like an echo chamber where we, as people, are trapped. Whether you lean left or right politically, most of us tend to be surrounded by the same voice that we agree with and won’t listen to anything else. On the other hand, there are some who want to break out of the echo chamber and want to hear what’s going on from the outside, but the voices of the chamber drown things.

Echo chamber Cold and bare Where isolation sounds alone Withdrawn to this parodic lair Withdrawn to this parodic lair Each one croaks upon his own

There is a warning in a sense that if one stays in too deep in the chamber, one may become more of a puppet and parrot whatever goes on in there when they leave, so it’s important to look at information from both sides.

I’m sure the meanings go deeper if I know Icelandic or Arabic, but translations are helpful.

This sound awesome, where can I find more?

For more tunes by Hatari, they have a Bandcamp page, and have tracks on Spotify. They are also some tracks you can only find on YouTube (Klámstrákur, Ógleði) as they’ve only been performed live from my understanding. If you want to explore stuff similar to or containing elements of Hatari, I’d recommend this spotify list (compiled by yours truly). In terms of their social media, they can be found on Facebook (main, holding company, news, sponsor), YouTube (news), and Instagram.

Bashar Murad’s work can be found on YouTube, Spotify, and Soundcloud. His repertoire leans more towards Middle Eastern music fused with Western indie pop music. Social media: Facebook, Instagram

As for this track specifically, you can look into Oriental metal (middle eastern folk metal) if you lean that way, or for more electronic I suggest some Goa Trance. For something more cinematic I recommend “Black Parade” by Globus.

#song review #music #iceland #palestine #icelandic #arabic #middle eastern music #electronic body music #ebm #industrial #world music #Hatari #Bashar Murad #klefi #صامد #struggle #i won't give up #steadfast

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Undo my ESC - 2019, SF1

Hello there, folks, and welcome to the first part of Undo my ESC, where I take a look at the field this year and, for each country, make a feasible change – as small as, for example, minor tinkerings with the staging, or as big as a different song completely winning a national final. It’s all light-hearted and just my opinion, of course. Allons-y... Cyprus: We start off completely in the deep end. I loathe “Fuego”, and this repackaged Fue2.0 is no better and is indeed perhaps worse to me given that I hate desperate attempts to catch lightning in the same jar. I also find Tamta a very unsympathetic character. I don’t know what I’d do to improve this, other than replace the internal selection with a national final with some songs actually in Greek and with local character. Montenegro: Things do not improve... but at least the solution is easier! Montenegro had a decent national final in which literally any other song would have been a better choice. I particularly liked “Nevinost”, and so did the unfortunately out-voted expert jury, so would be tempted to give D mol’s ticket to Tel Aviv to its artist, Ivana Popović, instead. I do find D mol to be sweet kids though, so the other part of me would be sad to rob them of their time in the limelight and would instead have taken the 90s throwback and bizarre random background sound elements out of their song, replaced the score with one that emphasised the traditional musical elements, and kept the lyrics in Montenegrin.

Finland: Three strikes and I am almost out. I really struggle with the new UMK format – I understand the logic behind it, just as I did when it was a thing in the UK in the early 90s, but I think it only really works if an artist has a wide-ranging repertoire. If not, then you end up with 3 samey songs that only appeal to people who like the music styles that artist makes. I’m not an EDM fan and I would have taken the relative flop of Saara Aalto last year as indication to return to a multi-artist UMK. Plenty of artists from previous years who could be worth a spot in one such.

Poland: I was disappointed by the disappearance of Poland’s national final, but I can’t say I was too surprised after a few underperforming years. I have to commend the Polish broadcasters for going for something popular within their own country, without being overly preöccupied as to how it would play outwith their borders. Pali się is one of those entries that I don’t like much but which I respect. My changes would be to remove the pointless English intro and outro, which, if one were not paying attention, one might not notice actually being in English. I’d also try to make the song a little less linear, as the song feels mostly confined to one pace.

Slovenia: Finally, we come to a country where I can change next to nothing. Many people I know were disappointed that “Kaos” was not elected as the Slovenes’ song. Whilst I found it an earworm, I really didn’t like her haughty, “I’m only in EMA to promote my new disc” attitude – and I really preferred the delectable, contemplative and intimate “Sebi.” It’s pure elegance in simplicity, and I wouldn’t need to change a thing.

Czechia: I appreciate the Czechs’ creätive way of bypassing the expenses of a traditional national final – whilst still giving fans a choice – by holding their selection online. Really cute this year was the way they tried to equalise differences in funding by making the candidates’ official video be a low-budget affair filmed in their flats. I liked quite a few songs of their selection, with the eventual winner, “Friend of a friend”, middle of my rankings. I would, of course, opt for my #1 of the NF to win instead, the delightful slice of “Bohemiana del Rey” style that was “True Colours.”

Hungary: Hungary’s A Dal has the cachet to attract a number of returning artists, so it was not surprising that, eventually, it would be won by someone who’d triumphed before – and I’m delighted it was Joci Papái, one of the biggest revelations of the Hungarian NFs for me. Yet, as is often the case with folk coming back to take a second bite of the cherry, the sophomore effort comes short of the first – “Az én apám” is lovely, touching, but lacks the bite and edge that “Origo” had. I might have JP come second and hopefully return for a second victory in 2020/1 with something a bit stronger, and send in his place the soaring but melancholic “Madár, repülj”.

Belarus: Life is too short to do some things, and whilst I try to listen to pretty much every national final song, one of the things life is too short for is intensively following the Belarusian national finals with their hundred-odd auditions. I saw a few, though, and they were a rum lot. Musically, Aura’s touching “Čaravala” was probably the best of those I heard – but was also strangely won over by the unpretentious, fun ode to tubers that was “Potato, aka Buľba” and depending on my mood, I might give it the nod either.

Serbia: Beovizija had a great lineüp yet again, and there were a number of songs I would have been happy to have gotten the win, including the eventual winner, but also those of Saška Janks, Extra Nena and Ivana Vladović. The latter’s beautiful “Moja bol”, with strings to die for, was my favourite on the night, but in retrospect, I’m not sure I’d replace the equally stunning “Kruna.” I’d be tempted to send it in its acoustic version though, where Nevena’s lovely voice stands out even better.

Belgium: Ô, Belgium. I adored “City Lights”, and so my expectations were really high. This is nice enough, but a bit beige, and doesn’t quite deliver, especially the way the enjoyably tense verses lead to an anticlimactically limp chorus. I’d change that with something that actually feels like a pay off to the verses and the Walloons would have a better shot of shining again.

Georgia: I have to say that, once again, I find myself being one of the few people I know who has some love for Georgia. Whilst it wasn’t truly my cup of tea, I appreciated and enjoyed Iriao’s song last year on some level, and the same is true of Oto’s – he has a powerful voice and it’s a strong, if rather unsettling song. I think, though, that I prefer the darkly ethereal Sevdisperi zgva, which sounds like what I imagine would result if Björk were tasked to write a Bond tune.

Australia: After a few years of rumours, Oz finally jumped on the national final train, and, credit where it is due, it was one of the most intriguing national finals of the year. It was as if SBS had decided to atone for its aggressively MOR pop picks of previous years by actually showcasing some musical diversity. Unlike a lot of folk, I don’t dislike “Zero gravity” – it has a meaningful lyrical background and some quirky charm. But there’s no question about whether I would replace it and with what. I still get chills every time I listen to “2000 and Whatever” – the sheer, irrepressible burst of positive energy and the power of its “kulila miranyi” still give me goosebumps. Damn straight one of the best song of the entire year.

Iceland: Given the amount of hype Hatari have received – and how fans flooded videos of its competitors with comments about how they shouldn’t “fuck up” by picking them instead – I may be one of the very few who would change the result there. Yet, I almost definitely would, even though I typically like lesser-heard genres at Eurovision and like the heavier, industrial musical style. And yet, I find this quite trying. It seems like a very knowing, art school student pastiche and I’m not here for their “above the contest” feel or the BDSM gimmickry. I’d be tempted to replace this with the low-key but lovely “Hvað ef ég get ekki elskað”, or to at least pare back the OTT disdainful irony.

Estonia: It feels almost like another era when I was a firm exponent of the idea of Eesti being Beesti. Three years of immense disappointments will quench that type of fire. Whilst leaving behind the stunning Spirit Animal in 2017 and opting for a generic poperatic vocal exercise in 2018 were excruciating, this might be the biggest let down yet – a land of so many talented musicians having to rely on an Avicii pastiche sang with no small difficulty by a reedy-voiced Swede. I found Eesti Laul very slim pickings this year, and found the other two frontrunners to be rather bland too – even the delightful Sandra Nurmsalu came with a tune that, whilst pleasant, sounded less nomadic epic and more toilet tissue commercial backing track. I would have gone for Kadiah’s delicate “Believe” as my pick instead.

Portugal: FdC was once again one of the best national finals, and the one for whose result I was perhaps most anxious. There were a few songs I really liked, like “Pugna”, “Mais brilhante...” and “Inércia”, but when the dust settled, there was only one song I wanted to see winning – “Telemóveis,” of course, which I was delighted to see prevail. I have some real worries about the bizarre staging distracting from the message and emotional power of the song, though. There’s so much going on, and it might be enough to push people from being entranced to being weirded out. I’d get rid of the spoons, sort out the clothes and try to make things impressive without being so extra.

Greece: I actually really like Greece this year, even if I’m still pissed off at what they did to “Don’t forget the sun” in their dubiously axed national final last year. Her voice is beautiful, the music is uplifting and anthemic, the æsthetic is curious and a bit culty, but at least memorable. The one thing I don’t like? The lyrics, which sound like a bunch of motivational Instagram quote clichés loosely knitted together. Sing something actually meaningful, preferably in Greek.

San Marino: Lord, I’m not going to start because if I do, I shan’t stop. All I’ll say is that San Marino’s “troll nation” status is wearing thin for me. Unbelievably, hundreds of talented people came out in numbers last year willing to represent them, and yet they went with a song written supposedly in 5 minutes but probably in half that. I’d have invited Sara de Blue back instead to make up for the bizarre fiasco that was last year’s 1in360. And the automatic qualifiers:

France: If France’s national delegation aren’t rethinking their voting system after this year, then they ought to be. It’s the opposite of Sweden, where the juries really have the power and the televote is scattered – all you need is a frenzied following to overturn a low jury placement. I liked a great number of Destination Eurovision’s selection this year. I would have taken pretty much ány single one of them over the snivelling, bombastic, self-aggrandising drivel that is Roi. With regards to what to send in its place, I’m torn between the powerful “Là haut”; the adorably, quintessentially French “Allez leur dire”; or the energetic, indefatigable earworm that was “On cherche encore”.

Israel: Boy howdy, Israel sure want to do their level best to avoid fluking a 1979 and winning on home ground, eh? I heard there were many big names who sent songs in, though I’m unsure if any of them would have helped to make the stormy Kobi seem more sympathetic. I think I would have opted to let Ketreyah perform for the hosts instead.

Spain: After a great national final last year, I was really disappointed with the subpar quality of the so-called eurotemazos which were anything but. Miki’s song was the best of a bad lot and at least he didn’t have the hideously negative attitude some of the other people, who seemed surprised and aghast that the winner of a contest related to Eurovision could end up performing there. I’d try to give Miki a song that matched his energy with at least a bit more lyrical depth.

Join me in some days when I evaluate what I would change with SF2!

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Eurovision 2019 Opinions

Well, the 26 countries that will be participating in the final are official now, so here’s my in depth thoughts about each entry, ranked from least favorite to favorite along with explanations and a 10 pt rating system. honestly i thought this year was solidly mediocre. a few i really like, about 3 i can’t stand, and the rest are all smack dab in the middle of “decent”. of course, these are just my opinions and I totally get that people will disagree with them. i don’t really care. yeah there’s a few i’ll judge you for, but frankly my opinion shouldn’t matter to you. i’m just posting it for my own record and for anyone who might be curious

26. Slovenia (0/10) I know a lot of people like this entry, but frankly, I cannot stand it. It’s boring. It’s awkward. It’s uncomfortable. If I wanted to watch an m/f couple - or, you know what, any couple - stand really close to each other and mumble for three minutes, I - I don’t actually know where I’d go, because I can’t conceptualize myself ever wanting to see that.

25. Denmark (0/10) Again, why? This entry annoys me a lot, and the only reason I didn’t put it last was because I appreciate the use of more than one language. It’s my least favorite parts of all kids shows combined coupled with a message that honestly I disagree with. It feels a bit like she’s judging me for being upset at injustice in the world when I should just shut up and be happy about what I have. I’m sorry, but I don’t believe it’s acceptable to ignore atrocities just because my life is filled with good things. I could imagine this song being the welcoming number in a musical staged in one of those “everything is perfect on the outside but inside it’s the creepiest shit you’ve ever seen” towns that’s used to hypnotize the protagonist into not noticing the creepy shit

24. Estonia (1/10) I don’t honestly dislike this song, but it does bore me. He’s a mediocre singer with a mediocre song. Also I can’t get past the fact that he rhymes “this” with “this”. It distracts me and ruins the whole thing.

23. Czech Republic (2/10) I really didn’t like this one at first. It was irritating and the lyrics were weird. However, I surprisingly enjoyed the live performance. The lead singer has some charisma on stage. Good for him.

22. San Marino (3/10) No idea how he got to the final (I know it’s bc he’s a meme, but still), but I don’t hate the song. I don’t think it should win, but honestly, I think it’s fun. His voice is ridiculous, but I can stand it for three minutes.

21. UK (4/10) I definitely feel like this is the kind of generic song I’ve heard many times before, but he does a good job with it, and ultimately it’s alright. His hair makes me think of Finn Shelby from Peaky Blinders, but that’s neither here nor there.

20. North Macedonia (4/10) Honestly, I feel like I should like this song more than I do. She has a good voice, and the song has a good message. Unfortunately, it’s just never clicked with me, and I often find myself tuning out while listening to it.

19. Israel (5/10) I like his voice. He sells the emotion. Not a gripping song, by any means, but not bad. Some of the rhymes feel a little forced, like the lyrics were written specifically so that they would rhyme, rather than because they have meaning.

18. Germany (5/10) This one gets stuck in my head sometimes, but I’m okay with that. Tbh, I quite like it. Plus, the whole “sisters (but I’d say girls in general) are taught to tear each other down but need to build each other up instead” theme is one I wholeheartedly support. I spent too many years hating everything associated with girls because society told me to.

17. Malta (5/10) I go back and forth on this one a lot. Parts of it I like, parts of it I don’t. It feels a bit different to me, but not like, in a revolutionary way. The singer is strong, and it definitely gets the award for most colorful performance, literally!

16. Serbia (5/10) I feel like I’ve heard this entry before, too, but specifically at Eurovision. Still, she does a good job with it, and I like her armor-inspired jewelry. Plus, it’s not in English!

15. Belarus (5/10) Another one I go back and forth on. I find this is very good study music - energetic and repetitive enough not to be distracting. I don’t love it (I’m even hesitant to say I like it lmao), but people really ought to stop hating on her so much. She’s sixteen. Let her have her fun.

14. Albania (6/10) I really liked Albania’s entry this year tbh. I didn’t feel she sang as strong in the semi-final as she did in the music video, but otherwise I thought it was a very powerful song. The staging was pretty cool, too!

13. Azerbaijan (6/10) I loved everything about this except the refrain. The “shut up about it” bit starts to get on my nerves by about the second refrain. But the verses sounded cool and the staging was awesome!

12. Sweden (6/10) Not the most exciting song in the world, but he sounds good, the ladies sound great, and there’s nothing I dislike about the song or staging.

11. Cyprus (6/10) Not as good as the music video, sadly, but still catchy and fun. I didn’t really like it the first time I heard it, but it’s grown on me since. I felt bad for her being put on the spot with that one “are you mad about Cyprus losing last year” question.

10. Greece (6/10) Definitely grew on me. I tuned out of it the first time I heard it. Prior to the semi finals I thought it was alright. But she really gave us the lesbian dream, huh? Ladies with neat clothes and swords, plus a garden? What more can you ask for lmao

9. France (7/10) Feels kinda standard to me, but not in the worst way possible. Sometimes I get really into it, other times it’s just a nice song. I’ve been liking it a little bit more each time I hear it, though.

8. Netherlands (7/10) The favorite to win, and I’d be okay if it did. Not my favorite this year, but a solidly good song. I have to be in the right mood to want to listen to it, but when I am? Fucking amazing. Also, considering he never left the piano (and didn’t light it on fire), he gave a pretty good performance.

7. Spain (8/10) This song is so much fun, and it’s definitely going to end the competition on a high note. I’m also really curious to see the full version to know more about the life-size dollhouse and animatronic thing they’ve got going

6. Switzerland (8/10) I loved the music video more than the live performance, but regardless I thought this song was also really fun and, idk, snazzy? Love dancing to it while I fold laundry.

5. Australia (9/10) Australia’s staging was everything! I had them in the upper middle rankings until the semi-final, but honestly that looked cool as all fuck!! Her song is weird, but in a way that I can dig. Plus seeing her soar around like Glinda in space with two fellow witches is one of the highlights of Eurovision this year

4. Russia (10/10) Sergey is back and just like in 2016, I absolutely love him and his performance. I’ll admit, the shower thing was a bit weird, but the song sounded great live! Plus, he had a leg-up for me by going with fairy tale imagery in the music video.

3. Norway (10/10) Initially, I only liked the joiking. The other two singers have grown on me, though. This song is fun, the staging is cool, the singers are great, and then it gets quiet and the joik part comes in, and it’s so fucking cool!! Love it, love it, love it!

2. Italy (10/10) My favorite for a long time, only bumped out because I made the fortuitous mistake of watching Iceland’s interviews. I love the song. I love the message. The thing that impressed me most, though, was that this song is about something that isn’t even remotely close to anything that’s happened in my life. I do not relate to it at all. But despite having no personal connection to the topic, I could feel the emotion in it. For a brief three minutes, I could feel something that isn’t my reality but is the reality of many other people. And an artist who can do that is powerful indeed.

1. Iceland (10/10) If you couldn’t tell from the everything about my blog, I have firmly joined the camp of Hatari stans. It may surprise you, but I didn’t really like this song the first time I heard it. Then, I found out the meaning behind it and gave it another chance. Lo and behold, I liked it! It rose in my rankings from lower-middle to the number one spot between listening to it multiple times and watching all the Hatari content I could get my hands on. I totally understand the music being too far for some people, but as a metalhead during the not-Eurovision parts of the year, Hatari isn’t too far of a leap for me. I love the song. I love the staging. I love the costumes. I love the message. I love the band. I love how they interact with each other and everyone else. I love the bits on Iceland Music News. I love their trolling and sarcasm in the interviews. I love the anti-capitalism. I love their websites (seriously, check them out. they put a lot of effort into them). I love the way they approach issues that are important to them. I love the fact that they aren’t afraid of the tough subjects. I especially love that they aren’t trying to walk the popularity line (you see it all the time - for example, queerbaiting, where a tv show wants to appeal to all sides of an issue, so they make characters nearly lgbtqia+ but then throw in enough straightness to please conservatives). Hatari picks their side in each issue instead of trying to cater to everyone, and I respect that a lot. My reactions and emotions aren’t usually prominent or even necessarily visible, but there’s a chance I might actually cheer if they win.

Finally, the honorable mentions, aka countries that didn’t make it to the final but that I would’ve loved to see:

Hungary (in my original top 10) - loved him last time, loved him this time. Beautiful song, beautiful voice, beautiful staging

Georgia - my hopes weren’t high but that doesn’t mean I didn’t love it. There’s nothing quite like a good dramatic song, and this was as dramatic as they come

Portugal/Poland - the two most people were really miffed about in the first semi-final; I think they’d’ve been alright in the semi-final, but both depend entirely on my mood. sometimes I love, sometimes I hate

Croatia - the song was ‘meh’, the singer was fantastic, and the staging was Eurovision in all the right ways

Armenia - one of my early favorites. could’ve used some other people on stage, but otherwise I thought she did wonderfully

Romania - what can I say that hasn’t been said already? she brought everything! that was an experience and an amazing one at that. so disappointed she didn’t make it

and of course,

Ukraine - catchy, badass, wacky, and wlw? sign me the fuck up. So sad to hear what happened to her. I know people are saying this is why politics should be kept out of music, but that’s ridiculous. The real issue is when the issue/message isn’t coming from the artist. It should always be up to the artist’s discretion what they do or do not promote. Propaganda and censorship go hand in hand, which is why I am so bothered by the blanket statements I hear thrown around about Ukraine’s fiasco this year

And that’s all! I think I’ll be happy with anyone scoring a 7 or higher for me winning on Saturday. I wouldn’t be upset about a 6 winning either, I suppose.

Anyways, off to bed so I can make my snacks tomorrow lmao!

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GAY MUSIC CHART – 2019 week 10

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Here is the recap for this week :

OUT : Sam Smith - "Fire On Fire" LW: 23 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 07

OUT : Ben Levi Ross & Taylor Trensch - "Only Us" LW: 29 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 29

OUT : Years & Years feat. MNEK - "Valentino" LW: 37 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 37

OUT : Bring Me The Horizon feat. Grimes - "nihilist blues" (Lyric Video) LW: 38 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 38

OUT : Brandon Stansell - "Hometown" LW: 40 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 25

OUT : Nimmo - "No More" LW: 42 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 42

OUT : D. Prime - "GAY" and "HAPPY-NESS" LW: 34 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 18

OUT : Tom Goss - "Still I Want You" LW: 44 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 44

OUT : Criolo - "Etérea" LW: 45 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 45

OUT : Funtastic - "Taku Fogo" LW: 46 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 46

OUT : Electrosexual - "Darkroom" LW: 48 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48

OUT : Yaariyan LGBTQ Flashmob 2019 LW: 49 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49

OUT : Someone Who Isn't Me - "Gomenaki" LW: 50 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 40

01 (+ 2) : Lauv & Troye Sivan - "i'm so tired..."

LW: 03 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 01 (x1)

USA / Australia - 2019

02 (- 1) : Troye Sivan - "Lucky Strike"

LW: 01 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 01 (x3)

Australia - 2019 - from the album "Bloom"

03 (+ 4) : Trinity The Tuck feat. Peppermint - "I Call Shade"

LW: 07 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 03

USA - 2019 - from the album "Plastic"

04 (+ 10) : Daniel Schuhmacher - "Venus or Mars"

LW: 14 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 04

Germany - 2018

05 (+ 1) : Not.Your.Regular.Boy. - "It's All Yours"

LW: 06 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 05

The Netherlands - 2018

06 (- 4) : Calum Scott - "No Matter What"

LW: 02 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 01 (x3)

UK - 2018 - from the album "Only Human" (Special Edition)

This really personnal song tells the story of Calum Scott telling his parents he was gay and their reactions of loving him "no matter what". It's a deep and emotional power ballad.

07 (- 2) : Saara Aalto - "Dance Like Nobody's Watching"

LW: 05 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 05

Finland - 2019 - from the album "Wild Wild Wonderland"

A music video about a transgender teen who wants to do ballet against the will of his father.

08 (+ 4) : Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - "Shallow"

LW: 12 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 04

USA - 2018 - from the OST "A Star Is Born"

This song won several Grammy, Oscar and Bafta awards in 2019.

09 (+ 2) : Manila Luzon - "Go Fish"

LW: 11 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 04

USA - 2019 - from the album "Rules"

10 (+ 26) : Echo Black - "Poison Apple"

LW: 36 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 10

USA - 2018 - from the album "Dawn"

The queer lead singer of the band is Danny Blu.

11 (+ 4) : JORDY - "Just Friends"

LW: 15 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 11

USA - 2018

A love declaration.

12 (+ 5) : Jão - "Me Beija Com Raiva"

LW: 17 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 10

Brazil - 2018 - from the album "Lobos"

It's the first time the singer talks about his sexual orientation with this song, writen for an ex-lover who broke his heart.

13 (+ 6) : Michael Medrano - "Love Somebody Else"

LW: 19 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 11

USA - 2018

14 (NEW) : MARUV - "Siren song" (live @ Vidbir 2019 - Final)

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 14

Ukraine - 2019

Politics and tensions between Ukraine and Russia caused the withdrawal of Ukraine from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Neither Maruv, winner of Vidbir, nor the other participants accepted the Ukrainian conditions to cancel their concerts in Russia and to be spokesman of the Ukrainian policy. So, the favorite Maruv will not go to Tel Aviv. She was one of the favorite of the contest this year.

15 (- 7) : Trinity The Tuck - "The Face The Body"

LW: 08 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 06

USA - 2019

16 (NEW) : Mahmood - "Soldi"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 16

Italy - 2019 - from the album "Gioventù bruciata"

After a long hesitation, we have decided to talk about the winner of the Sanremo festival 2019, who will represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 and is clearly a favorite this year. Some people and media think he's gay because of a past interview in a gay magazine about gay rights in Egypt last year and a concert at Bologna Pride in 2013. But he never came out, saying that coming out is a step back because his generation doesn’t make differences about color or sexual orientation.

17 (+ 5) : Netta - "Bassa Sababa"

LW: 22 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 07

Israel - 2019

This is her first single her victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, still composed by Stav Beger.

18 (NEW) : Not.Your.Regular.Boy. - "I Want You"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 18

The Netherlands - 2019

19 (- 10) : Ben Platt - "Ease My Mind"

LW: 09 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 09

USA - 2019 - from the album "Sing To Me Instead"

With the second track of his upcoming album, the actor and singer officially comes out as gay in this music video, where he's dating Charles Carver.

20 (+ 14) : Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart"

LW: 34 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 04

USA - 2018

21 (- 17) : Christopher Sorensen - "Afterglow"

LW: 04 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 04

USA - 2018

A touching music video about a teen dating a mature man, but his life collapses when he discovered he's a married man with child.

22 (+ 19) : Greyson Chance - "shut up"

LW: 41 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 22

USA - 2019

23 (+ 12) : Calvin Harris, Sam Smith - "Promises"

LW: 35 / WO: 14 / PEAK: 01 (x1)

UK - 2018

24 (- 11) : CupcakKe - "Squidward Nose"

LW: 13 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 13

USA - 2019

As usual, it's for an adult audience with these explicit sexual themed lyrics.

25 (+ 6) : Lady Gaga - "Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)" (Piano Version)

LW: 31 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 25

USA - 2018 - from the album "Joanne"

She won three Grammy Awards this year, including for Best Pop Solo Performance.

26 (+ 13) : Theo X - "You Don't Wanna Dance"

LW: 39 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 09

Denmark - 2018

In this cute music video, a young teen dares to give an invitation to dance to another boy. Love is love.

27 (RE-ENTRY) : KEiiNO - "Spirit in the Sky" (Live @ Melodi Grand Prix 2019)

LW: - / WO: 2 / PEAK: 27

Norway - 2019

The trio, composed by Alexandra Rotan and both out Fred Buljo and Tom Hugo, won Melodi Grand Prix and will represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv : congratulations!

28 (+ 2) : Sam Smith, Normani - "Dancing With A Stranger"

LW: 30 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 14

UK / USA - 2019

This is a passionate duet about coping with loneliness and trying to get over a lost love.

29 (- 13) : N.E.F.O.R.M.A.T - "Чужие Судьбы" (Aliens Destiny)

LW: 16 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 13

Russia - 2019

For their first music video, these two have guts to do this kind of music video in their country: they show their homosexuality, they kiss, they flirt half naked in bed, they rebel for freedom. Respect, men!

30 (+ 2) : Agustín Malandra - "Madrugada Índica"

LW: 32 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 30

Argentina - 2019

31 (+ 2) : Calum Scott - "If Our Love is Wrong"

LW: 33 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 09

UK - 2018 - from the album "Only Human"

32 (- 7) : Federica Abbate - "Finalmente"

LW: 25 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 08

Italy - 2018

This song came second in the first part of the Sanremo Giovani 2018 Music Festival for emergent artists. The lyrics talk about a love relationship badly judged by the entourage. If the lyrics aren't specifically gay, the music video is, with the portrayal of a young man who comes out to his father who rejects him in return. So, the young man can only be reconforted by his boyfriend and his friends. Until... Beautiful.

33 (- 12) : Ben Platt - "Bad Habit"

LW: 21 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 21

USA - 2019 - from the album "Sing To Me Instead"

The singer and actor will release his first solo album next March 29th. People wonder if he has just come out as gay with the appearance of Charles Carver in his apartment at the end of the clip.

34 (NEW) : Kfir - "Drama Queen"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 34

Israel / USA - 2018

35 (- 11) : Courtney Act - "Fight For Love"

LW: 24 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 07

Australia - 2018

The drag queen came 4th at "Eurovision - Australia decides", the Australian national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

36 (- 26) : Jax Jones, Years & Years - "Play"

LW: 10 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 01 (x1)

UK - 2018 - from the EP "Snacks"

37 (RE-ENTRY) : Hatari - "Hatrið mun sigra"

LW: - / WO: 2 / PEAK: 26

Iceland - 2019

An epic performance qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv : congratulations ! The industrial gothic & BDSM trio clearly became one of the favorites of the contest this year.

38 (- 20) : Tiago Braga - "Ilusão"

LW: 18 / WO: 27 / PEAK: 06

Portugal - 2018

A story of infidelity.

39 (- 13) : Troye Sivan and Jónsi - "Revelation" (Lyric video)

LW: 26 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 11

Australia / Iceland - 2018 - from the OST "Boy Erased"

The song was nominated on the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The movie "Boy Erased" follows the son of Baptist parents who is forced to take part in a gay conversion therapy program.

40 (NEW) : Pabllo Vittar - "Buzina"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 40

Brazil - 2019 - from the album "Não Para Não"

41 (- 14) : Allen King feat. Amor Romeira - "My Boy"

LW: 27 / WO: 11 / PEAK: 03

Spain - 2018

42 (- 22) : Bilal Hassani - "Roi"

LW: 20 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 05

France - 2019

Bilal Hassani won Destination Eurovision 2019 and will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Avivwith this song about self esteem.

43 (- 15) : Robyn - "Send To Robin Immediately"

LW: 28 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 18

Sweden - 2019 - from the album "Honey"

44 (+ 3) : Diego Diaz - "Caótico"

LW: 47 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 44

Argentina - 2019

45 (NEW) : Gia Woods - "New Girlfriend"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 45

USA - 2019

46 (NEW) : Adam Lambert - "Feel Something" (Live Session)

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 46

USA - 2019

47 (NEW) : Alen Chicco - "Aš Čia"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 47

Lithuania - 2018

48 (NEW) : Hovi Star - "Silver Spoon"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48

Israel - 2019

3 years after winning "Rising Star" and coming 16th in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, the Israeli singer is finally back with a new single.

49 (NEW) : Jesse Saint John - "Wiser"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49

USA - 2019

50 (NEW) : Conan Osíris - "Telemóveis" (live @ Festival da Canção 2019 - Final)

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 50

Portugal - 2019

An epic performance which qualifies him to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv : congratulations!

NEW THIS WEEK

Duncan Laurence - "Arcade"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

The Netherlands - 2019

The former contestant of The Voice Holland 2014 is openly bisexual. He will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv in 2019 and is the big favorite this year.

Duncan Laurence - "Arcade" (live acoustic at De Wereld Draait Door)

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

The Netherlands - 2019

A proof he can sing and why he's the big favorite for the winning of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Sergey Lazarev - "Scream"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

The Netherlands - 2019

He will represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv in 2019 and is one of the favorite this year. The song is once again composed by Phillip Kirkorov.

Tamta - "Replay"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Cyprus - 2019

Tamta will represent Cyprus with this song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. It's already a favourtite for this year's edition. The music video uses the gay card with a bit of homoerotism.

Chingiz - "Truth"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Azerbaijan - 2019

Chingiz will represent Azerbaijan with this song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. Probably upset by its first non-qualification for the final last year, the country, really not gay-friendly, uses the queer card with this music video to please the eurofans and go to the final : that's the power of Eurovision.

Tamara Todevska - "Proud"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

North Macedonia - 2019

Tamara will represent Azerbaijan with this song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. It's an ode to women. The music video shows different women, including if we don't make mistakes a transgender woman.

DI-RECT - "Devil Don't Care"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

The Netherlands - 2019 - from the albym "Season"

This song is about traveling the bumpy road of self-acceptance.

Aaron Porter - "BOY"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

UK - 2018

SOAK - "Déjà Vu"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Ireland - 2019 - from the album "Grim Town"

Lou Asril - "Divine Goldmine"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Austria - 2018

This is the first single of the Austrian band.

Conchita Wurst - "Trash All The Glam"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Austria - 2019

Her new look ? Bald head !

Alex G - "Pray It"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2018 - from the EP "In The Still and Homespun Pt. IV"

The music video includes lines from the letters she wrote to her parents about coming out as bisexual, and about falling in love with and wanting to marry her wife, Torri Blue.

Mila Jam - "Twilight Zone"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2019

This is about dating as a trans woman.

Cameron Hawthorn - "Dancing in the Living Room"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2019

The country singer comes out with this music video.

Orville Peck - "Big Sky"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2018

The mysterious country singer sings about his previous relationships - with a remote biker, an abusive boxer, and overprotective jailer from Florida Keys.

Ben Platt - "Temporary Love"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2019 - from the album "Sing To Me Instead"

Brian Justin Crum - "Circles"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2019

Kalen Blanco - "Tonight"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2018 - from the EP "The Tonight EP"

American Authors feat. Bear Rinehart of NEEDTOBREATHE - "Neighborhood"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2019 - from the albym "Season"

Maggie Lindemann - "Would I"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2018

Ava Max - "So Am I"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2019

As the lyrics say: "But it’s okay to be different ‘Cause baby, so am I.”

A Horse With A Horn - "Better"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2019

A Horse With A Horn is a project by Derek Wanker.

Jvel - "No me pongo pa' llevar"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Spain - 2019

Ana Guerra - "Bajito"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Spain - 2018 - from the album "Reflexión"

There is a bisexual threesome in this music video.

Cub Sport - "Lift Me Up"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Australia - 2019 - from the album "Cub Sport"

The music video includes some wedding's footages of the members Tim Nelson and Sam Netterfiel.

Pragya Pallavi - "Girls You Rule"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

India - 2019

Júnyork - "Bate Vira"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Brazil - 2019

Dulce y Agraz feat. Francisco Victoria - "No Me Alcanza"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Chile - 2019

Francisco Victoria is back with this featuring.

Neven Ilic - "Por Algo Fue"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Chile - 2019

This song is song selected to represent Chile in the International Competition of the Viña del Mar Festival 2019.

Agnieszka Chylińska - Schiza

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Poland - 2019 - from the albym "Pink Punk"

#gay music chart #lgbt #top #singles #2019 week 10

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Nunquam Iterum (Never Again) - transcript/translation

This is the haunting choir piece that occupies the twelfth spot on Hatari’s Neyslutrans album, which Hatari have also used as an intro for concerts and was briefly heard in the opening of the “Klámstrákur” music video. The lyrics of “Niðurlút” consist mostly of lyrics from “Nunquam Iterum”.

This is a best quick effort to transcribe and translate the lyrics. If Hatari publishes official lyrics soon, they are right and I am wrong.

Icelandic transcript

Þú tæmdir allt þitt traust á mér

Þó tórir enn mín ást á þér

Sagan endar allt of skjótt

Þú bauðst mér aldrei góða nótt

Svikin voru silkimjúk,

sængin tóm og vænisjúk

Í þögn þú komst og þögul út

Þú þræddir veginn niðurlút

Grá ský eru gráti nær

Þig dreymi ég nú angurvær

Í minninganna vígðu borg

í mæðu feta hulin torg

Mig óraði ekki fyrir því

að aldrei sæjumst við á ný

Mig óraði ekki fyrir því

að aldrei sæjumst við á ný

Mig óraði ekki fyrir því

að aldrei sæjumst við á ný

Transcription notes

The most difficult verse to transcribe (largely because I couldn’t cross-reference it with the clearer “Niðurlút”) was the third one; I think I’ve got it, but it isn’t very clear, and there is technically a grammatical error in it as it stands (“Þig deymi ég” is incorrect and doesn’t really make sense, but I can’t imagine what else they could mean but “I dream of you” here; maybe they went with wonky syntax because the correct “Þig dreymir mig” is ambiguous and could mean either that I dream of you or that you dream of me).

English translation

You emptied all your trust in me

Yet my love for you remains

The story ends far too soon

You never bid me good night

The betrayal was smooth as silk,

the bed empty and paranoid

In silence you came and silent you left

You threaded the path, despondent

Gray clouds are close to weeping

I dream of you, sentimental

In the consecrated city of memories

I morosely walk the hidden squares

It never crossed my mind

that we would never see each other again

It never crossed my mind

that we would never see each other again

It never crossed my mind

that we would never see each other again

Translation notes

The “you” in the song is a woman; the adjectives “þögul” and “niðurlút” are both in the feminine form.

“Sængin tóm og vænisjúk” also sounds like it’s the bed that’s paranoid in Icelandic. The adjective is in the feminine singular, so assuming more liberal and poetic syntax it could also be imagined to refer to “you”, or to “me” (which would mean “I” is also a woman).

#hatari #neyslutrans #nunquam iterum #niðurlút #lyrics #transcript #translation #icelandic

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WAIT YOUR TAGS ON THAT POST so so sooooo correct. This is completely devoid from the point of the post but your tags reminded me of the strong feelings I have about this.

Eurovision isn't been just Europe and Australia, Israel joined in 1973. Israel, Cyprus, and Armenia are all geographically outside of Europe. Turkey, Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan are all partially in Europe and partially in Asia. During a year were Israel didn't participate Morocco decided to join, they then pulled out the next year

More on note with the point of that post though, I believe they (Morocco) did actually cite Israel being involved as the main reason for their departure, so there is at least one Eurovision involved country that made it known they disagree with Israel being there. Though because they weren't involved for long, and aren't one of the biggest countries when it comes to contributing money, it didn't make an impact

Yeah!! They truly are erasing the fact that it ISNT just europe... Like we all know about australia but idk you say goodevening world or something dont say europe and australia yk??

Honestly how the eurovision deals with critique of israel or simply the support of palestine is so disgusting... I vividly remember hatari holding up like a scarf or sth with the flag of palestine on it and they were booed?? And even threatened by legal action i think??? And i also remember one ukranian singer being asked who crimea belonged to in like 2016/17 maybe? By an official reporter.....

But they just overlook it because Isreal makes good good money i mean.... i think that when the eurovision was in tel aviv during those likeee i think 5 days it takes place there were bombs going off in the region???? (threwn by the israeli government; may have been the gaza strip but im not sure) truly disgusting

#Every one of my fav competitions being absolutely ruined by greedy businessmen #GET ME OUTTA HERE #ask #anonymous #mwah anon #Long post

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crimeamarches · 7 years

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break the bonds of night // shin soukoku week day 6

summary: Now that his world has changed irrevocably, Atsushi finds more comfort in one man’s silence than he does the joyous noise of the whole world.

prompt: crossover

notes: title comes from life returns from fire emblem: path of radiance

so, naturally, for the crossover day I chose to do a crossover with tellius fire emblem! here’s some stuff you might want to know before reading.

the world of tellius is split between beorc (normal humans) and laguz (people who can turn into animals).

Laguz Nations: Gallia (land of beasts--cats, tigers, and lions); Phoenicis (land of hawks); Kilvas (land of ravens); Goldoa (land of dragons; an isolationist nation that no one has entered or left in centuries); and Hatari (land of wolves; located beyond a desert all thought impassable and only recently entered the world stage of tellius)

Beorc Nations: Crimea (a fairly peaceful, scholarly land known for its progressiveness); Daein (icy and hard, a militaristic and intolerant land); and Begnion (once owned the entire continent, is still salty about losing it. a theocracy following the goddess of order).

though oppression of the laguz has officially been illegal for decades now, the ruling classes among the beorc have continued in secret

there is a third group called the Branded. the Branded are those who share the blood of both beorc and laguz. they are rejected by both groups and therefore either live in secret or form their own enclaves, the largest of which is located in the desert of central Begnion and led by a man named Stefan

also in this desert is a group of laguz living free of Begnion oppression, run by a tiger laguz named Muarim. this is where Akutagawa brings Atsushi

Atsushi is, naturally, a tiger laguz. his story is pretty much the same as it is in bsd; he was an orphan taken in by a Begnion man, but once he reached adulthood he was turned out on his own with no recourse.

Akutagawa is a Branded. Raven Branded, to be precise, though he doesn’t know it. The nature of the Branded fits his outcast nature, i thought

anyway, on we go! feel free to message me if you need clarification on anything else.

The desert is a strange and wild place, nothing at all like the coastal cliffs of Atsushi’s childhood. Atsushi has never seen anything quite like it in his entire life, and if it were not for him having nowhere else to go, he would be scared beyond his wits. The entire landscape shifts and changes beyond any sense of order or reason; it’s like the motion of the tides, except even the tides follow the pull of the moon, and no matter how deep and unknowable the ocean may be, on the surface it can be understood.

However, the desert? If it was not for Atsushi’s guide, he would have been dead within the hour. Atsushi is accustomed to the heat, but the tropical climate of his homeland ultimately bears little resemblance to the blistering, dry heat of the sands.

“Keep up,” barks his guide, voice muffled by the cloth he wears over his mouth. Atsushi jogs to get closer, if only in case his guide tries to speak again; any distance between them, and the words get snatched away by the constant, burning wind.

Before the sun gets too much lower in the sky, the dunes seem to part before them to reveal a collection of ruins. As they approach, the buildings tower over Atsushi’s head, stunning him into silence in the shadow of something so ancient.

These are old laguz ruins. This is where Solhaut began his rebellion, this is where—

“We’re here,” the man says, pulling the mask down from his face. The high sun throws his sharp features into even sharper relief, highlighting his hollow cheeks and pointed chin. Atsushi pulls his hood back, squinting into the darkness inside the ruin to see what lay before him.

But before he can focus, people seem to appear from nowhere all around them. They clap him on the back, they shake his hand; he’s ushered forward into the cool darkness by eager hands and loud, boisterous voices. Candles are lit, and they begin to lay out food for a feast. Atsushi looks around wildly, taking in the colorful array of ears and tails and wings; he’s never in his life seen this many of his people, free and conversing and celebrating. They call him brother and only smile when they see the tears forming in his eyes.

Over the next weeks, Atsushi finds himself drawn more to his guide, who continues to lurk in the shadows, than he does to any of the busy, bright common areas. They have very little common language between them. Atsushi speaks only Begnion Standard, whereas this stranger speaks predominantly in ancient tongue when he speaks at all, seemingly only speaking enough Common to do the odd job requiring communication with escaped slaves. When Atsushi asks him why he keeps so much to himself, all he does is roll up his sleeve to bare a striking black mark emblazoned on his pale forearm.

“Branded,” he says in his rough voice. His black eyes stare at Atsushi; his body tenses as if ready to flee at any moment.

Atsushi covers the mark with his own hand. He leans forward, maintaining steady eye contact.

“We’ll be outcasts together, then,” he whispers and—though it’s hard to see through the gloom—he thinks he might have gotten a nod in response.

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