#eaea

[idiotlittleme]

Made laugh so hard omg

[fuzzypuppybuddie]

Ahre nuevo pincel oaoa

[arabela25]

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 countdown: 22 days left!

Eaea - Blanca Paloma, Spain 🇪🇸 [x]

[kale-the-veggiecorn]

This is definitely some summoning circle

[endless----love]

anyway stan Spain and Finland. At least they brought something different to the table and for that: MAD RESPECT. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[tiredlvna]

I’m still digesting my feelings about Eurovision 2023. I don’t remember being this angry any other year. Leaving aside the whole Finland vs. Sweden thing, because other people have already talked about it, what happened??

I’ll start with Spain, because I’m spanish. Look, we have a weird relationship with Eurovision. I remember joking for years about how we wanted to be the last ones. I feel neutral about flamenco, I don’t usually listen to it. But Blanca Paloma was AMAZING, guys, her vocals, the song, the stage. Was that really only worth 5 points? I don’t want to talk about what this means for us, “us” meaning Andalusia, not Spain, because they hate us but also use our culture to represent the whole country, but only when it’s cool; since Eurovision I had to read so many spanish people talking badly about flamenco. Ugh.

I read someone on twitter saying that Blanca was screaming meaningless nonsense and that is so disrespectful. We use "ea ea" to lull babies to sleep. It is a lullaby sung to a baby. “My child, when I die, may they bury me in the moon. And I hope to watch over you every night, every night except one”. The first thing I did when I listened to Cha Cha Cha was look for the translation and I also tried to learn the finnish lyrics. But I guess spanish is too difficult. 

But forget Spain. So many countries deserved better. 16 points for Austria??? Czechia?? Portugal?? GERMANY DIDN'T DESERVE TO FINISH LAST.

I get it, we were voting hard for Finland. I get it. But I can’t believe that Israel is in the top 3, for example. All the jury votes were like “all our love to Ukraine :(... anyway, here are our big points to Israel!!” Guys, what. “Europe, do you want to see me dance?” and so many people just forget about the conflict there, I guess. I’m done. All those points from the televote could have been for so many other countries. Including a few more for Finland. Käärijä was so close. 

[burymeinblack2022]

is it REALLY eurovision if portugal and spain dont eat absolute shit even when we send good songs bc we’re more isolated countries who dont have voting alliances ??? yeah i thought so

[borisbubbles]

Eurovision 2023: #15

15. SPAIN Blanca Paloma - "Eaea" 17th place

Decade Ranking: 42 / 116 [Above The Busker, below Circus Mircus]

A journey has finally come to an end. Like, idk, I have all the opinions and feelings and no idea how I'll express them. So let's pen them down and figure it out as we go?

So first, let's adress the pinned post: Yep, I was right about Blanca. I am also not particularly happy about it. I didn't just suspect Spain would come top three in the final going into the show, I was actively convinced it would happen and looked forward to it. The result we got aligned only with my first instincts so maybe the problem is allowing myself to be gaslit instead of confidently believing in my divining abilities? Or maybe the problem is just the Spanish Fandom, who can tell.

Secondly, as for why we got there, well: consider this little statement i made pre-show:

That has always been the crux of my opinion on Eaea. The problem was the song. It was never bad but always unvoteable. From the moment I first heard it for Benidorm reviews, all the way to five points, you just knew it was too out there to have mass appeal. When I then saw the staging at Benidorm, it confirmed my suspicions really. In order to get televotes, you need to stage literally, not laterally. Eaea was the Jezinky of Spain.

However, I always kinda sorta liked it overall anyway?

As we saw with Mae even if you have one big "drawback" (and it wasn't that Eaea was bad, it was just too pedantic to compete for televotes, something its obtuse fans failed to understand) but do the rest right, the net result is still a net positive. Foremost, Eaea was a visual treat that I loved to look at. Not just "more than i enjoyed hearing it", no backhanded compliments like that. It's just what it excelled at: Blanca was a performer of exceptional charm and talent, and employed her skills to their optimum. There's a reason why I thought Spain would win the jury vote going into rehearsals, and that's solely because I trusted Blanca's expertise would be enough to EAT.

And honestly, she at least... moderately gobbled? Like THIS:

and THIS:

and THIS:

Is all great? I never thought Eaea was the masterpiece (can we please STOP using that term for any offbeat Eurovision song we like PLEASE) others deemed it to be, it was a quirky little fusion of flamenco traditions with modernist staging, by a great singer who nailed the difficult vocals. For better or for worse, Blanca understood the assignment that Eurovision is foremost a Live Performance Contest and made an effort to be as good as possible.

So yeah, I did vote for Blanca on the night. Twice. Even if one felt like the song was too much Piece and not enough Song, she had earned a high spot up the scoreboard for her performance and determination, so I cast a vote for her in support of that cuz you know, nature is healing. Then I fatfingered a second one by accident, making me one of ten people in Belgium who voted for Spain, and the only one to vote for them more than once. AND YOU THOUGHT, I WAS A HATER, DIDN'T YOU?

Okay, so the results. Five points SEEMS really harsh but Käärijä really was a force of fatal attraction and natural devastation that we've only truly seen once before under normal circumstances, and anyone else should have been pleased to have had any scraps left after his cultural reset. Blanca was never gonna get much of that, we already went through why.

But what about Juries? Well, they flocked to Sweden and Italy like we all suspected they would, which is a boring outcome, but both Loreen and Marco nailed their lives so w/e fine. If I wanted the juries to reward Blanca for her grit, why be angry when they did the same for Sweden and Italy?

However, to once again beat a dead equine, that *other* one in the jury top three being there, and over Blanca specifically, has to be the worst jury decision since their re-implementation. Like worse than Fade to Black qualifying into three jury twelves. Worse than Baby Eats You scoring 82 points over Blackbird. The juries exist specifically to reward layered art like Eaea and quirky outsiders like Blanca and they erred. 10th in jury, what the shit? The argument that Eaea wasn't good enough a song doesn't hold up because Ewnicorn was the worst composition in the year.

So in the end, I am back where I started: at mild like. You'd expect me to feel smug, but honestly, I mostly just feel melancholic. Eaea truly was a unique Piece and its result made me realize that, should Eurovision revert back to full-televote which is what Österdahl seems to want (🙄), it's the Eaeas that will become extinct first*.

THE RANKING

you have NO idea how much anxiety "Veronika" is giving me rn. 😬

you also have NO idea how much i'd kill for an Eaea in 2024's Benifest.

[gaymer-hag-stan]

Meet the Liverpool 2023 Eurovision Artists

Blanca Paloma from Spain 🇪🇸

The sound of Spain is heading to Eurovision, through the voice of Blanca Paloma.

Eaea is a song rich in flamenco-inspired sounds and syncopated beats, which is in keeping with Blanca’s trademark style of mixing the traditional with the avant-garde and modern pop.

The singer from Elche is currently producing her debut album based on the idea of a ‘rite’ or ‘ceremony’ that connects us with what is pre-rational and instinctive; through experimentation and experience, Blanca seeks to explore the parts of our soul that go beyond words.

As a child, Blanca raised a duck in her bathtub.

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

EAEA ENGLISH LYRICS

Now that Spain has chosen its song for ESC 2023, I can translate the lyrics for y'all :) here's the song btw!

First of all, the song is dedicated to her late grandmother, la yaya Carmen (the woman that appears in the single's cover) and her legacy of flamenco and traditional sounds through a nana (lullaby)-inspired song. And, indeed, at its core, that's what Eaea is, a nana. It doesn't really fit into a flamenco song, but rather uses several of its elements, as well as other traditional Spanish sounds, as the musical part of the song - once again, reinforcing this feeling of heritage and tradition passed down to her from her yaya.

The title of the song is in itself an explicit reference to this 'lullaby' theme; ea, ea is what mothers usually say when rocking their babies trying to get them to sleep, as in a lullaby. For Blanca Paloma, this song is in itself a lullaby, a hug of the women of her family and her female ancestors. It's a really pretty message if I say so myself <3

Before going through the lyrics, which are basically a made-up nana, I wanted to mention that Blanca said that in writing the song she was heavily inspired by Federico García Lorca, one of the greatest Spanish authors ever (and my favourite poet <3), who had a very particular imaginery; the moon, the night, and children had a lot of symbolic connotations and you can see them in Blanca's lullaby. Just so you have a taste of his direct influence on Eaea, his most famous poem starts like this:

The moon comes to the forge,

in her creamy-white petticoat.

The child stares, stares.

The child is staring at her.

Here you can find more of his translated poems, I really recommend checking them out they're great :)

Finally, here's the translated lyrics, right after the cut. I hope they're easy to read!!

Ya, la ea ea

Ay, come to me, my child

Ay, come to me, my child

Sleep beside me

For there's shelter in my chest

Shelter for your sorrows

Ya, ea, ea, ya, ea, ea

Ya, ea, ea, ya, ea, ea

Ya, ea, ea, ya, ea, ea

Little tears of the Nile (1)

Sleepless nights

My child, when I die

May I be buried in the moon

So I can watch over you every night

So I can watch over you every night

So I can watch over you every night

Every night except one

Ay, come to me, my child

(Ay, my child, my little one)

My beloved little one

In the night I am illuminated

By your Sun-like eyes

Ya, ea, ea, ya, ea, ea

Ya, ea, ea, ya, ea, ea

Ya, ea, ea, ya, ea, ea

Little tears of the Nile

Sleepless nights

My child, when I die

May I be buried in the moon

So I can watch over you every night

So I can watch over you every night

So I can watch over you every night

(Let's go, Blanca Paloma!)

My child, when I die

May I be buried in the moon

Every night except one

Ya, ea, ea, ya, ea, ea

Ya, ea, ea, ya, ea, ea

Little tears of the Nile

Sleepless nights

Ya, ea, ea, ya, ea, ea

According to Ancient Egyptian mythology, the yearly inundation of the Nile was produced by the tears Isis wept for her late husband, Osiris.

[chantylay]

Spain has chosen Blanca Paloma and her song "Eaea" to represent them at Eurovision.

This song mixes traditional music you might hear at a Flamenco performance with modern electronic sounds. The emotions are raw and powerful throughout the song. Lyrically Seniora Paloma is singing to her child, saying she will watch over them even after she is gone.

I suspect there is symbolism in the Benedorm Fest staging that I don't quite understand, but it works regardless. It would also be fairly easy to transfer to Liverpool with only some minor adjustments for the way the B stage is arranged and the higher ceiling (they may not be able to hang the strings from a rig provided to them). The choreography is cool and yet somehow minimalistic, and the outfits are gorgeous. I look forward to seeing this in the Eurovision final.

[artisan-dino-nuggets]

current esc 2023 top 7

Austria (Who The Hell Is Edgar?)

Czech Republic (My Sister's Crown)

Slovenia (Carpe Diem)

Serbia (Samo Mi Se Spava)

Albania (Duje)

Finland (Cha Cha Cha)

Spain (EAEA)

France (Evidemment)

[arabela25]

Eaea, Blanca Paloma - Benidorm Fest | Spain, Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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[genericeurofan]

i’m out of actually funny content sorry guys

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[burymeinblack2022]

all the eurovision girlies (gn) after spain only got 5 points