#esc 2024 croatia

[bowserpunk-vevo]

Croatia in eurovision psa/lh

i need europe to know something about Croatia's eurovision entry. and i mean it, this is... quite rather important. well if you wanna understand the song that is, idk maybe it wont be as important to you, i dont know you

so if you heard it, you may have noticed that its a song encouraging dancing and is all happy and hyper and whatnot. the song is actually very sad and melancholic and sombering if you live in a culture like ours. he is singing about going to a big city, leaving his family and everything he ever knew and loved behind. he literally uses the phrase "my anxiety attacks". over here, most people stay in their family home for generations. my grandmother still "worships" the home her father was born in. the villages and towns are small here, pretty much your whole life is just as small, and to suddenly go so far far away from such a closely-bound family/town to a big city where life is completly different and cold... its a big scary things. he talks about the city boys and hopes they also know his family's dance, he calls them advanced, and is hopeful the noise will be calming... its scary, and its a thing that happens very very often. Croatian people are moving away more and more. and not just to a big croatian city (the the capital is very popular as well), but to places like Germany, Ireland, or Sweeden and Norway. i personally have family or people i know who made a life far away and we dont even know how they are by now. its a big decision, but its in search for a better life (we literally have addventisments begging people to stay in their city/town or even in Croatia itself). he says he's leaving with the first light, and asks his family not to cry, but to dance... and together they'll have one last one, as a last goodbye.

i just really want everyone listening to the song to know that its not just a dance song, a party song... its a song of great turmoil and remedying it with a family dance. i feel by understanding more of the song, you'd see it with more respect.

and im not just pulling this outta my ass, those are the themes we have here, and if you watch the official music video of the song... it ends with him sitting by a pier waiting for his boat, sitting on his bag with his head in his hands, all alone, not a soul in sight. as the sky is cloudy and dark, somber music playing along. much different atmosphere from the rest of the video, and song in general.

[french-eurovision]

"Did you know the french word for "tie" (cravate) comes from "Croatia"? I— Yeah, I'll tell you all about it another time"

— Stéphane "I host a tv shows about history" Bern had to remind himself he was at Eurovision

[lunlumo]

still a king

[ceruleanharley]

hmm i wonder why. maybe it's because we know actual war and what it's like to be the suppressed side in a bloody conflict

[xkadnemamtebe]

[bluemoonpurpledragon]

Meow cat please meow back.

[lack-of-surprise]

so again croatia didnt win? and jury votes destroyed everything?

[garisia]

I really love how Croatia used these little crochet doilies in such strange places. I remember how they were placed on my grandma's TV and EVERYWHERE.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Bye mom, bye dad Meow, cat, please, meow back Don't cry, just dance Rim-tim-tagi-digi-dim-tim-tim

[wardrobeoftime]

Eurovision Song Contest + Costumes

Baby Lasagna's white blouse, red & golden vest and white pants when performing Rim Tim Tagi Dim for Croatia in the 2024 contest.

// requested by @because-its-eurovision

[feralportalmaster]

He's giving cvnty Balkan grandma in the best way possible

[bowserpunk-vevo]

this is the first time since ive started watching eurovision that i can confidently say this...

Croatia's entry this year is absolute gold, and the whole continent is shaking in its boots rn.

last year's entry was pretty good too, but i didnt expect much from it... this time 'round tho, things are different >:3

(dude literally said meow in the song, like bro, how can this not fly !!!)

[maki-makis]

Me trying to explain to my mother how "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" is not a stupid incoherent song, but a tragic story of young people from Balkan leaving their home countries disappointed and angry in systems that failed them, forced by the shitty conditions to leave the comfort of their homes and people they love. He even had to leave the cat, mom, the cat... Did she ever meow back?

[lunlumo]

Also Croatians really deserve this

I mean come on, this is dedication

[had-just-ten-hours-training]

Gonna miss you all but mostly the cat,

Gonna miss my hay, gonna miss my bed,

Most of all, I'ma miss the dance,

So come on y'all, let us prance.

Now don't call, don't write,

I'm leavin' with the first light,

Don't cry, but dance.

Rim tim tagi digi dim tim tim!

There's no going back!

(WHOA!)

My presence fades to black!

(WHOA!)

Yeah, there's no going back!

(WHAO!)

My anxiety attacks!

(WHOA!)

Rim tim tagi digi dim tim tagi digi!

[escgentsph]

Meanwhile (some or most) Eurovision fans: 🤬🤬🤬

Meanwhile Nemo and Baby Lasagna: 🫂🤗🤝🏻

Look at the photo below, see.... Baby Lasagna becomes a class act by hugging Nemo - as a sign of congratulating the winner.

THIS IS WHAT EUROVISION SHOULD BE!

📷: Screenshot from a program by HRT