since he's probably retiring the bolero this year, I wonder if he'll lay it to rest together with these superior spiky pants that were never to be seen again 😭
my second käärijä drawing! i posted this in the discord and very confidently said the guy on the right was häärijä (it is not. this is mic mac käärijä. i have learned since.)
after the music video ended, there's gonna be a short scene, which shows Häärijä just waddling along, minding his business.
before he then randomly stumbles upon the green bolero, picks it up and, after contemplating it for a moment, decides to put it on and continues to be on his way
I saw the esc/Liverpool bolero today. It's the 2nd (and so was Käärijä 🔪💚) of them.
The first one had a lining and metal colored spikes, and it was used for the music video and UMK. It has later been altered and has black spikes.
The second one was made for ESC. It's slightly broken: the shoulder "bones" are broken.
The third one was made for Eurotour.
They initially had 3 leather hides from Italy for the bolero(s) and now only scraps remain. It consists of 8 pieces for sleeves and couple more for the back, shoulders and collar.
It holds its shape with the same stuff goths use for their corsets; more or less rigid metal strip covered with more or less plastic. Some of them are just plain round, some go criss-cross inside the "shoulders", "biceps" and "forearms". (This didn't surprise me the least, I was literally taught this technique in elementary school.)
20 % of the millenials had their goth/emo corset phase when they still had obligatory sewing lessons at school. I used the technique for a round handbag. Good times.
seeing as how käärijä's spiky black pants are fighting for their life, i suggest we make a contest to bring jere a new pair of pants for the euro tour.
To this day I'm still thankful jere went for the green bolero as his costume instead of the black leather one. I'm afraid we'll never get to see such an iconic outfit on eurovision ever again.