#we will rave

[gaymer-hag-stan]

Got 9/10 right. I don't know what the fuck happened with Belgium. The staging was underwhelming but not that bad lmao. And Latvia??? Congratulations on breaking your non qualification streak... I think..?

The other one is obviously the genocide poster child, I'm not posting her but, yeah, unfortunately she made it.

For a minute, when I saw Dons announced first I hoped maybe he might have eaten her spot but... Alas...

[ace-hell]

"don't make eurovision political" they said, while the only thing it was is pilotical.

So bc yall are fucking COWARDS im gonna show my top 10 songs. NO politics

1. Doomsday blue

2. Teresa & maria

3. Hurricane

4. Ozunle apar

5. The code

6. Rim tim tagi dim

7. Fighter

8. Jako

9. Nendest

10. Zari

Honorable mentions: - we will rave

- veronika

Everyone annoyed me so much this eurovision. bullying a 20 yo girl bc of where she came from- which is fucking xenophobia-, praising bullies and calling them "good human beings" ? Fr? Loving songs and participants just bc they have the same political view as you? If some singers "carried the eurovision on their back" only bc they are pro palestinian then they, in fact, did NOT carry shit. Crying about made up trauma? Really silvester? Ur lil feewings got hurt after having to experience and witness how SOMEONE ELSE gets bullied by thousands of grown asses bullies like its middle school? Poor lil kiddo:(. and oh the MiSgEnDeRiNg!! oh give me a fucking break i have no respect to POS of human beings so idfc who misgendered who and if it was on purpose or not, want to be respected? Respect others or get the same eesults.

This year was just a bunch of grown ups acting like middle schoolers stupid mean girls in a netflix show and the only mature people were the youngest ones there. Absolutely shameful

Eurovision is a contest for singing and performances not goverments

"oh but why they kicked russia out and not israel?" well maybe bc RUSSIA deliberately invaded ukraine and started a war and ISRAEL DIDN'T start the fucking war and it started after a genicidal massacre on a saturday morning on a fucking holiday?

Also idk what drugs yall are taking but Netherlands song fucking sucks and its more annoying than all the annoying tiktok songs i have ever heard smashed together, so no joost didn't deserve 5th place just bc he is an orphan and eurovision was his dream

[borisbubbles]

Eurovision 2024: #15

15. AUSTRIA Kaleen - "We will rave" 25th place

Decade Ranking: 50/153 [Above Systur, below Lesley Roy]

WHEN THE DARKNESS HITS AND WE CAN'T BE SAVED

WIRAM WI DAM DAM DA WE WILL RAVE

Fucking AMAZING chorus. At this stage of the ranking, I don't really give too many shits about the flaws in the product. And that's for the best because Holy Hell Kaleen that was NOOOOOOOT GOOOOOOOD (objectively). Fortunately it was still very entertaining (also objectively?), so.

Also at this point, you may expect some real emotional investment from my part and Kaleen is clear example of that too. SHE, more than anyone else, was the uncrowned queen of Millennial Monroehood this year. Not only did she provide a fucking BANGER from the time I was a middleschooler, she also SERVED:

LOOKS

PERSONALITY

POISE

JE NE SAIS QUOI

ATTITUDE

and also NONE OF THE VOCALS. 😍 😍 😍

And this comes on top of her song being leaked two months in advance off Marvin Dietmann's laptop, and becoming a viral hit among millennial eurotwitter BEFORE its full release ♥ (and I fully buy into the conspiracy theory that the leak was intentional to build hype.)

But yeah, this performance was heavily flawed, I won't deny that. "We will rave" is a great song and it's only 15th on my ranking, that's how far south that went.

It is equal parts comical and tragic that Marvin Dietmann arranged for his PARTNER (I assumed "business partner" at first, but apparently also partner in a domestic sense? Yeah I'm as surprised as you are that he likes the clam.) to be cast for Eurovision and then failed to provide staging for her that capitalized on her strengths.

Kaleen is a professional dancer and dance instructor.

She runs Marvin's Dance School FOR HIM, FOR A LIVING.

The leak showed a vibrant dance choreography that allowed her to (barely) provide passable vocals.

She's a natural born performer of the ~rhythmic arts~

So what does Marvin do?

HE REDUCES HER DANCE ROUTINE TO THE TYPE OF TARD DANCE ANYONE CAN EXECUTE.

HAS HER WALK AROUND THE STAGE. NOT DANCE. WALK.

AND HAD HER DANCERS SHIMMY HER AROUND IN LIEU OF A DANCE BREAK.

ALL SO THAT SHE CAN DELIVER THE BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE... WHICH IS... WORSE THAN IN THE DEMO BECAUSE UM HELLO EARTH-TO-MARVIN:

YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS A DANCER, AND NOT A SINGER.

And all of that, I mean I'm sorry, is fucking hilarious, foremost. I know the live was "bad" but god it was really good at being bad. Casting your girlfriend and then FAILING to take her skillset (anything involving movement) into account is so uproariously funny to me. The staging was not bad on paper (it tried to increase momentum via the lasers and looks good if you mute), but it featured a slow, aenemic choreography that couldn't keep up with the music's light speed pace. That same dichotomy killed Halo, killed Edgar and almost killed "We Will Rave" too. This is the choreo you'd give to someone who cannot dance either due to being a block of wood (Dons) or old (Meri Bas.).

Even Firefighter, which is a fucking abortive attempt at a "dance song", had more tempo and life and let Nutsa (who is NOT a dancer) perform a break by herself. Christ Marvin.

(Granted it may be the outfit that forced Kaleen to perform a pantomime rather than a dance, but if that's the case... change the outfit? If those boots restrict your mobility, then don't wear them AT ALL, you know?)

However, as much as my appreciation for the live is based on irony and schadenfreude, I also just really love the song that much. "We will rave" is the best written girlbanger of this year - catchy, infectuous, smoking hot, and a wonderful throwback to the good Flemish techno of the early aughts. It's such a fucking banger in the style of Milk Inc, Lasgo, X Session, Touch of Joy, 2Fabiola, etc.

The prechorus and lyrics are delectable, and Kaleen is, despite her vocal inaccuracies, a charming hostess and style icon. Her personality is the saving grace of this live performance and the reason why I still embrace it in the face of its many mistakes. As disrespectful as Marvin's choreography was, she was flawless in its execution. SHE is what turns "We Will Rave" into a ride. The choreo and the results both did her dirty, but eh. Someone had to finish near the bottom. This year, that was Austria.

Now SAVOUR this last ever instance of them being fun in Eurovision because they'll only send salvaduncans from hereonout. If Eurovision isn't cancelled first, of course.

THE RANKING

[anotherescsite]

Thirty Seven Little Films - Austria

We Will Rave - Kaleen

Selection method: Internal Has it been heard live? Yes Semi final # 2 Drawn: 6th

[aijamisespava]

Austria Brings The Party

After internally selecting Kaleen and revealing that her song would be called "We Will Rave," the Eurofans were almost certain that we were going to get a party piece that would fit in nicely with the previous 2 entries.

And today, the song is now out for everyone to hear. So, let's give it a listen, shall we?

So, what do I have to say about "We Will Rave" you ask? THAT'S how you make a song about dancing heartbreak away, that's what! Everything about this song SCREAMS fan-favorite. From the "ram di dam dam dam" to the literal dance break section built into the song, we are in for a RAVING show!

[escdivasph]

Are you ready to rave on and on with Kaleen? Here's her live performance of "We Will Rave" during the Eurovision Pre-Party event in Madrid!

[360degreesasthecrowflies]

Ah running order screwed Austria too but this is a strong finish to the contest!

[armagedandrogynous]

not usually my cup of tea BUT she absolutely slays!!!!!

[warczacy]

This is so good.

[n1kkykz]

Honest opnion these two were so robbed the performances was amazing but they really ended up

3rd last/5th last❤️

[gaymer-hag-stan]

My top 10 for tonight. The Netherlands and Czechia greatly impressed me, they took out San Marino and Belgium who were in my pre-show top 10!

[loudlyunladylike]

The Dyke Project manifesto printed on the back of estradiol and testogel boxes

[tylviasilly]

"We Will Rave Day" on streaming platforms is June 22. That day I will be in transit, away from streaming services. I made this, though.

[nedeljkovicsaysno]

reblog with a song you wish was longer in the tags

[thestarlitnights]

this is one of the best things i've seen all week. i always knew WWR was built for a nightcore remix with an anime thumbnail. peak 2000s youtube nostalgia right here.

[abyssaldyke]

*guy who hasn't eaten lunch voice* been really into the idea of picking a direction and running as fast as I can in a straight line until I collapse and die