Alright so some of you may know that I used to do Eurovision song reviews until about midway through last selection season when it became clear that the EBU would not disqualify Israel under any circumstances. The fact that there is now a ceasefire does not mean I forgive the EBU for how it handled the situation. I will continue to boycott Eurovision proper.
That said, back in December, the Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO officially called for Israel's exclusion going forward, and I think that merits some excitement. The 12 songs for their national selection, EMA, were released yesterday, so I will give those the kinds of reviews I used to save for selected artists. If you follow me and don't want to see all of these posts in a row, go ahead and block the tag EMA reaction.
Up next is PolarAce with "Kind"
Avtorji: Aleksej Ivačič Kolar / Aleksej Ivačič Kolar / Peter Penko, Aleksej Ivačič Kolar
*Farquad points* Theatre kid. Like people use "this sounds like musical theatre" a lot in the Eurovision review sphere, but this actually sounds like it was written for a musical. Every aspect of this composition screams it. The lyrics have that sort of disjointed air you get when something is written by someone who speaks English as a second language and either the translation was rushed or they were trying too hard to make it sound cool that they didn't stop to check if it really made sense. Like the basic idea of "the point is to be kind to one another" kind of gets lost as the lyrics try to match the sweeping scale of the composition, so you end up with these absolutely wild hyperbolic statements that don't really seem to fit the theses. I have a mental image of this being performed on a set done up like a street corner with him leaping up and spinning around a streetlamp as that woman whose voice comes in later in the song looks a little startled, but slowly starts to get into the vibe until they are dancing around this little street corner together. The musical theatre vibe is too strong for me to even attempt to picture it staged like a concert and not a number.
