Mustii (Thomas Mustin)
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Queer
DOB: 21 November 1990
Ethnicity: White - Belgian
Occupation: Actor, singer, songwriter, reality star
Note: Represented Belgium in Eurovision 2024
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Mustii (Thomas Mustin)
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Queer
DOB: 21 November 1990
Ethnicity: White - Belgian
Occupation: Actor, singer, songwriter, reality star
Note: Represented Belgium in Eurovision 2024
La Nuit se traîne | Night Call (2024) dir. Michiel Blanchart cine. Sylvestre Vannoorenberghe
Eurovision 2024: #33
33. BELGIUM Mustii - "Before the party's over" 32nd place
Decade Ranking: 125/153 [Above Vladana, below Iru]
and now I get to be smug: (date of posting, the night before the song was released, when it leaked.)
When I'm right, you'll know it. Which of you was also never fooled by RTBF's extensive PR and always suspected the semi was where it would end? Belgium never do well if we're an overdog, that's been proven again and again and again. Not enough time has passed for the Eurofans to accept the truth about "The Party is Over", so let me break it to you with zero filter.
BELGIUM HAD A BAD SONG. *THAT* IS WHY THEY WERE ELIMINATED.
Yes, a BAD SONG. Sure, the live was Very Not Good and that didn't help, (I"ll get to that), but it wasn't "four points ahead of Besa" bad. One doesn't just tumble from "critically acclaimed fan fave and expected top ten placer" to that on the basis of one underwhelming live. Kaleen was arguably worse than Mustii and faced direct competition from three other entries (Mustii only from one and it was fucking DONS ♥) and she still scraped through. That is the difference between a good Eurovision song, and a bad one.
So what makes "Before the party's over" that bad? You mean besides that it takes forever to build up into a climax that isn't even that good?
Besides the literal goat noises + unfortunate singing face?
Besides the word salad lyrics that use a lot of words to say nothing at all? ("ARE YOU STILL PLAYING THE GAME OR BREAKING THE RULES") What game? What rules? WHAT ARE YOU SINGING ABOUT?! This lyrics are as tiresome to read as they were tedious to hear.
Maybe the fact that's it's appalingly vainglorious?
Like, what's the matter? An enibriated gay enters the stage, behaves like he's the centre of the universe, deludes himself into thinking he serves, mama (refering to his own behaviour as that in his mind, ofc) and everybody is too pre-occupied on their phones to pay him attention. That's half of homosexuality during karaoke night at the gay bar. Big deal. If the ambition is to do well in Eurovision, perhaps one should aim higher than "glamped-up Mirud"?
That said, it wasn't until the live in the Semi i realized why nothing works. Once you see it performed on a stage the AZERBAIJANI COLOURS come out, and they're not a part of any televote-qualifier rainbow that I've ever seen. If you're going to come in all "I AM AWESOME" then gives us a reason to agree with you? It was a lot of style attempting to cover a complete lack of substance, and doing it poorly. The song was a bluff, an empty promise carefully aimed at currying jury votes (hence why it dominated early polls) and the live exposed it for what it was. End of.
I've also seen people toss around the idea that Mustii was a Sennek, but I don't believe this is fair towards either of them. Sennek had a great song, and no vision. She assumed the song would be enough get her into the final by default. She then spent the rest of the preseason guzzling down glasses of zinfandel until she took the stage and everyone -to their HORROR- understood how woefully unprepared and inexperienced she was.
Mustii, if anything, was Sennek's direct opposite. He had an unvoteable song and a clear vision in mind (himself.) and worked VERY hard to engineer it into a qualifier. So much that he actively neglected basic human needs such as sleep? Like I've seen at least THREE different interviews where Mustii cheerfully reveals he'd been rehearsing so often that he hasn't slept in days, like dude, TAKE ALL THE NAPS IN THE WORLD. REST YOURSELF. PLEASE.
So with that in mind, I can ~understand~ why he wasn't good live. If you work yourself into insomnia and anxiety, and then are thrown into the most TOXIC BACKSTAGE of all times, yeah ofc you're not going to be at your best.
Even with a good live, I still think Belgium NQ. The song was hopeless. Let this be an eternal reminder for everyone that Fade to Blacks will no longer be tolerated in Eurovision across any flag and banner.
THE RANKING
Eurovision Fact #484:
Belgium has already announced their representative for the 2024 contest. Broadcaster RTBF did an internal selection for this year after 7 years of using a national selection.
Mustii, also known as Thomas Mustin, who has had a fruitful career in both music and acting, will be representing the nation in May of 2024.
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Eurovision Fact #594:
Belgium's 2024 representive Mustii says his Eurovision inspiration is Måneskin's Damiano David.
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I urge you all to listen to this.
Mustii is a Belgian pop/rock singer I’ve been following for years. His latest album has been out since Friday, and it’s just a piece of art.
Mustii likes to give a story to his albums and this one is dedicated to his uncle Michel who was schizophrenic and committed suicide due to poor mental health.
This album is everything people like us, like me and you, need.
Skyline kills me each time I listen to it.
It’s amazing.