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Post by kev on Jun 18, 2022 21:57:38 GMT 1
Semi-final Results ( Callum), ( Lars), ( Aliya), ( Aless), ( Bow), ( Jens), ( How Bogs How Blue), ( Dimitris), ( αndreas), ( Levi21), (Domas), ( Dylan), ( Eke), ( ClassifiedCat), ( kev), ( ᴛᴏᴍ ᴋʟᴏsᴇʀ), ( joshua), ( Lux), ( Lᴇꜰ), ( Syr), ( Matt), ( agni), ( MG), ( Argüello), ( Ste), ( Anesović), ( Luiri), ( Julian), ( 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋), ( Matilda), ( MaRtIn), ( hannahannah), ( Queen of Mean (Inactive)), ( Kinoshita!), ( Holland), ( Wysteria), ( alexeh), ( Anton), ( Logan), ( Chante™), ( alex(a)bg/ H U M A N), ( Oisín/ max), ( Daniel), ( Jakub), ( ✨ Nicole ✨/ тнєяσиттi95), ( Aglan), ( CHAE WITH A C), ( Alper), (Jan), ( Sel), ( George J.), ( Kyron), ( Lewis), ( Jmain), ( basil) ( Mi), ( deleted user), ( Black Butterfly), ( Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE]), ( Abernathy), ( Gregory (inactive)), ( Tobbz), ( fuerte (inactive)), ( H U M A N), ( Apostolis), ( ✦ josh ✦), ( Jacob), ( manos), ( kacper), ( Euu), (Kimmy), ( Francisco), ( InazumAddict23), ( ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ), ( TitleTheNon). ( Mateusz), ( konrαd), ( qwertyqaz123), ( Coco (Inactive)), ( Vinx), ( Amanda), ( yakbhumi), ( Josh's Tattoo (Inactive)), ( Ealex), ( Christian NO (inactive)), ( Jericho (Super inactive)), ( Blandine), ( hayashi 💙💛), ( ROBERT 💙), ( kepanoo), ( SBINNALA), ( Niklas), (Seb), ( eurovisionfan23), ( jara), ( suyana), ( B3STBEATS), ( Llemian), ( pposkar), ( liiam), ( ough), ( inactivo), ( мιɴтιѕѕe), ( Leo/ zwiss), ( Sylwia) Khamatin ( jhr0953)
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Post by Aglan on Jun 18, 2022 22:00:08 GMT 1
well then, we shall try harder next edition (about time actually) I am actually happy with most of the qualifiers, most of them that I voted for made it so I only really miss
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Post by Lars on Jun 22, 2022 20:02:15 GMT 1
Grand Final
Welcome to Edessa for the Grand Final of the 28th Fantasia Contest. 26 countries are competing tonight, but only one will get the crown.
Recap
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How to vote?
Please vote through this form. Deadline: 28th June 2022 (21 CET)
( Callum ), ( Lars ), ( Aliya ), ( Aless ), ( Bow ), ( Jens ), ( How Bogs How Blue ), ( Dimitris ), ( αndreas ), ( Levi21 ), (Domas), ( Dylan ), ( Eke ), ( ClassifiedCat ), ( kev ), ( ᴛᴏᴍ ᴋʟᴏsᴇʀ ), ( joshua ), ( Lux ), ( Lᴇꜰ ), ( Syr ), ( Matt ), ( agni ), ( MG ), ( Argüello ), ( Ste ), ( Anesović ), ( Luiri ), ( Julian ), ( 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋 ), ( Matilda ), ( MaRtIn ), ( hannahannah ), ( Queen of Mean (Inactive) ), ( Kinoshita! ), ( Holland ), ( Wysteria ), ( alexeh ), ( Anton ), ( Logan ), ( Chante™ ), ( alex(a)bg / H U M A N ), ( Oisín / max ), ( Daniel ), ( Jakub ), ( ✨ Nicole ✨ / тнєяσиттi95 ), ( Aglan ), ( CHAE WITH A C ), ( Alper ), (Jan), ( Sel ), ( George J. ), ( Kyron ), ( Lewis ), ( Jmain ), ( basil ) ( Mi ), ( deleted user ), ( Black Butterfly ), ( Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] ), ( Abernathy ), ( Gregory (inactive) ), ( Tobbz ), ( fuerte (inactive) ), ( H U M A N ), ( Apostolis ), ( ✦ josh ✦ ), ( Jacob ), ( manos ), ( kacper ), ( Euu ), (Kimmy), ( Francisco ), ( InazumAddict23 ), ( ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ), ( TitleTheNon ). ( Mateusz ), ( konrαd ), ( qwertyqaz123 ), ( Coco (Inactive) ), ( Vinx ), ( Amanda ), ( yakbhumi ), ( Josh's Tattoo (Inactive) ), ( Ealex ), ( Christian NO (inactive) ), ( Jericho (Super inactive) ), ( Blandine ), ( hayashi 💙💛 ), ( ROBERT 💙 ), ( kepanoo ), ( SBINNALA ), ( Niklas ), (Seb), ( eurovisionfan23 ), ( jara ), ( suyana ), ( B3STBEATS ), ( Llemian ), ( pposkar ), ( liiam ), ( ough ), ( inactivo ), ( мιɴтιѕѕe ), ( Leo / zwiss ), ( Sylwia ) Khamatin ( jhr0953 )
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Post by alexeh on Jun 22, 2022 21:22:18 GMT 1
Niolskiaj speaks on the non-qualifiersWith words from the heart, read at your own risk Semi-final 1
01) ydiwealth - inti - this was like… three songs glued into one but none of the songs were good + the whole product was worse. the way i see it is that there are two types of like… oontz oontz lgbtq+ stompers - there are the ones that are actually fly and hot and beautiful and there are ones that just repeat tired lyrical yass slay tropes over tired distorted oontz oontz beats + call it a bawp. like femme… queen… over pitter patter lana del rabies demo u think u ate?? better luck next edition 02) achróa - rolling blackouts coastal fever - god bless the fantasia contest for two 5 minute songs to open the first semi final… definitely an enjoyable listening experience !! this is very cute. it's like… bottom tier achróa which is still enough to put it at least mid tier fantasia contest 28. it's a bit forgettable + smells a bit like cigarette ash but like in a pleasant endearing kind of way… 03) vradiazi - jaqui lin - the production on this song is very like… ava max if u played one of her album tracks inside a tin can. very kings & queens and i fear jaqui lin is the jester. i wouldn't say i hated this i'm just very confused at like… what it's doing. maybe it's some kind of lyrical slay that u had to be there for but i'm not seeing much brought to the table with this piece. i know this is just a blip in vradiazi's gorgeous record i know u will bring the slay back next edition 06) the white havens - em beihold - theres something quite charming about this one actually. like it reeks of buzzfeed but also like… shes such a visionary shes so real. this absolutely would have a hold on me in 2012 my 10 year old self would be living thinking they knew pain. idk i dont think the fantasia contest was ever necessarily the target audience for this song but i'm glad it's here anyway! im happy/sad for her. sonically it's not like groundbreaking but it's quite refreshing in a way. 08) dýria - nolwenn leroy - here i was thinking this was dyria's best entry in a long time… this is quite cunty very fr*nch whatever that means. another song that just feels like a fresh spray of febreeze into the fantasia contest… rly like all that's going on in the production on this is so gorgeous so stunning… pretty gorgeous white woman in the wind… murder on le piste du dance !!! tuer !!! 10) ulikana - charlotte adigéry & bolis pupul - i do think like. this is the worst charlotte adigéry song ive ever heard + its still quite good! in general im not really as into her as i was like 2 or 3 years ago but even so i think this is quite… good! its a piece to be understood and i understand. do i like it?? mmmmmmmm i guess! bouncy bouncy beats yes 11) tsikinia - aïsha devi - welcome to fc tsikinia! based on this one u will definitely fit in… (derogatory) i feel like this lady knows something i do not + i dont like it. this is very like reminiscent of the fc era where half of the contest was googling 'similar artists to ic3peak' and sending the 8th result that came up and like… dont compete where u cant compare. im happy for the witch house girls! but i cant pretend i enjoyed this + it never bloody ended im sorry 12) sylvan - koven - nawt another 5 minute piece. what happened to pretty girls with 2 minute hits??? ive only just seen this was released in 2016 and yea that checks out! probably wouldve qualified back then too… this starts off quite pleasant i guess but struggled to keep my attention for like much longer than 2 minutes it just didnt do enough. even when the "climax" hit its just like… ok?? its not really for me im afraid… i believe in sylvan though they will see the grand final i am manifesting i am channeling i want to make it do 13) lanovina - niki - no but this is just on another level come on now… and dont even THINK abt saying "but those verses" i dont give a FUCK. this is not the fantasia verse contest. listen to the CHORUS. how can u hear that CHORUS. and not be FLOATIN?? i guess thats the difference between you (the fantasia contest voter) and me. i am floating to heaven and u are rotting in HELL. a summertime hit for the girls to get ready + ascend to… sooooooo gorgeous Semi-final 2
01) namimori - gin lee - theres a very prominent trend in this type of music over the last few years in which theres like… a lot going on and also nothing going on at the same time. like they want to make a song as obnoxious as possible but without any of the slay. idk theres like a lot of noise here but ask me now how it goes + i would not have a clue. idk if its that nothing abt this made sense or that i just didnt care enough to really follow along but either way i didnt move. i love namimori though gorgeous country 04) us eldance - jessica winter - this is cute! definitely deserved to make it out of… this… semi… but at the same time like how upset am i that it didn't? id be lying if i said i was devvo'd u get it. pleasant cutesy production worthy of filling a later allie x album or something DONT quote me on that i will not be engaging in allie x discourse. very cute! 05) tsytria - milica pavlović - this was never qualifying we all knew that rite… i mean again it probably SHOULD'VE when u look at its competition but… aw… awright… anyway. its quite good though! winding my hips to the beats of the chorus… the rest of the song probably happened as well! its always the most inoffensive pieces of music that attract the wildest hate campaigns like theres a lot of energy going on for milica pavlovic right now. 06) sovarasma - małgorzata walewska, jakub ciupiński - no this is so real. so ethereal. so avantgarde. i just know if there were actual visuals for this song shed be giving CINEMA. death and destruction and foliage and drone footage of sovarasma would be beckoning. will i come back to this piece ever again? maybe for a daniel's song race challenge… i could stretch this to fit a crow no question about it 08) ninelie - nava - it just feels like filler 2 me im sawry. its like nearly a slay but every single aspect of it is just slightly off… another song that i dont hate but its just… a sequence of sounds that u could potentially, maybe, on a good day, describe as adequate. aim higher loves u can do it! 10) jarea - femm - femm are very entertaining u truly never know what ur going to get. i would definitely say i prefer noisy assault-on-the-ears femm but in a way this definitely also assaulted my ears! something about the final chorus with the vocal runs is VERY funny to me. the rest of it i actually quite like! stop the song at the like 2 minute 30 mark and u have a very cute lidl scandipop.co.uk serve but w more charm to it 12) ruyjin republic - baby queen - i already know heartstopper is going to do irreparable damage to the song contest community and the music industry as a whole… baby queen was only the first horsewoman of the apocalypse. thats a bit unfair maybe bc i do usually rly like baby queen but this song is a bit shite isnt it rly lets face it… like i just cant defend it im trying to find a good word to say abt it and i just :/ happy for the heartstopper girls i SUPPOSE. 13) kingdovania - faun & eluveitie - i think this is ok? as a sound i think its a bit overdone and tired if ur not gonna bring something else to the table u know? and when i say something i do NOT mean eluveitie !! get off my SCREEN. not a fan of the last like minute of this but the rest is ok! standard for its genre. 16) pohunskia - niteworks - speaking of standard for its genre.. yea… they came last in the semi with a song that was infinitely better than this. i dont think this is awful either but its very like… they bought some nvsc suspense music and sang a chant over it. which i think it quite slay in concept actually! but as a song? idk… i didnt really move Semi-final 3
02) ermy - kate miller-heidke - not 2 be rude or anything but wot were u thinking apo… i hope u are okay <3333 its just giving glee duet to me + like maybe thats the slay in a glee episode where amber riley beats lea michele around the head with a skateboard and it gongs like a church bell but this is the ESTEEMED (citation needed) fantasia contest. the start of this is okay and then the chorus comes and… yeah… awright then… 05) ximbala - deva, kickbombo - this is very interesting! i like deva a lot i think she's a very interesting artist. this isn't necessarily the send i would've picked for her but i get it it's very interesting! parts of it are rly rly gorgeous and other parts are a bit flat… overall it makes for quite a good song i think! have i said its interesting? i think its interesting. im interested. 06) kuwiang - hiwwhee - and this week on NO RIGHTS FOR FANTASIA NATIONAL SELECTION VOTERS!!!!! i did place a curse on this song for what they did for alisa xayalith. i do think this might have been the worst NS result of all time and that is SAYING something just take a look at flirsksong. this reeks of desperation 2 me like they wanna be iconic so bad its embarrassing. i think we can leave stuff like this in the past and bring gorgeous ladies like alisa xayalith into the future kuwiang my sister i know this isnt you. 10) fyor - gorgeous - kinda surprised this didnt make it?? its really pretty and stands out in this semi as such. its not like groundbreaking or the most memorable necessarily but i just think its so cute and pretty and breezy and cute! deserved a spot in the final i think 11) wedse - samantha shelley - this woman is very funny to me like she calls herself a pattern-seeking survival machine and i just think thats a mindset i would like to adapt and embody further. nothing i learn about samantha shelley is anticipated or of my own free will. this song is very europa festival + i think i will leave it at that ! 12) moly-boronia - natasha st-pier - im so obsessed with moly-boronia i cant even lie. like they dont necessarily get many points from me but im in love with moly-boronia i think shes so cunt. this feels like natasha st-pier's 35th appearance from fantasia + i am eating it UP like its the first (its actually the first). this is so relaxing and saraswati i just want to do yoga on the beach with the deep healing belly breathing. im so glad this is here 14) vikyirie - regard and years & years - welcome back vikyirie sistah! i feel like absolutely nothing about this song but u liked i got it bad so like its the best song ever!!!! love it!!!! years & years so good regard u will always be famous!!!!!!! 15) sincuerello - flying lotus - this is also very interesting i think! its one of those songs that i listen to and i'm like… even if i dont like this i RESPECT it so much. they had a vision and they definitely executed that vision. i wish i liked this more than i do but ultimately it leaves me a little cold idk. it is interesting! keep doing you Trust and believe the finalists will not escape unscathed. Stay tuned!
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Post by alexeh on Jun 28, 2022 11:27:27 GMT 1
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Post by kev on Jul 2, 2022 19:22:08 GMT 1
Grand Final Results Welcome to Edessa for the Grand Final results of the 28th Fantasia Contest.FINAL TOP 26 Note: The results were presented on Discord. Ydiwealth couldn't vote and was replaced by Novalia. Congratulations to the winner! Please use spoilers to comment.
>>VOTING GRIDS<< ( Callum ), ( Lars ), ( Aliya ), ( Aless ), ( Bow ), ( Jens ), ( How Bogs How Blue ), ( Dimitris ), ( αndreas ), ( Levi21 ), (Domas), ( Dylan ), ( Eke ), ( ClassifiedCat ), ( kev ), ( ᴛᴏᴍ ᴋʟᴏsᴇʀ ), ( joshua ), ( Lux ), ( Lᴇꜰ ), ( Syr ), ( Matt ), ( agni ), ( MG ), ( Argüello ), ( Ste ), ( Anesović ), ( Luiri ), ( Julian ), ( 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋 ), ( Matilda ), ( MaRtIn ), ( hannahannah ), ( Queen of Mean (Inactive) ), ( Kinoshita! ), ( Holland ), ( Wysteria ), ( alexeh ), ( Anton ), ( Logan ), ( Chante™ ), ( alex(a)bg / H U M A N ), ( Oisín / max ), ( Daniel ), ( Jakub ), ( ✨ Nicole ✨ / тнєяσиттi95 ), ( Aglan ), ( CHAE WITH A C ), ( Alper ), (Jan), ( Sel ), ( George J. ), ( Kyron ), ( Lewis ), ( Jmain ), ( basil ) ( Mi ), ( deleted user ), ( Black Butterfly ), ( Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] ), ( Abernathy ), ( Gregory (inactive) ), ( Tobbz ), ( fuerte (inactive) ), ( H U M A N ), ( Apostolis ), ( ✦ josh ✦ ), ( Jacob ), ( manos ), ( kacper ), ( Euu ), (Kimmy), ( Francisco ), ( InazumAddict23 ), ( ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ), ( TitleTheNon ). ( Mateusz ), ( konrαd ), ( qwertyqaz123 ), ( Coco (Inactive) ), ( Vinx ), ( Amanda ), ( yakbhumi ), ( Josh's Tattoo (Inactive) ), ( Ealex ), ( Christian NO (inactive) ), ( Jericho (Super inactive) ), ( Blandine ), ( hayashi 💙💛 ), ( ROBERT 💙 ), ( kepanoo ), ( SBINNALA ), ( Niklas ), (Seb), ( eurovisionfan23 ), ( jara ), ( suyana ), ( B3STBEATS ), ( Llemian ), ( pposkar ), ( liiam ), ( ough ), ( inactivo ), ( мιɴтιѕѕe ), ( Leo / zwiss ), ( Sylwia ) Khamatin ( jhr0953 )
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Post by uhsting on Jul 2, 2022 23:29:21 GMT 1
First of all I would like to thank the FBARG for all the hard work put into this contest. Please correct me if I'm wrong but huge well done to Lars for the wonderful graphics and the idea to include the nations' primary colours to poker cards is ingenious. I really enjoyed the presentation on Discord with the gifs and the inclusion of spokesperson etc. I would also like to thank the FBARG and a few more nations to vote for my inclusion to the contest though I almost made it to FC 27 and I really hope to continue the concept and the idea I have for this ambitious country and hopefully bring something different to the table. Oda as I expected was an extremely risky entry at the start. It has a lot of contemporary classical elements while invents something new for this genre. It is minimalistic and impressionistic, like a mashup between Philip Glass and Claude Debussy (probably very inaccurate description haha). The operatic voice really elevates the piece for me as it brings another layer of uniqueness to the arrangement. I think the avant-garde arrangement and the seemingly obsolete vocal style might not have been to everyone's taste but they really stand out a lot for me. Hence, I would like to thank you to Lars, Sel, Luiri, Wysteria, Anes, Basil, Alexeh, Chante, Brella, Callum and Kev for giving us points, especially Anes for the 12 points here. I hope y'all enjoy this masterpiece, and I couldn't be more proud of sending this absolute gem to this contest despite getting the wooden spoon in the semi. My full reaction: Finals: Congratulations on getting 1st finally! Unfortunately this really didn't grab me as I wanted probably due to the melody line which I didn't warm up to. I do like the style and is certainly a decent winner here. Well done William! Robbed of a win sadly. At least this got their avenge of their NQ in another contest which I was still to this day absolutely livid of and appalled by the blatant lack of taste shown by the semi voters in that contest! This is refreshing. This is unabashed. This is to-the-point. doechii absolutely delivered a hell of a song here. I love the delivery. I love the energy. I love the rawness. Everything feels genuine to me. The music video is iconic. This song is short but is at a good length. The instrumentation lifts the song as well. I can see why this is so highly sought after by a lot of people. This is certainly in contention for my top 100 songs of 2022. Well done on getting 2nd place Kev! This is a really strong entry (I think it's of the pop genre iirc but I could be wrong). The instrumentation is the highlight of this song which doesn't require too much of a strong melody line in the chorus. That being said the chorus is very memorable as well and the song progresses well. It's very catchy so I'm happy this is rewarded. This is one of the best MOTHICA's songs for me. It almost made my top 50 but that was due to an extremely competitive period at the time. I love the arrangement in the chorus where the electric guitar plays in the offbeat which is still fresh in mind to this day. The chorus melody is really strong too. A tad bit more variation would elevate the song even more but that is not a big problem at all. 16th place is a bit too low in my opinion. This is the best song from Florence and the Machine's latest album. The full version of this song is amazing, especially the belt at the start which draws me in fully. Florence Welch's voice is always very special and has a different level of maturity. The instrumentation of this song is the strongest in the entire album which is really grand and memorable. You could also feel the emotions as well while the song remains quite catchy throughout without sacrificing for a faster tempo. Perhaps a more elaborate ending may elevate the song even more. Totally deserves to finish at the 4th place. This is one of the many discoveries for me in the contest. Although it failed to be included to my routine listening, there is a lot to unpack here. I love the energy in the vocals and the instrumentation is quite interesting. The song is catchy and memorable. I think the structure is probably why it didn't go beyond for me. This is also catchy but the vocals are the highlight for me. I love the pristineness (is that a word?) and the instrumentation backs it up really well. Now that I have gone back to my charting history to create a playlist for bops I came across to Petite Meller as well and it brings me back such good memories. 17th (or 18th?) place is too low for me. It is growing off me sadly but I really like the combination of S10 and Froukje which is a great collaboration of like-minded artists of similar style. Love the experimentation with the synths in the instrumental break and the melody line is sound. Perhaps the lack of variation hurts this a bit or that I didn't find the melody strong enough for me to go further, but it was very close to be in my top 50. Well done on the top 10! I think I've commented this before so not going to go too deep into this. I really like the synths in this song and the spoken Mira Me is really memorable. The dark style adopted in this song makes this song stand out a lot, though I think I'm not quite a fan of the flow of the song. This is a pretty solid K-pop song. It has a decent and catchy drop and the melody line is solid. I do think it falls a bit flat when compared to other unique entries in the final but that doesn't take away the high production quality in this song. Well done on a solid debut result! This is a discovery for me. I love the instrumentation here and the melody line is solid. It sounds modern as well though I don't think I was fully encapsulated in the end. I was expecting a bit higher for this song and 24th place is quite harsh imo. Commiserations: This is a beautiful ballad and it was very close to be included points. I love the vulnerability in the vocals -- this feature is predominant in the national selection btw which I really like: Hard Wad Body being the strongest of this feature but sadly robbed. I have this down in my commiserations but couldn't remember why sorry. From the recap, I think I got into this because of the melody line and the emotion in the song and the vocals. I may need to listen to this again to remind myself! This is very unique and the spoken verses lift the song a bit. There is a strong message in this song and I'm happy this qualified. You've also introduced Standort to me in NVSC and I think I like this even more so thanks for the artist recommendation. Brief semi thoughts: Semi-final 1: This brings me so many memories back then. It is arguably the best Koven track imo. The melody line is super strong, coupled with tremendously epic instrumentation that fuses traditional instruments (like the violin) and the modern synths amazingly. The vocals are on point. I think the length justifies tbh as it takes time to get into the song and get the best experience out of it. Very sad to see this NQ. Now I'm super shocked at this NQing and also this receiving lukewarm reactions. This is by far the best discovery of the edition for me. The apparent dissonance and the somewhat grating (but in a good way) instrumentation grab the attention a lot. It reminds me a lot of Arca songs but this also feels so new to me at the same time. I love how this song gives us new ideas as it progresses so it never ceases to bore me, though I would argue the coherence may be an issue here. Shocked to see this finish 3rd from last. This also grabs my attention a lot too. I think it is instrumentation which feels very special to me. It is something I rarely came across before so it's very refreshing but I could see why it is quite divisive. With a bit more development, this could do very well so sad to see this go. Semi-final 2: I first came across this amazing NAVA song and immediately my thoughts are "omg this sounds huge I must post my recommendation in a contest somewhere on the forum". The recap slot backs up my initial thoughts well as it is really catchy. The instrumentation is really quirky but I understand the apparent dissonance puts a lot of people off. This is unique and I'd like to see more of this in the future. Now onto the mystery of why I didn't have this in my Hong Kong NF for NNMC or that I had it down as a potential despite being on my new HK songs playlist back then. This is really catchy and the instrumentation is by far one of the most modern in the Hong Kong pop music industry. Extremely chuffed to see Cantonese debut in FC and I would love to see more Cantopop in FC in the future (I'm trying to source some really good ones but they rarely come by so y'all have to wait unfortunately). The sad reality is the Hong Kong pop music industry is not strong to begin with. The most popular songs in HK mostly sound obsolete or put a lot more emphasis on lyricism which isn't the type I go for. They have a couple of great indie songs but they are also quite rare due to the lack of audience in HK for this type of music. Absolutely gutted to see this go. Semi-final 3: Now talk about how a good guilty pleasure song should be done! This is so hilarious with the intent of sounding blatantly bad, but they managed to make a hell of a banger! The instrumentation adds so much to the humour of this song. The vocals may not be traditionally song, but I love how they alternate from a talking voice to a relatively amateur singing voice while delivering seemingly strong parts towards the end of the song. The melody is strong and the lyrics are clever. I don't think there is any better guilty pleasures I could recall of. Definitely in contention for the best song of 2022. Shame to see this NQ... Would have been my 12 points in the final had this qualified! This is beautiful but genuine at the same time. I think this is a risky entry but I really enjoy what is brought to the table. It is definitely a grower and requires time to fester. I'd love to see more of this in the future for sure! Alright not sure how long I spent typing this up but I hope y'all enjoyed reading this notoriously long commentary!
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