Slovenia SLOVENIA 2018 - Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
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Nobody has even mentioned this in the thread I think
Decent song even if the jury only placed it 13th in the semi, I would have liked this more than what was picked.
Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne! is in a Kpop style but I prefer more melodic Korean music, most of the rhythm music they do just sounds a bit samey to me. I know that music gets hyped up (partly because of the clever image styling/videos), but I never follow the crowd.
Decent song even if the jury only placed it 13th in the semi, I would have liked this more than what was picked.
Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne! is in a Kpop style but I prefer more melodic Korean music, most of the rhythm music they do just sounds a bit samey to me. I know that music gets hyped up (partly because of the clever image styling/videos), but I never follow the crowd.
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By using the word "crowd", I think you are overgeneralizing. And don't get me wrong, it's nothing personal, but have you thought that we, who do not speak Korean, hear Kpop differently as Koreans do who actually also understand lyrics? Music may be annoying per se, if you don't get the message of lyrics. On the other hand, I can assure you that I do not like Kpop as musical genre, but I really like our entry because of the message/lyrics. So, my assumption is that you "perceive" our entry the same way as Kpop, because you don't understand either of them. So, perhaps if our song was in English, you might "hear" and "feel" it differently. If you accept my interpretation of your "aversion" to our entry, your comment supports my claim that Lea should sing in English.
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Well I think modern Kpop does get hyped for some reasons like marketing, proximity to what people normally follow in that region (Japan) and as it relates somewhat to modern Western chart music in some ways (more so than Japanese pop now). Not that it has no merit obviously (I can find some songs I like when I dig deep enough) but there's a lot of other music that gets ignored and many people do follow what is hyped I find. People want to be around what's talked about.
I'm not speaking specifically about you personally or about everyone involved in the song, or about every Slovenian who may support it or about every other person who votes. Each individual will like or dislike it for their own reasons. But I have seen people on forums latch onto modern Kpop simply because they've heard it talked about. I've heard loads of Korean music, including many older styles of music (the 80s was a particularly good decade I think with an interesting mix of native and Western styles). So yes I may well not get all the meanings regarding lyrics, but I definitely have a grasp on Korean music because I've looked at it in detail. I actually prefer more Thai music in modern times but it gets totally ignored as it's not marketed outside of Thailand and most of it relates less to modern Western chart music.
My point isn't about supporting the Slovenian entry or not, it's just that I find that other song better and I feel it got a ridiculous placing, nothing unique to Slovenia you get some results that annoy me from pretty much everywhere. My emphasis really was more on that than what was picked. The chosen song has a reasonably good performance and some will like the beat, and it may be a bit different to some other things in Lisbon. It's lively enough so it may qualify for the final, but I would have liked another song.
I'm probably tripping right now, but provided RTVSLO find an efficient way to replace the energetic stylish LED floor visuals (which unfortunately won't be transposable in Lisbon), I genuinely think the song may receive an unusually overwhelming support from televoters.
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I don't know, tuorem, my expectations are actually very, very low
Finals are possible, I guess, but not much more than that
I don't know, tuorem, my expectations are actually very, very low
Finals are possible, I guess, but not much more than that
Well, I assumed "Hvala, Ne!" is the type of song many people listen to out of the Eurovision bubble nowadays.
It's catchy, energetic, modern, sassy and it stands out. Chances are it'll sound and look fun to viewers imo.
But yeah, just let me babble incoherently
I'm probably too much into it to face the truth. I still hope you'll qualify though.
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The bridge in the song isn't actually that Kpop like, it resembles the kind of stuff heard in plenty of in Europop/Eurovision dance for years, where it slows down before the chorus. So I think they are trying to mix things to make it even more palatable to the general audience. I might have liked it more had they gone all out uptempo bubblegummy Kpop, and with more melody, although most Kpop dance I don't find that melodic (an exception from last year is below). But at least there's a modification of the chart dance style that Eurovision has been saturated with, I welcome that.
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I do not like the song ... (In fact, the pop part of the song is OK)
but I will certainly vote for Slovenia
, without any dilemma 
but I will certainly vote for Slovenia
, without any dilemma 
Simon87
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I wanted to like it so bad but I dont
Its the middle of the road for me
5pts
Its the middle of the road for me
5pts
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RTV SLO has just published an article about Lea Sirk with news about her act in ESC. Officially, Lea will stick to the same basic concept of her act which we saw in EMA. She, 4 dancers (same from the EMA), and Karin Zemljič as backvocalist will travel to Lisbon. They are planning some "upgrades/improvements" for their choreography and styling, but nothing much beyond this has been said or mentioned. So, no final news about the language or anything else. On the other hand, I have read recently also Evrovizija.com (a page by Slovenian fan of ESC), who interviewed Lea, and it seems that Lea has her hands blocked as regards the language of lyrics. It does not seem likely she will be able to change it to English. At least, not the whole lyrics, perhaps only bits, but we shall see and hear in coming days the final decision about this. That's all guys.
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The chorus is very catchy and she's a great performer. Everything else is a big no. Slovenia seems to have really hard problems to choose well, as we could see last year. 5 points and I don't see this qualifying or scoring well.
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Although there's no news from Lea, there is some from our dear Alesia Michelle
I saw it earlier, it's fun. In most of the cases, I actually agree with her.
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@ tuorem
I forgot to add yesterday/comment your observation. It is true that there are no news from the Slovenian team at this point. All this silence about the language, however, makes me nervous, because I still believe that Lea should, and I hope she will sing at least some part of her song in English in order to signal to audiences what she is singing about. Namely, I am reading comments about our song, and I see quite often (just like Wiwibloggers believed) that Lea is said to have a lot of "attitude". The problem is that she does not have the "attitude", but actually a strong message that is not about gender or socio-political happenings, but rather about individual and his choices in life. She is not angry, she is saying that it is not worth to sell your dreams and change yourself in order to please others. So, I am quite worried that her "attitude" is being/will be misinterpreted by everyone.
I forgot to add yesterday/comment your observation. It is true that there are no news from the Slovenian team at this point. All this silence about the language, however, makes me nervous, because I still believe that Lea should, and I hope she will sing at least some part of her song in English in order to signal to audiences what she is singing about. Namely, I am reading comments about our song, and I see quite often (just like Wiwibloggers believed) that Lea is said to have a lot of "attitude". The problem is that she does not have the "attitude", but actually a strong message that is not about gender or socio-political happenings, but rather about individual and his choices in life. She is not angry, she is saying that it is not worth to sell your dreams and change yourself in order to please others. So, I am quite worried that her "attitude" is being/will be misinterpreted by everyone.
At this point, as there wasn't any information about a potential partial language change, I guess it is more likely Lea will keep "Hvala, Ne!" as is. And RTVSLO wouldn't have forced Slovenian acts to sing in their own language to end up going for a post-victory addition of English lines. As Lea hinted in her interview, acts were free to change language before the EMA final and the version that would win it had to be kept as is. Besides, when Lea talked about her wish to change some of lyrics, it was to add a few words in Portuguese, not in English. So who knows what will come out of that?
I know how you feel about this particular case. Personally, the way I see it (sorry for repeating myself) is that people who won't like the song won't vote for it even if they're aware that the message is more commendable than it looks, whereas people who groove to it will vote for it regardless of the lyrical content, so in the end I don't think English would significantly help Lea receive more votes. That's what it is with divisive songs. If commentators do their job, it'll be enough for people to get the bigger picture imo.