69th entry of Illumia / 236 / SNL

[randajad]

POT 1: Fervorosia
POT 2: Onlar
POT 3: Reym-L-Dneurb
POT 4: Griffin Empire
POT 5:
POT 6: Doire
WL:

 

[Nicholas123]

POT 1: Fervorosia
POT 2: Onlar
POT 3: Reym-L-Dneurb
POT 4: Griffin Empire
POT 5: Doire
POT 6: Kordavian Islands
WL:

 

[strajker]

12 points to Ronela Hajati

 

[Luki]

should I pick my real pot? one nation per pot or not?

Your real pot. Please don't mind @Lenalite and @doctormalisimo
Here is the current slate of voters:

POT 1: Onlar, Fervorosia
POT 2: Doire
POT 3: Reym-L-Dneurb
POT 4: Griffin Empire
POT 5:
POT 6: Kordavian Islands
WL:

 

[Rmetr0]

so, I guess, like that

POT 1: Onlar, Fervorosia, Svobodnia
POT 2: Doire
POT 3: Reym-L-Dneurb
POT 4: Griffin Empire
POT 5:
POT 6: Kordavian Islands
WL:

 

[Karhu]

POT 1: Onlar, Fervorosia, Svobodnia
POT 2: Doire
POT 3: Reym-L-Dneurb, Serenes
POT 4: Griffin Empire
POT 5:
POT 6: Kordavian Islands
WL:

 

[Luki]

Thanks to everyone joining so far. Everyone else, you can still join in! Please help!!!

 

[Luki]

Here comes Monetochka, a Russian anti-folk singer-songwriter. Thanks once again to the secret NF voters @Lenalite @Luke @pyryniemi @Rmetr0 @doctormalisimo @anselm @Karhu @randajad @Nicholas123 NF results below:

Monetochka
Gori

Увы, статистика не врёт
Анкеты и кадастры
Плохие цифры, трудный год
Но я пою напрасно

Я на фольгу меняю ткань
На вебку клею пластырь
Куда ни плюнь, куда ни глянь —
Сплошное государство

Седое в джинсах от кутюр
Абсурд, карикатура
Смешно... в стране мультикультур
Закончилась культура

И свет погас, и гроб готов
И мне клауд-грустно
В стране Eсенинских стихов
Закончилось искусство

Теперь зола лежит одна
Как ни вороши, ни ищи — ни души
Гори гори, моя страна
Не туши, ой, не туши, не туши

Рояльчик в парке городском
Расстроен очень-очень
И кто-то страшный жмёт на нём
Бемоль чернее ночи

И в чёрном худи бродит там
Провинциальный Бэнкси
Баллоном строчки по углам —
Слова из этой песни

Чернеет рэп столичных тус
И северных окраин
И в чёрной рясе я молюсь
И слышит бог мой amen

И видит бог блестящий крест
Но, знаю, не поможет
Ведь слишком мало белых мест
На моей чёрной коже

Теперь зола лежит одна
Как ни вороши, ни ищи — ни души
Гори гори, моя страна
Не туши, ой, не туши, не туши

Теперь зола лежит одна
Как ни вороши, ни ищи — ни души
Гори гори, моя страна
Не туши, ой, не туши, не туши​

 

[Luki]

For 223 #sign I finally decided to send a song that was initially sent to 221. I present Finnish duo Pearly Drops.

Pearly Drops
Call For Help

[Intro]
Hey love
Love?
Love

[Verse]
Hey love, here's a letter
Before I vanish
So hear me out
I'm drained and worn out
Let me go
So hear me out
Hey love, here's a letter
Before I vanish
So hear me out
I am drained and worn out
Let me go
So hear me when I...

[Chorus]
Call, call, call for help
Sending you a call, call, call for help

Hey love
Love?
Love
You might also like

[Verse]
Hеy love, here's a lеtter
Before I vanish
I am drained and worn out
Let me go
Hey love, here's a letter
Before I vanish
I am drained and worn out
Let me go
So hear me when I...

[Chorus]
Call, call, call for help
Sending you a call, call, call for help

[Outro]
Hey love, here's a letter
Before I vanish
So hear me out
I'm drained and worn out
Let me go
Hey love, here's a letter
Before I vanish
So hear me out
I'm drained and worn out
Let me go​

 

[Luki]

Next in line to give a try at scoring 23rd place in semi is neoperreo duo from Mexico. Please enjoy to a lesser degree!

Meth Math
Mantis

Te quiero volver a ver
Yo no me pierdo
Vuelve a mi pueblo
Tengo los nervios tiesos
Yo sí me acuerdo
Y no me pierdo

Hoy sólo comeré
Dulces frambuesas
Flores y fresas
Te quedas sin cabeza

Yo si me acuerdo
Y no me pierdo

Te espero, abiertas
Antenas completas
Te como por piezas
Joyas en las piernas

Te quiero volver a ver
Yo no me pierdo
Vuelve a mi pueblo
Tengo los nervios tiesos
Yo sí me acuerdo
Y no me pierdo

Hoy solo comeré
Dulces frambuesas
Flores y fresas
Te quedas sin cabeza​

 

[Luki]

For 225 I decided to go with one of the artists I am so excited to see what they bring next. She has already been proclaimed your favourite Gen Z artist's favourite Gen Z artist and influence (well not in NSC, except for Griffin Empire and Former Republic of Bigicia maybe). I have been obsessing with her and this song in particular for the past couple of months... so I present to you lovely Dora Jar and her haunted and Alice in Wonderland inspired alt-pop song Bump. Hope you enjoy this one.

Dora Jar
Bump

Oh my god
Out of the blue
Call it a coincidence
I'm a little bit skeptical
I don't know how it happened
Call it a coincidence

When I bump into you
I ripple out of my illusion
All around me is the sound
I follow open hands and holograms
You take me for a molecule
I take you for a fool
I follow you into the open air

Most of my days alive
I don't feel like talking
And all of my precious time
I just keep on walking

Hoping I bump into you
Ripple out of my illusion
All around me is the sound
I follow open hands and holograms
You take me for a molecule
I take you for a fool
I follow you into the open air

I bump into you
I bump into you
Oh, I bump into you
I bump into you​

 

[Luki]

Drug Store Romeos
Frame Of Reference

I'm the best course, eat me last
New summer raining down
You're the best in high contrast

Your frame of reference has changed
In such subtle ways

I'm the best course, eat me last
You're the best in high contrast
New summer raining down
Go ahead to be found

Your frame of reference has changed
In such subtle ways

Your frame of reference has changed
In such subtle ways

And I'll keep looking​

 

[Luki]

So this happens to be the 60th entry of mine. As you may know Illumia is not about the round numbers meaning our third big milestone (23x3=69 #sign) is just 9 editions away and a grand NF is being prepared. For NSC 226, I have decided to go with New York/Berlin based experimental pop artist JJ Weihl. I have been listening to this song for the past year only to learn recently that it was featured in Norwegian film Sick of Myself that I had to watch and evaluate for work two years ago. I would not recommend the film, but if you like a mix of dry humour, bizarre atmosphere and millenial ego maniacs you should definitely give it a try. Anyway, hope you like the song!

Discovery Zone
Dance II

[Verse 1]
I'm only doing the best I can
I got the shadow but lost the heart
I tried to keep it I tried to sleep
I tried to dance with it in the dark

[Chorus]
I need you uh-huh
Don't matter what you got
If you can't get free
Your lips can smile
But your eyes still lie

[Verse 2]
And when you hold me so close I bleed
Your arms are soft as the sharpest knife
But when you told me that you would leave
I think I nearly lost my mind

[Bridge]
Now I don't know what to feel and I don't know why
But I can't break free and I can't deny

[Chorus]
I need you uh-huh
Don't matter what you got
If you can't get free
Your lips can smile
But your eyes still lie
I need you uh-huh
Don't matter what you got
If you can't get free
Your lips can smile
But your eyes still lie​

 

[strajker]

What do you mean 60th you debuted in like nsc 56

Edit just looked it up to see 83 I'm legit shook, but still.

 

[apasionata]

Long live and don't withdraw again

 

[Luki]

Been a long time since I last posted in this thread. Here is to another 23 related anniversary, a big big 69th entry of Illumia and related spin-off nations. I decided to go with talented Canadian songwriter Mustafa with a song that is among my top 5 of 2024. I am using the PQ opportunity to send something that's not really up the NSC alley. Hope some of you enjoy it.

Mustafa
SNL

Wal-lāhi, first trenchers
Bruh, it's like 80 degree at night
In the summertime and I
Come on, cousin, all my niggas beat the shit
All my niggas got (automatic driller)
Wal-lāhi

Construction outside
Woke us up 'bout 15 times
You took the gun and shot it at the sky
To trade this bullet for a new life (pew, pew)

Bullet like a new cry
Let's go inside, I wanna see you in a dim light
I think I wanna be a good guy
But good guys die first

Side bag like a purse (pew, pew)
We're still here where we know it hurts, oh
Where we know it hurts

And the day that I had you
Yelling, "Gang-gang-gang" in my room
You sprayed me with perfume
Then we took the night, took a drive
And you were singing a street nigga lullaby

La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la, la-la
La-la-la-la-la

Tryna remember the pain
When I wasn't afraid
When we ran to the store with everything we made
Three dollars, one bike to last us through the day (pew, pew)

And the time I never seen you
I thought you were on vacation
But you were sleeping in detention
Now it's you with the patience

Easy come, easy go
If it was love you would've known
Big coat with a 30
I really feel like it's only us in this city

And the day that I had you
Yelling, "Gang-gang-gang" in my room
You sprayed me with perfume
Then we took the night, took a drive
And you were singing a street nigga lullaby

La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la, la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la, la-la
La-la-la-la-la

Love expensive jig
It sold me, real power pills
It's nothin' to the jig
From the six, off of Denwood
My lil' house, my streets
One of them hoods
One outrance, one entrance
The script was a big difference​