Albania ALBANIA 2019 - Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju tokës

[Mrm]

I think that this will either do really well in the final or stay in the semi. I think it's really good! Powerful and with the right staging It could make the final and do well

Ok, after this you really expect I will borrow you Rizo Feratovic sometimes!

 

[Romeo]

Ok, after this you really expect I will borrow you Rizo Feratovic sometimes!

 

[RainyWoods]

This is gonna take some getting used to It was going well enough and then the chorus came, with so much power and splendour stripped away. Before for me the chorus music was the most impressive thing about this entry, and now it seems perhaps on purpose things have been made more barren so that Jonida's voice is very front and forward. Maybe that's clever because melodically it's an awesome song, and she did get swallowed up a bit at Fik. But now for me it comes across as more of a typical cold song with plonky plonk electronic elements, lead by stern tribal drums. Jonida's vocals are stunning though. She sings powerfully but with this weird fragility which I really like. You feel like her voice could crack at any moment. Adds something human to the entry, and is my only hope left really for still being on the good ship Albania this year.

Won't change my 8 yet because I want to give it a chance, but my initial reaction is a big disappointment.

 

[Kevan1994]

I’m loving this revamp! I think I’ve been sleeping on Albania. They may sneak into my Top 10 all of a sudden

 

[hijirio]

If I had money, I'd bet some of it on Albania getting top 10 this year.

 

[PinchyCrabstina]

It's a beautiful song. In my top 10

 

[JohnyKaz]

My favorite Albanian entry ever after Suus in 2012 and I'm Alive in 2015. I can see this doing really well.

 

[Citelis]

It surely do well on juries but not sure about televoting!

 

[Kaz]

Watching the music video and I’m getting chills thinking about how this might be staged. This revamp is surely the best of the annual Albanian revamps since a long time ago, and I will definitely cry if Jonida can’t bring Albania to the finals. Also weirdly this song seems like a good opener? Something about it seems like it could stand out performing first.

 

[ESCREGION]

I think that Albania is on fire like last year
upgraded from 4 to 7!!!

 

[Iker]

Not sure whether I like the revamp more. It sounds slightly overcomplicated at times. For me they gilt the lilly when it comes to instrumental.

 

[SaladBreak]

Having watched the official video now, yes is effing cool. I love ancient Egypt and it's giving me those vibes. Slay pharaoh Jonida

 

[RainyWoods]

So I'm getting used to the revamp..

And the music video is amazingly beautiful and dark. I hope they take some of the visual ideas onto the Eurovision stage. Would be amazing to have Jonida standing within a human nest. That imagery from the video gave me Dark Souls vibes (no one here is going to know what I'm talking about but anything that reminds me of Dark Souls aesthetically deserves my love).

 

[Mrm]

I can't stand her vocal tone, reminds me of some cheap singers here, who actually can't sing that well, but pretend..

I don't say she doesn't know to sing, but it just sounds like that at parts.. as our dear Ilona would say: "OKAY, I'M SORRY, I'M REALLY SORRY BUT I DON'T LIKE THIS SONG"..

 

[DaFlo]

So I'm getting used to the revamp..

I think you're in the wrong thread? xwhat

 

[RainyWoods]

I think you're in the wrong thread? xwhat

 

[blue00eyes]

I can't stand her vocal tone, reminds me of some cheap singers here, who actually can't sing that well, but pretend..

I don't say she doesn't know to sing, but it just sounds like that at parts.. as our dear Ilona would say: "OKAY, I'M SORRY, I'M REALLY SORRY BUT I DON'T LIKE THIS SONG"..

Vell, you can have your opinion, I can have mine noo seriously Albania is so good this year even better than E.Bushpepa Her voice is perfect, looks perfect, great songg

 

[Mrm]

Vell, you can have your opinion, I can have mine noo seriously Albania is so good this year even better than E.Bushpepa Her voice is perfect, looks perfect, great songg

I had Albania in top 5 last year, this year kind in a bottom 5..

 

[blue00eyes]

Bottom 5? C'mon
I believe juries can help Albania this time too, please juries be useful

 

[Mrm]

Bottom 5? C'mon
I believe juries can help Albania this time too, please juries be useful

maybe not exactly bottom 5, but very close, I''m afraid...