Albania ALBANIA 2022 - Ronela Hajati - Sekret

[escYOUnited]

Hej, a i kujton ato netë?
Mbetën vetëm sekret
Hej, a i kujton ato netë?
Mbetën vetëm sekret
Hej, a i kujton ato netë?
Mbetën vetëm sekret

Ej, ej, ej, ej, ej, ej, ej

Po vjen djali nga malet
Dhe tek unë sot do falet
Nuk e di a do ndalet
Hajde t'i, hajde t'i falim mëkatet
Për këtë vajzën do vije
Dhe krejt botën ta lije
Unë jam diell nuk jam hije
Ti i je i imi, djalë prej Shqipërie

Hej, a i kujton ato netë?
Mbetën vetëm sekret
Baby shija jote, shijes sime
Peng i ka mbet
Hej, a i kujton ato netë?
Nuk janë më një sekret
Por unë nuk e di, nuk e di
Si kam me u ndi

Nuk e di, si për tjetrën m'ke lon
Edhe sot un po du me ta thon
Edhe një, edhe ty
Nje, dy, tre, ta marrsha
Ta marrsha, ta marrsha
Ta marrsha, ta marrsha
Ta marrsha, ta marrsha
Ta marrsha, ta marrsha

Ma ke bo jetën si lojna, avion
Ma ka lon, ma ka lon
Nuk du nji tjetër, se pishmon
Ma ka lon, ma ka lon

Hej, a i kujton ato netë?
Mbetën vetëm sekret
Baby shija jote, shijes sime
Peng i ka mbet
Hej, a i kujton ato netë?
Nuk janë më një sekret
Por unë nuk e di, nuk e di
Si kam me u ndi

Nuk e di, si për tjetrën m'ke lon
Edhe sot un po du me ta thon
Edhe një, edhe ty
Një, dy, tre, ta marrsha
Ta marrsha, ta marrsha
Ta marrsha, ta marrsha

Ma kadalë, ma kadalë, ej
Ma kadalë, ma kadalë, ej​

 

[dannytr24]

What I already expected, from a to a
The other version way better for me. Why english? I don't get it, but whatever.

 

[ayzelto]

It was never a masterpiece, but the revamp didn’t help this time unfortunately.

 

[aef]

Oh no another awful revamp. This doesn’t work anymore for me. The simply put too many different sounds in this. It’s one big mess now. I fear that this might NQ now. From to points.

 

[Synergise]

I've always thought the song was a bit messy, but I've started to come around to it recently. Now the song is even more confused, and so am I.

 

[hijirio]

I CAN’T STOP CRYING

 

[Looren]

I relistened again, downgrading it to

 

[BorisBubbles]

Albania basically had an 8/10 in their hands, and they tried to pimp it into a 9/10.

They missed their die roll. They now have a 6/10 instead.

Changing my score to a .

 

[Hayato]

I liked the original more, as I kinda feared. She made it more generic and thus it's not as strong. Could've been the Shum of the year but now it's more Mata Hari.

 

[NikolaiMoller]

WINNER

 

[Realest]

Fanfavourite-Status gone in 3..2..1..

 

[Gentleman]

 

[Zonne147]

This is going to take some time to get used to and I'm not sure that will happen

->

 

[I bims]

Downgrading to a
I was just confused when the song was over

 

[hijirio]

TIRANA 2023 ANYONE??

*cricket sounds*

 

[RainyWoods]

The revamp is kind of weird as it doesn't do anything too dramatic as I would have expected here other than they've made the chorus much less epic, which is a real shame tbh. Verses I think might be better? I'm unsure. The video is great. Ronela is going super hard as I expected. She rocks.

I had this at 7 but I always felt it could have maybe been an 8. Despite being conflicted with this new version, I'll upgrade it to points now as hearing Sekret again has kind of excited me a little. This year's ESC is shaping up to be underwhelming but this lady certainly isn't underwhelming despite some questionable decisions made. I really hope this grows on me some more as I'd love Ronela and her wig rack to make it onto my 2022 signature. At the moment I have just Vladana booked for it and some tumbleweed

 

[Yazy]

I need some time to process this.

It might grow on me but I will outright say one thing that I dislike about the revamp: THEY MUFFLED THE DRUMS!

Not to be all negative, I do have a positive thing to say: I like how she filled the gap in the middle of the song where it was previously nothing but long instrumental.

This will be a downgrade for sure, but I´ll determine later on how much.

 

[Gentleman]

Preceded by a teaser, an accompanying music video for "Sekret" was released on 4 March 2022] Filmed in Gjirokastër and along the Vjosë River at Byllis and Tepelenë, the video is a tribute to the Albanian mythological snake of Bistricë. Regarding the video's theme, it was aimed to increase public awareness and conservation efforts for the threatened Vjosë River, which is often dubbed as Europe's last living wild river.

 

[Loindici]

I'm actually vibing with this. There are elements of the production that I like :that pause..."Go!", the transition to the first dance break which is simple but sick, and the powerful talk rap -- it's my style, probably also since I've listened to K-Pop as well.
The lead of the dance break sounded so similar to the leads used by music ensembles in a Karo wedding, and I love it:

To be honest, the song has a lot of individual elements arrangement-wise, but each segment used the elements minimally. It feels like overall a cleaner product to me. The new lyrics are a bit nonsense, but isn't this common with most bangers?

 

[Loindici]

If you're confused with the song, the structure of the song IMO is as follows:

• Opening line : the choir
• INTRO: the long ass instrumental, chant and "heheheheheheh"
• VERSE 1
• PRECHORUS: "Hey, I'll never regret..."
• CHORUS: The talk rapping portion
• DANCE BREAK 1
• VERSE 2: that short "ma kallon (?)" section
• PRECHORUS
• CHORUS + the HEEEEE adlib (basically works as a bridge too)
• DANCE BREAK 2
• ENDING : "ma kadal he" etc.

P.S. if you're confused with the structure of this song, please have a seat and listen to the confusion hell that is NMIXX's "O.O":

 

[NikolaiMoller]