Belgium BELGIUM 2025 - Red Sebastian - Strobe Lights

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[Jupiter]

When he sings high, he reminds me of Geoff Tate (ex-Queenryche) - but only older people know this.

Excuse me, I am 36, and that is not old

Also, the voting pattern currently looks like half a seahorse. Please stop voting 7s people, so you don't destroy that

 

[gingerale]

for a really good song.
Staging and camera work is amazing, vocals and likeability not so much.

 

[Gera11]

The best entry so far in the 2025 line-up but I'm still not getting winner vibes from it, despite what the odds say. I don't understand the "The Code" comparisons at all. Is this the new "issa Fuego copy" trend? "The Code" is miles ahead of "Strobe Lights", a lightning in a bottle kind of entry that cannot be replicated so easily. Anyways,

points

 

[randajad]

Unfortunately, I cannot find a single good thing to say about this entry.

 

[simonPL]

Wow, and because of that Belgium is #1 in the odds?

For me it's more like a flop alert than the winner alert.

 

[Yoozek]

Who cares about odds if we know like 5 songs total, wtf

 

[ESC94]

I´m really surprised how much I like this!! Usually this isn´t really my style of music, but this hammering bass has eaten itsfelf so much into my ears that while I`m writing that post I still have to nod with my head.

Vocally he has some work to do though, in the depths he was very shaky. If he improves I can totally this this getting a result like "Luktelk" last year or even better, the song itself is a bit stronger than 2024 for me.

In the end I give a strong , my new favourite at the moment.

 

[Sabrewulf238]

I like it a lot overall. I think the final performance convinced me a bit more than Désolée in the end. I'd give it an right now.

 

[kamc]

Luktelk was effortlessly cool, but Strobe Lights just sounds cringey and calculated IMO.

 

[Iker]

I gotta echo the sentiment that the performer is worse than the song itself.

 

[NemesisNick]

Earlier today I produced a review video of the Belgian national final, Eurosong 2025. This video includes my opinions on all eight finalist songs, in order of performance (based on Eurosong 2025 performances).

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[BorisBubbles]

Who cares about odds if we know like 5 songs total, wtf

We'll drop as soon as an actual contender shows up. None have shown up yet other than Israel, and nobody particularly wants Israel to be that contender either.

 

[Luki]

I am not buying this Red Sebastian schtick. To be honest claiming red in such a way is quite corny.
Also there is nothing for me to hold on to in this song. Nothing really sticks. The performance is solid. 3 points

 

[lacrymea]

I really don't like this. At all. The beat is just there and goes nowhere. His voice is annoying to my ears. The connection isn't there. I don't get the favoritism.

Oh well, it's one of those years I guess.

3 for the performance and the strobes.

 

[rasmuslights]

I really don't like this. At all. The beat is just there and goes nowhere. His voice is annoying to my ears. The connection isn't there. I don't get the favoritism.

Oh well, it's one of those years I guess.

3 for the performance and the strobes.

yeah same, I think his voice, in particular, keeps me from enjoying this, it's so grating and unpleasant to listen to.

 

[JSSArcos]

I listened to it on Spotify this morning and didn't feel it, which made me realize that I need to be watching the presentation and the show, for it to work for me.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

After some time this again is one of those entries where I feel that everyone else is living on a different planet… interesting… all those 12s, wtf

You are not alone... It amazes me to see how many 12's this song has in the poll considering this performance. But everybody has his own taste, I guess.

 

[aef]

It’s even more crazy that is currently no 2 in the odds.

 

[mercachita]

I don't get the hype this is getting. The instrumental is quite nice and has some good details in getting that techno and modern vibe, but I feel that Red Sebastian's voice and tone are misplaced, and, with his voice, it's a different song from what I was expecting it to be.

Yeah, unfortunately, I don't think I like it.

 

[Iker]

The title should be - ''Strobe Lights (Not for the Epileptics!)''