Czech Republic CZECH REPUBLIC 2019 - Lake Malawi - Friend of a Friend

[Kairit]

Besides the spoken part, the 'making love' line is so awkward to me and I can't get over it.
The worst thing is, he seems to use it quite a lot in their songs, someone needs to eradicate it from his vocabulary pls.

(I do like this song tons more than their Eurovision entry though. xshifty Honestly I like all of their other songs more than this one.)

 

[Jim]

It's very interesting and different with nice rhythm, it's catchy! 8 pts!

 

[nofuxCZ]

Seems like there will be a revamp - one of the members mentioned that in interview to escarena.cz

 

[Milos-BC]

Huge downgrade compared to last year Sadly, I don't like it at all.


2 points for the effort.

 

[AlekS]

They will perform as a special guests at Vidbir (semi #2) on February 16.

 

[PopGeek]

When this song first started playing, I thought the vocalist brought it down badly, but he's since come to grow on me. This piece is hella catchy. It's sort of like a Charlie Puth track, except with more of a crude, quirky charm that makes it really stick out in a positive way. It's not for everybody, I suppose, but I give it a solid thumbs up!

 

[Edweis]

The chorus totally loses me, I... didn't expect it to go this way. I can't connect it to the verse, for me it's not catchy at all, just annoying
I may seem harsh, but overall it's quite a bland song with just a simple succession of verse-chorus without any variation whatsoever. If we take the already selectioned songs, all of them changed things a little in the second part.
Actually, I may not have picked it up if his chorus was more than a repetition of "Friend of a Friend", it's the whole downside of this song.
For now I give it a 2, it's my least favorite entry. We'll see how it goes with the revamp.

 

[nofuxCZ]

The chorus totally loses me, I... didn't expect it to go this way. I can't connect it to the verse, for me it's not catchy at all, just annoying
I may seem harsh, but overall it's quite a bland song with just a simple succession of verse-chorus without any variation whatsoever. If we take the already selectioned songs, all of them changed things a little in the second part.
Actually, I may not have picked it up if his chorus was more than a repetition of "Friend of a Friend", it's the whole downside of this song.
For now I give it a 2, it's my least favorite entry. We'll see how it goes with the revamp.

Exactly this was mentioned in the interview (no build up or excitement in the second part of the song) + also the speaking parts. We'll see how the revamp turns out

 

[Volkisistan]

This song has grown on me so much already, it's ridiculous! I can't seem to get it out of my head and I'm humming either this or "Zero Gravity" all the time.

So, we have 8 songs so far and I'm already in love with two of them. Usually that takes longer, so I'm hoping for a very good year...

 

[Preuss]

This dude looks like Ramon Zenhäusern...

 

[valenzbar]

I don't know if I love or hate this song.

What I'm sure is that instrumentation really get on my nerves. It completely ruins the few positive things about this entry.

 

[Schlagerman1]

What the...they are really good live!! Their performance in Vidbir in Ukraine was really nice, I could see the Czechs surprise us positively again!
And Jamala apperently is a big fan!

 

[bstream]

The lead's vocals are very crisp and clean live. This definitely needs something happening on stage, but maybe not too much, just have him interact with his bandmates

 

[Gera11]

Yass they are great live!
Jamala those dance moves

 

[mauve]

What the...they are really good live!! Their performance in Vidbir in Ukraine was really nice, I could see the Czechs surprise us positively again!
And Jamala apperently is a big fan!

Holy moly … live they are Pretty good … at least so much better than I thought and much better after the NF chaos (Oh Raiven …) yesterday! Might upgrade this in the poll.

 

[Kairit]

"Привіт Україна! We are Lake Malawi from the Czech Republiiic" iconic They are growing on me a lot and it was indeed a great performance. A competent experienced yet fresh and likable band with a good likable live performer, not that far behind from Mikolas at all. Czech Republic should become the new Sweden in Eurovision honestly, I think they have major potential if they continue down this path to keep grabbing these top 10 spots and maybe even a win. xshifty I'm loving seeing their artists embrace this competition more and more and it makes me excited for the future years.

 

[Ezio]

Czech prospects looking better with each country that has chosen so far. And live, the song has much more energy and punch than in the music video. I might upgrade from 7 to 10.

 

[John1]

may actually stand a chance to qualify, unbelievable! I'm so happy for them to be honest. Their performance during Vidbir was amazing btw.

 

[pastablanche]

Not to spoil the fun, but Jamala had the exact same reaction to Manel

 

[KingJulian]

Not to spoil the fun, but Jamala had the exact same reaction to Manel

You ruined everything xsnooty

Seriously though, I liked the song from the beginning and I'm glad that Albert can sing this. The performance was a fantastic mixture of being adorable and awkward at the same time This will be fun in Tel-Aviv and hopefully qualify.