FSC Promotions Thread

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FSC#110 Portugal
Artist-Aurea
Song-Done with you


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Áurea Isabel Ramos de Sousa (born 7 September 1987), publicly known as Aurea, is a Portuguese soul singer from Santiago do Cacém, Alentejo. She debuted in 2008 with her single "Okay Alright", which was included on the soundtrack of the Portuguese series Morangos com Açúcar. At the end of 2008, she performed the song live at the Morangos Live Festival, among with two other cover duets. This concert was released on DVD in 2009. Aurea released her debut album, Aurea, in September 2010. The album entered at number 21 at the Portuguese Albums Chart, but quickly reached number 1.[1] It features the number "Busy for Me", which was released as the album's lead single.

In December 2010, Aurea made a special live TV broadcast to promote some of her songs. It was transmitted by RTP2 and SIC Notícias. Her single "Busy for Me", released in August 2010, became her first number one single; it topped the Portuguese iTunes chart. This has been credited with firmly establishing the singer's career and is now considered her signature song. Critical reviews noted similarities between the song and releases by Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and The Supremes, as well as contemporaries such as British singer Amy Winehouse or Duffy. During the following year (2011), Aurea made a concert tour around the country to promote her debut album. She sold out all the major national venues and the album remained on the top Portuguese charts for 71 weeks. In 2015, she became the a coach on The Voice Portugal.

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[hawadharma]

FSC#110 Malaysia

Artist - Hazama
Song - "Aku Yang Sebenar" (The Real Me)


Click image for Lyrics Video


Lyrics / English Translation

Tak ku menafikan / I'll never deny
Semua cerita / All those stories
Yang kau dengar dulu / What you've heard
Sungguh belaka / Is undeniable
Semua yang benar / Everything is the truth
Dan jua yang direka-reka / Yet some are made up

Cahaya dari mata / Light from my eyes
Musuh terbakar / Burning my enemies
Mantera dari bibir / Spells from my lips
Rakan pun cair / Melting my allies
Terpulang padamu / Depends on you
Terima atau menyangkalnya / To accept or reject it

Chorus:
Jikalau kau perlu tahu / If you need to know
Siapakah aku yang sebenarnya / Who is the real me
Cubalah kau menghampiri / Try to get closer
Kenali sendiri / And see for yourself
Mungkin kau akan ketemu / Maybe you will find
Sesuatu yang menggoncang duniamu / Something that will rock your world
Dan mungkin kau akan suka / And maybe you'll like me
Malah cinta / Or even love me
Malah rasa bernyawa / Or even feel alive
Ohh ohh
Ohh ohh

Seru semangatmu / Summon your spirits
Mari dekati / Come closer
Dengar jantung ini / Listen to this heart
Berdetak benar / Beating so real
Bahagia sentiasa menanti / Happiness always awaits
Insan yang berani / Those with courage

(repeat chorus) 3x


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[Malagant]

FSC #111 May 2018 - Norway

FSC #111 Norway - May 2018 - Helene Bøksle - The Spirit In The Snow​

Representing Norway in FSC May 2018, and returning to the FSC for Norway after 2 years+, is the accomplished and popular Norwegian Folk-pop singer Helene Bøksle. Here is some more information about her.

Helene Margrete Bøksle, or just Helene Bøksle as is her artist-name, was born in 1981 in the Kristiansand-area of southern Norway. A musical talent from an early age, she gained national fame in 2003 when she took part in the Norwegian talent-tv-show “Kjempesjansen” and came a good 4th. In 2004 her musical and theatrical concept called “Elverhøy” was realised and an album of the same name was subsequently released in 2006 to much success both commercially and critically. Helene’s own brand of Norwegian Folk-pop music, with folk-music rhythms and instrumentation (including the famous Norwegian Hardanger-fiddle, the Hardingfele) and also featuring her distinct beautiful crystal-clear voice, became very popular and she quickly established herself as one of the main Norwegian artists in this musical genre.

In 2008 she contributed - with success and acclaim - with her vocals on several songs on the Norwegian-produced MMORPG “Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures” music Soundtrack. In early 2009 she then released her 2nd album called “Morild” which also became a commercial and popular success. In November 2009 Helene Bøksle released a Christmas album called “Det hev ei rose sprunge”. This album consisted mostly of traditional Christmas songs but it also included the song “Lys Til Nattsvart Jord” (“Light to a Darkened Earth”), a beautiful new song written and composed especially for Helene Bøksle by Elin Nygaard, which was the Norwegian entry in FSC December 2009. She re-released her Christmas album in late 2010 and the album now included 2 added songs.

In February 2011 Helene participated in the Norwegian MGP with her beautiful Folk-pop single “Vardlokk”. She reached the MGP Final but did not make it to the top 4. Her song and performance was appreciated though, as was subsequently seen by fan-reaction both nationally and abroad. In the summer of 2011, in June, Helene Bøksle’s single “Hildring” was released for digital download. This was another beautiful Folk-pop song of hers, and it was the song chosen as the Norwegian entry in FSC November 2011.

In the spring/summer of 2012 Helene Bøksle worked with the Norwegian composer Tove Kragset on a couple of songs, among them the newly written Folk-ballad “Ved havet” (“By the ocean”) with music by Tove Kragset and lyrics by Cecilie Larsen. “Ved havet” was released as a digital download in August 2012 and was performed by Helene on a few local concerts in the following months. This was the song chosen by the Norwegian Jury as the Norwegian entry in FSC January 2013.

In September 2013 her new CD-album “Svalbard” was finally released to positive reviews. The album included many beautiful songs performed in Norwegian in Helene Bøksle’s southern Norwegian dialect, and one of these songs was the new, energetic Folk-pop song called “Hugtatt”. This was the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry in FSC January 2014.

Helene released more music in 2014 and 2015, including a few singles - and an album aimed at children / younger listeners with her own versions of well known Norwegian lullabies, “God natt, min skatt”, in November 2014.

In February 2016 she then released a new digital single, a powerful Nordic Folk-ballad performed in Old Norse (Norrønt, an old Norwegian/Icelandic language spoken in the Nordics 800-1100 years ago) language called “Bifröst”. This was the title-song from the new Norwegian historic movie called “Birkebeinerne” which also premiered in February 2016. This was the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry in FSC March 2016. That same year she also released the album “Sanger fra vår ø” with Norwegian coastal traditional songs.

In 2017 she began work on a new album (“Winter Blessings”, planned release mid-2018) which was to be written by Tove Kragset and famous Irish Composer of ESC-fame Brendan Graham. Recorded in Ireland, the first single from the album, called “The Blue Wave”, was released in October 2017. A second single from the forthcoming album, a newly written beautiful Celtic-Norwegian Folk-ballad called “The Spirit In The Snow” was released in November 2017. This is the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry here in FSC May 2018.

Helene Bøksle is without doubt one of Norway’s most talented and beloved Folk-pop singers and from whom we will without doubt hear more in the years to come.

The Norwegian entry for FSC May 2018, “The Spirit In The Snow”, is a beautiful new Celtic-Norwegian Folk-ballad written by Brendan Graham and Tove Kragset and performed with skill and vocal beauty by Helene Bøksle. She says it is a song about the magic of winter-snow which lights up the darkness. The Norwegian jury is happy to enter Helene Bøksle again in the FSC for Norway.

Below are the English lyrics for the song. Hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for May!

Helene Bøksle - The Spirit In The Snow

Oh, who is he who’s calling
What sound within the sound
When the snow is falling
Down, so softly down

And who is he who stared by sea
When frost lies on the ground
Who is the voice who’s voice will be
In silence to be found

He comes down from the heavens
And to the earth below
He wraps his coat around me
Wherever I will go

He leaves his bed beneath my feet
His song so soft and low
Within my heart his heart to beat
The Spirit In The Snow

Sometimes he’s at my shoulder
Sometimes he takes my hand
When nights get dark and colder
I cross the barren land

When wolves will come to find me
They leave at his command
He’s before me and behind me
With me to ever stand

He comes down from the heavens
And to the earth below
He wraps his coat around me
Wherever I will go

He leaves his bed beneath my feet
His song so soft and low
Within my heart his heart to beat
The Spirit In The Snow

Oh, come for me in winter
When I no longer care
When ice will split in splinter
And all the world lies bare

Then comfort me, with icy lips
Lay snowflakes in my hair
And wave your frozen fingertips
Hold me ever there

Oh, come down from the heavens
And to the earth below
And wrap your coat around me
Wherever we may go

And lay your bed beneath my feet
And sing so soft and low
Within your heart my heart to beat
Sweet Spirit In The Snow

-M​

 

[JSSArcos]

FSC#111 Portugal
Artist-The Code
Song- Fly Higher

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I've been down, I've been lost and found
I've watched the darkness
I've been I've been hurt, scars still hit my soul
Sweet misery
I've been dragged, I've been close to hell
Watched myself drowning
I've given up tears still hit my soul
Sweet misery

Pré Refrão:
Hey there's the sun and all the stars above
There's so much life
It's not the end, it's the beginning
We're shining stars, we're shining stars

Refrão:
I can fly so damn higher higher
So do you will make it through
Touch the sky we're shining stars
We can fly so damn higher
Feel this love, this energy
We're shinning stars
I know it's hard to forgive the past
When all your scars remind you that
But you are stronger than you were before
Look at yourself
So beautiful

Pré Refrão
Hey there's the sun and all the stars above
There's so much life
It's not the end, it's the beginning
We're shining stars, we're shining stars

Refrão
I can fly so damn higher higher
So do you will make it through
Touch the sky we're shining stars
We can fly so damn higher
Feel this love, this energy
We're shinning stars
I know it's hard to forgive the past
When all your scars remind you that
But you are stronger than you were before
Look at yourself
So beautiful

Will fly higher

 

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FSC#111 - May 2018

SWEDEN

Maja Amcoff
Alltid som du vill

For this edition, Sweden is going back to the Swedish language again and is sending the catchy and somewhat quirky produced electro-Pop song Alltid som du vill (Always As You Want), performed by 17-year old newcomer to the Swedish Pop scene; Maja Amcoff. The track, which is Maja's debut single released in the summer of 2017, has a production somewhat resembling what you could hear in K-Pop, and it shouldn't maybe come to a surprise that many K-Pop songs are in fact produced by Swedish music production and songwriting teams.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1]
Vi brinner inte längre
Minns allt du sa när vi gjorde det
Du sa att vi skulle högre
Tog mig upp när jag behövde det
Du kommer se mig
Om det inte dödar mig, så gör det mig starkare nu
Även om du
Inte hör mig nu så vet du jag är starkare nu

[Bridge]
Du gör allt om det handlar om dig
Alltid för dig, om det handlar om dig
Vad som helst om det handlar om dig
Aldrig för mig
Du gör alltid som du vill, Bae

[Chorus]
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae

[Verse 2]
Vi kommer inte längre
Vi kan väl fejka tills vi glömmer det
Det brinner inte längre
Men låtsas för mig som de gjorde de
Du kommer se mig
Om det inte dödar mig, så gör det mig starkare nu
Även om du
Inte hör mig nu så vet du jag är starkare nu

[Bridge]
För du gör allt om det handlar om dig
Alltid för dig, om det handlar om dig
Vad som helst om det handlar om dig
Aldrig för mig
Du gör alltid som du vill, Bae

[Chorus]
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae

[Middle Part]
Jag fattar inte alls vad som händer
Försöker att förstå hur du tänker
Du bryr dig inte alls vad jag känner
För du gör alltid som du vill, Bae

[Chorus]
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae
Du gör alltid som du vill
Alltid som du vill, Bae

LYRICS [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]:

[Verse 1]
We're no longer burning
Remember everything you said when we did
You said we would get higher
Picked me up when I needed it
You will see me
If it doesn't kill me, it will make me stronger now
Even if you
Do not hear me now you know I'm stronger now

[Bridge]
You do everything if it's about you
Always for you, if it's about you
Anything if it's about you
Never for me
You always do what you want, Bae

[Chorus]
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae

[Verse 2]
We're not getting any further
We may well fake it until we forget it
It's no longer burning
But pretend to me like it did
You will see me
If it doesn't kill me, it will make me stronger now
Even if you
Do not hear me now you know I'm stronger now

[Bridge]
Because you do everything if it's about you
Always for you, if it's about you
Anything if it's about you
Never for me
You always do what you want, Bae

[Chorus]
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae

[Middle Part]
I do not understand at all what's happening
Trying to understand how you think
You don't care about how I feel
Because you always do what you want, Bae

[Chorus]
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae
You always do as you want
Always as you want, Bae

 

[Malagant]

FSC #112 June 2018 - Norway

FSC #112 Norway - June 2018 - AURORA - Queendom ​

Representing Norway in FSC June 2018, and returning to the FSC for Norway after 2 years, is the young, talented and innovative Norwegian singer-songwriter AURORA. Here is some more information about her.


AURORA - or Aurora Aksnes (born 15th June 1996) as is her full name - is a singer-songwriter from Bergen, Norway. Aged 19, she has been writing songs for almost half her life, crafting ‘dark pop music’ of rare depth. Her earliest musical memory was of finding an electric piano in her parents’ attic and being fascinated by the music she could produce. Aged 10, she began writing songs for the first time. She decided to start playing her music publically following her mother’s suggestion that her songs could help people in a positive way. It was one year after her debut performance at school that AURORA first came to the attention of anyone outside of her assembly hall. One of her friends heard the song, asked for a copy and then uploaded it onto a Norwegian streaming site. Made Management heard the track and quickly began working with AURORA. She signed with the management company shortly before signing with Glassnote and Decca Records in October 2014.

Her song ‘Awakening’ in 2013 (re-released in 2014) is by many considered her first ‘official’ single. Her first song with Decca Records ‘Under Stars’ was released in November 2014, and the very popular single and Nordic Pop-ballad ‘Runaway’ followed in February 2015. This was the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry in FSC November 2015.

‘Runaway’ achieved success in the UK on the streaming service Spotify, reaching an impressive 1 million streams after just 6 weeks. The track was also received positively by various online music blogs and national press such as the NME. AURORA also found a fan in the famous American popstar Katy Perry who, responding to her song, tweeted ‘new music that makes my heart a flutter’. She later continued to support this rising Norwegian talent, making an appearance at AURORA’s LA show in June 2015.


AURORA: Album Discography + New Single

Running with the Wolves (EP, 2015)
All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Album, 2016)
Queendom (Single, April 2018)


Her next single was ‘Running with the Wolves’ released in April 2015 and this song also received attention from national BBC stations Radio One, Radio Two and 6Music. This was followed by an EP also called ‘Running with the Wolves’ in May 2015 which contained 4 songs including her two previous singles. The excitement surrounding this young songstress with her beautiful, expressive voice - who cites Leonard Cohen, Icelandic Björk and Bob Dylan as inspirations - propelled her onto the festival circuit and she appeared at renowned summer festivals such as ‘Way Out West’, ‘Wilderness’ and ‘Green Man Festival’, as well as being included on the popular ‘FIFA 16’ soundtrack.

AURORA’s third single ‘Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)’ was released in September 2015 and received continued support in national press, on national radio and popular online music blogs. She released several more, popular singles in the next 6 months (‘Half the World Away’, ‘Conqueror’ and ‘Warrior’) while finishing her debut-album. Called ‘All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend’ it was finally released in March 2016, to very good reviews in the national press, and it included all her newer singles as well as several other very good songs in her Ambient Pop-style.

One of these other popular tracks on her new album is the song ‘Winter Bird’. This was the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry in FSC June 2016. AURORA went on promotional tours for her album and attended several music festivals in the following year.

In 2017 she began working on some new songs for a forthcoming new album, and the first of these - which she had performed live several times (also at the ‘Coachella’ music festival) but never released - was the new ‘Ambient Tribal Synth-pop’ single “Queendom” which was officially released in April 2018. This is the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry here in FSC June 2018.

‘Queendom’ has received rave reviews many places on the Internet and though it is slightly different and more ‘poppy’ than much of her previous stuff, you can hear her innovative style and originality in the way she merges the ambient, tribal and ‘poppy’ sounds in her personal anthem to queendom. AURORA is recording her new album at the moment and hopes to release it in the Autumn of 2018. The album will include her new single as well as many other new songs of hers. Once the new album is out, she will go on another promotional tour.

This is a very talented, innovative and popular young Norwegian singer-songwriter, praised by many and appreciated by her ever-growing fanbase, from whom we will without doubt hear more in the years to come.

The Norwegian entry for FSC #112 June 2018, called “Queendom”, is a joyous blend of tribal, ambient and ‘poppy’ summer-rhythms by AURORA, perfect for the month of June. The Norwegian jury is happy to enter AURORA again in the FSC for Norway.


Below are the English lyrics for the song. Hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for June!

AURORA - Queendom

The underdogs are my lions
The silent ones are my choir
The women will be my soldiers
With the weight of life on their shoulders

Drink until you’ve had enough
I’ll drink from your hands
I will be your warrior
I will be your lamb

‘Till queendom come
‘Till queendom come
My queendom come
My queendom come

The sea waves are my evening gown
And the sun on my head is my crown
I made this queendom on my own
And all the mountains are my throne

Drink until you’ve had enough
I’ll drink from your hands
I will be your warrior
I will be your lamb

‘Till queendom come
‘Till queendom come
My queendom come
My queendom come

I hunt the grounds for empathy
And hate the way it hides from me
Of care and thirst I have become
You have a home in my queendom

You have a home in my queendom
You have a place in my queendom
You have a home..

‘Till queendom come
‘Till queendom come
My queendom come
My queendom come

My queendom come..

-M​

 

[JSSArcos]

FSC#112 Portugal
Artist-Marco Rodrigues
Song-O Tempo

MARCO RODRIGUES was born at the north of Portugal – Amarante. During his childhood and teen years he played as lead vocal in a band performing several musical styles.
In 1997 participated at the “Grande Noite do Fado” (the main fado contest festival for Fado), in Oporto, as a junior, and achieved the 2nd place. That same year is the representative of Portugal at an International Music Festival in Italy. This was the time to move to Lisbon – the Fado capital. It was 1998.
In 1999 he becomes the overall winner of the “Grande Noite do Fado”at the Lisbon Coliseum, a special contest of fado singers organized every year by “ Casa da Imprensa”. Since then he have been invited to play in concert venues and at Café Luso (Bairro Alto), one of the most important Houses of Fado of Lisbon.
In 2004 Marco Rodrigues won the award “Alarga a tua Vida”, sponsored by Alcatel Corporation. Despite his youth, Marco Rodrigues, has already a great experience as a fado singer, obtained from acts in the fado houses and on stage. This success was recognized by Fado lovers and performers, and he was 3 times invited by Mariza to play with her – at Lisbon CCB and Oporto Rivoli, and at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
In October 2006, Marco Rodrigues performed in Paris with the fado singers Carlos do Carmo and Ana Moura. Marco Rodrigues has also performed in Spain, France and Switzerland. Recently he got the 3rd place in the Portuguese Song Contest for Eurovision 2008. A tune from his album "Tu já não és" was included in a soundtrack for the popular TV serie " A outra" ( The other woman). AWARDS: Amália Rodrigues Foundation’s prize for the NEWCOMMER FADO SINGER 2007.In 2016 he was nominated to one of the Latin Grammy categories for the album Fados do Fado.In 2017, the theme Time is included in the novel The Heir of TVI. The album album Copo Meio Cheio is edited.
MARCO RODRIGUES IS GRANTED TO BE A FADO STAR IN A SHORT TIME!

Interesting facts

he was born in Amarante, but as a child he lived in Arcos de Valvezes (in my land )

In 2008 he participated in the Festival RTP da Canção, with the theme "Em Água e Sal", reaching the 3rd place in this contest.

In May 2012 she performs at the opening of the Maria Gadú shows, in the coliseums of Lisbon and Oporto. Marco Rodrigues was awarded the medal of cultural merit by the Town Hall of Arcos de Valdevez on July 11, 2012, at a ceremony at the House of Arts in Arcos de Valdevez.

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FSC #112 AUSTRALIA

Artist - Tina Arena
Song - Tant Que Tu Es Là

Australian child television star Tina Arena grew into a pair of very large shoes, becoming one of the country's best-selling female artists in history. Before Arena was a successful recording artist, though, she was Tiny Tina Arena, an eight-year-old performer on the Australian television series Young Talent Time. After auditioning for the talent show and winning the prize several weeks in a row, she was invited to become a permanent member. Seven years later, Arena was still on the show, and though she found it difficult to split her adolescence in two -- spending the first half in the camera's glare while in its shadow after the age of 15 -- she began performing in nightclubs and making a few recordings as well as recording commercial jingles.

Arena's second major album, Don't Ask, made her a worldwide star. After the single "Chains" hit number one in Australia, it crossed the globe to reach the British Top Ten and American Top 40. The album was certified eight times platinum in Australia, and sold over two million copies worldwide. For her third album, In Deep, she worked with producer Mick Jones (of Foreigner), and even covered Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is." Following the success of In Deep, Arena turned to theater and played Esmeralda in a U.K. production of Notre Dame de Paris, and in 2000 she performed "The Flame" during the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics in her homeland. Her fourth studio album, Just Me, arrived in 2001 and failed to reach the global success of her previous releases, yet still managed to certify gold in Australia and France. Arena marked a tentative step into dance music when she lent her vocals to the Roc Project's 2003 U.S. number one "Never (Past Tense)," and the following year she released Greatest Hits 1994-2004.

The Australian entry for FSC June 2018, 'Tant Que Tu Es Là' (English: "As Long As You're Around") is a song written by Alexandra Maquet and Mark Weld, and performed effortlessly by Arena. The song was released in November 2017 as the lead single from Arena's third French language studio album Quand tout Recommence (2018).

We hope you enjoy our song!

Tant Que Tu Es Là / As Long As You're Around

Parce que tu es la vie / Because you're the life
Parce que tu es l'envie / Because you're the desire
La force dans mes bras / The strength in my arms
Le soleil devant moi / The sun before me

Parce que tu es la grève / Because you're the shore
Et le jour qui se lève / And the day that rises
Le vent dans mes cheveux / The wind in my hair
La lumière dans mes yeux / And the light in my eyes

Demain tout peut disparaître / Tomorrow everything can disappear
Demain tu ferais tout renaître / Tomorrow you'll make everything reborn again

Tant que tu es là / As long as you're there
Le monde tournera / The world will spin
Comme tournent les heures / Like hours do
Les manèges de mon cœur / And carousels of my heart

Tant que tu es là / As long as you're there
Le monde tournera / The world will spin

Tu dessines le bonheur / You're drawing the happiness
De ma vie en couleur / Of my colourful life

Parce que tu es l'espace / Because you're the space
Et le temps qui passe / And the time that passes by
Comme l'oiseau qui se pose / Like the bird that lands
Comme le parfum des roses / Like the smell of roses

Parce que tu es l'ailleurs / Because you're somebody different
Le bon, le meilleur / You're the good, the best
La beauté du silence / The beauty of silence
Comme une page blanche / Like a white page

Demain tout peut disparaître / Tomorrow everything can disappear
Demain tu ferais tout renaître / Tomorrow you'll make everything reborn again

Tant que tu es là / As long as you're there
Le monde tournera / The world will spin
Comme tournent les heures / Like hours do
Les manèges de mon cœur / And carousels of my heart

Tant que tu es là / As long as you're there
Le monde tournera / The world will spin
Tu dessines le bonheur / You're drawing the happiness
De ma vie en couleur / Of my colourful life

Tant que tu es là, oh, oh / As long as you're there, oh, oh

Si la nuit éteint le ciel / If the night turned off the sky
Si la pluie noie l'essentiel / If the rain drowned the essential
Si nos jardins d'hier / If our gardens of the past
N'étaient plus qu'un champ de poussière / Were nothing more but a land of dust

Tant que tu es là / As long as you're there
Le monde tournera / The world will spin

Tant que tu es là, oh / As long as you're there, oh
Tant que tu es là / As long as you're there
Oh, tant que tu es là / Oh, as long as you're there
Oh, tant que tu es là / Oh, as long as you're there
Tant que tu es là / As long as you're there

 

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FSC#112 - June 2018

SWEDEN

NoNoNo
Masterpiece

For this June edition, Sweden is sending the Indie-Pop trio NoNoNo with the catchy and quirky indie-Pop track Masterpiece. The group, which consists of the members Stina Wäppling, Tobias Jimson and Michel Flygare, made their debut back in spring of 2013 with the single Pumpin Blood, which was later on followed by the same-titled debut EP released in early Autumn that year. Their debut single remains their commercially most successful one to date, charting close to the top. 20 on the American Billboard Alternative chart among others. In 2014 the band released their debut album titled We Are Only What We Feel. This FSC edition's entry for Sweden; Masterpiece, is the trio's first single in around three years and it's the first single from their upcoming album. The track was released in the end of August 2017 and has since been followed up by the single Friends, which was released earlier this spring.

LYRICS:

[Verse 1] I say, I really really wanna
You think, I'm really really gonna
I'm an illusionist, throwing cards and doing tricks

The way is better where I'm going
Where the green grass growing
Call it imaginative, I say it's the greatest gift, cause

[Bridge] Oh, I move so naturally
Sway my hips so you can see
It's the only way to be
Now you've got to follow me

[Chorus] And I move move my head from left to right
Everybody, it's a benial sound
Awoo
Buckle up, and follow me

And I move my feet like 1, 2, 3
Everybody in symmetry
Awoo
So buckle up, and follow me

And follow me
(A masterpiece, a masterpiece)
And follow me, follow me
(It is a masterpiece)

[Verse 2] You saved, and that was what we're given
I slayed, and that was how we're living
Oh yeah, I miss that good
Making gold, lotta wood

That world is giving me a hard time
I squeeze out a really good sound
Ba-ba ba-da-da-ba
Ba-ba-ba ba-da-da-ba

[Bridge] Oh, I move so naturally
Sway my hips so you can see
It's the only way to be
Now you've got to follow me

[Chorus] And I move, move my head from left to right
Everybody, it's a brand new sound
Awoo
Now buckle up, and follow me

And I move my feet like 1, 2, 3
Everybody in symmetry
Awoo
Now buckle up, and follow me

And follow me
(A masterpiece, a masterpiece)
And follow me, follow me
(It is a masterpiece)

[Middle Part] See, the world is painted black and white
Close your eyes for a colorful sight
Look inside, and you will find
The answers right inside your mind
The world is painted black and white
Close your eyes for a colorful sight
Look inside, and you will find
The answers right inside your mind
Inside your mind, inside your mind

[Outro] (A masterpiece, a masterpiece)
(It is a masterpiece)

 

[hawadharma]

FSC
MALAYSIA
JUNE 2018

Artist:
HANNAH DELISHA

Song Title:
"ESOK MASIH ADA" (Tomorrow Still Comes)

Lyrics (English Translation):
Perfection, what does it mean
Maybe just a feeling, promised for a while
My love is true for him
But will us be together in the end?

Bridge:
When this longing comes, I finally understand
Shadows of our memories together
In this space, our loves collide

Chorus:
Please understand, our love is perfect,
Even if time stops, my love still exists
Even if nights passed, happiness still awaits in your sleep
Because tomorrow still comes

Believe that our fates has been sealed,
My love for you is eternity, that's no lie

Repeat bridge
Repeat chorus

In your disapperance, I searched
And I loyally promise
Our souls joined together
And you, my love, are everything

Repeat chorus
​

 

[Malagant]

FSC #113 July 2018 - Norway

FSC #113 Norway - July 2018 - K-391 ft. Alan Walker, Julie Bergan & Seungri - Ignite ​

Representing Norway in FSC July 2018 is Norwegian EDM-artist/Producer K-391 ft. colleague Alan Walker, Norwegian pop-artist Julie Bergan & Korean pop-artist Seungri on vocals. Here is some more information about them.

The man behind the EDM-project K-391 is Norwegian Record Producer Kenneth Nilsen. He is 23 years old and very secretive, there is little personal information about him. He wants focus to be on his music and the audio-visual experience rather than on his persona. He often uses a ‘headset’ as a figure or logo which is meant to ‘conceptualize’ himself.

He has made music for a while, his songs have been played millions of times on YouTube and he has a large following. However, his official debut-single is the EDM-song “Ignite”, presented together with Alan Walker and Julie Bergan & Seungri on vocals, which was released recently in May 2018. This is the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry here in FSC July 2018.

Alan Walker is well-known, having also represented Norway in the FSC several times. A British-Norwegian Electronic Dance Music (EDM) -Producer and artist, he has a large worldwide fanbase. Growing up in the digital era, Alan Walker found an early interest in computers, which later turned into a fascination for programming and graphic design. He initially had no musical background; however, he later taught himself by watching tutorials on YouTube based on music production. He is perhaps best known for his 2015 single "Faded", which received platinum certifications in over 10 different countries, but also for popular songs such as “Sing Me To Sleep”, “Alone” and “All Falls Down” (all former FSC-songs from Norway), “Spectre” and “Tired”. He is delighted to join his colleague on his new 2018-single.

Julie Bergan is a Norwegian pop-artist and songwriter. Over the last 5 years she has built a career around her R&B-slanted pop-music and has released more than 10 singles (among them her FSC-song “All Hours”, “Arigato”, “Blackout” and most recently “Guilt Trip”) in that time. In February 2018 she finally released an album called “Turn On The Lights” which included her singles. She has joined Alan Walker on tour and was happy to be asked to join him and K-391 on the latter’s new 2018-single “Ignite”.

Seungri (Lee Seung-hyun) is a South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. In the mid-2000s, Seungri rose to prominence as one of three vocalists and youngest member of the South Korean boy band Big Bang which eventually became one of the best-selling digital groups of all-time in Asia and one of the best-selling boy bands in the world. In recent years, he's explored other ventures, including opening a dance academy, owning a nightclub and restaurant franchise, founding a record label, and investing in other businesses. With K-391 and Alan Walker having a fanbase in South Korea, Seungri thought it fun to join them on the new single “Ignite” which was premiered in Seoul, South Korea in mid-May 2018.

It is a fun musical collaboration between 4 talented artists and we will without doubt hear more from them in the years to come.

The Norwegian entry for FSC #113 July 2018, called “Ignite”, is a fun melodic EDM-track that is perfect for the Summer Beach-Party! The Norwegian jury is happy to enter K-391 ft. Alan Walker, Julie Bergan & Seungri in the FSC for Norway.


Below are the English lyrics for the song. Hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for July!

K-391 ft. Alan Walker, Julie Bergan & Seungri - Ignite

Fireflies
A million little pieces
Feeds the dying light
And breathes me back to life

In your eyes
I see something to believe in
Your hands are like a flame
Your palms, the sweetest pain

Let the darkness lead us into the light
Let our dreams get lost, feel the temperature rise
Baby tell me one more beautiful lie
One touch and I ignite

Like a starship speeding into the night
You and I get lost in the infinite lights
Baby tell me one more beautiful lie
One touch and I ignite
One touch and I ignite
One touch and I ignite

So alive
Your touch is like the daylight
Burning on my skin
It turns me on again

You and I
Survivors of the same kind
And we’re the only ones
Dancing on the sun

Let the darkness lead us into the light
Let our dreams get lost, feel the temperature rise
Baby tell me one more beautiful lie
One touch and I ignite

Like a starship speeding into the night
You and I get lost in the infinite lights
Baby tell me one more beautiful lie
One touch and I ignite

One touch and I ignite
One touch and I ignite

Diamonds are forever
But all we need is just tonight
A monument to tremors
That can freeze the speed of light

Just like particles that’s falling from heaven
All above the stars
Hear you calling for me
Hear you calling me on, for more

Let the darkness lead us into the light
Let our dreams get lost, feel the temperature rise
Baby tell me one more beautiful lie
One touch and I ignite

I feel the heat as we collide
Like a fever that feels allright
So baby tell me one more beautiful lie
One touch and I ignite

One touch and I ignite
One touch and I ignite

-M​

 

[jbusic]

FSC #113 AUSTRALIA

Artist - Sia
Song - Ho Ho Ho

This month we invite the world to celebrate Christmas in July with Sia and the rest of us, an event often celebrated by countries in the southern hemisphere to have Christmas with a winter feel!

Sia
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, referred to as Sia, is an accomplished Australian singer- songwriter, music video director and record producer. Her career spanning over two decades has seen several high and lows. She made her debut as a vocalist in her homeland in the mid-90s with the local Adelaide acid jazz band ‘Crisp’. Her first studio album was ‘OnlySee’. To expand her music career, she relocated to England and started collaborating with bands ‘Zero 7’ and ‘Jamiroquai’ as vocalist. She then signed with ‘Dance Pool’ and came up with her second studio album, ‘Healing Is Difficult’. Her third album ‘Colour the Small One’ that released after she signed with ‘Go! Beat’ strived to garner success following which she again shifted her base, this time in New York, US. After releasing two more albums namely ‘We Are Born’ and ‘Some People Have Real Problems’ Sia retired as recording artist and delved on writing songs for others. This saw her collaborating with artists like Rihanna, David Guetta and Flo Rida. She returned to mainstream singing with a bang, with her studio albums ‘1000 Forms of Fear’ and ‘This Is Acting’, of which the former debuted at the top in the US Billboard 200.

The Australian entry for FSC July 2018, 'Ho Ho Ho' is a song written by Sia herself and Greg Kurstin. The song was released in November 2017 as the second single from Sia's eighth studio album, 'Everyday is Christmas'.

We hope you get into the Christmas spirit with us and enjoy our song!

Ho Ho Ho

Ho ho ho, bring a bottle of rum
Ho ho ho, cream and whiskey bourbon
Ho ho ho, bring a bottle of booze
We got nothing to lose, ho ho ho
Ho ho ho, bring a friend if you please
Ho ho ho, Santa's open to me
Ho ho ho, all the misfit and us
Hope the misfits show up, ho ho ho

Ho ho ho, it don't get better than this
Ho ho ho, in the land of misfits
Ho ho ho, we're all losin' our legs
We got nothing but this, ho ho ho
Ho ho ho, gon' be our family
Ho ho ho, this is Christmas baby
Ho ho ho, bring a friend if you please
Bring them all to their knees, ho ho ho

Ho ho ho, bring a bottle of rum
Ho ho ho, cream and whiskey bourbon
Ho ho ho, bring a bottle of booze
We got nothing to lose, ho ho ho
Ho ho ho, bring a friend if you please
Ho ho ho, Santa's open to me
Ho ho ho, all the misfit and us
Hope the misfits show up, ho ho ho

Ho ho ho, it don't get better than this
Ho ho ho, in the land of misfits
Ho ho ho, we're all losin' our legs
We got nothing but this, ho ho ho
Ho ho ho, gon' be our family
Ho ho ho, this is Christmas baby
Ho ho ho, bring a friend if you please
Bring them all to their knees, ho ho ho

Ho ho ho, it don't get better than this
Ho ho ho, in the land of misfits
Ho ho ho, we're all losin' our legs
We got nothing but this, ho ho ho
Ho ho ho, gon' be our family
Ho ho ho, this is Christmas baby
Ho ho ho, bring a friend if you please
Bring them all to their knees, ho ho ho

 

[Eulaliya]

THE PHILIPPINES' ENTRY FOR FSC #113 - JULY 2018

Orange & Lemons
"Lovers Go, Lovers Come"

Orange & Lemons is a Filipino pop rock band formed in 1999 by lead vocalist and guitarist Clem Castro along with Ace and JM del Mundo. Former member, Mcoy Fundales served as the lead vocalist and guitarist since its formation until its last reception in 2007. The group's musical genre's been a mixed of alternative rock, indie pop and experimental music and heavily influenced by several well-respected bands in different generations like The Smiths, The Beatles and the Eraserheads. The band had released three several albums and gained commercial success with their sophomore album Strike Whilst the Iron is Hot released in 2005.

The group parted ways in 2007 due to musical differences. Following the band's break up several members formed their own groups. Mcoy Fundales formed Kenyo alongside with JM and Ace del Mundo, while Clem formed his own indie group The Camerawalls with the band's original member, Law Santiago.

Dreamy sound scape, delicate vocals and lush guitar work over a driving rhythm section. Lovers Go, Lovers Come is reminiscent of the band’s early guitar pop sound with distinct refinements.

The reformed trio hails from the province of Bulacan and is now composed of guitarist and vocalist Clem Castro, bassist JM Del Mundo and drummer Ace Del Mundo. Active from 1999 to 2007, Orange & Lemons were able to release three exceptional and award-winning albums reaching gold and platinum status before a decade long hiatus. 2017 marks the year of their return to the music scene.

Lyrics

Lovers go and lovers come
The birds and the bees
They all surround
Lovers go and lovers come
The flowers and trees
It seems profound
Two are halves of one

Love is a deeper season
Does it need to have a reason?
Young and old, whatever life you wear
It’s always in the air

Dreams has a way of shaping thoughts
Now the movement’s breaking
Every time the heart succeeds
Take delight, but always remember

Lovers go and lovers come
The birds and the bees
They all surround
Lovers go and lovers come
The flowers and trees
It seems profound
Two are halves of one

Dreams has a way of shaping thoughts
Now the movement’s breaking
Every time the heart succeeds
Take delight, but always remember

Lovers go and lovers come
The birds and the bees
They all surround
Lovers go and lovers come
The flowers and trees
It seems profound

Lovers come and go
​

 

[hawadharma]

FSC #113 MALAYSIA

Artist - Ryan Deedat feat Sandra
Song - "Salimah"

Lyrics (Translation):

What you heard is not from me
Don't believe it because I really sincerely love you
Don't doubt my heart's intention
When I'm with her, I try to keep my limits

When I'm not around, you start thinking nonsense
My feelings are not your toy to play with

Sandra:
What kind of man are you?
You broke your promises
And come with cheesy excuses
I'm sick of it

When you ask me so many questions
I give you all kinds of answers

Sandra:
What kind of man are you?
You broke your promises
And come with cheesy excuses
I'm sick of it

Bridge/Chorus:
Later, even if you're leaving
I will stand here waiting
I'll accept you, so understand me
Don't be heartbroken

But, I'll always promise
The God as my witness
I love you with all my heart
Never be heartbroken

Salimah, Salimah
Never be heartbroken

Once upon a time, I proposed to you
But you rejected me, crushed my hopes
I always seek you for help
But you always ignore me while eating rambutans

Sandra:
Eh, what you did to me
Makes me hold my sadness
My tongue tied, my body froze

(repeat bridge / chorus)



​

 

[A-lister]

FSC#113 - July 2018

SWEDEN

Alcazar
In the Name of Love

June and July are sometimes referred to as "Pride seasons" in different parts of the world where homosexuality isn't illegal due to the hosting of annual Pride festivals in various cities during these particular months and in the end of this month, Sweden will host the 25th annual EuoroPride and for this edition's FSC, we are entering the official EuroPride 2018 song In the Name of Love performed by the Disco-Pop trio Alcazar, a trio that celebrates 20 years as a group this year. For these two special occasions, I have chosen this entry. I hope you will enjoy this catchy Pop song and also see this as a reminder that, regardless of what we think about Pride as a concept, love is love and that there are many around the world; gay, straight and bi alike, that are unable to live their lives freely and choose their partners on their own.

PRESENTATION:

As mentioned above, the group Alcazar celebrates 20 years as a group this year, unfortunately for Alcazar fans though this will also mark their official last year as a group which will be celebrated with a final Sweden tour this coming autumn. Alcazar was formed by singer Andreas Lundstedt back in 1998, after an offer was made by songwriter and record-producer Alexander Bard (who is known for music projects like Army of Lovers and Bodies Without Organs, where Bard also was an active member of both groups). Lundstedt invited his two friends Tess Merkel and Annika Kjærgaard and together they formed the trio Alcazar. Previously to this, Lundstedt had been a member of the group Stage Four in his teenage years together with successful Swedish singers Peter Jöback and Lisa Nilsson and later on he also entered the Swedish selection for Eurovision Song Contest; Melodifestivalen as a solo act in 1996 and 1997 where on his first attempt in 1996 with the entry Driver dagg, faller regn (Drifting drew, falling rain), Lundstedt finished second.

After a couple of single releases, Alcazar got their breakthrough in 2001 (originally released in 2000) with the single Crying at the Discoteque, which became a top. 3 hit in Belgium and Germany, a top. 5 hit in Italy and a top. 15 hit in the UK, Netherlands and Australia among other markets. Interestingly, although being their biggest international hit to date, it wasn't until later that they would actually get their first major chart hits in their home-market of Sweden. Their debut album titled Casino, which also included the singles Sexual Guarantee and Don't You Want Me (cover of the 1981The Human League single), got released in 2000.

In the end of 2002, singer Magnus Carlsson (who had previously been a part of the Dansband group Barbados since the early 1990's, known for songs like Rosalita [1999] and Kom hem Come Home [2000] as well as their Melodifestivalen-entries Se mig (See Me) [#2 in MF#2000] and Världen utanför (The World Outside) [#4 in MF#2002]) joined the group and Alcazar debuted in Melodifestivalen in the following year as a group and with the new constellation, entering the song Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint, which earned them a top. 3 position in the final as well as their first number 1 single on the official Swedish Singles Chart. Following the Melodifestivalen success, the group released their second studio album Alcazarized, which in its European edition also included the single This is the World We Live In, which gave the group its second top. 3 position on the Swedish Singles Chart as well as becoming a moderate international hit charting in various European countries as well as in Australia, earning the band its second top. 15 single in the UK for example.

The group released their first compilation album Dancefloor Deluxe in 2004, and also made their second attempt at Melodifestivalen the following year with the entry Alcastar, earning them yet another top. 3 position in the contest as well as their second #1 single in Sweden, resulting in a re-issue of the compilation album including that entry. The group took a break in the second half of 2005 and in the following years, the members got engaged in various side projects including Andreas Lundstedt entering the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Switzerland as part of the group-constellation Six4One, Magnus Carlsson entered both Melodifestivalen 2006 with the entry Lev livet!, which earned him a top. 10 spot in the final, and in 2007 with the entry Live Forever, while Lundstedt also took part in the 2007 edition with the entry Move and Tess Merkel did some work together with the Rock group The Poodles.

In 2007 the group re-grouped, however this time both Magnus Carlsson och Annika Kjærgaard had left the group and Lina Hedlund had instead replaced Kjærgaard, making the group a trio again. Lina Hedlund is the younger sister of Hanna Hedlund (mostly known to Melodifestivalen fans for her year 2000 Melodifestivalen- Disco-Schlager classic Anropar försvunnen (Calling lost (one)) and had previously entered Melodifestivalen at two occasions; as a duo together with her sister in the 2002 edition as well as a solo act in the 2003 edition (the very same year Alcazar in its previous constellation debuted in the contest). In 2008 the trio, with its new constellation, released their comeback single We Keep On Rockin', earning them another top. 5 spot on the Swedish Singles Charts. In 2009 the group tried their third time in Melodifestivalen with the entry Stay the Night, earning them a top. 5 spot in the final and a top.3 spot on the Swedish Singles Chart, which the group followed up by releasing their third and last studio album Disco Defenders. In 2010 the group entered Melodifestivalen again, but didn't manage to qualify from the semis, and in 2014 they tried their fifth and last time with the entry Blame it on the Disco, which earned them yet another top. 3 position in the contest and another top. 10 chart Singles chart position in Sweden.

 

[JSSArcos]

FSC#113 Portugal
Artist-Ella Nor
Song-Bang

Leonor Andrade (born 13 September 1994) is a Portuguese singer and actress. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Há um mar que nos separa".In 2014, Andrade participated in season two of The Voice Portugal. She was eliminated on episode 13, After The Voice, Andrade joined the cast of RTP1 telenovela Água de Mar, where she played Joana Luz.On 19 February 2015, Andrade was announced as one of the twelve participants of Festival da Canção 2015 with the song "Há um mar que nos separa". On 7 March 2015, she won the competition and thus was selected to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

Appreciate
​

 

[Malagant]

FSC #114 August 2018 - Norway

FSC #114 Norway - August 2018 - Merethe Trøan - Bånsull ​

Representing Norway in FSC August 2018, and new to the FSC for Norway, is the talented singer-songwriter of some earlier MGP-fame Merethe Trøan. Here is some more information about her.

Merethe Trøan - born in Trondheim, Norway - is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and actress.

She formed the musical group Mesteljo together with her sister Elisabeth and brother-in-law Johnny and Stig Nordseth, who debuted in 1979. The group later changed name to Pastel and participated in the Norwegian finals in the Melodi Grand Prix in 1985 with the song "Ring Ring Ring", which ended in a respectable third place. Pastel released the LPs “Pastel” and “Christmas with Carola”.

Active as a solo-artist from 1986, she performed in the musical “Sound of Music” in 1988 at the Chateau Neuf theatre in Oslo, Norway. She was in the ensemble, and in addition, understudy for the main role of Maria Von Trapp. She also performed as Minnie Fay in “Hello Dolly” (1990) and on several subsequent shows. She gained national fame, however, when she won the Melodi Grand Prix in 1992 with the song "Visions" (Visjoner) and represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest that year. She also took part in Melodi Grand Prix in 1993 but came 6th that year.

She has been vocal actor in two Disney-cartoons, where she was the Norwegian voice for the main character Belle in “Beauty and the Beast” (1991) and also had voice for a character in “The Jungle Book 2” (2003). She has also performed in many church-concerts over the years, a popular artist whose beautiful voice has resonated with both young and old.

In 1996 she released her two singles "Æ Gir Dæ Vår Vår" and "Kom Te Mæ" and worked on her debut album together with producer Rolf Graf. The album, “Søtt & Salt”, was finally released in 1997 consisting of songs in the Norwegian Folk-ballad genre as well as Irish-inspired melodies.

For many years Merethe Trøan was occupied with other projects though she continued writing songs for a future album. In 2002 she moved to the town of Hamar (former FSC host.city) closer to the capital Oslo and has lived there ever since. She took part in local musicals and theatre-shows in the early 2000s and quietly worked on new melodies while taking a long break from the world of show-business. Over the years since then she collaborated with musicians Thomas Henriksen and Jarl Ivar Andresen and finally released a new single called “Spor i Snø” in 2013. It was the first single from her projected coming album “Andante” though it took another 5 years before the album itself was released in April 2018. Almost parallell with the CD-release was the single-release “Om Du Vil”.

The album “Andante” consisted of 8 other songs in the Norwegian Folk Ballad-tradition, most in the Norwegian language, besides the two aforementioned singles, and one of these other new songs was the beautiful lullaby-style Folk-ballad, with lyrics of Norwegian Folklore, called “Bånsull”. This is the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry here in FSC August 2018.

Merethe Trøan has received good national reviews for her new album which has already been embraced by her longtime fans and other Norwegians who love beautiful Folk-ballads performed in our native tongue. There will be more to come from this popular artist in the years to come.

The Norwegian entry for FSC #114 August 2018, called “Bånsull” (“Lullaby”), written by Merethe Trøan herself, is a beautiful Norwegian Folk-ballad, with lyrics of Norwegian Folklore, taken from her new album “Andante”. The Norwegian jury is happy to enter Merethe Trøan in the FSC for Norway.

Below are the Norwegian lyrics (in Merethe Trøan’s own Trondheim dialect) for the song and a translation into English. Hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for August!

Merethe Trøan - Bånsull

Lille vennen, sov du søtt / My little child, you are sleeping so sweetly
Det er kveld og du er trøtt / It is nighttime and you are tired
Sola seile ned i vest / The sun descends in the west
På himmelen blink ei stjerne / In the sky a star twinkles brightly

Sakte våkne skogen til liv / Slowly the forest wakes to life
Det knitre i kratt, det suse i siv / Crackling noises, in thickets and bushes
Heks og hulder, tuss og troll / Witches and wood nymphs, spirits and trolls
Liste seg frem på tærne / Step carefully forward from the darkness

So ro, lille du / Sleep peacefully, my little one
Månen er rund og skinn som gull / The moon is round and shines like gold
So ro, lille venn / Sleep peacefully, my little child
Til sola stig på himmelen igjen / Until the sun rises in the sky again

So ro, lille du / Sleep peacefully, my little one
Månen er rund og skinn som gull / The moon is round and shines like gold
So ro, lille venn / Sleep peacefully, my little child
Til sola stig på himmelen igjen / Until the sun rises in the sky again

En edderkopp har spunne et nett / A spider has woven a web
Han spille en vakker menuett / He moves in a beautiful dance
Troll og heksan danse tett / The trolls and witches dance closely together
Og svinge litt på svansen / Moving their bodies and tails with the rhythm

Huldra nynne en nydelig sang / The wood nymph hums a beautiful song
Stemmen har en underlig klang / Her voice has a strange resonance
Riv seg laus fra Nøkkens fang / She pulls herself free from the spirit’s embrace
Og kaste seg inn i dansen / And eagerly joins in the dance

So ro, lille du / Sleep peacefully, my little one
Månen er rund og skinn som gull / The moon is round and shines like gold
So ro, lille venn / Sleep peacefully, my little child
Til sola stig på himmelen igjen / Until the sun rises in the sky again

So ro, lille du / Sleep peacefully, my little one
Månen er rund og skinn som gull / The moon is round and shines like gold
So ro, lille venn / Sleep peacefully, my little child
Til sola stig på himmelen igjen / Until the sun rises in the sky again

Eventyr skapes i skogen i natt / Fairytales are created in the forest this night
Når du ligg og drømme, min kjæreste skatt / When you sleep and dream, my dearest one
Stryk deg på kinnet og hviske god natt / I touch your cheek and whisper good night
Og vugge deg varsomt i arman / And I cradle you carefully in my arms

So ro, lille du / Sleep peacefully, my little one
Månen er rund og skinn som gull / The moon is round and shines like gold
So ro, lille venn / Sleep peacefully, my little child
Til sola stig på himmelen igjen / Until the sun rises in the sky again

So ro, lille du / Sleep peacefully, my little one
Månen er rund og skinn som gull / The moon is round and shines like gold
So ro, lille venn / Sleep peacefully, my little child
Til sola stig på himmelen igjen / Until the sun rises in the sky again

-M​

 

[Paper7]

Swiss entry for August 2018!

Anna Känzig



Dream Alone

I know Anna since 6 years know... but this is just the second song from her i like and the two songs are pretty different. The other song is "In your Hands" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJfxbaWRhkw , a nice and folky number which was on my list for my FSC debut. So, now after 6 years of waiting Anna finally made her way to FSC and she made it with a song which is rather untypically for me.

Fitting to the theme of the song, here are three dreams Anna recurringly dreams:

«Ich träume immer wieder, dass ich einen Hang hinabrenne, dann abhebe und zu fliegen beginne.»

«I dream repeatly, that i running down a hill, take off and start to fly.»

«Ich träume, dass ich live auf der Bühne stehe und mit der Gitarre performe. Die Gitarre verändert sich jedoch immer wieder und verwandelt sich in eine Spielzeugklampfe, wird zu Gummi oder mutiert zu etwas, was man gar nicht gebrauchen kann.»

«I dream of staying on stage and perform with my guitar, but the guitar change to other things like a toy guitar, a guitar completly out of rubber or some other useless things.»

«Ich träume immer wieder von der gleichen Stadt. Die Stadt existiert nicht wirklich, sie liegt am Meer und besteht aus Betonbauten. Das Ding an diesem Traum ist, dass ich mich in der Stadt langsam ein bisschen auskenne, obwohl ich noch nie da war. Ich treffe immer die gleiche alte Frau, die mich fragt, ob ich mich verlaufen habe.»

«I always dream about a city who doesnt exist. It lies at sea and there are only concrete buildings. The creepy thing with this dream is, that i more and more get to know all the streets, alltough i could never have been there. I always meet the same old woman which asks me if i got lost."

Especially the third dream is interesting... any idea what it could mean?

Homepage:
https://www.annakänzig.com/
​

 

[A-lister]

FSC#114 - August 2018

SWEDEN

Rhys
Too Good to Be True

So we have a comeback for Sweden this time around, it's Pop singer and newcomer Rhys, who we last saw in FSC around a year ago when she ended up #5 with the entry Last Dance, will she manage to top that result this time around? Too Good to Be True is Rhys' third single, released back in 2017 and as a follow-up to Last Dance, sonically it's yet again a well-produced and catchy Pop song with a big and powerful chorus while following the theme of bittersweet love lyrics.

LYRICS:

[Intro]
I want the light without the darkness
I want the sun without the rain
I'm beginning to believe it's possible
To have someone like you without the pain

[Verse 1]
When I wake up tomorrow, will you still be here?
I promise I'll never ever ask for more
But when it comes to sweetness, baby, I'm insatiable
I'm like a kid in a candy store

[Pre-Chorus]
You know what they say, you know what they say
You know what they say, can't have it all your way
When it's too good, too good, too good to be true
You know what they say, you know what they say
You know what they say, can't have it all your way
It's usually too good, too good, too good to be true

[Chorus]
But not tonight
I want the light without the darkness (not tonight)
I want the sun without the rain (not tonight)
I'm beginning to believe it's possible
To have someone like you without the pain

[Verse 2]
Baby, I just want you to be reckless
So come on, flick the switch on common sense
'Cause I wanna feel the fire, baby, make it burn
I promise there won't be no consequence

[Pre-Chorus]
You know what they say, you know what they say
You know what they say, can't have it all your way
When it's too good, too good, too good to be true
You know what they say, you know what they say
You know what they say, can't have it all your way
It's usually too good, too good, too good to be true

[Chorus]
But not tonight
I want the light without the darkness (not tonight)
I want the sun without the rain (not tonight)
I'm beginning to believe it's possible
To have someone like you without the pain

[Bridge]
Baby, I just want you to be reckless, ooh
Baby, I just want you to be reckless, ooh
You know what they say, you know what they say
You know what they say, can't have it all your way
When it's too good, too good, too good to be true

[Chorus]
But not tonight
I want the light without the darkness (not tonight)
I want the sun without the rain (not tonight)
I'm beginning to believe it's possible
To have someone like you without the pain

[Outro]
But not tonight
I want the light without the darkness
(I want the sun without the rain)
I want the sun without the rain
(I'm beginning to believe it's possible)
I'm beginning to believe it's possible
To have someone like you without the pain

 

[Malagant]

FSC #115 September 2018 - Norway

FSC #115 Norway - September 2018 - Ina Wroldsen - Mother ​

Representing Norway in FSC September 2018 is the talented and popular Norwegian singer and songwriter of Ask Embla-fame, Ina Wroldsen. Here is some more information about her.

Ina (Christine) Wroldsen (born in Oslo, Norway in 1984) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter who has for many years lived in London, England (with frequent work-visits to Los Angeles, USA). She lived most of her childhood years in the town of Sandefjord south of the Norwegian capital. Early in her career she got a record contract and released some music on her own, but has for many years focused on writing songs for other international artists.

She has written popular and successful songs for famous artists like Britney Spears, Shakira, One Direction, Shontelle, The Saturdays and The Pussycat Dolls to name a few. In the 2013 Norwegian MGP she also wrote (together with Quiz & Larossi) the popular song “Bombo“ which was performed by Adelèn and which came 2nd in the final. In mid-2011 she started a successful collaboration with the Icelandic songwriter and music producer Arnthor Birgisson - and the Ask Embla music project was born.

They released several popular songs in the years 2012-2014 (‘Father’s Eyes’, their biggest hit, ‘Cry Baby’, ‘I Fell In Love’, ‘Legion’ and ‘Lay It On Me’) as well as an album ‘Northern Light’ (2013). They began work on a 2nd album but it was indefinitely delayed as they started to focus on solo-projects. The Ask Embla-project was ‘put on ice’ for the forseeable future and all Ina’s attention was now on her solo-career.

Ina Wroldsen countiued her solo-career in the next few years, releasing several singles including a new version (with Broiler) of “Lay It On Me”. She also spent time on other projects, including being one of the judges on the Norwegian pop-IDOL tv-show in 2016. Later the same year, she was the featured vocalist on various worldwide acclaimed DJs' records, including Sigma and the Martin Solveig song "Places".

She also travelled to Africa and saw first-hand the hardships suffered there among children and adults alike. It made a very strong impression on her and after her return to Europe she wrote the emotional and gripping song “St. Peter” (see more below) which was digitally released in December 2016. This was the Norwegian entry in FSC November 2017.

In 2017 she signed a record deal with Simon Cowell's Syco Music label and worked on songs for a new EP to be released in 2018. The EP called “HEX” (inspired by Norwegian Folklore-tales) was finally released in June 2018. It consisted of 4 new songs (“Sea”, “Remember Me”, “Mine” and “Mother”) and in some editions it also incorporated her late 2017-single “Strongest”. “Mother”, a beautiful new Nordic Pop-ballad, is the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry here in FSC September 2018.

Ina Wroldsen is a multi-talented singer and songwriter and there is little doubt that we will hear more from her in the years to come.

The Norwegian entry for FSC #115 September 2018, called “Mother”, co-written by Ina Wroldsen herself, is a beautiful Nordic Pop-ballad taken from her new 2018 “HEX”-EP. The Norwegian jury is happy to enter Ina Wroldsen again in the FSC for Norway.


Below are the English lyrics for the song. Hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for September!

Ina Wroldsen - Mother

Mother, I have gone astray, oh
Sorry, but I've lost my way, oh
Everybody knows my name, here
But nobody really knows me, oh

If I close my eyes real tight
I can see what might have been
If I turn off all the lights
I can say I just pretend
Mother, I'm afraid, too far, oh
I don't know who else to call

I wanna come home
I wanna come home
Where the streets take me back to where I'm bound
Where my feet feels steady on the ground
I wanna come home

Mother, can you take me... home to you? ( x 2 )

Mother, can you hear my voice? Oh
Calling through the dense white noise, oh
I've been chasing dreams and stars, oh
Along the way I lost my heart, oh

If I sit alone real still
Sometimes I can feel you here
Maybe you could take the wheel
Trying get me out of here
Mother where you've gone astray, oh
And tell me I will be okay

I wanna come home
I wanna come home
Where the streets take me back to where I'm bound
Where my feet feels steady on the ground
I wanna come home

Mother, can you take me... home to you? ( x 8 )

-M​