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The Entry of Morocco December 2018
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Faouzia - This Mountain
This Mountain - فوزية


Climbing up this mountain
Climbing up twice
Hoping that I make it this time
But I'm so done with hoping
Cause hoping is to failing is to

Falling down this mountain
Falling down again
Boom, boom
Heart beats still beating in the end
I'm choking
But that's just what they wanted

So I get up off the ground
And I shake it out
Ra da da
Come, look at me now
Look at me now

I'm not here to talk
I'm not here to talk
I'm just here to walk
I'm just here to walk the walk

I'm gonna make it up this mountain
Make it to the top
Show them what I'm made of
Show them what I've got

I will, I will, I will
I will, I will, I will
So mark my words
Before you swallow yours

I'm gonna make it up this mountain
Make it to the top
Show them what I'm made of
Show them what I've got

I will, I will, I will
I will, I will, I will
So mark my words
Before you swallow yours just like a pill

Started as a question
Ended as a fight
When I found out I'm the only one that has my back
I'm drowning
Cause they fill my lungs with venom

And the sharks are coming out
And they're hungry now, ra da da
Sharks are coming out
I put them out

I'm gonna make it up this mountain
Make it to the top
Show them what I'm made of
Show them what I've got

I will, I will, I will
I will, I will, I will
So mark my words
Before you swallow yours

I'm gonna make it up this mountain
Make it to the top
Show them what I'm made of
Show them what I've got

I will, I will, I will
I will, I will, I will
So mark my words
Before you swallow yours just like a pill

Ay, before you swallow yours just like a pill
Ay, before you swallow yours just like a pill

I would never lie
So mark my words before you swallow yours​
 

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FSC #118 December 2018 | AUSTRIA

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YUKNO | Vergehen

One thing is unmistakable: Yukno has something completely different in mind than following the beaten path. Yukno – (spoken like “you know”) – is a band that approaches “discreetly electronic indie pop” from a slightly different perspective. The brothers Georg and Nikolaus Nöhrer, who once played local clubs successfully with the band Neodisco, are not interested in creating a party mood. Their songs adorned with thoughtful German-language lyrics reveal themselves as a musical invitation to let yourself go for a few moments and immerse yourself in the fine melodies, danceable beats, and the space-filling synths. In February 2018 the Styrian duo released their debut album “Ich kenne kein Weekend” .

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FSC#118 - December 2018

:se: SWEDEN :se:

Robyn
Honey


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FSC #119 January 2019 - Norway

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FSC #119 Norway - January 2019 - Alan Walker ft. Sophia Somajo - Diamond Heart


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Representing Norway in FSC January 2019, and returning to the FSC for Norway, is the talented young, very popular British-Norwegian Electronic Dance Music (EDM) -Producer and artist Alan Walker, this time featuring Swedish singer-songwriter Sophia Somajo on vocals. Here is some more information about them.

Alan Walker (born 24th August 1997) is a British-born Norwegian Record Producer and artist in the Electronic Dance Music (EDM)-genre. Born in Northampton, England of an English father and Norwegian mother, he and his family moved to Norway in 1999 at the age of two. He has since (for 17 years) lived in Bergen, Norway and has made his music career here.

In 2012 he started making music on his computer laptop, and with the help and online following and feedbacks, his own produced songs soon caught the attention of the record labels.

His worldwide digital song and EDM-hit "Fade" gained attention after its release on YouTube via the label NoCopyrightSounds (NCS). The tracks "Spectre" and "Force" followed in 2015. He then signed with MER Musikk under Sony Music Sweden and his first single under that label was "Faded", a remastered vocal version of "Fade", released in December 2015. "Faded" included vocals by the Norwegian singer Iselin Solheim. The song topped Scandinavian charts.

Alan Walker gained worldwide attention. As of June 2016, "Faded" had over 356 million views on YouTube, an incredible feat. His new EDM-song "Sing Me To Sleep" (featuring Iselin Solheim again on vocals) came in 2016. This was the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry in FSC July 2016. In December 2016 Alan Walker released a new single, called “Alone”. It featured the Swedish singer Noonie Bao on vocals. It was another melodic song in his typical musical style which gained huge popularity. This was the Norwegian entry in FSC February 2017.

At the beginning of the new year 2017, Alan Walker's YouTube channel became the most subscribed channel registered in Norway, after passing about 4.5 million subscribers. In May 2017 he released the single “Tired” featuring vocals by Gavin James while the song “Spectre” (based on one of his earlier songs) followed in September 2017. Then in October 2017 he released a new original EDM-single “All Falls Down” featuring Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals on vocals. This was the Norwegian entry in FSC December 2017.

In 2018 Alan Walker featured on a song by Norwegian producer X-391 called “Ignite” released in May 2018 (the Norwegian entry in FSC July 2018) and also released 2 new singles: “Darkside” in July 2018, and “Diamond Heart” (see more info below) in September 2018. “Diamond Heart”, which features Swedish Sophia Somajo on vocals, is the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry here in FSC January 2019.

Alan Walker recently released another new single, and also a new album called “Different World” (December 2018) which included close to all his singles as well as many new songs, with some variety within his style and genre. He is certainly a talented young Producer/artist in the EDM-genre, with huge worldwide popularity not the least on digital media/YouTube and similar online sites, from whom we will without doubt hear more in the future.

Sophia Somajo is a Swedish singer and songwriter from Stockholm, Sweden. She released her debut-album “The Laptop Diaries” in 2008. It was an album recorded from her laptop computer. She released several singles in the following years. In 2011 she broke with her record label and started her own. Her new album in 2012 was titled “T.T.I.D.S.D.I.E.U.I.C”. Late 2013, the song "Kids" was released along with the artist Style of Eye. The song was written and performed by Sophia Somajo herself. In the next years she released several new singles incl. “The Last Summer”, “Klein Blue”, “Sapphire” and “A Million Songs”.

In 2016/2017 she also co-wrote and worked on a song for Alan Walker called “Diamond Heart” where she sang vocals on a demo which was played first time by Alan on ‘Tomorrowland Music Festival’ in summer 2017 and subsequently shared/copied on the Internet. She was not sure if her vocals would remain on the official version of the song, or if Alan Walker would select an other singer for the official version, but Alan chose to stick with Sophia Somajo which pleased her greatly. The official (non-demo) version was finally released as a single in September 2018.

The Norwegian entry for FSC January 2019, “Diamond Heart”, is another melodic EDM-song by British-Norwegian EDM-Producer and artist Alan Walker ft. Sophia Somajo (who co-wrote the song) on vocals. The song is the third and final chapter of the “World Of Walker” trilogy (which began with “All Falls Down” and was followed by “Darkside”). The Norwegian jury is happy to enter Alan Walker again in the FSC for Norway.


Below are the English lyrics for the song. Hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for January, the first month of the new FSC-year 2019!
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Alan Walker ft. Sophia Somajo - Diamond Heart

Hello, sweet grief
I know you'll be the death of me
Feel like the morning after ecstasy
I am drowning in an endless sea

Hello, old friend
Here's the misery that knows no end
So I'm doing everything I can
To make sure I never love again

I wish that I did not know
Where all broken lovers go
I wish that my heart was made of stone

Yeah, if I was bulletproof
I'd love you black and blue
If I was solid like a jewel

If I had a diamond heart, oh, oh
I'd give you all my love if I was unbreakable
If I had a diamond heart, oh, oh
You could shoot me with a gun of gold
If I was unbreakable

I'd walk straight through the bullet
Bendin' like a tulip, blue-eyed and foolish
Never mind the bruises
Into the fire, breakin' through the wires
Give you all I've got

(If I had a diamond heart)

I'd walk straight through the dagger
Never break the pattern
Diamonds don't shatter, beautiful and battered
Into the poison, cry you an ocean
Give you all I've got

‘Goodbye, so long
I don't know if this is right or wrong
Am I giving up where I belong?
'Cause every station's playing our song

Goodbye, my love
You are everything my dreams made up
You'll be Prince and I'm the crying dove
If I only were unbreakable

I wish that I did not know
Where all broken lovers go
I wish that my heart was made of stone

(I wish that my heart was made of stone)

Yeah, if I was bulletproof
I'd love you black and blue
If I was solid like a jewel

If I had a diamond heart, oh oh
I'd give you all my love if I was unbreakable
If I had a diamond heart, oh oh
You could shoot me with a gun of gold
If I was unbreakable

I'd walk straight through the bullet
Bendin' like a tulip, blue-eyed and foolish
Never mind the bruises
Into the fire, breakin' through the wires
Give you all I've got

(If I had a diamond heart)

I'd walk straight through the dagger
Never break the pattern
Diamonds don't shatter, beautiful and battered
Into the poison, cry you an ocean
Give you all I've got

If I had a diamond heart




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FSC #119 January 2019 - Austria

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FSC #119 January 2019 | AUSTRIA

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Mathea | 2x

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MALAYSIA
JANUARY 2019

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Artist:
MISHA OMAR

Song Title:
"SAMPAI BILA"

Release Date:
July 2018

Background:
This is the latest single from one of Malaysian's best songstress Misha Omar.
She is notable for her powerhouse vocals and especially her emotive expression when singing.
This single "Sampai Bila" (Until When) became a hit in 2018 as it featured as OST for a Malaysian soap opera "Jangan Benci Cintaku".
After the show ended, the song continues to capture hearts and top all Malaysian music charts.

Recently, this song qualified as one of 12 finalists in AJL 2018 which will take place in February 2019.
Fingers crossed that this song will win the whole competition. Enjoy this song as I do !


Official Music Video:


Live Version (Acoustic):



Lyrics (translation):

If only you can hear the waves of my heart,
Hitting the shore silently, without any melody
Once calm, guided by your love
Now I'm drowned in this chaotic world

Chorus:
Until when need I question?
Your heart signal that remains mute
All these kept feelings, has now burdened my heart
While you are away, searching for my replacement

In this meaningless love
Please leave me alone with myself
Just go with the one you love
And you don't need to be here to bring up my faults

(repeat Chorus)

To you, I'm just a worthless glass
Faded, empty, dull, meaningless
(I'm sorry for replacing you, and bringing chaos in your heart)
I walked away with a broken heart
Hoping for a bit of strength to cure me

(repeat Chorus)



 

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*For fun, I found it fun to post the promotion, as news, but similar to real eurovison, I hope you like it :D
 

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FSC#119 - January 2019

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Ludomir feat. Josef Johansson
Äventyr


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Sweden is starting off the new year on an uplifting note with the catchy, melodic and sympathetic dream house track Äventyr (Adventure) by 18-year old up-and-coming DJ music producer Teo Ludomir Wiik in a collaboration with 25-year old singer/songwriter Josef Johansson. The charming uptempo track, which incorporates dream house with Swedish vispop, comes with a nice message of self-exploration and is an optimistic way to start the new year.

Ludomir debuted already at the age of 15 back in 2015 with the track Ready for Your Love, and has later on followed up with singles like Kiss and Tell [2016] and Closing In [2017]. The single Äventyr, and this month's entry for Sweden, is Ludomir's first official release in Swedish and was released back in January 2018. Apart from waiting for his commercial breakthrough, Ludomir has also done remixes for other artists.

Josef Johansson is another up-and-coming young artist yet achieving his breakthrough. To fans of the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest; Melodifestivalen, some might recall his entry Hela natten (The Whole Night) from the 2014 selection.


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:ma: Entry for January 2019 :ma:


Manal ft. ElGrandeToto
SLAY

For January 2019 we will be moving fast with a Hip Hop/Rap song by Manal featuring ElGrandeToto xcheer
Containing mix French and Arabic with fews words in English




En vérité, je veux pas de cette vie là trop maquillée
Trop loin de la réalité
Resta sur insta, foire un petit instant personne ne saura qui t’es
Trop de choses qui font mal
Faut pas verser de larmes quand t’es une célébrité
Quand je vois que je me fais imiter par la majorité

De ces tasse-pés qui m’offensent sans arrêt
Qui n’ont rien dans leur petite life
Je vous laisse même quelques dizaines d’années
Vous n’aurez jamais la même taille
J’aurais tant aimé leur faire la guerre,
à ces cons mais j’ai même pas le time
Je préfère laisser les haineux parler,
Pendant qu’on m’appelle pour de la maille

Bnadem khassou gha fin ihder
Lfer9 li bini ou binhoum fin iban
Gouli daba ch7al men wehda galssa tsift lia des pics men cellulaire
Kay3amlouni bhal chi criminel
Kanbanlihoum bouhdi phénomène
Bghaw iteyhouni iherssouni sans résultat basta ghir goulihoum
No no, no no
Mal Manal dayra hala
No no, no no
Bouhdi west l’Empire
No no j'suis ailleurs
Je passe au niveau supérieur
J’ai pas le temps de me soucier de leur boycott
No no je te dis je suis ailleurs

En vérité, je veux pas de cette vie là trop maquillée
Trop loin de la réalité
Resta sur insta, foire un petit instant personne ne saura qui t’es
Trop de choses qui font mal
Faut pas verser de larmes quand t’es une célébrité
Quand je vois que je me fais imiter par la majorité

De ces tasse-pés qui m’offensent sans arrêt
Qui n’ont rien dans leur petite life
Je vous laisse même quelques dizaines d’années
Vous n’aurez jamais la même taille
J’aurais tant aimé leur faire la guerre,
à ces cons mais j’ai même pas le time
Je préfère laisser les haineux parler
Pendant qu’on m’appelle pour de la maille


Flow latino rampampampam
Men Marrakech htal Londondon
Baghi showcase jbed le montant paye moi en comptant 3ad on va s’entendre eh Ça ne fait que toc toc sur les réseaux
Chacun son monde chacun son vaisseau
Koula wechnou 3endou frassou
Ta rah ga3 mab9at fle masso
Mab9it fahma walou fhad nass ou mab9itch 3arfa ala chnou ki9elbou Kaydehkou lia fach kantla9ahoum ou ghir kanfouthoum dehri kiderbou
C’est pas que je me la pète ou le sang m’est monté à la tête
Mais j’en peux plus de leurs mots
Je veux juste faire la fête, débloquer les casses tête
Pour leur montrer qu’il n y a qu’une seule Go

Ta Mal Manal, Manal Manal Manal Manal kadir hakka
Ta Mal Manal, Manal Manal Manal Manal chab3a 3ya9a
Ta malha, tal9aha 3lina shab rassha diva
3emri ma hmeltha ma9beltha
Madayzach lia

Maintenant je veux voir toutes les mains en l’air eh eh
2019 c’est ma nouvelle ère eh eh
Hna kanbedlou lgame everyday eh eh
Hit it papapapa kan9etlou lgame everyday

Maintenant je veux voir toutes les mains en l’air eh eh
2019 c’est ma nouvelle ère eh eh
Hna kanbedlou lgame everyday eh eh
Hit it papapapa kan9etlou lgame everyday

Maintenant je veux voir toutes les mains en l’air eh eh
2019 c’est ma nouvelle ère eh eh
Hna kanbedlou lgame everyday eh eh
Hit it papapapa kan9etlou lgame everyday

Writer(s): elgrandetoto, manal​
 

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FSC #120 February 2019 - Norway

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FSC Norway - February 2019 - Astrid S - Emotion


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Representing Norway in FSC February 2019 is a New artist in the FSC, the young, talented and popular up-and-coming Norwegian pop-singer and songwriter Astrid S. Here is some more information about her.

Astrid Smeplass (born 29th October 1996), known professionally as Astrid S, is a Norwegian pop-singer and songwriter from the village of Rennebu in Sør-Trøndelag fylke, a region south of Trondheim. She was interested in music from an early age and began piano-lessons at the age of 6. Then at the age of 9 she submitted an entry to MGP Junior together with 10-year old Celine Helgemo under the artist name AC: The Blue Snoopies. The duo was not selected to participate in the music competiton but it showed Astrid’s early intent when it came to music and artistry.

At the age of 16, in 2013, she participated in the Norwegian tv-version of ‘Pop Idol’, and at that time also released a single called "Shattered" (a song that was co-written by American singer/songwriter Melanie Fontana.) under the name Astrid Smeplass. She came 5th in ‘Pop Idol’ but came to the attention of the Norwegian public as well as the Norwegian Record Industry.

Astrid released her first official single "2AM" on Universal Music in 2014, at the age of 18, under her new artist name, Astrid S. "2AM" was subsequently released in the USA in 2015. It became a popular single in her homeland Norway and was also remixed by up and coming EDM-star Matoma, with whom she also collaborated on a song. In 2015 she also released a single called “Hyde”. In 2016 she released her first EP, self-titled ‘Astrid S’. It included several singles, including “Paper Thin” (2015) and “Hurts So Good” (2016). In the Norwegian Grammys (Spellemannsprisen) for 2016 she received the Award for Best Newcomer and was also nominated for “Hurts So Good” as Single of the Year.

In 2017 Astrid released a new EP called “Party’s Over” which included many singles incl. “Breathe”, “Such a Boy” and “Bloodstream”. She also released the single “Think before I talk” so it was a very active year for her.

In 2018 she then released 2 new singles: “Closer”, and in October the stylish melodic ballad “Emotion”. “Emotion” is the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry here in FSC February 2019.

Astrid S is slowly building a reputation as one of Norway’s most promising up-and-coming young pop-stars and has also received international recognition. We are without doubt talking about a talented your Norwegian pop-artist from who we will hear more in the years to come.

The Norwegian entry for FSC February 2019, “Emotion”, is a beautiful, stylish melodic Pop-ballad performed by Astrid S. The Norwegian jury is happy to enter Astrid S in the FSC for Norway.

Below are the English lyrics for the song. Hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for February!
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Astrid S - Emotion

Did you forget
That I've got a thing called emotion
You live and you let
'Till you start to plead

How would I know
Cause you left my wound wide open
Just for how long
Will you let it bleed

The town we are from
The small minded talk
We'd sing the songs with the lyrics all wrong
Invested in love
But now you feel broke
Cause shit didn't turn out the way that you hoped

I get that you're hurt
Cause we don't spend time
As much as we used to
But don't we have learn from mistakes

Did you forget
That I've got a thing called emotion
You live and you let
'Till you start to plead

How would I know
Cause you left my wound wide open
Just for how long
Will you let it bleed

Did you know the lies you would feed me
In the end I'd start to believe in
Did you forget
I've got a thing called emotion

Why can't we
Talk it over
I just, I just don't get it

Why can't we
Talk it over
Ooh...

Did you forget
That I've got a thing called emotion
You live and you let
'Till you start to plead

How would I know
Cause you left my wound wide open
Just for how long
Will you let it bleed

Did you know the lies you would feed me
In the end I'd start to believe in
Did you forget
I've got a thing called emotion




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Entry for FSC #120: Katie Kei - Burn it down
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Katie Kei is a young, 19-year-old talented singer born on July 27, 1999 in Brno, Czech Republic. She participated in the global competition event WCOPA (World Championships of Performing Arts) in the USA – Hollywood, where she was selected for final show among the top five junior singers. She was selected from enormous number of competitors. She won two gold medals, one silver, two bronze and awards Overall Winner. This great success guaranteed her a nomination for 2016 WCOPA. She took this challenge and was back in USA in 2016. This time she won not only medals, but also a certificate from an American producer, worth $ 5,000.


Kateřina Kolčavová alias KATIE KEI is young talented singer and actress. In 2008, thanks to audition, she have had the first chance to come to the stage – performing in The Three Musketeers at Brno City Theatre, where all her music and acting career began. She already had a role in famous musical Les Miserables or played children‘s role in Mary Poppins musical, where she was co-hosted together with Monika Absolonova in Prague.

In 2015 she represented the Czech Republic on WCOPA - World Championships of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, where she got through all rounds and was selected for Final show, winning the Champion of the World in junior vocal category.

In 2016, she also managed to win international competition Diamonds Voice.

Katie organized two solo concerts, and released her first original song. Now she tries to devote more to song writing and her own music creation.



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FEBRUARY 2019

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Artist:
BENZOOLOO feat ZIZI & SANDRA

Song Title:
"TERKEMUKA" (Notable/Famous)

Release Date:
March 2018


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FSC#120 - February 2019

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Vargas & Lagola
Roads


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For this edition, Sweden is keeping it uptempo but going in another direction than the previous month with the songwriting, production and artist duo of Vincent Pontare (Vargas) and Salem al Fakir (Lagola) and the catchy, subtlety country-inspired "Scandinavian-styled", Indie-Pop song "Roads". The song, released about a year ago, managed to peak within the top. 20 on the Swedish official singles chart and became a local radio hit throughout 2018.

This is the second time for Salem al Fakir as an artist in the FSC, the first being in FSC#23 - January 2011 with the entry "I'm So Happy". Technically, it's not the first time for the duo in the FSC either though since they were among the songwriters responsible for the following FSC entries:
FSC#29 - July 201 : Swedish House Mafia - ""Save the World"
FSC#56 - October 2013 : Avicii - "Hey Brother"
FSC#57 - November 2013 : Veronica Maggio - "Sergels torg"
FSC#77 - July 2015 : Axwell Λ Ingrosso - "On My Way"
FSC#89 - July 2016 : Veronica Maggio - "Vi mot världen"
FSC#105 - November 2017 : Axwell Λ Ingrosso - "More Than You Know"

For fans of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Salem al Fakir is mostly known for his 2010-entry "Keep On Walking", that ended up second in the selection and is his commercially most successful solo single to date in Sweden, peaking in the top. 3 on the Official Swedish Singles Chart. The entry was later on followed up in the same year by al Fakirs third, and so far latest, solo album (following his 2007-debut and 2009-follow up). After the solo career, al Fakir would be more focused on songwriting for other acts and projects, as well as lending his vocals on some of those, which he did for Avicii's 2012- "Silhouettes" as well as for the single "You Make Me" from the following year amongst other songs.

Vincent Pontare on the other hand has never taken part in the selection, but is the son of Melodifestivalen-veteran Roger Pontare who entered the selection as an artist on five occasions, winning two of those representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 and in 2000. Vincent himself started his own musical career back in 2006 and managed two top. 10 solo singles in Sweden back in 2007 with the songs "Don't Hate On Me" and "Miss Blue", taken from his first solo album. Pontare followed up the debut album in 2011, but just like Al Fakir he has been mostly focused on songwriting for various other acts prior debuting with Vargas & Lagola in 2017.


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FSC #121 March 2019 - Norway

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FSC Norway - March 2019 - Ina Wroldsen - Sea


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Representing Norway in FSC March 2019, and returning to the FSC for Norway, 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".

In December 2016, after a visit to Africa, she released the gripping ballad “St. Peter”. This was the Norwegian entry in FSC November 2017.

The EP “HEX” (inspired by Norwegian Folklore-tales) was 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” was the Norwegian entry in FSC September 2018. The first single from the EP, released in April 2018, was the beautiful ocean-ballad “Sea”. This is the song chosen by the Norwegian jury as the Norwegian entry here in FSC March 2019.

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 #121 March 2019, called “Sea”, is another beautiful Nordic Pop-ballad with folkloristic undertones taken from her 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 March!
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Ina Wroldsen - Sea

Where the fields go from a dark brown
To a riveting bright yellow
Where the cars slow their speed down
And the boats glide on mirrored sea

Where the sun don't ever set
Or it never comes up
Where the sky turns violet
And the weather don't stop

I spent so long looking for a way
I could be a part of another home
I tried so hard blocking out the waves
But my ocean heart never let it go

This people, my people
Sea people cannot really leave
This people, my people
Sea people come back to the sea

Come back to the sea

Where the forest with its fir trees
Bow their heads in snow greetings
Where the town sleeps and the sea freeze
And you think it won't ever melt

Where the wind is violent
So we raise the sails up
Where the ancient mountains
Are the ruler of us

I spent so long looking for a way
I could be a part of another home
I tried so hard blocking out the waves
But my ocean heart never let it go

This people, my people
Sea people cannot really leave
This people, my people
Sea people come back to the sea

We come back to the sea

And I spent so long looking for a way
I could be a part of another home
And I tried so hard blocking out the waves
But my ocean heart never let it go

This people, my people
Sea people cannot really leave
This people, my people
Sea people come back to the sea

Come back to the sea
We come back to the sea



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:cz: :cz: CZECH REPUBLIC :cz: :cz:

Entry for FSC #121 - Václav Noid Bárta:
Písnička pro dceru Terezku // A song for my daughter Terezka

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Václav Bárta (born 27 October 1980), known as Václav Noid Bárta, is a Czech singer, songwriter, and actor.

He comes from an artistic family. His father is a writer and director, and his mother a singer. At age 17, he formed the Czech nu-metal group Dolores Clan and later on his musical band Noid Crew. He also appeared in local theatre and musical productions with acting and/or singing roles notably in Hamlet, Excalibur, Aida, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lucie, větší než malé množství lásky.

He released a number of singles as a solo artist and established his own music and video production house ParaNoid Studio.

He represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Marta Jandová with the song "Hope Never Dies".

He has appeared in a number of stage and musical local productions too.



Lyrics [Original lyrics] // [My amateur translation :-)]:


Other songs worth checking out!
Václav Noid Bárta sings El Tango de Roxanne at London Eurovision Party 2015
 

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FSC#119 - MARCH 2019

:my: MALAYSIA :my:

Elizabeth Tan
"Police Entry"

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Lyrics (English translation):

[Verse 1]

Eh, my feelings full of doubt
Eh, are you really mine?
Eh, because I am restless
What are you thinking?
Enough, don't ever beg again
Enough, I already know you're lying
Enough of the thousand excuses
What were you thinking?


[Pre-Chorus]

Wow, you're so great
You're so confident
So you wanna play?
Let's go


[Chorus]

Police entry, one two jaga*

When the police stops, the thieves will watch out
Your moves are testing me
All you do is lie to me
Police entry, one two jaga*
When the police stops, you better watch out

With whom you are lying
Oooo...ooooo
You're such a liar!



[Repeat Verse 1]
[Repeat Pre-chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge]

It's true, you're a master of disguise
But you never realise
That you're on hunt
(Police entry, 1-2 jaga, 1-2 jaga)*


*The expression "Police Entry, 1-2 jaga" is a children's game play, similar to hide and seek.
The seeker will be the police and the others will watch out as thieves.


 

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FSC#121 - March 2019

:se: SWEDEN :se:

Anna Leone
If You Only


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PRESENTATION:

For this March edition, Sweden is slowing down the tempo again with the beautiful, dreamy and peaceful acoustic Lana del Rey-esque Anglo-Folk-Pop-inspired ballad If You Only, performed by up-and-coming singer-songwriter Anna Leone, stage and short name used by 24-year old Leone Anabelle Lancelot. The song is taken from the singer's 2018 debut EP Wandered Away which also includes the previous 2017 releases My Soul I and I Never Really.


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