Georgia GEORGIA 2023 - Iru - Echo

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Juliette]

The lyrics

 

[Iker]

Almost every year we have a shocking NQ? Could it be Georgia this year? It will look and sound grand on the stage very likely but I can see the GP not vibing with it for some reason.

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

im sorry but circus mircus is better than this

I liked that song and still listen to it. Iru's song isn't bad, but I would choose Circus Mircus over it

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

Almost every year we have a shocking NQ? Could it be Georgia this year? It will look and sound grand on the stage very likely but I can see the GP not vibing with it for some reason.

I've wondered this too. I keep changing my mind on SF2 qualifiers.
I think she's probably safe, I expect she will deliver a strong performance and that efforts will be made on the staging.
I don't love the song but it's grown on me a bit.

 

[JenJen94]

Almost every year we have a shocking NQ? Could it be Georgia this year? It will look and sound grand on the stage very likely but I can see the GP not vibing with it for some reason.

I agree with above poster-I think she's safe, and she'll Q.

I still love the song too! My opinion hasn't changed on it all.

 

[njdevils94]

Acoustic version of Echo

 

[Wynnter]

Ah, it's good, it's so good!!!! Definitely in the minority here, but who cares! "Echo" has so many things that I love to hear in the music that I listen to. Experimental, powerful singing, strings, twists and turns, haunting backing vocals.... it's a dang roller coaster! And who doesn't like roller coasters? Well, I do love them at least. Anyways, like I said, this song sure does not get boring. It uses the 3 minutes perfectly and Iru's vocals at the climax of the song together with the strings gives me a boost of adrenaline. The whole song does, actually! Right from the beginning there's an addictive percussion going on that launches the listener into a ride. Then it slows down for a bit in the first verse, until it sets off again and after that it does not slow down anymore until the middle eight part, only to drop into the powerful final chorus. It's fantastic!

The lyrics are nothing to write home about, in fact they're honestly... worthless. But everything else about the song makes it easy for me to ignore them. I also feel like with more time in the oven this could become even more powerful, combined with just purely turning it into Georgian. Though for me personally, what is here is enough and I like it a lot.

Final score: points

 

[njdevils94]

Iru is jogging around the streets of Tblisi in athletic gear for her postcard.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1652691051965042689

 

[Mainshow]

Enormously massive grower. It´s my #10 right now.

I had to upgrade this song from to xD

 

[GaysAndMurder]

I originally had this out of my top 5 but the lyrics make sense to me so .

 

[MopManMoss]

My girlfriend heard this for the first time and turned it off after 20 seconds saying it was way too noisy ive never seen her do that before

 

[Iker]

That rehearsal clip is kind of disappointing to me.

 

[Wynnter]

That rehearsal clip is kind of disappointing to me.

Yeah, I was hoping for at least a few dancers similar to the music video. The fast rhythm kind of needs it (+ good camera work). And I think that's what it will be down to now: the camera work.

The visuals, vocals, two panels and lights are good though.

 

[Uto]

My girlfriend heard this for the first time and turned it off after 20 seconds saying it was way too noisy ive never seen her do that before

Let's be reasonable here, this is just very much a her problem and not a Georgia problem. It's a normal song.

 

[MopManMoss]

Let's be reasonable here, this is just very much a her problem and not a Georgia problem. It's a normal song.

I like it but it’s just noise with terrible lyrics, Iru is an incredible vocalist and deserved a much better song

 

[DJNightingale]

English text brings some cringe but I'm not a linguist so overall it's a good song

 

[njdevils94]

 

[Milos-BC]

Outstanding and unique, I really love it. I love that it sounds fresh and different, certainly one of the best entries so far. It should sail through to the final effortlessly.

8 points.

 

[Citelis]

She should be a safe qualifier but apparently doesn't seem to be the case. So i'm gonna vote for Georgia tonight for the first ever time because it will be unfair if she stays out of the final.

 

[Luneaux]

I saw Georgian rehearsal clip earlier and I thought, wow! It looks so dreamy and pretty. I didn't even recognize that it was Georgia at first to be honest but based on what I saw, I would be happy to see Iru qualifying. We'll see if there's enough people voting this: with juries this would have been a quite sure qualifier.