Ireland IRELAND 2023 - Wild Youth - We Are One

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Datura]

They are well-established and well-known.
I simply do not rate an artist´s "popularity" on single charts/radio-airplay only. If we just take such stats into account, I think that it´s safe to say that there are no successful Austrian acts out there.
I just can´t think of any successful Austrian pop star, for example.. Andreas Gabalier, maybe? But he´s also not popular outside the German-speaking "Schlager" bubble.

I think it´s the same in Ireland.. there are well-established and popular acts (based on the standards of their genres) who want to compete at Eurovision... we simply can´t expect that everyone below Niall Horan/U2 for Ireland, Adele for UK, Rammstein or Helene Fischer for Germany is "not popular". Personally, I think that Eurofans´argument that "no well-established act wants to represent my country" is misleading..

Lumix wasn´t known, either. He was involved in three minor hits but it´s not like anyone recognised his name.

not trying to stress this out but maybe visions of atlantis are well-established and well-known in YOUR bubble, seeing ur avatar i guess u're a fan of LOTL so i assume u like that kind of music.
lumix would be equally well-known and well-known in the edm bubble so i don't get the comparison.

and there are a lot of austrian acts who are successful in the country (bilderbuch, wanda, josh, ina regen, seiler & speer, folkshilfe, maybe some ö3 and even fm4 acts ect.), i wasn't talking about popstars who are successful anywhere else outside of austria. not saying i want any of these i named at eurovision.
but yea i don't want to start that discussion especially not in a thread where it doesn't belong.

 

[ESC94]

The ESC season is still young but this band is already the most deceptive packaging of 2023. When I read the name "Wild Youth" I expected something exicting, in the end got the sequel of 2011 NO ONE was asking for!!

The lyrics are a collection of the most banal calendar sayings ever heard, the melody is totally uninteresting and the singer is pressing his voice so much like he´s sitting on the toilet bowl with heavy obstipation, it sounds really unpleasant.

No, I don´t like this at all and I can´t see this reaching the final either. I give a very generous since I could at least finish it somehow, but that´s it.

 

[simori95]

The ESC season is still young but this band is already the most deceptive packaging of 2023. When I read the name "Wild Youth" I expected something exicting, in the end got the sequel of 2011 NO ONE was asking for!!

The lyrics are acollection of the most banal calendar sayings ever heard, the melody is totally uninteresting and the singer is pressing his voice so much like he´s sitting on the toilet bowl with heavy obstipation.

No, I don´t like this at all and I can´t see this reaching the final either. I give a very generous since I could at least finish it somehow, but that´s it.

I mean … kind of I AM asking for a sequel to Denmark 2011, I enjoyed them a lot

I also don‘t dislike Wild Youth, but they are not reaching the New Tomorrow level at all.

 

[ESC94]

I mean … kind of I AM asking for a sequel to Denmark 2011, I enjoyed them a lot

I also don‘t dislike Wild Youth, but they are not reaching the New Tomorrow level at all.

Don't worry, we all have done stupid things when we were young.

 

[Shaney1995]

They are well-established and well-known.
I simply do not rate an artist´s "popularity" on single charts/radio-airplay only. If we just take such stats into account, I think that it´s safe to say that there are no successful Austrian acts out there.
I just can´t think of any successful Austrian pop star, for example.. Andreas Gabalier, maybe? But he´s also not popular outside the German-speaking "Schlager" bubble.

I think it´s the same in Ireland.. there are well-established and popular acts (based on the standards of their genres) who want to compete at Eurovision... we simply can´t expect that everyone below Niall Horan/U2 for Ireland, Adele for UK, Rammstein or Helene Fischer for Germany is "not popular". Personally, I think that Eurofans´argument that "no well-established act wants to represent my country" is misleading..

Lumix wasn´t known, either. He was involved in three minor hits but it´s not like anyone recognised his name.

Ireland has the advantage of being an English speaking nation, so although small with a big neighbour like Austria. You guys have Germany, we have the UK, we have a higher success rate of big artists outside our little neighbourhood. We have hozier, Niall Horan, The Script, U2, The Cranberries, Westlife and The Saturdays all having had many top 10 hits the past two decades across Europe and even the US. We had many big international names too in the 70s and 80s.

As you mentioned though, we are in the same situation as Austria in that we have singers who are well known in Ireland and our Neighbour in the UK, who would be able to benefit from Eurovision to reach the rest of Europe. We also as with Austia have many artists who are super talented and slowly building a career locally and would love the chance to represent ireland.

The issue is .. RTE do not care.

Austria at least seems to have a national delegation who seem to care a little.

 

[Mainshow]

not trying to stress this out but maybe visions of atlantis are well-established and well-known in YOUR bubble, seeing ur avatar i guess u're a fan of LOTL so i assume u like that kind of music.
lumix would be equally well-known and well-known in the edm bubble so i don't get the comparison.

and there are a lot of austrian acts who are successful in the country (bilderbuch, wanda, josh, ina regen, seiler & speer, folkshilfe, maybe some ö3 and even fm4 acts ect.), i wasn't talking about popstars who are successful anywhere else outside of austria. not saying i want any of these i named at eurovision.
but yea i don't want to start that discussion especially not in a thread where it doesn't belong.

It does belong here....since Ireland (as well as Austria) needs to be more open-minded for other bubbles... the artists you´ve mentioned, I don´t know any of them... and I doubt that people outside Austria recognises them.. whilst people who are genuinely interested in Metal or EDM might have known Visions of Atlantis (arguably the biggest Austrian act in terms of Symphonic Metal) or Lum!x ... heads of delegation whose struggling to qualify after sending mediocre pop songs should be focussing on well-established artists of different genres instead (who might have already attracted some fans outside their countries). I honestly believe that this would be more successful in Eurovision.

As long as one doesn´t think of "well-established acts" as one of the most popular pop acts in the country, I think that there are still well-established artists to represent Austria and other countries.

(I came up with Lum!x because he got advertised as a very popular act due to his Spotify streams)

 

[Shaney1995]

thanks i didnt know dance music was very popular in ireland. i know a few of those u listed, i really like inhaler. and roisin murphy is a goddess. no way she would do eurovision but the thought alone is fantastic

I think in the list I mentioned Cian Ducrot would be a brilliant representative for Ireland.

Inhaler are great for sure. I've a feeling they will end up going global and are determined to avoid eurovision entirely even though theyd probably do very well. The lead singer is Bonos son and he has managed to do everything he has achieved with the band by himself whilst distancing himself professionally and the groups brand from his dad.

Roísín Murphy is a vibe and would be great too as a rep.

We have the talent. We don't have the right people at RTE.

 

[jatojo]

I don't really understand the comparison to Denmark 2011? I would rather say a combination of Denmark 2015 and 2008. (At least in terms of the rather simple chorus.)

 

[BorisBubbles]

The only connection with a Friend In London is that they both draw ideas from U2 and have annoying lyrics. New Tomorrow was more offensive and blantant though.

A more appropriate simile imo would be the nondescript stuff David Lindgren used to enter Melfest with.

 

[Yazy]

This is actually my favorite from the four currently selected songs. The bar is set pretty low though so its not an achievement.

CONS:

• Hearing the lyrics "We might be different, we might be unique" in a song like this. Sir, you are anything but.
• His voice. I don´t know if this is his natural singing voice, but it sounded to me like he was growling at some parts. I did not like that.
• The melody sounds very predictable. Like I heard the same exact song being written and performed million times before. Very "by the numbers".

PROS:

• The clean but predictable Melfest overproduction actually works in the song´s favor. The beat and percussion is one of the better aspects of the song for me. Gives it at least some energy to carry the song forward and waters down the cheesiness partially.

I don´t think this is without chances but those chances depend primarily on what other countries send rather than any merits that this song has.


points

(still has more elements to it that I like than other three songs)

 

[Sabrewulf238]

Here's a crazy thought....

Let's pull a Malta and get them a completely new song.

#BargainingStage

 

[MopManMoss]

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Eurosong has provided me with endless laughs I cannot lie

 

[MooseShoes]

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Eurosong has provided me with endless laughs I cannot lie

Oh Christ! That's priceless!

 

[MopManMoss]

Niamh Kavanagh is fuming that chose to rip of a morrisions advert instead of a tesco one

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

A solid
Cute, but liked this more before listening to Slovenia and seeing how much more charisma they have.

 

[akoz]

from me because it reminds me of Euro2020 anthem and I enjoy that song a lot.
Still it will be hard for to qualify with such basic song.

 

[Flamenkax]

Nothing to say really about this one, really... That's the problem. People will forget this one real quick, it's so innofensive, so bland. Basic song, basic live vocals. Basic, that's the word.
At least regarding this year's theme and their draw, it will be a perfect opener for their semi. But about the rest i'll give it .

 

[Luneaux]

This song came inside to my left ear and went quickly outside of my right one, not leaving any memorable sound behind to me for the first listen... Unfortunately. I only remember that it was a basic, an okayish Irish song which may sink in among the rest songs. It wasn't really bad but not really outstanding either, from what I can remember.

 

[MAD20]

Hmm, I was completely on team Connolly, but this isn't bad at all, am I the only one who likes them? It is giving me Coldplay vibes and could make it to the final in Liverpool... 7 points.

Anyway, Ireland really needs to ditch this Late Late Show selection and create a proper National Final that tries to gather attention from young people.

 

[Shaney1995]

Hmm, I was completely on team Connolly, but this isn't bad at all, am I the only one who likes them? It is giving me Coldplay vibes and could make it to the final in Liverpool... 7 points.

Anyway, Ireland really needs to ditch this Late Late Show selection and create a proper National Final that tries to gather attention from young people.

I like Wild Youth based on some of their other songs. But I do not like this as it reeks of engineered for eurovision by a bunch of white straight men who think eurovision is all about minorities wanting to unite as one. It's very blah. I'm irish and rank this as one of our weakest entries of the past 7 years or so which is saying a lot.

It could qualify based on the fact its very much an arena song, so could build energy but I feel it would be stealing a good songs place like how ireland was robbed with "playing with numbers" in 2015 not qualifying