Latvia LATVIA 2020 - Samanta Tīna - Still Breathing

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[Mimmon]

I know its to early but I digged some info for next Supernova 2021 possible artists...
Markus Riva (Juries made a comment about him of not making into final but they basically invited him next year)
Artis Zakis (One of participants of X-Factor Latvia Season 2) (I asked him in Instagram DM if he is interested and he said yes)
Here is example of him

 

[grazy2266]

The song didn't start positive to me, but one the song got going and the beat kicked in I'm loving it.

 

[Alaska49]

i mean the good thing about samanta winning is that we are free from her endless attempts and at least they did it on one of her least bad attempts. if only sweden had such courtesy when they got sanna nielsen out of the way. imagine if samanta had won last year? SHUDDER.

does this mean latvia will have to waste a year on markus riva someday? ew.

 

[tuorem]

After re-watching yesterday's performance, I want Samanta to get her 23 hours of sleep per day until May so that she gives us the most high-energy performance in Rotterdam. The song itself is a lot, so she'd better go all out and extra imo.

When Raiven sees that, she'll ask herself : "Why KAOS couldn't? Why am I not Latvian?"

 

[Fierro]

This is tragic.

 

[Mrm]

@tuorem

But 02:23 ahahahaahhaahahahahahaa

 

[tuorem]

@Mrm ANNN-ICONIC delivered She even got to promote her t-shirts.

That t-shirt on the camera was an amazing twist.

 

[Loindici]

Samanta builds a hype, which the last two (or three) Latvian entries didn't manage to. It's going to be predictably good for Latvia, especially with an entry packing such crazy energy that @Fluke wished in his Duncan Donuts thread.

 

[LastDreamer]

I wish to see Dvines and Liba Ece in Supernova 2021.

 

[Mimmon]

@tuorem

But 02:23 ahahahaahhaahahahahahaa

Such a guilty pleasure turned to a bop....

 

[Mrm]

 

[Realest]

Didnt expect her to become such a huge Fanfavourite.

 

[Mimmon]

Didnt expect her to become such a huge Fanfavourite.

oooo using my best friend's video I see....

 

[kayak]

Wtf is that?! i like it

 

[Schlagerman1]

@ESC94
According to Wikipedia, Aminata only worked on the lyrics of "Still breathing". So no need to bring her up as an argument for the musical quality of this song.


Honestly?! You need Aminata to write this??
This is a bland and predictable as it can be. The only lyrical cliché that is missing is the infamous fire-desire thing. (as we already have the "take it-make it" and the "go on - be strong" banality here... not to mention the "keep on running till I reach the end".)

I think, anybody who mentions Aminata in the context of Latvia 2020 doesn't do her any good. Let's rather keep the good memory of "Love injected"...

I couldn't agree with you less than I do right now. Surely there is many talented songwriters that might have understood with what to write to this song, but Aminata is one of them. And why you might ask?

Well, firstly, look at who is singing. Samanta Tina has got to be the wacky character with the weirdest songs that she goes totally all in for, but is just too crazy to work even for the Latvian people. To even have a chance on winning Supernova, she would need a song that is crazy enough to keep her brand, but still a song that shows off her talents. She has a massive voice that hasn't even been in display in the same way as it does in "Still Breathing", where she is raising the bar more and more and MOOOOORE. She is also extremly charismatic and that makes the song even stronger. I am sure that Samanta had the melody down, but she knew somehow that she needed a lyricist that would both bring her some publicitiy (Aminata is very successful for Latvia in ESC) but also that know and understands what kind of singer Samanta is and what the song is going to be about. And knowing after the #metoo-movement going throughout the world, then that is probably her biggest inspiration (also, she has seen two pro-women songs, "Toy" and "Proud" do very well in ESC, so yeah that inspired her too I suppose). So having two pretty wellknown women writing a female-empowering song might not be bad choice if you want to go far.

Sure, the lyrics aren't that special, that beautiful or different to be fair, but Aminata has probably, more or less, worked with Samanta to bring out the point of the song (which is to break old-fashioned and stereotyphical women roles) and made a song that fits Samanta like a glove. It is funny, it is wacky, it is very Eurovision but still pretty modern and actually has a deep message if you listen carefully to the few words that you can understand from Samantas strong accent (which is both an advantage and a disadvantage). It is not that many songwriters that would pull off and understand what to write to such a singer as Samanta..she is quite a rare act to be fair, with lots of flavour, and that needs to be pulled out in the right amount. So yeah, I believe that Aminata has probably mostly focused on the lyrics, but I am sure that she has tweaked the melody here and there, as has Samanta, who added a word or two, making it easier to sing it for her. That is how songwriters work, even if they on paper are standing on each side on the song.

So in conclusion, Aminata is a very talented songwriter, and I just know that she will probably write MANY latvian entries in the future, that fits the singer, even if it doesn't fit my or your taste.

 

[ClaudiuP]

Sorry, guys. I love Aminata, but wtf is this?

 

[r3gg13]

Samanta has the energy of a cyclone. It's really mind blowing how vibrant her performance is.

 

[Loindici]

Sorry, guys. I love Aminata, but wtf is this?

I guess you won't really say that if you see the DISASTER Latvian televote wants to send us

 

[Mrm]

@RainyWoods @tuorem

OMG!!!!

03:28 - 03:31!!!!

 

[hijirio]

omg samanta demon didn't win the televote but won the online vote by 17% WE DID IT

I knew one day my fake profiles would come in handy. The only second I stopped voting was to post here an iconic meme of her hot armography.