Switzerland SWITZERLAND 2024 - Nemo - The Code

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Andrin]

I've been following ESC for 15 years but only Nemo's song made me create an account on this forum just to say: I've never been more proud of my country's ESC entry than now.

 

[EscGeek]

I need multiple listens to properly evaluate this.
But I'm pretty sure my top faves are safe. I didn't reach an eargasm.

Teya, you lied to me!

 

[Franzilein]

[This can be deleted, somehow my post was posted twice again :') Have a picture of a baby seal as compensation]

 

[Franzilein]

The incarnation of "annoying". The rap part goes hard, the rest is so irritating to listen to. It's one hell of a mix of different genres and singing techniques, but "daring" and "different" don't always equate to "pleasant". This is the case for me here sadly, I had a hard time forcing myself to listen to it for a second time.

Mild 3 points for me, but it's one of those cases where the live performance can easily swing this to a 10. So I will patiently wait for May and see how Nemo does on stage. This song isn't made to be only a studio record.

 

[Mainshow]

points from me - I think that the rap part should have been in Swiss German (to sound a bit punchier and less Malik Harris-esque) and the operatic singing techniques are a bit "overwhelming" (even though I really like them in the song) but overall, I really like this entry and I think it's really captivating and compelling. Nemo's vocals are also great but it will be very demanding to pull off that song on stage (I agree with @Franzilein zilein on this one!).

 

[Mainshow]

Edit: I don't know what happened but my post got posted twice as well.

Enjoy this lovely and cutie dog

 

[mauve]

points from me - I think that the rap part should have been in Swiss German (to sound a bit punchier and less Malik Harris-esque) and the operatic singing techniques are a bit "overwhelming" (even though I really like them in the song) but overall, I really like this entry and I think it's really captivating and compelling. Nemo's vocals are also great but it will be very demanding to pull off that song on stage (I agree with @Franzilein zilein on this one!).

Today is the day of double posts. Happened to me as well. Just hope that Nemo won't perform their song twice in May.

P.S. Well practically speaking twice - in the semi and in the Final.

 

[RainyWoods]

Petition for @Mainshow to edit his first post into a cute animal picture like @Franzilein did too

 

[ESC94]

Petition for @Mainshow to post a shirtless beach picture of himself.

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

The first few seconds makes my brain think im about to hear I Write Sins not Tragedies by Panic at the Disco

Same exact thought...

 

[gingerale]

I'm happy. Very happy.

 

[Kev4000]

I like the impact of Cha Cha Cha with all the genre mixing. I think this one is very interesting, but the "Uoh-ah-oh"-parts didnt click for me and the voice is too high for me in some parts.

 

[mauve]

Petition for @Mainshow to post a shirtless beach picture of himself.

You horny cat!

(Am I allowed to post this even? But it is just a cute cat ... right? RIGHT?)

 

[marty]

I give 10 points. Its a strange song of course but with the right staging this can get into the top 10.

 

[MAD20]

Listening to this song was such an experience! I love when countries try with more experimental songs, and especially Switzerland which has been quite conservative these last years. I give it points with huge potential to upgrade to .

 

[aef]

I don’t get/ feel this song at all. What am I missing? This variation of music styles is way to random, there is so melody, no song structure. And I hate these opera elements. point from me. It could be more horrible.

 

[CPV4931]

Different song and I am totally geting the hype although it´s not 100% my cup of tea... very curious about the performance

 

[Smudy]

Easiest 12 points of this year, i don't even need to the live performance, i'm very sure that they have a great vision in mind for that, too.

This is HYPE!

 

[Rocket man]

Switzerland, what are you doing to me! Where did this come from, literally listening to the song for the first time, I was just constantly thinking where is this song going next and yet I liked it all. I need to listen to the song again to process it.

 

[Fluke]

Well this was a hard one to rate. It reminds me of Vitas a lot, there's also some other artists i forgot who sings in a similar way, and i know many thought Vitas would have been perfect for Eurovision - now we probably won't see Russia compete for many years, anyway... but anyway.

This is certainly interesting, but a bit incoherent. There's just too many different parts and none of them are that good to stand by themselves. Most importantly, the chorus really isn't strong enough to tie it together. The opening made me expect a kind of "more serious joke/weird entry" a la Cezar, "Zero Gravity" or The Roop's "On Fire", but there's no emotional core, no substance, just a bunch of strange excursions in different musical directions.

Maybe it will make more sense with more listening, but most viewers will hear it for the first time. I'm also afraid that Switzerland has a less than stellar habit of stagings - they actually did well with Gjon and Luca Hänni recently, so they might really nail it, but surely with a poor staging this will come off as forgettable nonsense.

Really hoping we can see a live performance of this soon, because the video doesn't help in connecting with the song at all.