Tom: Our regular reader Roger sends in this track from Melodifestivalen. He was there for the live show in Skellefteå, and says the song “did not hit me immediately, but now it’s the one I miss the most in the final.”
Tim: Yes, I remember this one, and also not being particularly enthused; I’ve not listened to it since, though, so let’s have a listen.
Tim: Hmm. Still can’t say it really catches me as a song that needed to qualify.
Tom: The odd effect you can hear on the vocals is him singing not-quite-in-time with a backing-vocal copy of himself – it doesn’t seem to be harmonised, which is strange. It’s a lovely chorus – and a long one, with several different parts to it. I’m not sure the verses would be quite good enough to cover it, but since there doesn’t seem to be much verse to speak of anyway that’s a minor quibble.
Tim: You’re right on all of that, but I mentioned when we were discussing Janet Leon (from the same heat, incidentally) a few weeks back that there was a lot of generic EDM in this year’s competition – anything of the genre would need to really stand out in order to qualify. This, well, didn’t. A decent song, but in a crowded pool.