Tim: And now, one we significantly disagreed on, and it’s Croatia with a singer who, controversially, did find success from winning The Voice. Well, sort of – the two singles she released entirely failed to chart, but at least she’s been chosen for this. I liked it quite a lot, but you not so much. Have another listen, see what you think.
Tim: It starts out nice and calm, and then, as the metaphorical seas get darker and choppier, builds to a song that is louder and more dramatic than we’d have imagined previously, almost to the extent that when the key change happens you almost want to play the “alright, give it a rest, love” card. And yet it still works, for the vast majority of it, even after that.
Tom: For you, maybe. For me: it really doesn’t. The melody sounds like a kids’ song, the chorus is just a bit dull despite all the effort put into it… it just bounces off me and makes me shrug a bit.
Tim: The verses are lovely, the chorus is lovely, there’s a nice melody throughout the middle eight, and once that massive out of control soaring vocal has calmed down it all goes back to working. No?
Tom: I don’t think it was ever working in the first place. I think this one’s down to personal taste, Tim: it just sounds like a Corrs album track to me.