Tom: A second one from Russia? I hope it’s more exciting than your last choice.
Tim: Her: best known for being the one on the left in t.A.T.u. up until about a year ago.
Tom: The redhead or the… nope. The other one. Okay.
Tim: Him: best known for winning Eurovision 2008 with the rather maligned Believe. As a pair: currently known for coming second in Russia’s selection contest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCMQZRELgxY
Tom: Oh blimey. It’s not more exciting than your last choice?
Tim: Well, a bloke and a bird singing romantic guff worked for Azerbaijan last year – maybe it’ll work for Russia this year, is presumably what the writers thought.
Tom: I do hope Europe comes out of this love affair with romantic dirges soon, because my word twenty-five tracks like this would make for a dull Eurovision.
Tim: Well, you might be in luck as the voters chose something a bit different, but I’ve mentioned that before so I won’t dwell, aside from pointing out that ‘why didn’t it win?’ is not a sensible place to go.
Tom: Well, I’m looking forward to whatever Russia’s actual entry is. I try to avoid spoilers for Eurovision (I know, that’s a stupid idea, but I stick to it), but it has better be worth all the hype you’re putting into it.
Tim: Well, let’s do it some time this week and you can see. But this one – what’s it like as a song? Well, call me a traditionalist, but a guy and a girl singing together about an unnamed ‘her’ who’s out of his/her life comes across as a bit odd – a tri-amorous relationship, perhaps? Yes, Yulia gets half a verse where she shifts it to him, but that almost makes it stranger still, because now there’s a fourth person involved and its OH SO CONFUSING.
Music’s nice, though.
Tom: Speak for yourself.