Tim: It wasn’t all about the final at this year’s Melodifestivalen, of course – a sizeable of decent tracks got knocked out beforehand, such as this, from Krista – you remember, her who gave you a panic attack three years ago when she wanted to represent Finland. Now she’s dressed sensibly, competing to represent Sweden with some pretty excellent floor lighting. Song title translates as “Falling”, as in “I’m falling for you”.
Tom: That side look and slight twitch-wink to camera in the first verse still startled me though.
Tim: Sometimes a song comes along destined for fifth place – easily good enough not to be kicked out in the bottom two, but when compared with the others in the top five, not quite strong enough to make it through to the next round. A few weeks back we had Mimi Werner, and we can add Krista to that list.
Tom: Yep, that’s what I was going to say. It’s a bit too monotone, a bit too all-the-same. Even some great steadicam shots and projection-mapping floor designs can’t save that.
Tim: No – it is a very good pop song being well performed with excellent visual production – but apparently nothing quite special enough for Melodifestivalen. A shame, because I do think this is very good – easily good enough to make its way onto my playlist of rejects – but it’s just that sort of ruthless competition.