Norway NORWAY 2024 - Gåte - Ulveham

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[aef]

I mean KEiiNO came 2nd and that by only 5 points. So it’s not right if people are now acting as if they totally underperformed. Becoming first or second with such a small margin is basically pure luck.

 

[jatojo]

The musical inspiration for Ulveham: a so-called lokk sung by a woman born 150 years ago. Identical to the intro of Ulveham:

Lokk Av Marit Jensen Lillebuen

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesLokk Av Marit Jensen Lillebuen · Marit Jensen LillebuenHildring - Anders Buen Til Minne℗ 2012 Buen Kulturverkst...

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[shameless]

The show is bombastic but the song feels like nothing special at all, feels like I heard it about dozens of times over the years but given its Norway I am sure it will do well with the voters regardless.

 

[Laepo1]

I know this kind of entry is not for everybody. But i love it. I've been listening to it non-stop. The full version is even better.

My first of the year

 

[Phoenix]

Apart from Ukraine, this is the only song that offers something worthwhile as of now, and I'm happy they went with this instead of that Aqua carbon copy. That said, I don't think it's the best thing ever, but there is room for growth

 

[BorisBubbles]

So i thought i did not have a pre-show obsession after last Saturday but turns out that i spoke to soon.

This is one. points. :cat_heart_eyes:

 

[Iker]

This is very good and feels very fresh.

 

[Sparky]

I mean KEiiNO came 2nd and that by only 5 points. So it’s not right if people are now acting as if they totally underperformed. Becoming first or second with such a small margin is basically pure luck.

The haters aren't rooting for Gate. They are rooting AGAINST Keiino.

 

[ArmpitOfEurope]

A from me, its weird but this somehow manages to be exceptional and bad at the same time? ( mostly coz of her small vocal cracks ).
Norway will be in the top 10 again tho, its giving lower top 8

 

[goncalovieira]

This is pure gold!
It can be a winner in May.

 

[mddr]

One of my favorite genres and favorite bands in that. Hearing the song and being in deep waters with the genre, I thought it's nice that they participate, but dismissed this as not their best song, even among their newest material through which I originally only came to know them, and therefore their chances to win MGP as well. I liked the song, but nothing extraordinary for me.

Then I woke up to realize the fandom is going nuts about it and checked the live performance. Now I understand why, it was impressive.

I dismissed Cha Cha Cha similarly last year after hearing it due to personal bias (it's hard to objectively rate something you're familiar with, as what you personally already enjoy, doesn't still most of the time translate to what makes a good Eurovision entry) and later on due to juries not letting it win (vocals, mostly) although the hype for the song was otherwise obvious.

I think Ulveham will be this year's Cha Cha Cha, not only for me, but for the wider public as well, yet this one has an actual chance of winning, if only Gunnhild's voice didn't crack and nothing extremely impressive came up from the remaining countries (Serbia, Portugal, Sweden, UK and even much of their participants we sort of know what to expect, so...).

We'll see.

 

[SirPeterGriffin]

Norway 2025 has a nice ring to it.

Easiest of any ESC entry this decade. The whole package: emotion, vocals, presentation and pride on the cultural and linguistic identity. Listen to the complete version if you can.

 

[ayzelto]

I know this one has a lot of fans, but I think it's going to underperform in Eurovision. Maybe it's because I personally don't see the appeal on it, but for me it kinda sounds like a fanwank song atm.

 

[MopManMoss]

Ulveham grows in power with every other confirmed entry

 

[moop]

first impression, verse pretty cool, then the chorus smacked me back to reality. end result, dogshit, terrible.

 

[Wynnter]

Yeah, this goes hard. Folk rock that explodes into a chorus that at first makes you go "wtf!?" but only ends up growing more and more as you keep listening to it??? Hell yeah!?

points!

 

[Simon]

Spectacular beautiful. Lots of love from Australia.

 

[mauve]

first impression, verse pretty cool, then the chorus smacked me back to reality. end result, dogshit, terrible.

I always love your language, it's pure poetry!

"Ulveham" still on my first spot, and regarding the entrys yet to come, it probably won't change easily. Dogshit is lovely and has charme!

 

[Skrzeczk]

Something like 10 years ago I was looking for music in Norwegian. I just wrote "songs in norwegian" in Google. On one of the first pages, there was a forum, where somebody recommended band Gåte. I checked it out and their music impressed me, especialy a song called "Bendik og Årolilja". I was really, really addicted to that song. I thought, I would like to hear them at Eurovision, but I really didn't expect that it would happen. The band was inactive, they came back in 2017. As you know, It's 2024, they competed in MGP and... they won. They're representing Norway in ESC 2024.

It's the first time a band, that I like so much, competes at Eurovision. Ulveham is one of their better song, blending folk, rock and a bit of electronica in a good way. National final performance was great and made me like this song more. After all this time Gunnhild Sundli is still great, her vocal is unique.

These are my 2 favourite songs of Gåte:

Bendik og Årolilja​

Kjærleik (Acoustic version)​

Good luck, Gåte, you've got my support!

 

[jatojo]

And if you want to meet the evil stepmother from the winning song, watch this video:

GÅTE feat. DJERV - Svarteboka (Official Music Video)

After a successful venture into an acoustic soundscape Gåte now return to the full-blown folk-rock they are known for. The return to their full-scale soundsc...

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