Poland joins the club this year, with a song that obviously refers to the riots all over Europe as well as Hong Kong, possibly.
"Burning an empire happens so easy, we're gasoline and a match, used to be a tower so tall, now we're only crumbling walls" ?!? Are they telling us to set fire to government buildings?
To update the list a bit, of course "1944" was one of the most political entries ever. I am a diehard fan of it, but i can't deny that it was political in a way that wasn't entirely appropriate, and would have done as well without some of the lyrics. Still think it was a well deserved winner, and glad as hell Russia didn't win, damn political votes!
More recently, 2019 really was a pretty political year, with Iceland's Hatari and Spain's "La Venda" both having vague uprising messages, and UK's "Bigger Than Us" could be interpreted as being pro-EU, though i don't think that was songwriter John Lundvik's intention with it.
2018 had Georgia's "Keep the Faith", which seems pretty universal but a promo performance had "Russia invades Georgia" and other rather explicit political stances tacked on it, which was unnecessary for a very good song that unfortunately DNQ.
2017 saw Italy's "Occidentali's Karma" which had some political quips that were mostly lost in the ESC version with the second verse removed. 2016 had Greece's "Utopian Land" which obviously referred to the refugee crisis, and 2015 had "Aina mun pitää" about the mistreatment of disabled people.
Finally, or first rather, 2014 had Greece's "Rise Up" with more vague messages about uprising and resistance, which was timely with the riots in Greece and other countries at the same time.
