They took out my favourite part (the violin solo with the backing vocalists bit) and totally gutted the verses, making them less melodic. It was so dynamic and flowed beautifully before. It's generally lost quite a bit of power from the changes made. It doesn't pop out as well.
Thankfully the chorus melodically is still the same. They hit less hard now though with that very chill beat they've added really not helping matters. It feels slower too. The only positive for me is how haunting the piano is at the beginning of the song and as Arilena enters the final chorus. That's gorgeous.
It's not a disaster and melodically I think it's almost as charming as ever, but none of this needed to happen. It was perfect before. Why take the drive away from the verses? I'll get used to it, but seriously Albania, this was not the song to tear apart. Actually, I know what this reminds me of. When someone has won Eurovision and they come back to perform their song with a
fancy new arrangement.