Poland POLAND 2021 - RAFAŁ - The Ride

[escYOUnited]

Lights, beaming down the rainy street
All the faces that I meet tell me I'm wrong
Ride, staring at the neon signs
Making up a storyline, gotta hold on
Not lost, even in the death of night
I can make it out alright
Just let me go
Yeah, I, I will make it through somehow
Let me figure out what is in and out

So baby, hold on for the ride of your life
High above ground, living it now
I'm gonna take you to the end of the line
Taking that fight, make it alright
It doesn't matter if I stumble and fall
I'll make it through, I'll never touch the ground
So baby, hold on for the ride of your life
Hold on real tight, make it alright

Hard, I won't give my heart and soul
I am going for the glow, no looking back
I'm gonna rise high up in the atmosphere
I ain't got no time to fear
Follow my tracks

Not lost, following the neon lights
Shooting through the summer skies
Just let me go
Yeah I, I will make it through somehow
Let me figure out what is in and out

So baby, hold on for the ride of your life
High above ground, living it now
I'm gonna take you to the end of the line
Taking that fight, make it alright
It doesn't matter if I stumble and fall
I'll make it through, I'll never touch the ground
So baby, hold on for the ride of your life
Hold on real tight, make it alright

I'm gonna take all the world tonight (Oh-woah-oh-oh)
Not gonna ask, gonna take what's mine (Oh-woah-oh-oh)
So hold on tight, baby, let's get high (Oh-woah-oh-oh)
High above the ground
Ride, staring at the neon signs
Let me figure out what is in and out

So baby, hold on for the ride of your life
High above ground, living it now
I'm gonna take you to the end of the line
Taking that fight, make it alright
It doesn't matter if I stumble and fall
I'll make it through, I'll never touch the ground
So baby, hold on for the ride of your life
Hold on real tight, make it alright​

 

[Ianp16]

It's a bit like if Westlife did a Dua Lipa song. But not as good.

 

[tararaaam]

Well, this has some kinda nice hook, I like the vibe and the melody, but then...then he comes in. And it all becomes a parody. The lyrics just don’t fit, it all looks like a parody, a silly one. Such a wasted music piece, I am getting Poland 2018 vibes...3 from me.

 

[Synergise]

It just seems like a weird choice when the Polish broadcaster must have known / anticipated several uptempo males would be performing in this semi when they decided to swap out Alicja.

It's not atrocious, but I would assume this is a NQ for Poland.

 

[Ianp16]

Criiiiinge

They aren't qualifying, are they?

 

[Arion]

I will just say, poor Alicja. I guess this is another Denmark situation. She said a number of times that she has the song ready. She's ready to go but TVP is not giving her any responses.

 

[Ana Raquel]

I just woke up at 7 am for no reason. I guess my brain wanted to see this.

It's fine. Just not creating any expectations for it when the live becomes a massive disaster.

 

[Mimmon]

''I will give you a ride of your life''

 

[I bims]

''I will give you a ride of your life''

 

[tomos2019]

I approve of Poland! Normally for English-language Poland I think I tend to like the ballads the most, Light it Up was a bit too watered-down 2010s type of dance music for my taste. Of course I would prefer something in Polish most of the time (and Sylwia Grzeszczack would be my dream!) but I find this a respectable effort, though the live performance could well be a letdown!

 

[Gwendal]

Not the best of the eighties revival bunch (Raylee, Gram-of-Fun and Teflon Brothers were definitely better – Stefania sounds better too), his live vocals are questionable and the music video is not inspired (I presume his staging will take a lot from it). Also, he seems to love himself a lot, so much it hurts my eyes... Not a definitive NQ, but I presume it may be forgotten being sandwiched between Hurricane and Senhit or maybe Iceland.

 

[RainyWoods]

In my head I like to imagine that after Germany revealed Jendrik would be singing I Don't Feel Hate at Eurovision, @Mainshow very hurt and perturbed by the news, decided to move to Poland where he would pick up his career as their singing Wheel Of Fortune host, doing a little bit of wrestling as well on the side. The main goal though was to brutally murder Germany at the contest for what they did, so he composed The Ride, a synthy pop treat that not only will be used to destroy I Don't Feel Hate whilst taking my 12 in the ESCUNITED poll, but will also serve as the means to free Britney.

 

[crashworld]

Someone please help me!!! I am putting the song on repeat. I am actually enjoying this song ALOT. I am upgrading this to a .
I have truly become a basic bitch, or I am actually turning into those Estonian grannies. I mean I do have Uku in my top 5.
Or maybe I have become BOTH - A basic Estonian granny bitch.

PS: I need the song on Spotify.

 

[Jopi]

Someone please help me!!! I am putting the song on repeat. I am actually enjoying this song ALOT. I am upgrading this to a .
I have truly become a basic bitch, or I am actually turning into those Estonian grannies. I mean I do have Uku in my top 5.
Or maybe I have become BOTH - A basic Estonian granny bitch.

PS: I need the song on Spotify.

Hello sis. Uku is in my top3, and The Ride is on my replay atm.

 

[Mainshow]

I don't know what to say.

 

[I bims]

@ everyone that likes the song: Listen to the demo. I think the song is way better with a female voice:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

 

[Journalist]

Clear for this song! This is 'my type of song' and I think that it is very good and catchy!

 

[crashworld]

Rafal is actually turning 40 this year! Uku is 39 this year.
I think I may have a thing for mature men. LOL!

 

[crashworld]

@ everyone that likes the song: Listen to the demo. I think the song is way better with a female voice:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

To be honest, Alicja would have done justice to the song too. I mean her voice is pretty similar to the singer in the demo.

Who knows TVP already bought the song at a discount and wanted Alicja to do it, but Alicja rejected it because she doesn't want to be a basic bitch. So TVP ditched her and selected the puppet Rafal.

 

[Mainshow]

Seriously, guys. The song itself is a surefire qualifier. Give this sing to Dua Lipa, The Weekend, Miley Cyrus or even Raylee and it would have worked. It's contemporary/trend-chasing and very competitive.
I honestly think it's the strongest 80's inspired track in Eurovision this year.

That said, wtf did TVP think of choosing Rafał!?!? There's no inch of talent and charisma in his body. He might be an okay-ish host but as an artist he's totally lost, the epitome of beige.
They wasted a very good and competitive song on an artist who will massively downgrade the overall experience of this entry.

His vocals are so flat, beige, bland, dull. I can't. No emotions are evoked. His accent - or how he pronounces some words are not helping either.
He got a dance song and his moves are as impressive as the ones of that British H&M assistant this year and wtf are these sunglasses. Foreigners will think he's blinder than Corinna May or Diana Gurtskaya.

I don't know what to say. TVP failed big time. Like 2016...they had a great entry but the level of self-sabotaging their own chances is bigger than Maneskin's lead singer's bulge.

The song is a clear for me. The artist a .. Therfore, I think I will settle for .

However, you can't sell a good song if the artist who's singing it is exciting as watching paint dry.

Poland WILL NOT qualify. Bye, TVP. Try harder next time...

In the meantime, I will do an DNA heritage test trying to gef another idea to which flag I should change my avatar to. Neither or is an option.

 

[I bims]

In the meantime, I will do an DNA heritage test trying to gef another idea to which flag I should change my avatar to. Neither or is an option.

I mean you could stick to other DACH countries and claim Switzerland?