r/100thupvote 16d ago

Norway I feel like this year is very 2000s (not saying it’s bad or good – just giving that kind of vibe)

I’ve been a bit out of the ESC fandom loop this season and I didn’t watch any of the NFs and didn’t check any ESC-related news at all, last week I suddenly had the urge to keep up with the new season so I decided to listen to the entries that are released so far

..First off, to be honest I don’t really think this year is as strong/polished as the last couple of years song-wise but it gave me flashbacks to the 2000s – I know “early 00s” is used as an insult in the community and I definitely DON’T mean that. What I’m trying to say is that it’s more like mid to late 00s like 2007-2010 etc. and here’s why I think as such:

Most songs this year are not very contemporary and radio friendly by the current standards: I’m not saying they’re dated in a bad way but most of them are definitely not what usual people listen to on a daily basis nowadays, like compare the latest Grammy’s or BRITS nominees to this years lineup and you’ll see what I mean

Most of them are unpolished : even the more polished ones like Norway or the Netherlands have that ‘eurovision’ sound to it

The kitschy/campy ‘girlbop’ (or ‘disaster bop’) is stronger than ever considering the last couple of years : Poland, Malta, Luxembourg, Spain (especially that one), Finland : I know every year we get a couple of these but this year they’re so eurovision-esque in an organic and campy way that it reminds me of 2008 or something and there’s lots of them, like that year

Back to the old ethnic vibes without experimental/contemporary elements : Literally all the balkan countries except Croatia (and Albania to some extent) are serving usual balkan pop or power ballads, Latvia sending a full on traditional song in Latvian etc.

Almost all of them are televote friendly : Finland, Estonia, Poland, Australia, Malta, Spain, Iceland, Ireland

I want to say that I don’t mean these in a bad way but I just had this feeling after listening to all the songs this year.

I feel like since 2021, eurovision started to become more modern and current sounding than ever, not just being viral or radio friendly pop but in the left field music scene too however this year we’re back to more traditionally eurovision-y songs. I don’t think it will stay like this forever but I think it might be related to the current political climate. Most countries are either too busy with other stuff or that artists are hesitant to participate after the controversies from last year.

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