The song is based on an old medieval ballad, in which a girl is abused by her stepmother who changes her into different items: a needle, a knife and a sword. However, people appreciate the usefullness of the items, so to punish the girl more the stepmother changes her into a wolf instead. The name of the song, Ulveham, can be roughly translated as wolf shape, or wolf skin/clothes. The end of the story is that the stepmother eventually is with child, and on the way to church she comes upon the stepdaughter-turned-wolf. The wolf attacks, tears the stepmother's throat out, and drinks her lifeblood. This reverses the curse, and the wolf becomes human again.
Not quite. The spesifics of the stepmother's curse is that she can't become human again until she drinks her brother's blood spesifically. Either the girl has an older brother that the stepmother also wants to get rid of (to secure her own future children inherting the family line) but the girl refuses and is thus stuck as a wolf in the woods or she has no brother and it's meant to be an impossible task. In the end she attacks her stepmother, tear her side out, her blood "runs widely" and the wolf-girl has "drunk her brother's blood", the implication being that she waited until her stepmother was pregnant with her half-brother, thus fulfilling the condition of the curse.
The breaking in her voice is an old Norwegian type of herd calling/kulokk and have roots back at least 1000 years. Gåte and Gunhild have been doing their own thing for 20 years they mix traditional Norwegian folk music and rock. She sings in a mix of dialects and old Norwegian they never sing in English. Gåte are very popular here in Norway have won several music awards and just speaks to the Norwegian soul
She sings in a style called "kulokk" or "Kulning", "Laling" it's how they sang to call their livestock (Cows, sheeps or goats) in the old days Norway. The breaking of her voice is very traditional because in that way their voice echoed better in the mountain walls.
Gåte is pronounced Gaw-teh! This band has played together for 20+ years - they are very well known in Norway! Gunnhilds voice are so powerful and beautiful. Ulveham is the best Norwegian entry for many years! ❤️🥇
The way I was rooting for this to win MGP oh my god my heart was beating very fast during the result announcement. For me, this is one of my all time favourite Eurovision songs and performances already. I love it so much so I really hope they do very well. I don't think anything will top this one for me this year
no need to grubble - it's a hats off, hands up, socks off - the clearest 10/10 you'll get in my opinion :) Check out the rest of Gåte's songs. Nice reaction - thanks.
Thank you soo much for your positive reaction! The lyrics are actually in norse, so not even norwegians understand it all. Also.. the singer (Gunnhild) actually sang at my cousins wedding when she was only 14 years old, and my uncle helped the band getting started way back. Naturally me and my family were rooting for them and I'm very happy for them! 🥰
Alex this is my winner so far. Then it's Ukraine, Latvia and Italy so far. But i am waiting for my country because i am a fan of Marina Satti for years
You guys are the first ones to mention the faint, black metal vocals in the background at the end of the song. I have been waiting for someone to pick up on that in all the other reaction videoes, but no one have until now. Well spotted.
Alex...some recs for songs to listen to - this year is so stacked! Ireland - I want to see Katie's reaction (choose the fixed vocal version, or the music video when it comes out tomorrow - 8th March) Croatia - Baby Lasagna Netherlands - Europapa (get deep into the meanings there) Switzerland - The Code Belgium - Before the Party's over All of the above are message songs from completely different genres and apart from NL form part of the former queer quartet (now quintet because Australia just arrived with the queer aspect too) Then: WTF: Finland Estonia Funk Lithuania Spain Nostalgia Austria Spain Traditional/Folk (like Norway but different genres made contemporary, or not) Ukraine Estonia Slovenia Australia (has aboriginal elements) Rock/Rap/Alt/Heavy/Genre Bending Croatia Ireland San Marino Czech Rep (Not the live, it's horrific, the music video) Switzerland
Iam a norwegian born 1992 and are from a area talking bokmål as its called. I dont understand some of the lyrics cuz its old norwegian language. I do live in sweden now and majority of sweds dont know the lyrics in this song. And the instrument is a keyharp or nyckelharpa in swedish and in norway its nøkkelharpe
Qué es esta obra de arte haya quedado la última en el festival de Eurovisión 2024 me hace pensar que este festival está apañado como siempre apañado por la política europea!😢
Norway Gåte ,Many people are not aware of what she actually sings, which in my opinion is a cruel text from the old days. And i am from Norway ! The text copied from newspaper: She summarizes "Ulveham", based on an old medieval ballad, as the story of an evil stepmother who casts a curse on her stepdaughter - who turns into a wolf running in the forest forever. She only loses her wolf's hide if she drinks her own brother's blood. "There will be a kind of happy - but cruel - ending when she meets the stepmother on horseback in the forest, throws herself at her, rips out her heart and drinks the blood. Because the stepmother is pregnant with her brother - thereby the curse is lifted
Lyrics are based on 1000 year old folk tale about a maiden who has an evil stepmother that puts a curse on her and transforms her into a wolf, and the only way to break the curse is to drink her half brothers blood, which the stepmother is pregnant with. I also see this is as a socipolitical statement on what is going on in Europe at the moment. The maiden is Ukraine, being attacked by the stepmother Russia, and the only way to become free again is to fight and drink your halfbrothers blood. War always brings blood and death, and in this case it is the russian army that has to be defeatesd to get back to normal again.
It's folk metal, not my favourite sort of metal but metal none the less. I'm impressed that a Eurovision fan has even heard of Cradle of Filth. I thought I was the only one. Lol Going into the Norwegian NF I wanted Gothminister to win, as I'm a sucker for goth metal, however once I heard Gåte perform, I knew they had to win. They're one of those acts who always sound better live. It's perfect for Eurovision, a lively song with a distinct personality & strong folk elements. It's my winner this year.
@@lillm6874 true, especially the last line of each verse was vastly improved in the rework and I could make out the lyrics first time as a Northerner. But some words are just not used in any other dialect, like "brysjin" (?) = brother (in place of "bror" or "broder") that's borderline Icelandic
Nice reaction👍😍 The genre is folk/rock😊 I love this song and performance🤘 The song is inspired by a medieval folklore, and the chorus is inspired by an old “kulokk” (intro) Kulokk is how the women call the cows in from the mountains so they can milk them 😊 English lyrics: [Sample: Vocalization; Marit Jensen Lillebuen] [Verse 1] I was such a beautiful maiden My stepmother evil, my mother she died She turned me into a sword and a needle And sent me to the king's estate And the anger my stepmother felt the most That all the stately liked me best [Chorus: Vocalization] [Verse 2] Then she gave me skin like a grey wolf She cursed me to walk the forest alone And never will I bе whole and good Before I drink my brothеrs' blood [Chorus: Vocalization]
As a Norwegian: This winner was wrong, and I'm waiting to see if we get to the finals... Keiino has been robbed for the last time: They won't do this anymore... :(
KEiiNO had a really awful, generic dumb song that a lot of people liked for some reason. Gåte won with an amazing song in their specific genre. Thank God KEiiNO didn't win! 😊
@PetterVessel Yes, you're right about that. Gåte received the most televotes, while KEiiNO received the most votes from the international juries. We had no national jury this time. It makes complete sense that the winner should be the one that most people in this country appreciates. I'm very pleased that Gåte will be our entry in Malmø 🥰🎶. It was the best song amd Keiino wasn't the second or third best to my opinion. They can do better the next time with a better song.
@maybeme7171 I agree that Keiino shouldn't do this anymore if they don't make a better song. The international jury only consisted of a handfull of countries that had too much to say. It's not certain those randomly selected jury countries even represents the view of Europe as a whole. If some other jury countries had been picked instead the outcome could be different. Gåte received 12 points from Czechia. Sweden gave KEiiNO only 6 points. So letting a handfull of countries to decide anything at seems just as unreliable as playing the lottery.
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The song is based on an old medieval ballad, in which a girl is abused by her stepmother who changes her into different items: a needle, a knife and a sword. However, people appreciate the usefullness of the items, so to punish the girl more the stepmother changes her into a wolf instead.
The name of the song, Ulveham, can be roughly translated as wolf shape, or wolf skin/clothes.
The end of the story is that the stepmother eventually is with child, and on the way to church she comes upon the stepdaughter-turned-wolf. The wolf attacks, tears the stepmother's throat out, and drinks her lifeblood. This reverses the curse, and the wolf becomes human again.
Not quite. The spesifics of the stepmother's curse is that she can't become human again until she drinks her brother's blood spesifically. Either the girl has an older brother that the stepmother also wants to get rid of (to secure her own future children inherting the family line) but the girl refuses and is thus stuck as a wolf in the woods or she has no brother and it's meant to be an impossible task. In the end she attacks her stepmother, tear her side out, her blood "runs widely" and the wolf-girl has "drunk her brother's blood", the implication being that she waited until her stepmother was pregnant with her half-brother, thus fulfilling the condition of the curse.
The breaking in her voice is an old Norwegian type of herd calling/kulokk and have roots back at least 1000 years.
Gåte and Gunhild have been doing their own thing for 20 years they mix traditional Norwegian folk music and rock.
She sings in a mix of dialects and old Norwegian they never sing in English.
Gåte are very popular here in Norway have won several music awards and just speaks to the Norwegian soul
The instrument is called a key harp (Nøkkelharpe) and is a traditional instrument of Norway and Sweden!
Yes Swedes understand Norwegian. This is brilliant song. A winner for me for sure.
I love love love this! This is one of the best ESC-songs ever in my opinion! Love from Sweden
Thanks from your neighbor 😉🇧🇻
She sings in a style called "kulokk" or "Kulning", "Laling" it's how they sang to call their livestock (Cows, sheeps or goats) in the old days Norway. The breaking of her voice is very traditional because in that way their voice echoed better in the mountain walls.
Well say hallo to the long lost Vikings. This poem is 1000 years old, now put in a modern vibe. I love it. Thanks for review.
I understand the lyrics, and it’s soooo pretty. Hugs from Denmark 😊
So far this has winner quality...... I literally have goosebumps every time that chorus hits...
Err . . .
Gåte is pronounced Gaw-teh! This band has played together for 20+ years - they are very well known in Norway! Gunnhilds voice are so powerful and beautiful. Ulveham is the best Norwegian entry for many years! ❤️🥇
Musically, best since Fairytale. And there were some brilliant songs in there, but this has the chops/uniqueness to jump the queue, so to speak
The way I was rooting for this to win MGP oh my god my heart was beating very fast during the result announcement. For me, this is one of my all time favourite Eurovision songs and performances already. I love it so much so I really hope they do very well. I don't think anything will top this one for me this year
Same with me. I was so nervous until it was announced that it won
They have very bad odds on betting list 12 place or something
12 points de la France 🇫🇷 ! On adore nos frères scandinaves 😍
We love you to France!
🇳🇴+🇸🇪+🇩🇰+🇫🇷= ❤❤❤❤
no need to grubble - it's a hats off, hands up, socks off - the clearest 10/10 you'll get in my opinion :) Check out the rest of Gåte's songs. Nice reaction - thanks.
Lovelovelove it!!! Go Norway!!🎉❤❤
Takk fra the hart of Norway. Thank you so much from Gåte🙏🥰🥰🥰❤️🍀
The best of the bunch from Norway. Such intensity, urgency and power.....its so mystical and empowering.
Love this song!
Your pronouncement was good. Great reaction 👍
Thank you soo much for your positive reaction! The lyrics are actually in norse, so not even norwegians understand it all. Also.. the singer (Gunnhild) actually sang at my cousins wedding when she was only 14 years old, and my uncle helped the band getting started way back. Naturally me and my family were rooting for them and I'm very happy for them! 🥰
It’s a nøkkelharpe (Key harp) it’s a Swedish/Norwegian type of fiddle
So far I love this and have a feeling it will stick to the top of my favorites this year. BTW Gåte is the name of the band. It means riddle.
Or «enigma»
Tusen hjertelig takk fra hjertet og sjelen til Norge 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🫠🍀
Not bad, not bad. Certainly in my top 3 for now. There's so much to come yet so I'll be cautious and give it a 9.5.
not bad
*gives 9.5*
Gåte means Riddle or Mystery in English.
Im Norwegian and i dont even know what all the words means, as shes singing in old nordic, and it's folk rock not opera 😜
Nice reaction! They give me winner vibes and that's all I could ask for in a Eurovision entry.
Alex this is my winner so far. Then it's Ukraine, Latvia and Italy so far. But i am waiting for my country because i am a fan of Marina Satti for years
The build up and dynamics in this song is epic.🤘
Great reation❤
YAAAAS
You guys are the first ones to mention the faint, black metal vocals in the background at the end of the song. I have been waiting for someone to pick up on that in all the other reaction videoes, but no one have until now. Well spotted.
Alex...some recs for songs to listen to - this year is so stacked!
Ireland - I want to see Katie's reaction (choose the fixed vocal version, or the music video when it comes out tomorrow - 8th March)
Croatia - Baby Lasagna
Netherlands - Europapa (get deep into the meanings there)
Switzerland - The Code
Belgium - Before the Party's over
All of the above are message songs from completely different genres and apart from NL form part of the former queer quartet (now quintet because Australia just arrived with the queer aspect too)
Then:
WTF: Finland
Estonia
Funk
Lithuania
Spain
Nostalgia
Austria
Spain
Traditional/Folk (like Norway but different genres made contemporary, or not)
Ukraine
Estonia
Slovenia
Australia (has aboriginal elements)
Rock/Rap/Alt/Heavy/Genre Bending
Croatia
Ireland
San Marino
Czech Rep (Not the live, it's horrific, the music video)
Switzerland
! You’l find the same video out there - WITH the LYRIC👍
Iam a norwegian born 1992 and are from a area talking bokmål as its called. I dont understand some of the lyrics cuz its old norwegian language. I do live in sweden now and majority of sweds dont know the lyrics in this song. And the instrument is a keyharp or nyckelharpa in swedish and in norway its nøkkelharpe
It's nothing to do with witches, but Norwegian folk tradition - nature, young girls calling their heard in the mountains etc
Qué es esta obra de arte haya quedado la última en el festival de Eurovisión 2024 me hace pensar que este festival está apañado como siempre apañado por la política europea!😢
Norway Gåte ,Many people are not aware of what she actually sings, which in my opinion is a cruel text from the old days. And i am from Norway ! The text copied from newspaper:
She summarizes "Ulveham", based on an old medieval ballad, as the story of an evil stepmother who casts a curse on her stepdaughter - who turns into a wolf running in the forest forever. She only loses her wolf's hide if she drinks her own brother's blood.
"There will be a kind of happy - but cruel - ending when she meets the stepmother on horseback in the forest, throws herself at her, rips out her heart and drinks the blood. Because the stepmother is pregnant with her brother - thereby the curse is lifted
My top 3 are Norway, Ukraina and France 💖
❤❤❤
Lyrics are based on 1000 year old folk tale about a maiden who has an evil stepmother that puts a curse on her and transforms her into a wolf, and the only way to break the curse is to drink her half brothers blood, which the stepmother is pregnant with. I also see this is as a socipolitical statement on what is going on in Europe at the moment. The maiden is Ukraine, being attacked by the stepmother Russia, and the only way to become free again is to fight and drink your halfbrothers blood. War always brings blood and death, and in this case it is the russian army that has to be defeatesd to get back to normal again.
It's folk metal, not my favourite sort of metal but metal none the less. I'm impressed that a Eurovision fan has even heard of Cradle of Filth. I thought I was the only one. Lol
Going into the Norwegian NF I wanted Gothminister to win, as I'm a sucker for goth metal, however once I heard Gåte perform, I knew they had to win. They're one of those acts who always sound better live. It's perfect for Eurovision, a lively song with a distinct personality & strong folk elements. It's my winner this year.
Welcome baaaaack
Edit: Gåte = Gaw-teh. And the dialect this is in is so heavy most Norwegians wouldn't understand it first or even second listen
Actually, after they changed the lyrics I understand quite well what she’s singing 👍
@@lillm6874 true, especially the last line of each verse was vastly improved in the rework and I could make out the lyrics first time as a Northerner. But some words are just not used in any other dialect, like "brysjin" (?) = brother (in place of "bror" or "broder") that's borderline Icelandic
@@Vinterloft She sings: “Før eg fær drukkje min broder blod", and that is very easy to understand😊
Å-å is pronounced like the first A in Awful, Allready, (Gaw-te / Go-te) Gåte play folk-music. Music that are a few hundred years old.
Probably also explain that "Gåte" means "Riddle" in English.
Will do. @@alfsalte9493
Gåte means Riddle or Mystery in English.
The vowel å in Gåte is pronounced like you would pronounce o in more and a in war.
I miss the eurovision reaction series. I need you all to start reacting to Junior Eurovision, pls do those reactions with your friends! 😭
my top 3 :)
poland
Nice reaction👍😍
The genre is folk/rock😊
I love this song and performance🤘
The song is inspired by a medieval folklore, and the chorus is inspired by an old “kulokk” (intro)
Kulokk is how the women call the cows in from the mountains so they can milk them 😊
English lyrics:
[Sample: Vocalization; Marit Jensen Lillebuen]
[Verse 1]
I was such a beautiful maiden
My stepmother evil, my mother she died
She turned me into a sword and a needle
And sent me to the king's estate
And the anger my stepmother felt the most
That all the stately liked me best
[Chorus: Vocalization]
[Verse 2]
Then she gave me skin like a grey wolf
She cursed me to walk the forest alone
And never will I bе whole and good
Before I drink my brothеrs' blood
[Chorus: Vocalization]
Å is pronounced as the O in Rock!
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Hello, i suggest listen Mariza, a singer fado in BARCO NEGRO, in concert in Lisbon.
Well, Romania is not coming. Unfortunately.
Denmark nexts 🙏
React on LIAMOO - Dragon 🔥
Her name is Gunnhilde, the band is called Gate XD
Gunnhild* Gåte*
Just to help u guys... This lyrics is in a very specific dialect/old Norwegian so many Norwegians do not either get the lyrics:))
please react to joost klein europapa
React to Spain
12 points from Israel (Palestine). Best and most powerful song this year.
As a Norwegian: This winner was wrong, and I'm waiting to see if we get to the finals... Keiino has been robbed for the last time: They won't do this anymore... :(
yes true. Now I will vote for Windows95man - No Rules.....
The European jury wanted Keiino, the norwegian people wanted Gåte.... I've heard.
KEiiNO had a really awful, generic dumb song that a lot of people liked for some reason. Gåte won with an amazing song in their specific genre. Thank God KEiiNO didn't win! 😊
@PetterVessel Yes, you're right about that. Gåte received the most televotes, while KEiiNO received the most votes from the international juries. We had no national jury this time. It makes complete sense that the winner should be the one that most people in this country appreciates. I'm very pleased that Gåte will be our entry in Malmø 🥰🎶. It was the best song amd Keiino wasn't the second or third best to my opinion. They can do better the next time with a better song.
@maybeme7171 I agree that Keiino shouldn't do this anymore if they don't make a better song. The international jury only consisted of a handfull of countries that had too much to say. It's not certain those randomly selected jury countries even represents the view of Europe as a whole. If some other jury countries had been picked instead the outcome could be different. Gåte received 12 points from Czechia. Sweden gave KEiiNO only 6 points. So letting a handfull of countries to decide anything at seems just as unreliable as playing the lottery.