Its SUUUUCH a grower for me... On repeat in my brain. I think it has a nice flow but they will work on it to make it stand out more... I actually prefer the live version to the studio though... Happy new year!
happy new year Rachel! I appreciate these videos so much and while sometimes I have a differing opinion, your music knowledge and understanding is truly outstanding and you make the esc season so much more exciting! Have a great 2024 love from kent :)) btw this is also my favourite so far :)
Happy new Year for you Rahel! Thank you for your wonderful videos full of experience in music and empathy! I will be happy to see and hear your opinion in 2024 as well 😘
happy new year Rachel! i'm looking forward to ESC 2024 season so much! Albania will definitely revamp the song and with the good staging it will definitely do better than many expect :)
Happy new year! ❤ You're getting more beautiful every time, it's like you get a revamp each year 😂and I hope this song gets a revamp too, because I enjoyed a lot with the live performance.
Happy new year!!!! And thank you another time for your profound and unpretentious reaction. I agree 88,94 %m with you: well written, well sung pleasant melody (has english really accepted the litteral translation of the german word "Ohrwurm" as "earworm"? I sometimes hear it in reactions here on youtube, but never heard anyone say it in the real world.
The title translation is hand on heart (hand in heart technically) but that bit in brackets doesn't make sense. It will be worked on this track I saw something from a fan group on instagram today saying that. A great anthemic rock anthem if it doesn't have the sassy bit in the middle and stays in this rock anthem sound then this will be powerful and I see this being a dead cert for the final. Also can tell following the czechia video you did what you said about getting your hair done and it suits you may I say a great end to a great year where you went to Liverpool to see semi final 1 and with countries like Luxembourg picking their entry in January you better be ready to go into overdrive in the first few weeks of 2024 which I will really looking forward to seeing. For now Happy New Year Rachel! xxx
Happy New Year Rachel. They will revamp she has good team music writer is Kledi bahiti he wrote karma and producer Darko she will do great. Thanks for you support and your predictions always coming true ❤🇦🇱❤️
This is not a bad effort at all. Hopefully a revamp will make it stronger. Also a rare occasion where my favourite in the Albanian selection comes out on top!
I totally agree with you with the overall mark 8/10 . I hope they don’t ruin so much the melodies, with a slight revamp this could really do well. This is quite different from other entries that Albania had, we can see a pop balad with a little trap part (which i prefer because i hate that everything is same), unique… I enjoyed it.
I hope the Albanian delegation gets their production and staging sorted. That vocal has loads of potential. And don’t think we didn’t notice the flat iron. 💇🏻♀️✨
@@marsukarhu9477 Most of their acts’ staging and costumes felt uninspired. Though I liked Rona’s costume 2012 interesting. And I suspect Arilena would have put together something contemporary in 2020 if the show wasn’t cancelled. I really think it’s time for Albania to win. 🏆 🇦🇱
@@hippopotamusbosch Yeah? I kinda like them every year. They always have a clear identity, it feels authentic, they have great singers, the songs are good and the staging fits the songs... But what do I know, I'm from Finland?😄 I do hope for a Balkan win soon though.
Im from Albania and here nobody cares about this contest anymore. That´s why the recent Albania´s entries have been so bad. Even this year nobody wanted this song to win and go to Eurovision @@marsukarhu9477
Second viewer lol nice Albania sometimes falls into this trap of sending technically-nice-but-also-not-interesting songs and I think that happened once again this year. As a result, I can't say I care much for this entry. This may be an unpopular opinion but I would've much rather seen them embrace the chaos and send Mal (the actual FiK winner) to Eurovision instead. He's not a good singer at all but he seems hilarious and would've at least made for great backstage content lol.
The studio version was the first time I heard the song and I quite like it but I'm gonna wait until the revamp before I can decide where I would rank it 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
Hey there everyone, Albanian here. I was reading the comments, and I have to say that I agree with the overall majority of folks here that find this song unimpressive. It is a shame for Besa Kokedhima is a seasoned singer. In my opinion(even though i have been living abroad for over 15 years), Festivali i Këngës for the past couple of years has pretty much gone downhill. It used to have really high standards and now has become a mediocer show. I believe some has to do with the fact that In Albania pop music has taken over and many singers dont focus on the quality of their voice and the content of the songs but rather whatever sells which now is garbage music(which is a phenomena happening all over the world if you ask me). I hope the owner of this youtube channel reads this comment, for i would recommend to her to react to Besas rendition of ederlezi( serbian romani folk music) for it truly showcases Besa Kokedhima skills as a singer and in my opening one of the best renditions of the song. Happy New Year!!
Albania do love their serious ballads by female singers, don't they? I mean, it's nice but will be firmly on the right of the scoreboard if it qualifies. Also, your HAIR!
Great song, with a slight revamp, it could go out of the Bottom 5 in the Grand Final. But a qualifier for sure. Maybe not a winner or Top 5 or Top 10, though.
First of all… it’s Albania and of course they’ll revamp. In this case I’m hopeful it will improve the song, it could need some polish - but should probably stay in Albanian. It’s a decent song and I do like the tone of her voice. Any qualification chances will fully depend on the revamp though. As it is right now, I doubt it would qualify because the Eurovision audience is very different from the Albanian audience. But after a revamp? Maybe.
Albania is getting very predictable, female, ballad, some ethnic vibes and boobs. I think they need to change it up if they want to break into top half one day.
This is a high quality pop power ballad, but this kind of content is like poison to the fandom these days. I'm a fan, though. It's funny--there are so few ballads this year, but I think maybe all of them are in semi final 2? I could be wrong. I know Latvia and Belgium are definitely in there.
I think this is the kind of song peoples keep saying its bad until the pre parties and rehearsal and then it turns out great and qualifies. Not so sure about the revamp though. Wish she would've just given us albanian orchestra balllad vibes
@@ESCVerso i didnt really love the first studio version either, same issue with the production and vocals so im hopeful it will just come alive again on stage. But yeah, revamp didnt quite hit the mark. Just singing it in Albanian would already improve it
beautiful song, great singer, but it would have been more interesting, if they had sent the actual FiK winner, who has great hair and is muscular, the perfect combination between Andrew Lambrou and Bojan. I think, this guy would have made me forget about Jann, my biggest 2023 NF crush. 🤍❤ lol, maybe he could go to Malmö in some capacity, maybe as a dancer or announcing Albania's jury points! Yeah, the FiK jury really consisted of gay men and straight women who were horny as fuck, while it's the public, who's putting performance over appearance, as they voted for one of the few memorable tracks out of this already weak final. But you can see, that the public knows more about music than the corrupt juries do. (except when it comes to Spain 2023, of course. Viva La Blanca Paloma 🕊🕊🕊)
Some people say that "sassy" part is iconic but i also don´t connect with it, feels so out of touch with the song. As it is i dont think this will qualify but we all know Albania is the master of revamps so we will see...
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Its SUUUUCH a grower for me... On repeat in my brain. I think it has a nice flow but they will work on it to make it stand out more... I actually prefer the live version to the studio though... Happy new year!
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The instrumental is absolutely amazing...12 points from Romania
0 points from Greece
@@AristosPan Who gives a shit about you
happy new year Rachel! I appreciate these videos so much and while sometimes I have a differing opinion, your music knowledge and understanding is truly outstanding and you make the esc season so much more exciting! Have a great 2024 love from kent :))
btw this is also my favourite so far :)
Thank you so much for your kind message x
I’m so glad you enjoy the videos 😊
Best ESC channel. First!
Stoppp you’re so kind 😊❤
Happy new Year for you Rahel! Thank you for your wonderful videos full of experience in music and empathy! I will be happy to see and hear your opinion in 2024 as well 😘
Hi Rach! Good to see you again! I’m very excited to watch all your 2024 review videos! 😍
Starting now!
Nice to share the year with you and your reactions, hopefully 2024 is even better ;D
İ don't know if you got the revamp of this song. Titan.
I love this song. ❤ and I think Albania will win that Eurovision ❤
Albania never wins anything haha
Happy new year🎉 Wish you a wonderful journey at ESC 2024😊
happy new year Rachel! i'm looking forward to ESC 2024 season so much! Albania will definitely revamp the song and with the good staging it will definitely do better than many expect :)
Happy new year! ❤ You're getting more beautiful every time, it's like you get a revamp each year 😂and I hope this song gets a revamp too, because I enjoyed a lot with the live performance.
Haha love it! I hope I get a revamp again 😆🤭
@@ThePeaceAround Albania is not in Europe
Happy new year
Happy new year!
Happy New Year Rachel!
Bravo Albania ❤❤❤is great 🎉🎉🎉❤
pineis polla mpafidia esi
Happy new year!!!! And thank you another time for your profound and unpretentious reaction. I agree 88,94 %m with you: well written, well sung pleasant melody (has english really accepted the litteral translation of the german word "Ohrwurm" as "earworm"? I sometimes hear it in reactions here on youtube, but never heard anyone say it in the real world.
Yeah its a really common word to use actually
The title translation is hand on heart (hand in heart technically) but that bit in brackets doesn't make sense. It will be worked on this track I saw something from a fan group on instagram today saying that. A great anthemic rock anthem if it doesn't have the sassy bit in the middle and stays in this rock anthem sound then this will be powerful and I see this being a dead cert for the final. Also can tell following the czechia video you did what you said about getting your hair done and it suits you may I say a great end to a great year where you went to Liverpool to see semi final 1 and with countries like Luxembourg picking their entry in January you better be ready to go into overdrive in the first few weeks of 2024 which I will really looking forward to seeing. For now Happy New Year Rachel! xxx
Buon Anno!!!
Happy New Year Rachel! I really like this but seem to be in a minority! 🤣
Happy New Year Rachel. They will revamp she has good team music writer is Kledi bahiti he wrote karma and producer Darko she will do great. Thanks for you support and your predictions always coming true ❤🇦🇱❤️
The fist part arrangment looks so familiar to Always from Bon Jovi!
Titan ❤
TITAN ❤BESA ❤ALBANIA 12
A good strong vocal performance. An interesting song. It's pretty basic as a pop song but that's o.k.
Let's all get ready for Malmo!!!! (: (: (:
Just a word of warning you may cry over Krick from Luxembourg. I can’t wait to see you react to this 🌈
Oop-
This is not a bad effort at all. Hopefully a revamp will make it stronger. Also a rare occasion where my favourite in the Albanian selection comes out on top!
Rachel can you please react to this song revamped Titan please. I trust your opinion and your predictions ❤🇦🇱
I totally agree with you with the overall mark 8/10 . I hope they don’t ruin so much the melodies, with a slight revamp this could really do well. This is quite different from other entries that Albania had, we can see a pop balad with a little trap part (which i prefer because i hate that everything is same), unique… I enjoyed it.
I can't wait for you to react to Slovenia's entry ✨ (no pressure, of course)
Edit: and Ireland!!!
Tomorrow I’ll be doing that! Can’t wait as well :)
I’ve been sick for the last 2 months so making videos has been a bit difficult 😞
Came here to say that. I can't wait for you to hear and react.
But health obviously comes first.
I hope the Albanian delegation gets their production and staging sorted. That vocal has loads of potential. And don’t think we didn’t notice the flat iron. 💇🏻♀️✨
Don't they usually? I think they're pretty good at making things presentable. I'm exited to see how they'll work with this one.
@@marsukarhu9477 Most of their acts’ staging and costumes felt uninspired. Though I liked Rona’s costume 2012 interesting. And I suspect Arilena would have put together something contemporary in 2020 if the show wasn’t cancelled. I really think it’s time for Albania to win. 🏆 🇦🇱
@@hippopotamusbosch Yeah? I kinda like them every year. They always have a clear identity, it feels authentic, they have great singers, the songs are good and the staging fits the songs... But what do I know, I'm from Finland?😄
I do hope for a Balkan win soon though.
The backing singers are fantastic and must go with her on stage.
Im from Albania and here nobody cares about this contest anymore. That´s why the recent Albania´s entries have been so bad. Even this year nobody wanted this song to win and go to Eurovision @@marsukarhu9477
Second viewer lol nice
Albania sometimes falls into this trap of sending technically-nice-but-also-not-interesting songs and I think that happened once again this year. As a result, I can't say I care much for this entry. This may be an unpopular opinion but I would've much rather seen them embrace the chaos and send Mal (the actual FiK winner) to Eurovision instead. He's not a good singer at all but he seems hilarious and would've at least made for great backstage content lol.
The studio version was the first time I heard the song and I quite like it but I'm gonna wait until the revamp before I can decide where I would rank it 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
Hey there everyone, Albanian here. I was reading the comments, and I have to say that I agree with the overall majority of folks here that find this song unimpressive.
It is a shame for Besa Kokedhima is a seasoned singer. In my opinion(even though i have been living abroad for over 15 years), Festivali i Këngës for the past couple of years has pretty much gone downhill.
It used to have really high standards and now has become a mediocer show. I believe some has to do with the fact that In Albania pop music has taken over and many singers dont focus on the quality of their voice and the content of the songs but rather whatever sells which now is garbage music(which is a phenomena happening all over the world if you ask me).
I hope the owner of this youtube channel reads this comment, for i would recommend to her to react to Besas rendition of ederlezi( serbian romani folk music) for it truly showcases Besa Kokedhima skills as a singer and in my opening one of the best renditions of the song.
Happy New Year!!
Albania do love their serious ballads by female singers, don't they? I mean, it's nice but will be firmly on the right of the scoreboard if it qualifies.
Also, your HAIR!
Great song, with a slight revamp, it could go out of the Bottom 5 in the Grand Final. But a qualifier for sure. Maybe not a winner or Top 5 or Top 10, though.
I jsut feel like this song is not catchy enough compared with other Albanian songs, but it's probably going to get revamped, will see!
I feel like if this chorus is anything, its catchy, compared to other Albanian entries...
First of all… it’s Albania and of course they’ll revamp. In this case I’m hopeful it will improve the song, it could need some polish - but should probably stay in Albanian.
It’s a decent song and I do like the tone of her voice. Any qualification chances will fully depend on the revamp though.
As it is right now, I doubt it would qualify because the Eurovision audience is very different from the Albanian audience. But after a revamp? Maybe.
Albania is getting very predictable, female, ballad, some ethnic vibes and boobs. I think they need to change it up if they want to break into top half one day.
This is a high quality pop power ballad, but this kind of content is like poison to the fandom these days. I'm a fan, though. It's funny--there are so few ballads this year, but I think maybe all of them are in semi final 2? I could be wrong. I know Latvia and Belgium are definitely in there.
I think this is the kind of song peoples keep saying its bad until the pre parties and rehearsal and then it turns out great and qualifies. Not so sure about the revamp though. Wish she would've just given us albanian orchestra balllad vibes
@@achnix3167 I'm not going to lie: the revamp didn't work for me at all. It kind of removed most of what I liked about the entry. :(
@@ESCVerso i didnt really love the first studio version either, same issue with the production and vocals so im hopeful it will just come alive again on stage. But yeah, revamp didnt quite hit the mark. Just singing it in Albanian would already improve it
Kakasximi Alvanoi xaxaax kai apo foni klafta Xaralampe...
Love your new hair! The song not so much.
beautiful song, great singer, but it would have been more interesting, if they had sent the actual FiK winner, who has great hair and is muscular, the perfect combination between Andrew Lambrou and Bojan. I think, this guy would have made me forget about Jann, my biggest 2023 NF crush. 🤍❤ lol, maybe he could go to Malmö in some capacity, maybe as a dancer or announcing Albania's jury points! Yeah, the FiK jury really consisted of gay men and straight women who were horny as fuck, while it's the public, who's putting performance over appearance, as they voted for one of the few memorable tracks out of this already weak final. But you can see, that the public knows more about music than the corrupt juries do. (except when it comes to Spain 2023, of course. Viva La Blanca Paloma 🕊🕊🕊)
Some people say that "sassy" part is iconic but i also don´t connect with it, feels so out of touch with the song. As it is i dont think this will qualify but we all know Albania is the master of revamps so we will see...
Is-Sena t-Tajba, Rachel
It is a boring song. 0 points from me