I agree about Gunnhild being a perfect name for someone singing this song 😊. It's a sad story again from the darkness of old ages but I love it being that authentically nordic. I can imagine a lonely wolf in the dark cold forest with northern lights dancing in the winter sky...
I have mentioned elsewhere I detested this song on first listen. But I was captivated and thoroughly impressed by the live performances at MGP. I actually caught myself humming the chorus this morning while getting my first cup of coffee. This is not the kind of thing I catch myself humming. I think I am in love. And I like it!
I am totally in love with this. The way Gäte and especially Gunnhild draws you in, you feel the weight of the song eventhough you don't understand the words. The whole performance is spine chilling. Perfect storytelling. The symbolism in the original lyrics is still reflected in the present day which is equal parts sad and also strangely reassuring for some reason? For me at least. It is good to be able to reach into the past to ground you in the present and find strength to face what lies ahead. This is my undisputed number one now. It has edged further away from my 2nd place by a comfortable lead😊 Thank you for the great (and very funny!!😂) explanation video! ❤
@@thomasnorb4077 Sorry mate! Honest mistake! I'll be more mindful about typing it correctly next time, don't want to offend an entire nation :-) I'll send an extra vote to Norway in the semi to make up for it!
I quite enjoy they start digging up old songs and sing in their language of them! However, if it becomes a trend, I hope the texts won't be bent or changed too much just to fit "modern audiences", cuz I do like the originals to be preserved and remembered. Gåte seems to do this rather professional though so I do find her as a big qualifier!
I am a Eurovision fan. And I am fascinated by songs like this. at the same time think it's a LOT of noise at the same time as well. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. At the same time, do we need more songs that need any explanation within any live show, or will we be better off with songs that just speak for themself on a first hearing? That being said: love what you do. 😍
You miss a few things: the idea of the curse with the brother’s blood, is that at that time there is no brother! Our heroine is an only child, when her father remarries, so the curse cannot be broken. Devious curse! And then, when the stepmother is pregnant, it is by our heroine’s father, so the child the stepmother is carrying is the heroine’s half-brother, not stepbrother. And in the Danish version it’s specified, that the wolf carefully bites the child out of the womb, so that he survives, and she takes good care of her little half-brother.
Also, ham means skin (very old fashioned word), but this word is also used specifically for a transformation device into an animal. In the Norse mythology, Loke often transforms into a raven using a “ravneham”. So it’s a magical skin of an animal that you put on to transform into that animal.
I wish I knew if the unveiling of what the song is about will increase or decrease Norway's chance of getting to the podium, but I don't know the zeitgeist of the European ESC fans.
I agree about Gunnhild being a perfect name for someone singing this song 😊. It's a sad story again from the darkness of old ages but I love it being that authentically nordic. I can imagine a lonely wolf in the dark cold forest with northern lights dancing in the winter sky...
I have mentioned elsewhere I detested this song on first listen. But I was captivated and thoroughly impressed by the live performances at MGP. I actually caught myself humming the chorus this morning while getting my first cup of coffee. This is not the kind of thing I catch myself humming. I think I am in love. And I like it!
This makes the song even more awesome! I'm so curious what they're gonna do on the big stage.
I suspect it will be quite similar. Thanks for watching 🤗
I am totally in love with this. The way Gäte and especially Gunnhild draws you in, you feel the weight of the song eventhough you don't understand the words. The whole performance is spine chilling. Perfect storytelling. The symbolism in the original lyrics is still reflected in the present day which is equal parts sad and also strangely reassuring for some reason? For me at least. It is good to be able to reach into the past to ground you in the present and find strength to face what lies ahead.
This is my undisputed number one now. It has edged further away from my 2nd place by a comfortable lead😊
Thank you for the great (and very funny!!😂) explanation video!
❤
Gåte, not Gäte. It's a very different sound. Even worse, ä is Swedish! That's a serious crime in Norway ;)
@@thomasnorb4077 Sorry mate! Honest mistake! I'll be more mindful about typing it correctly next time, don't want to offend an entire nation :-) I'll send an extra vote to Norway in the semi to make up for it!
Hahaha ä is also German. Probably even worse 😅🤗
@@eurovisionhistories hahaha
I hope they make another music video that showcases the events of the story! Maybe even for the full version of the song, it would be perfect!
I quite enjoy they start digging up old songs and sing in their language of them! However, if it becomes a trend, I hope the texts won't be bent or changed too much just to fit "modern audiences", cuz I do like the originals to be preserved and remembered. Gåte seems to do this rather professional though so I do find her as a big qualifier!
I am a Eurovision fan. And I am fascinated by songs like this. at the same time think it's a LOT of noise at the same time as well. I'm not saying that's a bad thing.
At the same time, do we need more songs that need any explanation within any live show, or will we be better off with songs that just speak for themself on a first hearing?
That being said: love what you do. 😍
love this! I subscribe
Thanks
Do you like the song?
I just love-love-love the song 🐺
I am really getting into it too now
@@eurovisionhistories Can I ask if after learning about the story, the ecstatic last chorus is not too intense anymore?
Ulveham is my winner of ESC 2024. I can't see anybody dethrone it at this point, only a tie is possible.
Yeees, very powerfull
Do you think I got the meaning right? Anything I missed?
You miss a few things: the idea of the curse with the brother’s blood, is that at that time there is no brother! Our heroine is an only child, when her father remarries, so the curse cannot be broken. Devious curse! And then, when the stepmother is pregnant, it is by our heroine’s father, so the child the stepmother is carrying is the heroine’s half-brother, not stepbrother. And in the Danish version it’s specified, that the wolf carefully bites the child out of the womb, so that he survives, and she takes good care of her little half-brother.
Also, ham means skin (very old fashioned word), but this word is also used specifically for a transformation device into an animal. In the Norse mythology, Loke often transforms into a raven using a “ravneham”. So it’s a magical skin of an animal that you put on to transform into that animal.
@regitzeillum6713 thank you for that!
Good i now bettre of this song smil and i liket alot.
Great explanation! 😊
Thank youuu
My bloders brood 😄😄
I wish I knew if the unveiling of what the song is about will increase or decrease Norway's chance of getting to the podium, but I don't know the zeitgeist of the European ESC fans.
An idea for future videos ; Does the song actually matter nowadays to win the eurovision?
It does. That will be a short I guess
Presumably very dead 😂😂😂 You are such a cutie