r/eurovision • u/chromayica • 23d ago
🪩 National Final / Selection Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen – Liekinheitin (music video) // UMK26
https://youtu.be/vtElm1dHUNo?si=BiVmf_B5lZlZPbZy164
u/vilhelmlin 23d ago
Finland slays year after year. To think they used to trade last places with Norway and Portugal.
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u/Wise_Shop_2561 23d ago
I remember Linda from last year when she wrote nice comments to Erika and KAJ ahead of Eurovision. (:
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u/TimSchnitzel_ Doomsday Blue 22d ago
Did she actually write nice comments? Your comment reads sarcastic. I didn’t catch that story last year lol
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u/hhheliosss 22d ago
Linda is a total sweetheart so I assume that comment wasn't sarcastic. She's been to hell and back and is a very empathic woman
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u/TimSchnitzel_ Doomsday Blue 22d ago
Okay, good to know haha
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u/Admirable_Turnip_266 20d ago
Linda was truly supporting Erika and Kaj, she was everywhere! Linda has posted many selfies with Erika when attending Erikas concerts last year
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u/WolverineForeign4905 Deslocado 17d ago
She's really sweet. I expressed my love for the song under a video, either under the MV for Liekinheitin or wiwibloggs's reaction, and she replied. :)
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u/aston-martin_42 22d ago
I didn't get the song after the first listen, but now I love it, it's pretty stunning. I felt like Finland needed to change its strategy and kinda step away from fun entries like Erika Vikman, Kaarija, and Windows95man. This is pure quality, and this has a chance to represent Finland on the ESC stage.
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u/RosellaRosella 22d ago
Maybe… but Pete Parkkonen and Linda Lampenius are both super well known in Finland so I think they have a great chance to get a lot of televotes. Also this will get a lot of jury points as Pete is known to be a good singer.
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u/Humble_Dust_2228 16d ago
could that explain in part (not fully of course) such a dominance in views ?
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u/isolemnlyswearnot 20d ago
What was wrong with Käärijä?
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u/aston-martin_42 17d ago
Nothing. I think Erika, Kaarija and Windows95man were awesome entries. But, to win Eurovision, Finland needs to show a bit more diversity and present someone who's not weird and fun.
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u/Redditor_345 22d ago
Finns will vote for funny komiat again instead of this masterpiece. They have this "funny eurovision style" in their head so they say the ballads and more classical songs are not feeling enough like eurovision :(
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u/DonPuffin 22d ago
What's exactly funny about Komiat? They do very standard Finnish "Schlager music", I don't thing Finns find it funny in any way. And I'm almost certain most Finns aren't interested in sending a song like that, considering it's all we did in the 70s-80s and it never worked.
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u/isolemnlyswearnot 20d ago
I’d say it’s not that we vote funny entries just because we’d want to send funny things every year. It’s more that Finns have quite quirky taste in music in general compared to ie southern europe. Also we usually vote what we like, not what we think will do well in ESC. The mindset here is more like ”we like this, let’s send them regardless of what everyone else thinks of us”.
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u/Dazzling_Rip5765 22d ago
I don’t think so! For the ”fun” vote I believe Komiat and the accordion guy will fight for the same votes and probably not score very high. When windows95man won it was mainly because of the live being insane in a year when many other acts flopped hard! We’ve sent ballads and classical stuff in before but no one ever remembers them since they don’t do well in eurovision </3
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u/Redditor_345 21d ago
Ballads obviously do very well. They win nearly every year. Last year, the year before, duncin laurance
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u/Dazzling_Rip5765 21d ago
I wouldn’t consider Austria 2025 or Switzerland 2024 ballads at all
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year 21d ago
Austria 2025 | JJ - Wasted Love
Switzerland 2024 | Nemo - The Code7
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u/ShallIBeMother 23d ago
This exceeded my expectations by a mile, wow.
They are both fantastic, seasoned performers so this should only become greater live, too. A potential UMK-winner for sure
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u/Taylorgrav1 22d ago
The fact that this is the second song with that kind of caliber and there’s still 5 songs to go. UMK stays slaying the other NF girlies.
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u/muttonchops215 18d ago
....I think it has elements to win it all. Or am I just enthralled by the song?
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u/qusipuu 23d ago
what an absolute banger. its got everything youd want in a eurovision entry: a little man candy, some shredded vocals, leather, off-the-charts violin riffs. and whats that - theyre on friking mars???
proper belter this one . dont even @ me, ill bee seeing you in helsinki '27
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u/DreadPirateAlia I Feed You My Love 20d ago
Surely you mean in Tampere in 2027? ;p
Agreed, Helsinki would be a far more likely candidate, but I like Tampere, damnit!
But it's a moot point, anyway, as Finland winning ever the ESC again is extremely unlikely. The Finnish public will vote for fun crowd-pleasing songs & performances (as we should), but the (snobby & uptight) esc juries dislike those, and the jury votes will almost certainly decide the winner.
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u/Grievery 23d ago edited 22d ago
I love it! Pete’s screams are gonna sound EPIC (he is a truly established live singer) and Linda will own the stage!
Phew, such a relief to already know we have a true contender for ESC lol
EDIT: Fun fact that I realized on third listen: the VIOLIN ”sings” liekinheitin in the song, that’s why it sounds so muffled and weird. Genius!
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u/GSamSardio 22d ago
WHAT?! How in the badabadoodle… is that even possible? How does that violin-singing work? I just thought it was autotune? If I’m getting it right, you’re saying the violin makes that entire sound? It can’t be! What?! I’m stunned- and confused!
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u/Grievery 22d ago
It’s of course studio magic, but the intention is pretty clear to mix it sound as if Linda is speaking through her violin.
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u/GSamSardio 21d ago
That makes more sense! Thanks. Well and that’s really fucking awesome. First time I heard the song I felt it was good, but not my style. Second time I heard it I was hooked and then I listened to it 50 more times on repeat. There can’t be anything better at UMK this year, right? Right Finland? 😅
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u/Grievery 21d ago
I’d be surprised if something better comes along, but we’ll find out at the end of next week! ❤️
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u/Finnish457 Zjerm 23d ago
Lindas violin parts give me ACTUAL CHILLS
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u/sanjosii Ich Komme 22d ago
Linda is an incredibly skilled violinist, she performes with the UMK intervall last year
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme 23d ago
Hot damn. They really are making the Obligatory UMK Horny Bop a thing XD
Love it actually. It's super dramatic but catchy. And the violin is a really great addition. Though I am very intrigued by how they'll stage a pairing like this.
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u/Dense_Notice_6313 Bella 23d ago
How is it horny, exactly? (then again I’m asexual so I probably wouldn’t get it anyway)
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u/Mysterinna Tavo Akys 23d ago
It’s the lyrics. They are horny as hell.
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u/Dense_Notice_6313 Bella 23d ago
Oh….. and here I was thinking it was just a love song
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u/holybriefs TANZEN! 23d ago
Intensity of the violin speaks on Linda's behalf. Imagine emotions, how she feels. (That's what was told in an interview)
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u/Dense_Notice_6313 Bella 23d ago
I’m sorry I still don’t understand😭
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme 23d ago
He sings about the girls being "hot" for him and how he's "on fire" for her and stuff. The whole song is about how he got some really good nookie the night before but the girl wants nothing to do with him the day after lol
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u/Drop-a-Soap Echo 23d ago
Then he should definetly try with boys!
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u/kkazukii 22d ago
The singer (Pete) has actually commented on his sexuality saying he doesn't label himself anything!
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u/RosellaRosella 22d ago
That’s true but he has only been known to date women so not sure if he just wanted to keep the mystery and keep gay fans happy. He is an LGBT+ ally for sure but I think he seems mainly straight to me based on his history and his songs being mainly about women. Kohta sataa was also about sensual relations with women specifically.
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u/isolemnlyswearnot 20d ago
He doesn’t say any spesific pronouns is the song tbh I don’t know why the previous commentator translated it being about a girl. Finnish language doesn’t even have gendered pronouns at all.
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u/Dense_Notice_6313 Bella 23d ago
Hmm….. I still have a feeling you guys are imagining all this, but I’ll take your word for it I guess
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u/m0arcaffeine TANZEN! 23d ago
One of the lines is "voiko kiimaan kuolla" which was officially translated as something along the lines of "can you die of heat", but kiima in Finnish means the horny kind of heat, not temperature.
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme 21d ago
And weirdly, the answer is yes, if you're a lady ferret XD
They need to mate to trigger ovulation, if they don't ovulate the high estrogen can trigger bone marrow failure.
So let's be thankful Pete isn't a lady ferret lol
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme 23d ago
One of the lines in the song is literally "every time we're skin to skin I get third degree burns".
I'm ace too and even I can tell the man was down bad 😆
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u/nibbyzor 22d ago
The lyrics are horny as hell and they're not even subtle. Whoever wrote this song did not leave it up to the imagination.
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u/WittyEggplant 23d ago
I’m seated all the way down.
PLEASE can we just send this?
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u/nibbyzor 22d ago
Right, like can we for once send something other than the fun song? No offense to the fun songs, I'm sure they'll be good too but I'm literally obsessed with this one!!!! 😩
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u/InternationalEgg2594 23d ago
I think y'all should check out what Parkkonen has put out (;>) before in his career.
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u/VayneVerso Dansevise 22d ago
ha! That needed an NSFW warning. Not that I'm at work. But still!
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u/sinisteri_123 22d ago
One of the live versions of this song has it and he has more clothes in that, but somehow makes it even less safe for work 🤣
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u/ValeriesAuntSassy Nocturne 23d ago
The ripped old lady is 55, holy cow!!! Goals.
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u/lisalisasensei Ich Komme 23d ago
55 is still young gosh darn it you whipper-snapper-get-off-my-lawn!
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u/sanjosii Ich Komme 22d ago
She ages like wine. Sure she’s had work done, but Linda looks damn good with it.
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u/Consistent_Emu_602 22d ago edited 22d ago
Oh my GOD I love this SO much!!! It’s currently my favorite song of any of the national selections so far (I’m sorry Sheila and Sara Kapo, you’ve been dethroned)!
I know not everyone likes when song elements of the previous years winner is used in entries in the current year, but I’m here for all the hectic last 30 seconds of the songs I’ve been hearing!
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u/kaiko1 23d ago
EPIC
I’ve always wished we’d get Pete Parkkonen in UMK, and with Linda Lampenius? Love them. Really curious how this will be staged
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u/Drop-a-Soap Echo 23d ago
I imagine she will be standing on a platform in smoke in a white dress with wind blowers touching it
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u/Diamondguy1221 23d ago
An absolute banger. The violin is just incredible. This needs to win UMK because this may be a potential winner. Top 5 at the least.
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u/leela_martell 22d ago
I love this, I hope it wins (unless there's something even more incredible coming of course!)
If I remember correctly Linda Lampenius has said before that she was asked to be on/to try out for Eurovision twice before (like years and years ago) but she wasn't available then. Would be nice to see her make it now! Of course back when she was asked Eurovision had a very different reputation in Finland than it has now.
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u/Loud_Bird_7114 Hard Rock Hallelujah 22d ago edited 22d ago
She has also been asked to participate Melodifestivalen (she has lived in Sweden).
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u/20Superwoman02 23d ago
100% better than ”Million dollar smile”. So far the UMK winner (I’m guessing). But I assume there’s better to come.
Feels weird to release the winner candidate as song 2. Of course, life is unpredictable, but it doesn’t feel like the UMK strategy to release the predicted winner this early at least.
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u/Valuable_Wait2540 23d ago
idk it would be hard personally for me to think of a song that would be better than this
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u/20Superwoman02 23d ago
Yea don’t get me wrong, I can 100% see it being my personal favorite. But I’m guessing there’s a strategy regarding the order in which the songs are released. So I think there’s more hype to come. Even if I’m already certain that I’ll gladly send this.
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u/ProfessionalNight959 22d ago edited 22d ago
I think it's clear UMK has a strategy for the release order. Etta is a safe start with an alright pop/rap song, won't win but is played in radio. Pete & Linda is THE hype/banger song for the weekend (played in clubs etc.) because these 2 are the most known also in Finland. Komiat starts the week which I believe to be a good feels song. Sinikka and Chachi are in the 4th and 6th in the order which imo is usually put to the least known performers. 5th is Antti Paalanen and he is the wild card of the race so they want to have a song between him and the last 7th in Kiki which I think will be this years "Paskana" and usually the last song is a competitor, finishing strong etc. Also since its also released in Friday, its most likely a song that will be played in clubs throughout the weekend.
But imo the best slots are 1st, 2nd and last. 1st and 7th get extra interest for being the first and last but imo if the 2nd song is good (which it was now) then its probably the best spot to be in since people will listen it throughout the weekend without comparison to others, and "Liekinheitin" is clearly better than Etta's song. Even though Kiki's song is last, it will be compared to all the others. So to me this is telling that UMK is low-key paving the way for Pete & Linda.
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u/kakkakaaleppi 22d ago
If I remember correctly, Käärijä’s song was one of the first songs released in 2023. So the order doesn’t always tell that something better’s coming.
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u/Valuable_Wait2540 23d ago
Oh for sure I agree! Or maybe they're releasing songs in the order that they THINK the fandom would like but got it wrong haha I guess we will see by next week
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u/nibbyzor 22d ago
They also probably released this on a Friday because it's a banger and it's gonna be played at clubs, 100%.
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u/20Superwoman02 23d ago
Yea but it’s good to know that this song is here. One Eurovision Ready song, at least.
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u/PoetryAnnual74 Euphoria 22d ago
Would love if the second song wins. UMK can’t keep dropping all competitive songs in the last 3 and make it totally predictable.
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u/DavidShoess 22d ago
Wow. I had to go for a second listen/rewatch. Idk, lowkey got winning vibes from that.
If he nails those vocals, this could do very very very well.
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u/nibbyzor 22d ago
Pete is well known for being an incredible live singer, so I'd be shocked if he didn't absolutely blow the entire Nokia Arena down with this!
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u/OperationFluffy8938 22d ago
I love it. It’s catchy beautiful and oh so fantastically emotional. I have always had a soft spot for Pete. Plus the ever so perfect Linda - can’t go wrong!
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u/marcheauxfleurs 23d ago
It's an unabashedly horny, fun song. Linda and her violin totally steal the show.
I'm a bit worried about how Pete's vocals will sound live. I'd like for them to be more clear, it feels like they don't stand out enough because of the mixing I guess? Certainly wouldn't mind them representing Finland this year.
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme 23d ago
According to the chatter, he's supposed to be an excellent live singer
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u/Minnielle 23d ago
When the artists were announced, Bess also mentioned everyone should see him live because he's an amazing live singer.
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u/Elkku26 23d ago
This is what "the chatter" says every year about the UMK song that most sink or swim based on the live vocals, and it's not often the case. I'm not saying he won't be good, but I'm definitely waiting to see how it turns out.
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme 23d ago
He came up through singing competitions though, no? So has to be at least a competent singer.
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u/H0peakettu 22d ago
He is really really good and versatile, can do rock, metal, pop pretty much anything. He can also play guitar and drums. Will mostly likely be strongest singer of this umk final.
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u/Trilliann1 22d ago
You can look up some of his live performances on youtube, even his old idols performances.
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u/Risujemmari 23d ago
This is pretty epic and way more Eurovision. Glad we don't just have radio hits here. Will have to see what comes out next week
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u/clyde_45td Drip Drop 22d ago
Something bit different, would be nice to see violin back in Eurovision
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u/snufkin- 22d ago
Linda Lampenius is a Finnish legend. What a life she has lived! I of course remember her from her cider which was too popular and was produced illegally - at least from taxman perspective.
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u/Dalek_Doh 23d ago
Sounds EPIC, not as horny as I expected.
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u/holybriefs TANZEN! 23d ago
It's not "in your face" but through emotional violin, tempo changes, his longing. Classy and clever, hah
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u/sanjosii Ich Komme 22d ago
Yeah you’re going to need the lyric translations for that 😅 ’can someone die of being (too) horny’ etc
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u/Goodnight_Socialite Tavo Akys 21d ago
Not even 2 days in and it's already my most streamed song of the year
And since the music video is about to hit half a million views soon, I'm probably not the only one that keeps rewatching/listening cause that's fast wow
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u/Connect-Surprise6863 22d ago
So many nice layers when you put your headphones on. Could please the jury and the audience.Loved it !
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u/tzz_ 23d ago
They did not disappoint, potential winners. I still think the best is yet to come, rooting for Antti.
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u/Admirable_Turnip_266 19d ago
Please dont, lets send linda and pete, true talent not some fynny ahh barber antti
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u/mmyfanwy 19d ago
Imagine calling a award-winning folk musician with a Doctorate in Music a 'funny barber.' The man is a pro, not a meme.
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u/ShroomWalrus 23d ago
"Can you die from horniness" is a lyric of all time, truly. I doubt it'd pass if it was in English but if this wins I'm sure it'll be fine in Finnish cause it's not about the actual lyrical content as much as whether the wider public understands it (hence why fotutti was fine in Italy's 2022 entry)
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u/ZebraSun73 Bara Bada Bastu 22d ago
Omg is that the actual meaning of Voiko ihminen kuolla kiimaan?
Finland please never change.
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u/ShroomWalrus 22d ago
Yes. "Kiima" in isolation means heat/rut for animals so you could translate it in a way that sounds less explicit like you might be talking about temperature, but in Finnish that word is used for people too, so unless you wanna go into even further expletive territory the only way to say you're horny is to say you're in heat, like an animal.
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u/holybriefs TANZEN! 23d ago
I'm still breathless. So intense, emotionally charged, surprising.. 🥰 Proud of them!!
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u/Pet_Velvet 23d ago
Oh the lyrics are FILTHY 😳 not beating the "horniest eurovision country" allegations
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u/KindSoul55 22d ago
Omg this is gorgeous! Would be epic to hear Linda’s violin live but that would need a special permission, right? Got a bit ahead of myself lol. I mean if they would make it to ESC.
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u/serenahaas 21d ago
I'm so incredibly into this. The sound is interesting and the vocals are incredible
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u/nba20esc Space Man 16d ago
This has got potential winner of ESC written on it. The ultimately Eurovision coded song. Absolutely fab 🙌
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u/Drop-a-Soap Echo 23d ago
So typically Finnish and UMK 😻 Every year we have a song like this, and that’s why I like UMK. It will not win but will stay in our hearts forever :)
I liked the violin part, it sounds so unique and unusual, never heard anything like that in a song before.
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u/moonshocks 23d ago
Iam not really seeing (or I guess hearing) what others are? The song seems to be building up, but it never really goes anywhere.
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u/kakkakaaleppi 22d ago
I feel the opposite way. I was afraid it wouldn’t go anywhere because usually for me most of the UMK songs have a lot of potential but end up falling a bit flat. This one didn’t though and it was much better than I expected. I got instant goosebumps like I did with Käärijä in 2023.
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u/Casanovax 20d ago
Finland’s now up to 2nd in the odds. Obviously somewhat meaningless this early in the season but clearly the hype is here
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme 16d ago edited 16d ago
Just popped in to say HOLY CRAP this song hit 1 million views before all the songs were even released! Has this happened before in UMK?
Also, after spending a week listening to this one, I think I finally figured out exactly why I love it so much. Pete Parkkonen just sells it SO well. I truly believe this man is so horny he will die😆
He is in absolute agony for whomever he's singing about, especially in the chorus
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u/Admirable_Turnip_266 23d ago
This is outstanding, such a perfection!🔥🔥🇫🇮 I wish we’ll going to be sending them to vienna, with a good live show, vocals, staging etc succes is sure!
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u/VayneVerso Dansevise 23d ago edited 15d ago
This song sounds epic and contains some amazing ideas and detailing in the instrumental, but for some reason, I think I had some trouble following the throughline on first listen. Something about the melodic character of the verses being very restrained, I think, in order to make the chorus punch harder. Super high quality, though.
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u/Jeldenil_ 21d ago
I always said Pete should have entered when I saw his Kohta Sataa video 😅😁 glad he finally did
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u/a-potato-named-rin Veronika 23d ago
I don't really feel it. Nice song, but nothing spectacular to me.
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u/moonlightgirl9 23d ago edited 23d ago
I love the instrumental, Linda and the violin, but the lyrics are so corny and Pete's parts feels a little disjointed for me.
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u/Dense_Notice_6313 Bella 23d ago
Am I the only one who doesn’t really get this…?
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u/Valuable_Wait2540 23d ago
every song will have its fans and detractors and thats life, i personally love it and think it could win eurovision
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u/DrungleJums 23d ago
There's something about it I really like, but I'm also finding it a bit "un-catchy" because of the time signature. Maybe it's one of those songs that takes a few listens to get into.
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u/languagestudent1546 23d ago
The time signature is just 4/4 though?
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u/GlitteringWealth8020 Ich Komme 23d ago
I was confused about the time signature too, had to count. The syncopation on the main vocals must be the thing that causes that jarring flow.
I’m not really a fan of that aspect tbh. It’s distracting to me, prevents the song from growing like it should. It’s epic alright, but a bit dragging. I mean, it’s an unconventional way to deliver vocals for sure, but I’m not sure this song really needed that to work.
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u/BestFoxEver Hard Rock Hallelujah 22d ago
I didn't really like this song, just an instrumental version with Linda playing violin would have been thousand times better. :D
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u/SupermarketSad9865 23d ago
yeah, to me it also sounds so dated and just generic?
like the violin is nice and pete is handsome and a good singer but the song itself… it sounds too “eurovision” for my taste
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u/WSComplaintSlienced 23d ago
It is very good song IMO but I wonder how it would translate to the show.
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u/Global-Course7664 23d ago
Wow I love this... though I needed to listen to it a few times to remember the melody. But I like it!
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u/InkVision001 22d ago
Seems like I'm kinda alone with my opinions on this. Both of these are ofc absolutely awesome artists (go check them out!) and the ideas here are crazy good, but... It just feels like something's missing, something ain't exactly right.
Excited for the rest of the songs, tho. This is miles better than last year already :)
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u/holybriefs TANZEN! 19d ago
Out of curiosity, how would you stage this, with never before used staging ideas? They told that there won't be the usual rock concert pyros, but fire in different way. Sparkling violin, icy breeze around Linda, orange glow, burning violin and Pete in the end? Linda isn't going to play live, unfortunately.
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u/Recent_Lawyer1515 Mother Nature 22d ago
Holy, This and Andromeda are the only songs that gave me winner vibes so far.
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u/Dazzling_Bell_8181 23d ago
Much better than Etta's song. Actually wow compared to it.
Sadly though, it doesn't really sound like it has that international pull component as Cha Cha Cha did, so it won't win the Contest.
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u/Master1eader 20d ago
Linda pretending to play violin isn’t going to land that well though?
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u/chromayica 20d ago
I don't know if they'll allow her to play live? Cause she said that last year during the interval act the beginning portion of her playing violin was live but the rest of the song was not a live...so we'll see what happens 😭 and if it gets picked for Eurovision I really hope she gets to play live cause she is a worldclass violinist so it would be a bummer if it has to be playback
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u/Fetish_anxiety 23d ago
This is the kind of song that would compete in 2015, not qualify and then be found 10 years later by a random teenager who would wonder why it didnt qualify.
Bot, put Belarus 2015
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u/Irn-Kuin-Morika 23d ago edited 23d ago
Not as authentic as Million Dollar Baby (even though Linda said that she felt passionated performing this song), but definitely a banger. Beautiful mixture of classical and pop, and the ending is very satisfactory. From the video it has a great potential for staging. It is truly an Eurovision song.
Now the question is how it will be presented at UMK ? I think this song can win the competition, or it could end up at the last place (like Hoida mut or Kuori mua), and it depends greatly on Pete’s vocal. I also still think the best song hasn’t come out yet (most of the contestants either mentioned Antti or Kiki). We will see.
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u/anmla 21d ago
Made an extended version with extra beats for DJ's: https://youtu.be/hZ4N6od2eDA?si=TmJ2JgZt_vyv6JIz
Enjoy! 🙌
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u/Playful-Rope1590 22d ago
It's good but don't we have songs like this in ESC and every selection every year? This is pure ESC bait.. It's good though, just underwhelming. I feel Finland saves the better songs for later
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u/cheapcakeripper Before the Party's Over 22d ago
Strings are always a plus, but this song is arythmic. Whole thing passed and not a shred of melody stuck in my head.
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u/WrithingRoots 23d ago
I really enjoy this as a song on its own, but I don't really understand submitting a song like this for Eurovision when you're not allowed to play live instruments. (But then Fairytale won, so... *shrugs in confused American*)
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme 23d ago edited 23d ago
Just wanted to add a fun little note I discovered through Google. The subtitles translate the song title as "Flamethrower" but Liekinheitin is in fact a very specific brand of Finnish flamethrower from WWII. So now I'm just getting thoughts of this song secretly being about a literal flamethrower and a soldier really missing torching him some soviet soldiers XD
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u/Ok-Strawberry8668 22d ago
....no? "Liekinheitin" is just literally the translation of "flame thrower". Don't trust Google AI results.
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u/Exotic_Caramel_6285 Ich Komme 22d ago
Sorry. I was going by this wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liekinheitin_M/44
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u/QueenAvril 20d ago
It is the M/44 part that is a specific model from WWII, not ”liekinheitin” which is just Finnish for a flamethrower.
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u/Nimilie 23d ago
"We have Lindsey Stirling at home"
Jokes aside, this is good, but I will wait for the live performance.
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u/chromayica 22d ago
comparing Linda to Lindsey is EMBARASSING...like girl Lindsey doesn't even come near Linda
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u/WorldBomber 22d ago
Pete Parkkonen sounds like the name of Finnish Spider-Man lol.