The official video is already viewed over 1.6M times after some hours. The other song that has the number of views took several days to arrive to that.
Iam dutch in februari turnt 50 en tis is the genre i like its the 90's the best time of my live..... i just love it super song Joost klein geweldig gedaan papa is vast trots
Im Dutch and i can assure you, we are proud as can be! The song is not meant to be a joke (its an ode to Europe and his parents (who died when he was young)), but to glorify everything in Europe. To be able to see everyone without a visum needed (think about his parent, ouch). But in the end, its happy hardcore, not meant to overthink it. Just forget about everything when you listen to it and go mental, let it all out. After that, we can all go back to being boring. I love it! Letsgoooooooo Joost!
The thing is, the lyrics are actually very deep and poetic in a comedic and melancholic way. I can't imagine anyone will grasp it all on first listen, that goes for Dutch speakers as well. I think the song is mostly about enjoying traveling across Europe - wether actually traveling or mostly in his fantasy , because of the financial constraints that he mentions - and by doing this feeling close to his late father who used to tell him that boundaries (including borders) are not real and only made up by people. By traveling and partying he is running from himself, and can't help feeling sad and alone as well. Because his parents aren't there anymore. Hence the reference to the Papaoutai song, in which Stromae sings about an absent father as well. Plus, making it to Eurovision is something he told his parents as a child that he would do. So it's also about showing his parents that he indeed made it to Europe's biggest stage. Well, at least that is my take on it.
@@markuserikssenI get that. I think this goes for the large majority of people. So I see the issue that Shaun talks about, when it comes to people not understanding the message. But I don't think singing in English would fix much. It would still require more attention to the lyrics than most people would give it. I guess it's good that English subtitles are available for those who want to understand more, though 😃
@@tim-2721 Yeah I totally get that! I hope he manages to convey that message during the performance, but also before it during interviews and such. But I have faith in him!
A happy hardcore / gabber song. It doesn't get any more Dutch than this. Used to jump around on this kind of music years ago. I just love it. Happy that he is representing our country.
As an immediate neighbor of the Netherlands I thank you for sending some of your madness and humor to Eurovision. As long as we are Belgian we can only appreciate. Thanks also to the message that all countries in Europe can laugh in the same way and at the same thing while respecting each other enormously and keeping their individualities. And thank you very much for sending a song in your language
The Netherlands are absolutely loving it. It's a combination of popular sounds from different music generations combined with an 'outside the border' style. Letsgooo
I’m Dutch and didn’t know Joost Klein’s work before it was announced that he would represent us. Beforehand I honestly was equal parts curious and hesitant because this could go many ways haha. Honestly I LOVE the song. It’s super catchy, yes the lyrics are really good, the videoclip and music genre is so old school Dutch it brings me back to my teenage years in the best possible way. This is like core Dutch music for you. I really hope the viewers and jury can appreciate it as well!
As someone from Friesland, where Joost is also from, I'm very proud of what he has achieved. Even though I'm not always a fan of his music style, I really like this entry. It's fun, catchy, and has a deeper meaning to it. The last seconds gave me goosebumps and even tears, as I knew the meaning behind the song. Besides that, Joost is just a great person and knows how to convey a meaningful message in an effective way, so I don't have doubts about his live performance. 😁 Also, Joost had a number 1 song in Germany, Switzerland and Austria last summer (called Friesenjung), so he has a fanbase over there. He has also been on popular Belgian tv shows.
From the Netherlands. I frigging love it. I love we're doing it in Dutch, if you don't get it, learn the language. Song has a lot of meanings I figure, you need to listen to it multiple times to figure it all out. Treat it as a painting. Interpret it as your own.
Im dutch and to make it less easy, even the videoclip is like a renaissance painting with all hidden layers in it :) It's a lot to digest you need to see the making of the video to understand a little bit more of all the appearances :) Like old contestants of the ESF (Rene Froger (shine) and S10) Emma (who was screaming louder then a national alarm when duncan laurence won the ESF), the co-writer (last supper), Paul Elstak for the Gabber piece (actually gabber is a sub culture for all the working class people who felt left themselves outside (the black sheeps) during the 90's, united in their australian uniforms and dance. it's also mainly a men culture, you will see less women got attracted to it those days, but that's a whole other storyline :)) The house burning down seems to be the grief and mourn he wants to leave behind and starts a new chapter in his life. That , and with the lyrics on top of it, it's a piece of art :)
I know it’s difficult 2 understand if you ain’t Dutch. But this song represents NL more than Duncan Laurence or any previous artists in the last decade. Its part of our history, definitely my history. I’m 52 years old and absolutely love it. Joost is an artist more than he is a ‘singer’. His performance on Lowlands is great and emotional in every way.
Seen quite a few reactions from other countries and they pretty much all very much enjoy the song and almost always get hit hard by the end scene. Its a bit of an odd song, its very happy but also pretty dark if you understand Dutch and the ending makes that more then clear. Its kinda like the world we live in now where we live or lives, be happy while so much darkness is going on that for most of us is in the background and once a while we get news that make us wonder where the world is going ..... The past few years have been like the song, happy darkness ... Thats my view anyway when i think about the song.
Joost is well known in Germany, Austria and Switzerland because of the song friezenjung. Austria and switzerland are in the same semi so i think they will atleast get point form them in the semi. even then if we dont qualify im proud that we have a full dutch song instead of the arcade era with english ballads.
Don't feel sorry because I'm confused too. I speak dutch but the message is not really clear. After all this comments I do not need to explain the lyrics of this song but the real meaning of it is a mystery to me too. Imagine a world without borders but at the same time you hate the food, and feelings of being alone in another country? Is it the narrowness of his mind he has to conquer? Because you have the chance while your father didn't. Smalltown boy? But at the same time he uses very dutch symbols like hardstyle (including Paul Elstak) and off course our windmills. But in the end we see it burning. Iḿ not sure what to think of it. It's definitely not a joke entry but not easy to explain it when you do not know the true meaning.
The reason for the change up at the end isn't due to Karrija. It's due to the fact that in the Netherlands a large majority of young people and many interantional ravers visit as it has the most raves/dance festivals in the world.
I'm Dutch and not a huge fan of Eurovision nor of this type of music in general, but I think this is the best thing since sliced bread - and here in the Netherlands we do like our sliced bread. The song is steeped in Dutch musical history, has layers of meaning, and is an emotional roller coaster. He sings about what he learned from his father, processes the loss of him. At the same time in Europe we face a similar challenge. We learned from our immediate ancestors to be one and united in our diversity, but at the same time in some ways that unity is dissolving under our eyes with the rise of right wing politicians. I think the song calls us to embrace our differences, but also remind ourselves of how nice it is too be good neighbours to each other.
I like many things about this song, but I am a bit disappointed with his decisions to go with the Eurovision clichee of naming countries. Besides a general love song, it is the lowest hanging fruit. I would have hoped him to do something more original based on the thought expressed at the end of the song.
I needed this review desperately 😂😂😂. And I had the exact same reaction as you 😂😂😂. So first of all, I will help you out with the name, it's pronounced with the O as in Ghost, so a large O. And you didn't see Stien, who is in the video at the table, she is a superlovely person, so I wasn't surprised to see her and I loved that. The dancepart, a lot of people don't know, but the dancestyle is called: hakken. It has nothing to do with Käärija actually, because it's a rave dancestyle invented in the tecnoworld in The Netherlands and it has recently came back, the people dancing and dressing like this are called "Gabbers". And then, do I like the song...? Honestly, I am not sure yet 😂😂😂 I am still absorbing it 😂😂😂. I like the song, it is the typical silly Dutch song that all Dutchies sing from the top of our lungs in the pubs with a beer in our hands at 1 o clock. So will it be a hit in Holland? No doubt about it 😂😂😂. I also love that it's in Dutch and I like the message. But am I in love? No. Not yet? Might be. Maybe, as you said, after all the crazy things that we have already seen this season, I am like, ok, another crazy upbeat song 😂😂😂. Though, I really prefer this instead of Windowsman... Editted for below named reasons ✌
Ok, so sorry, I started to write that about more info and wrote the part of his father etc, but then you already looked it up by yourself and I forgot to errase that frase before posting, excusez moi 😂
I should have spoken to you first regarding the pronunciation of his name haha. My bad ❤️ Clearly dutchies are getting this and jiving with it and that is great 😃 ❤️
You know this has been edited this way, right? Like you do know, I did listen to the whole song...who listens and reacts to a song by scrolling through? However, I am taking this as a big compliment for my editing skills that you thought I was scrolling 😃 ❤️
Hehe omg u translated it for me, i feel embarassed... I DIDNT MEAN TO SEND U BAD VIBES! I loved your reaction alot to be honest. The comments you make are really enjoyable :)@@ShanesEurovisionReview
So it is not "Juust or used" but Joost. Sounds the same as "toast", "ghost", "roast", "coast"... Joast. Why is everybody reviewing a fragmented version of the video? Very annoying...
It's not a fragmented version, it's cut in editing. My face isn't the most animated like others on RU-vid so I cut it to save people just watching me watching a screen 😅
It's just how I edit it. I am not an 'animated' reactor as I try and be as genuine as possible. I edit it as it would just be allot of me just staring at the laptop not saying anything and with limited movement in my face 🙃 🙂
actually there's a part that's lost in translation at the end; wereld zonder grenzen somehow gets translated to world without limits in the subtext/wiki, while the literal translation of grenzen is borders. at the start of the song he mentions losing his passport and the rest of the song is a roadtrip through the open borders and influences of europe. there's no reference to making it to eurovision, it's about him following his father's advice, telling him to go and cross borders (euro papa)
I also didn't know the meaning of this song before that's why I totally understand your concerns that people will treat it like a stupid joke entry. But the song is pretty good. Still it's going to be very hard to beat other crazy entries.
Eurovision is an emotional affair for Joost. As a child, he watched it together with his parents. Unfortunately, his parents died when he was a child. "Parents, one day I'm going to be on Eurovision stage" and he did. This song is dedicated to his late father. That's why it's called EUROPAPA. The part in the song “I'm in Germany, but I'm so alone. I'm in Italy, but I still feel the pain, etc.", I feel it's directed at his parents, who are unfortunately on the other side... Joost loved his parents and still does.. His lyrics are mostly very deep, but the melody is happy, danceable and the clips of his song are presented in a fun way. I'm so proud of him🥺
Yep fully agree, the dutchies are proud of Joost. He knows that it is a “risk” to send HIM to esc. All of his songs have a happy hardcore/ gabber vibe with serious lyrics like mental health. So I understand your confusion, but Joost just wants to create a big party and who Will listen hears the message
As a Dutch I am extremely proud of Joost. This is art. Especially due to the seriousness that lies in the song and the story of Joost himself. Love it!!! ❤
So, this song is a tribute to his dad. Papa is Dutch for dad. Papaoutai (of stromae) is french for dad where are you? There's also some German, French and Italian in the song as Dutchies pride themselves on being a trading nation knowing many languages (contrary to the English we learn at least 4 languages in high school). The song is VERY Dutch and I love it.
Perhaps I could try and explain it as a dutchy. Like stated the song is about his parents and dreaming big, so I'm not gonna elaborate on that. The style of the song is not necessarily pop/r&b with electronic sounds, it's a straight on eurodance song. A style that was VERY populair in the 90's and 00's. He also references a subculture that was born from this music style, the gabbers. People that dress themselves in track suits and have bald heads and dance to happy hardcore by stamping their feet. It's was populair in the 90's aswell and still a funny party style so to say. At some point in the clip, dj Paul Elstak (the maker of Rainbow in the sky) is included aswell. Overall it appeals to a type of 90's - 00's nostalgia which to me and the most dutchies is very funny. So no he's not referencing kaarija so much as he references the gabber/happy hardcore meme like subculture. As for the linguestics, he uses a very teenage style of dutch very lowkey and makes rhymes that should technically not work but still do. I hope this gives some insight
This is basically our 90's. The Netherlands was then filled with the 'Gabbers', which are groups of people in training suits listening this kind of music EVERYWHERE. Magical times.
There's a kind of adorable, goofy earnestness to this song that kind of reminds me of reading Axis Powers Hetalia. Comparing it and Finland, I feel like that earnestness makes this one win out for me. For it and Croatia, I'm clearer on what Croatia is trying to say, so I prefer it. It'll be interesting to see how fans of those three shake out.
Soon 71 y.o.a. ... but I love it ;) And yes I'm from the Netherlands... Loathed the 2021 & 2023 entries from my country. This song is an attractive mess :D Hope it does well :)
Hi, I’m Dutch and I love this song. There are many Dutch things and references in it. I understand your thinking, for a non Dutch speaker it might be a bit difficult to understand. But I hope the beat and melody will resonate with people. And I think they can do a lot with staging to get the message across. Thank you again for your thoughts ❤
I'm Dutch and I'm not into this style of music usually. When I first heard this I thought WTF?? Especially when the hard style part started. That style was huge in NL but you either love it or detest it, I fall in the latter category. However I did recognize the catchy hook especially the Europapapapapa part. After seeing the video several times and knowing the back story it grew on me and now I absolutely love it. It's a pure piece of art. I just hope the first time televoting viewers will get it too. He deserves to win in my opinion, and I haven't thought that of any Dutch submission for the past few decades, even the ones that ended in the top 3. But we'll see. If he doesn't win in the current field of very strong songs, its nothing to be ashamed of.
Well, I'm Dutch and in complete shock. But it is so funny also. I have no idea how this will end in the rest of Europe. But if he is very populair in Germany, we have at least 12 points hahaha.
As dutch person i cn say when someone die in the famely/friends. We drink (smoke) a lot But at the and of the party/day we will always remind/remember of our died loves in heaven.. Love u mom❤
My guess is that during ESC they might put English subtitles for the last part of the song where it suddenly gets all emotional and where he speaks to/about his dad (who passed away of cancer when Joost was only 12 years old), like they did for Konstrakta in 2022 in the beginning of her song. I'm like a 1000% sure Joost is not gonna change the song language to English. For me as a Dutchie, I'm crazy about the song, it's so catchy and I hope all of Europe will vibe to this :)
Im not in Europe so I cant speak to Europe's voting habits with any authority. But Ive *heard* that most who vote only tune in for the finale, and dont reallly follow any of the news of countries' singers or songs, let alone meaning behind songs. Which makes me wonder how this will do. But then again, I worried about that aspect for Konstrakta, and she finished 5th! ☺️
I'm Dutch and this isn't my genre at all. But I do love the meaning behind it and it everything is very Dutch! His enthousiasm is contagious, catchy song and I hope he goes far.
It's so catchy and fun but the end makes me cry even before I hear about his history. Its a happy music with something sad, sometimes a good combination.
I don't know what to think about this song and video. Lyric: "Welcome to Europe, stay here until I die." At the beginning, we see grand home with the EU flag. He embarks on a journey across Europe, a continent without internal borders. "Yes I even give people money but there is no one to help me". Artist's explanation: "When bringing me up, he passed on to me an expansive view of the world". Closing text video: "My father once told me It's a world without borders(...). You see dad I listened to you". As the narrative concludes, the house bearing the EU flag is engulfed in flames, it's burning. So he listened to EuroPapa, and now he has no home.
Joost lost his parents when he was 13 years old , his father told him that people make borders but they are not really there not in your mind not in the world 🌎 if you look from a distance… at the end you see him thanking his dad … you see a mini him himself and his father
I really really want to like the song but I’m not sure if I’m honest but it looks like the Dutch are very happy with the song and that’s all what it matters, good luck Joost❤
The song isn't meant to be funny..just listen to it better. This song is a hommage to his dad who passed away when Joost was only 12 years old. His father told him that the world has no boundries, only people have. He wants to get this message across, wrapped in a song with a happy hardcore sauce.
I love the message behind the song and I'm sure it will be much better live but sadly right now I'm not really feeling it, it's a decent song though. It's currently my 18th place
I want to dedicate my respect to the message behind this song.🌹I respect Joost as an artist and his creativity. Melodically unfortunately this is not my cup of tea, but there are parts of the song that "pop" a bit more. Unlike W95man, there is a more meaningful message here (I noticed it at the end which was very cute). So if i had to choose between those that are in the same genre, this wins right now. Good luck to him! 💖
When Joost was announced as the Dutch representative,I did check out some of his discography and from that, I acknowledged that his esc entry may not be my personal taste so I was fully expecting to not like this at all when it was released. Now I will still say, this song isn't necessarily my cuppa tea. It's a genre that I dont tend to listen to and generally, one that I dont enjoy listening to as much as others. I still think its a decent entry and I dont mind it, however, seeing as I like nearly every song this year, it is nearer to the bottom of my rankings. Additionally, on the point of the message of the song, the song seemingly is a tribute to Joost's parents, if Im correct, his father in particular. As someone who doesn't understand Dutch, I dont know if I feel that comes across in the song aside from the end part and additionally with the type of song this is, I think its be safe to say that certain broadcasters, commentators etc will classify this song as a "novelty" type act alongside some of the other bops we have this year like Croatia and Finland. I do wonder aswell, because we do now have a sizeable amount of televote friendly songs, they'll probably to an extent take points off each other and I wonder whether this song is as strong as Croatia's or Estonia's.
Preconceptions are annoying, which makes it hard to watch why don't get the full thing sink in 1st and then form an opinion! That is a downside that all comment videos have but some are worse than others, and yours is cringe at best. But you have been honest about you missing the backstory, but you corrected that by reading the backstory later. Still your cringe!!
Little much talking in point from your side. You might want want to be more on point. Love from Denmark. Still listening. Just shut up talking. Narcissistic much?
I didn't even know this guy until today, and I'm Dutch. But I'm a 90's kid and my guilty pleasure is Happy Hardcore, I will be watching Eurovision again just to see what others think of this genre lol
in English he said he is fleeing from the Netherlands because he feels alone and needs help. he goes everywhere in Europe but he still feels the pain of loosing his parents.. due to therapy he had to burn stuff to move on. and that is what he does in the end.
All people in the netherlands find this song fire. Bro its actually really ggood. Everyone is talking about kaarj. Hes doing hardcore/gabber tghats classic dutch music.
I feel like a live performance is needed for me to see how much I love this. Unfortunately from the get go the comparison to Finland’s “No Rules” was there and never disappeared. At this moment, I still prefer Finland…I hope the piano outro part is used in Malmo as its not part of the studio cut from RU-vid Music 🫣
The message is basically to not see borders like his father who passed away with cancer. It's a tribute to both of his parents. The Dutch should be proud of this entry since it represents their music a LOT more! Also, I think Baby Lasagna is the Kaarija of this year.
I am so incredibly proud of Joost and I am quite sure his parents would have been too. This is maybe not my favourite music genre per se, but this is most definitely Dutch Culture. I am pretty sure your Dutch friends will agree 😉
It unites (Europe) from the first sentence (which none of the other entries do), it's also to party, it's very clever put together with the references to many countries in Europe (again 'unite'), but it's also VERY Dutch (windmill, landscape, Dutch artists and the music genre!). The music genre is Dutch house music from the '90's, called happy hardcore and then it goes into the hardcore type called gabber house. This was a specific sub culture in the house scene that had it's roots in Rotterdam. Although I've never been a fan of happy hardcore, I did like hardcore in genera and even some of the gabber songs. So this song does brings me back to the good old times where I went to secret house parties and later on to big raves 😊. And I think it gives many people of my age the same nostalgic feelings. But this song also has an extra layer: Joost's story. Also it goes from fun, happy and then ends with sad, so different emotions in one song. It's catchy, has a little dance and everyone can sing Euro papa 😉 Europe = Europa in Dutch. Pa = short for papa = dad. Having the version with translation underneath does help. Oh, and "Joost" is pronounced as the "oa" in "toast".
