Norway Eurovision 2019 Reaction - Review - KEiiNO - Spirit in the Sky - #25 

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It's Sami language and adds a lot and makes the song even more Unique.

Norway is my number 1 :) Amazing and it is not a joke ! Oslo 2020

the song is great, it does not sound dated, it sounds catchy, interesting and entertaining and good, especially the tribal language guy.

I hear a winner!!! 👏🏻💖 Norway has to win this year. By far one of the strongest songs this year

Its NOT a joke it's a nordic language called Sami or in Scandinavia called Joik. It's a language very popular in Sweden, Norway, Finland in the very north of our countrys. Im so surprised you guys didn't liked it! And please dont make fun of our languages that's NOT nice!!!

KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky From Norway Is The Winner Of ESC 2019. This Is The Best Song Of This Year. This Song that Made of Stardust has everything in it, is relaxing, inspiring, magical, Makes us fly on the wings of imagination, and it Reminds us of all the great songs that have won Eurovision Song Contest over the last decade, Such as Heroes, Teardrops & Euphoria. And The Sami language adds a lot and makes the song even more Unique. This song can realy win it all.

Thought you guys were a bit condecending and ignorant

To anyone's whose confused the 3rd man is sami. The sami is indigenous scandinavians who originated in Mongolia came via Siberia. They moved on to populate Greenland and northern Canada as Inuits and therefore is the first to discover North America. The original Mongolian/Siberian people also traveled east into north america and met the Inuit and became the people we now call native Americans when they travelled south. The song style is not ancient Norwegian or viking language. It is yojk. A proud form of long distant communication used by the sami for untold decades.

the song is ok for eurovision, enjoyable. The "bridge" is song by a real Sami, it is tribal, very personal, you may compare it to indian chanting. Try to picture the mythical landscapes of the far north, where people has to adjust to harsh surroundings. This kind of chanting has been done there for hundreds of years - so I guess you are right when you say it is outdated...

im norwegian and im proud :D

He joiking ( traditional form od song of the Sami people of the Nordis countries ) Agnete ( Norway 2016, She was also from Sami) wait for Sweden - if Jon Henrik Fjallgren win there will bé another joiking ( i like IT )

The traditional singing is real, but not strictly Norwegian. The singing is called joik. It is a style of singing from the sámi people. And you know what, it's beautiful!

I love it. I have no idea why people think its satirical. Its is demonstrating the culture of Sami people in Scandinavia. In my top 10 for sure

The Song is sooooo Awesome

Fun fact: Hell in Norwegian actually means «luck/good fortune». We don't have a place called Heaven, BUT we have a place called Paradis. 😄

KEiiNO says that the song is about all the battles many people fight every day just to be able to be them self and who they are. It is inspiered by historical battles for equality regardless of etnicity, sex og sexuality. The joik also has a meaning to it, the sentence "Čajet dan čuovgga" can be translated to "show me the light"

The bald guy you are talking about is called Fred Buljo. He represents the sami people (the indigenous people of Norway). He is joiking, and it is supposed to sound like that. If anything, his joik is a bit modernised compared to the old school traditional joik. I believe you just think it's weird because you haven't heard it before, just as traditional singing in India might be considered weird by some people because they are unfamiliar with it. For me through, growing up in Norway I hear joik quite often, and I think it was a good and natural component to this song that made it unique in a way and made it stand out from the masses a bit more, while at the same time showcasing some Norwegian culture and heritage (not only the joik, they also sing about spirits which are quite common in sami culture and northern lights that are possible to see in many areas far north in Norway and is in many ways one of the trademarks of Norway). In my opinion KEIINO has managed to show a whole lot of culture and at the same time blending it into a catchy pop song, and for me this is one of the best songs Norway has sent in years!

But its so good ? Its not a joke...

Just a few words: The staging in green and blue is supposed to symbolize the northern light (aurora borealis). The same with her green dress and the blue shirt. The sami guy is wearing leather - rather traditionally. It is most definitely traditional sami joik. That is, you dont sing a joik, it is a verb - you can joik something or someone. I guess they are going to do extensive promo work in front of the finale, and surely explain everything about the song. But I like this song, it gives me better vibes this year than in maaany years.

I really liked our song. Oslo 2020 :D

I was live in Spektrum Oslo When Everyone performed😍, everyone in the arena screamed When they performed, such an Amazing atmosphere 😍 My favorites are Morland, Ingrid and D’sound Btw i won 2 tickets from a competition that Morland Held

Well, facts is not your thing ;-p But i guess you know what tribal culture is? And the singing here is a traditional samii sort of singing, called "joik". Norway had joik in our entry in 1980 in Eurovision as weel. "Samiid Ædnan". This song contains three "stories". It´s the story of the fight for liberation for LHBT-people, the fight for women rights, and the fight for the human rights for aborigines all over the world. Even if it is samii people, indian people, rom-people or what ever. The song is about lossing freedom, but find motivation and fighting-spirit. A motiviatioan in the contiunuing struggle for freedom to all people. The spirit animals are important in the samii culture, which you can see in te logo for KEiiNO. If you don´t like the song? It is a fair thing. But next time, try to listen to the song and the lyrics before you comment it :-) Anyway, have a happy Eurovision! Here is my personal spontanious homage to this song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fxuzkaFjEi8.html

This is my favourite song there by absolutely miles. I love Fred (Joiker part) :) Not sure about the contemporary dancing, but that bit can be sorted.

Hell in Norwegian actually means luck😂

The third guy is a samisk guy and he is singing his traditional joik

There's something wrong with every song with y'all 🙄

go norway '

Yes it IS a traditional joik, belonging to the sami people in the north. So i guess it would sound strange to you, but you should read a bit more about it. And the meaning behind the song. It's very saddening to hear that you feel it sounds like a parody though.

Love the song! see ya in 2020 Oslo

I love that owl sound. @01:33 with that face... (And what's with the Norwegian version of Michael Jackson's Thriller.... @06:16 .. Do you remember when the guy (Vincent Price) talks in middle of Thriller?: "Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand, creatures crawl in search of blood......" like that!

Man, you guys are tough critics

You need to know what a joik is! IT means alot for the Sami people

The 3th guy is doing something called joik, it’s a type of singing (search it up)

I love it! Joik is the Sami chant.

It is like some traditional way of singing for the indiginous people in Norway, i really like this

Teaser released a song by Kobi

Hell in Norwegian means “successful” or “luck”.😁

Yeah, Iceland and Portugal are the country's of boring songs, but this year 💣🔥. Love it 😂

Next time you have a premiere notice maybe you can put the time zone in! I'm assuming you mean 13:00 GMT -5 (Or in the USA, what would be 1:00 PM EST/Eastern Standard Time)...😺

The tribal part was quite catchy and will capture attention in the Eurovision. But the similarity to Monsters is striking. The song itself is not bad and will definitely qualify for the final.

Top 3 , my guess

That's why it's 3rd place by fans and 8 place in the betting...

I laughed so hard at this reaction.

Its Joik. Samii (native people of scandinavia) singing 🇧🇻

I really like it, it's catchy. I did not get the drum part but I heard it's traditional Norway music, it has a name. For me the chorus and the guy with the low voice makes me think of Barbie Girl by Aqua. Love your reactions!

The 3 person joiking.

Parody? How do you feel now? Lol

The song has grown on me tbh, seeing the final helped A LOT! The staging was a lot better during the final and they got the most points from the public votes, but the jury screwed us over.........

Norway is going to win

I called this the sami version of Aqua first time i heared it. But the more i listen, the better it gets.

The yoiking, tradition of the Scandinavian indigenous Sami people - Compare this with the Swedish Sami singer Jon Henrik, compeeting in the Swedish Final this saturday: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qSBTgQ8xwMs.html

It's Sami joik. :)

In norwegian "hell" means "luck" ;)

The third guy is a "Same" an he do a thing cald "joik"

The guy is joiking,it is a type of traditional way to sing. The language of the joiking is Sami

Longyearbyen is prounced long year (as in english) + byen( who means city)

IT is Longyearbyen. In English it is longyear city:)

He's joiking in the sami language

Parody is the perfect name for you channel

The sámi guy is a traditional song in Norway that is called joike, you should NOT bully Norwegian traditionally song. I am from Norway and I am feeling very offended I because of your bullying our traditional

I’m from Norway:)

Thats joik 😊 Look it up.

Im from Norway and i feel you will diss us

It is a traditional singing for the Sami people. He is joiking, joik.

I am from Norway

Best song

so hell is norwegian for fortune

That Leif Eriksson is from Iceland

Obviously you don't know much and didn't get it, that was Sami joiking.

You are mean and I love it 😂😂😂 Switzerland and the Netherlands please! I bet you will love these two

This song is on second place for me after Iceland) HATARI is best.

my god you are off!!!!

Impressive to butcher a name that is 2/3 english (Longyearbyen) :P

Joking?Noooo!Norway is fantastic.Your comment =172 Dislike.

Not my cup of thee, greetings from czech rep.

The Netherlands - Arcade / Duncan Laurence 😍 excited what you Guys think of this song of ours

Yall are funny with the critques. Its not that bad xD not my cup of tea tho

the woman sounds like monsters

He does look like a copy of Imri LOL

Long-yea-are-bee-en

wow - you made a great great polite review.... i dont understand People not liking your work... because they dont like u cause u dont like that song.... definetly... Norway sadly has the biggest copy-cat song this year - it s a mix of Saara Altos Monster and bit from Rednex - Spirit of the hawk.... furthermore.. the Voices re not catchy... especially that Mini Mouse voice from the Woman.,... but probably Norway decided 2 send this song cause of the Native Sami language part.... which is great from idea... but... "it sounds 2 other cultural ears a bit confusing" ... the drums at the end save it.... well we know it well used from Denmarks win......... definetly song disappoints me .... cause lack of originality... when it reminds of other songs.....

No matter what really thank you guys for the honest reaction. I think most ppl first time listening Fred Joiking would get the same reaction as you guys, but I really don't think you stop the song in the middle while he is joiking is a good way of judging this song...maybe that is why some ppl angry comment you guys under . This song is turn out to be the fifth...the first round vote drag KeiiNo into the 15TH POSITION is really unexpected,maybe those professional judge has little knowledge about joiking part as well...

i just heard switzerland song.. that is my winner ... omg switzerland

Joik

I agree with yous on this one. From my side, I see that Norway have a bizarre signature of sending mish mash songs in recent years. With Icebreaker in 2016, I felt like they went “an even tempo, easy to listen to pop song. This could do nicely!”. They then said “An anthemic, slow number with an interesting key change. This will work!” Then scrambled the two together to make one mediocre, clunky tune. They’ve done the same this year, the catchy aqua-esque part is nice and the joiking is also nice- but they’ve stuck them both together, and they cancel each other out in the process.

It is joik

You guys are the first reaction I saw that didn't like Norway. I don't like it, either.

Sorry, but this clipping SUCKS!

Sami joik

I like the verses and the bridge but I find the chorus cheesy :/

This song sounds like Finland from last year

So you think you should be regarded as serious, when you don't even play the whole song. Stay sober when you make reaction videos! 🤬

Norway Finsland sweden russia

Oh Great! I thought I’m the only one who doesn’t like it... 😂🙏🏼

No(r)way!

Agree! Norway blech. Sorry Norway; at least you've got salmon!

6:18 It is sami. Weird Norwegian

lol I agree with them This song is overrated

The melody is like a copy of Monsters of Saara Aalto