This is a song I'm rooting for to win ESC so far. To me the song has a "Primal" feeling, similar to how you described her singing with the sounds of nature.
I love this song. 😍🇳🇴 You need to watch the Final performance. Her voice was better and the lyrics are different. And, you’re right. The chorus is just her vocalizing. No lyrics in the chorus.
Hi, I am Norwegian 🇧🇻 The singing in the beginning of the song is "kulokk", tradditionally how they called the cows to them in the contryside. The text is telling a 1000 year old folklore story about an evil stepmother cursing her stepdaugter to be a wolf alone in the forrest. And the only way she can break the curse is to drink her brothers blood. In the end she sees her stepmother in the forrest so she attacks and eats her. Turns out her stepmother was pregnant, leading her to drink her brothers blood and breaks the curse.
@@Slavdya Check out the origins of the fairy tales that are told to children today, not only in Norway, but also Grimm. It's bloody stuff, later adapted for children. An example is Bukkene Bruse/3 Billy goats Gruff, which is known outside Norway. When we were children it was read to us that the goat gouged out the troll's eyes and crushed his bones to the bone with its horns. Today, children hear that the goat pushed the troll into the river.
@nina-kitty6573 This isn't joik! This is Nynorsk - one of three official Norwegian languages (Bokmål, Nynorsk, Sami). It stems from the 1800s and based on words from old norse. The verse is inspired by a text from the viking age and the refrain is a "kulokk" - a traditional way to call cattle in for feeding from the 1700s. Im sorry to say, joik and Sami has nothing to do with this song.
I was at the final and cannot explain how Gåte lifted us up into a magical dark universe, where emotions, pride and primal belonging to our history did to us all. We are so grateful that you out there in the world see our Nordic soul coming from the depths of our hearts through this song to Gåte. Thank you for the wonderful reactions, we are looking forward to Malmö in May! So yes you can really looking forward to experience the live performance! ❤
She does not use words in the chorus, so you are right there 😎🇧🇻 Gåte is a norwegian folk rock band that makes similar songs to this. I think that they are incredible and I have been listening to them for some years
Well you could absolutely see forests and lakes in Oslo, even by taking the Subway. Most of Oslo's total area is actually woods/nature. But you'll have to go west or north for the typical fjords and stunning mountains.
The instrument in the beginning is an old swedish instrument called Nyckelharpa. Thanks for the reaction! Love that they made it, even though I am friends with the members of Keiino, this was something really new and fresh that will make Eurovision far more interesting.
It's not conclusively swedish. It is the Swedish *national* instrument, but we don't know if it came from Norway or Sweden, we just know it's one of those two. It has more in common with other Norwegian instruments like the Hardanger fiddle though (which was part of Gåte's original set, but the player resigned during their break before 2010)
I've heard it 3 times now and I'm so in love with this song and the style of music ! I also need to check out their other music, what a power, already my favorite !
The instrument is a Nøkkelharpe - Key harp. A few hundred years old folk instument. Thiis is folk-rock. Gåte is fantastic. The right winner. And you can see this type of scenery in Oslo. They have been a band for 25 years, released many albums, and lots of videoes on RU-vid.
Well that's a literal translation by a Norwegian. It's more correct calling it a fiddle, a key fiddle. He uses a bow, he doesn't pluck the strings. It was also used by the 1995 winners, Secret Garden.
You are correct. In the chorus there are no words, just sounds. It is a special way of singing called kveding. It is also used as a "kulokk" where the girl is calling the animals home from the mountain. Based on the text it can also be that she is calling the evil spirits to go. Gåte has also said that this song is about freedom. Her stepmother casted a spell on her and turned her into a wolf wandering in the forrest. She could only get free from the spell if she drunk her brothers blood. In the old tale, the wolf met the stepmother in the forrest and killed her, along with her unborn stepbrogher. So she was free from the spell and finally free from other that judged you and put you where you did not want to be.... Anyhow, the song and music is mesmerizing.
You can absolutely see that type of scenery in Oslo! It actually looks like one of the lakes in Oslomarka. Oslo have a lot of nature, and you only need to take the subway a couple of minutes to be in the forest😊
And for the northern lights, go up North in the winter. Then you get full package. At least if you stay over the summer, to get the midnight sun, as well.
Oh, and the verses are basically a medieval dark fairytale about a girl who is turned into a wolf by here evil stepmother and what happens next, it gets dark :) The chorus is and sort of wailing (along with the intro sample) is based on a call that shepherd-girls would use when out in the woods looking after their animals, and rounding them up.
Wow thats sooo cool Im getting goosebumps...I kinda want to think that she is calling the sheep with her wailing but in a wolf, form, as "luring" in the sheep to the wolf would have such a strong fairytale / mystical note. I wish other people would do a bit more research to understand the song fully. Its a fantasy masterpiece.
@n5900 The song is basically about a girl who got turned into a wolf by her evil step-mother and the only way to break the curse was to drink the blood of her brother. So one day she encounter her step-mother and she kills her and drink her blood - as she was pregnant with a child, she drank her brother's blood and the curse was lifted.
Loved KEiiNO’s performance and song, but this is also very solid. Just like last year Norway’s top two songs are both potential winners. Go Norway! 🇳🇴 🙌🏼
These landscapes are outside Trondheim, in mid Norway. The sun barely sets in summer. The light is spectacular and it's never dark during the night. Absolutely incredible. The instrument in question is a key harp. Gåte is Norway's most powerful rockband. The lyrics of this song is about good conquering evil. The letter Å in GÅTE is pronounced like the initial letter A in 'always'. Check out Rideboll & Gullborg live at Rockefeller on their YT page.
I'm Norwegian and we don't understand too much of what she is singing either, just some of it, cause it is as you says.. a lot of "nature sounds". Gåte is a folk rock band and their songs are based on old traditional singing techniques and "kulning" - calling for animals (cow sheep etc) to come to get fed or transported etc. You pronounced GÅTE and ULVEHAM really well! GÅTE means RIDDLE and ULVEHAM means WOLF SKIN/FUR :-)
4:30 You find that kind of scenery in Oslo, actually. Go to Sognsvann, Østensjøvannet or any lake surounded by forest in spring when almost all the snow is gone early in the morning right before the sun comes up and you see this kind of mythical "trollish" fog-mist on the water..
4:39: Actually, that is very authentic Oslo Forrest. I live in Oslo and I sometimes just get the sudden urge to sleep in the forrest and I'll quickly pack my bag, walk to the metro and I'll be setup for a night in my hammock less than an hour. It's a really wonderful city to live in if you love the outdoors. In the summer, I have an inflatable canoe that I bring on the subway and then I canoe my way down to the city center and bring it with me on the bus home. It feels like I've been on a vacation even though it was just an afternoon. In the summer, I probably sleep in the forrest once a week on average. I love it more than most people can ever know. It's a small city, but London, Paris of New York has nothing for me. I'm from Bærum, but I am passionately in love with Oslo.
It is a real instrument, it is called a nøkkelharpe or "key harp". You are somewhat correct about it being nature sounds. I don't understand what she is singing in the chorus, but it's an ancient Norwegian "charm"/call to make all the livestock come "home".
You can take a subway half an hour and go stright into the forrest of Oslo, but yepp also lots of other nature. She doesn't say anything on the chorus. She is copying an old call to get the cows or attention over long distances. The verses have a story from a 1000 year old ballad. They rewrote the lyrics a few days before the final to make sure they won't be accused of plagiarism! ❤
The song lyric is a dark cinderalla story. She sings in poems about a young women. The young woman loses her mother. She has to live with a stepmother in the castle. The stepmother forces her to live in the forest and cast a spell on her. She get cursed into a wolf. Only way to break the spell is to drink her brothers blood. The stepmother even though she is an old woman now, gets pregnant and the story ends with the wolf killing her mother and drinking her brothers blood. And therefor the spell breaks and she turns back to a women.
C'est pas bon cette année pour la Norvège mais content que la candidate chante en norvégien.Très rare des Norvégiens qui chantent quasiment tout temps en anglais.
Yes, you are right, the chorus isn't words. Moreover, Gunnhild, the vocalist is a trained singer, but she also says, Gåte isn't that. Gåte isn't about the formalism of singing, Gåte is about channelling the forces of Nature, as you correctly felt. Gåte is about reconnecting humanity to nature through traditional folk music. They do heavier things too, but you could also have a look at the opposite end, you can check out an old concert recording of Sjåaren. I think it was from 2006. It gets me into tears every time. It is the final song of the concert, in a rather small indoor arena, drunk people... And at some point, she just steps away from the microphone. I'll let you see for yourself how that goes. 🙂
The strongest sentence in this song is " And I will never be holy and good" Its a really strong song about women never letting theire strenght go or giving it to others
If you want a good entry song to Gåte, you should check out Knut liten og Sylvelin. I recommend the version called Gåte - Knut Liten og Sylvelin, från Liva. They were formed in 1999 and had their breakthrough in Norway in the early 2001/2002. They quickly got pretty popular, both in Norway and elsewhere in Europe, and toured rather massivly in the forthcoming years. Imagine the shockwave when they in 2005 announced that they would put the band on hold indefinitely, because Gunhild was burned out and needed a long break. The version of the song i mentioned is from their second to last concert before breaking up. It is maybe their most known song from back in the day. Apart from a concert here and a concert there the following years, it would last until 2017 before they started playing together again with a couple of replacements in the crew. Unfortunately Gunhilds brother, Sveinung, left Gåte last year because life came in the way. He played violin and keys. I'm sure you'll enjoy a dive into Gåte's material. I'm very glad they're back.
If you wan't to check out some of their 'harder stuff' try some of these: "Du som er ung", "Rike Rodenigår" (2004), "Margit Hjukse" (2002), "Stolt Solvår" (2017), "Svarteboka" (2023). They had a looong brake between 2006 and 2016 and left us starving....
I love this performance, and think they will do well in Malmö. If you like this kind of rock, you should check out another song by this group. Gåte and Djerv (another group), song called Svarteboka, Official music video. That is great, more heavy metal.
Don’t forget the other meaning of Gåte. It also means enigma. And as their songs are enigmatic, my interpretation is leaning towards enigma rather than riddle.
I´m Norwegian and i like this song from Norway, but it is faaaaar from a winner. I liked the one from Spain, i like that kind of style music. But when i saw the performance on youtube i said to myself, ah i´m to old for this i guess. Still lissen to it on spotify. THE WINNER IS....... France....... How can they loose with that song. If France loose then it is some political shit reason and if so, then Eurovision as a contest is dead.
As a Norwegian ESC enthusiast who's never heard this before (I never pay attention to the nationals)(Boo Hiss): I don't see this getting past the semis. If it does (I haven't heard the entries from any other countries either), it would at best hit top 10.
This is the old version! They had to change the lyrics between the semi's and the final! I recommend you to watch the performance from the grand final ;)
I think you're spot on about the chorus. I'm Norwegian, but can't discern any words in them. The song is about her being turned into wolf by her evil step-mother (you know, just typical stuff that used to happen a lot back in the old days)... So they're probably meant to be wolf howls, mixed in with a little bit of human despair. Might be inspiration from traditional ' kulokk' in there too, which are high pitch melodic tunes that female herders used to sing in order to get their cows to gather ('kulokk' means 'cow luring') 😊
Speculation based on the facts we know about the chorus: at some point the original call was probably “da kone” dialect for -> (kom) da kuene -> come then, cows) it was originally an old herding call and anyone who’s heard these herding songs knows that they usually include something about cows and gaining their attention so that they return home from grazing)
i can understand that the tone might feel miss matched to many. but it fits the vibes of norwegian folklore very well. we ofc have like bruley bulking bigg creatures that will kill u by squishing you. but most dangerous creatures in norwegian folk lore will lore you in with something haunting and butiful, like music or some etherial look, for u to never be seen again. nøkken, huldra, like fay type creatures. and so her haunting but beautiful, like u said, goddiss like, feel, backed with this darker and wild band, both in sound, but also in preformance, fits that idea very well
Norwegians are closely connected to nature, which is our real home. It is not unusual for Norwegian artists to bring you out into nature with their music, and a band that is fantastically good at it is a-ha. They always bring me out into nature, and especially on their latest album they do.
Мне очень не нравится, когда обзорщики останавливают видео на чем-то интересном. Вы понимаете, что вы сами обрывает кайф и ваши реакции потом не естественныме. Почему нельзя смотреть всё подряд?
As a norwegian from the northern parts of Norway it is difficult for me too to interpet what's she singing because of the dialect. We have a few varied dialects here
The lyrics is about her stepmom cursed her to become a wolf because she was was beautiful. To break the spell she had to drink the blood of her brother. She refused and instead in her wolf form killed her stepmother who was pregnant with her brother (wich she didn't know) and so the spell was broken. So it's sorrow mixed with the victory of the spell being broken. ETA I'm Norwegian and you should definitely visit Norway! We have a lot of history. ETA the noises without lyrics is what we used in the old days to call the cattle (kulokk) ,so it could be heard and ekkoed between the mountains and be heard by our cattle and also other herders.
No matter how many times I listen to the song (and it's been A LOT till now) - I always get goosebumps. This is why I love Eurovision. I get to know bands like Gate. Bands, that will stay on my playlist forever with all their music 💚
Gåte sings traditional Norwegian folk music and explosive rock. Ulveham means.. Werewolf is, according to folklore, a human in a wolf's den. It was believed that the ability to wear the wolf's mane was innate, or that the wolf's mane was conjured so that the person had to be a wolf for a certain time
Han sido una banda por más de 20 años, y la cantante Gunhild tenía 17 años cuando sacaron su primero disco. Su hermano Sveinung toca el violin y ese instrumento folklórico. Esta canción es una buena representación de su estilo, rock folklórico con un toque misterioso. Pues, Gåte significa "enigma".
You ask aboit the stringinstrument. It is actually the Swedish national instrument. called nyckelharpa. I wish I could say its Norwegien but have to give that to the annoying Søta bror. :) Also very smart when you go to Sweden for the finals and bring THEIR!! national instrument.
First of all, we are glad to have you back. As I understood and what I heard - the lyrics are not only in Norwegian, but also in some old Viking Norwegian. Like they already said - it's based on a old tale - it's currently my 1. Place, and I really hope that Norway gets another good place in the Eurovision Final 😁
Nah, it's in Norwegian with dialect, not Old norse. But they did have older lyrics and had to rewrite them. If you want language more similar to old Norse (Viking) you should listen to Icelandic language, as that is much closer.
Oh, thanks@@rowaystarcofor the explanation. I knew they had to rewrite the lyrics a bit (that´s what I meant) - sorry (don´t know that much about their history but I REALLY LOVE IT) - and about Icelandic - well... that´s just a bonus hehe
It's actually sung in Nynorsk, which is its own language, not a dialect. Nynorsk (new-norwegian) without getting too historical, was created in the 1800's, and was based on the spoken norwegian language and dialects at the time, as opposed to bokmål (standard norwegian), which is slightly modified danish.
Nynorsk is not a spoken language, it's a written language based on many different regional dialects. Please don't spread lies about our language. Both Bokmål (based on Danish) and Nynorsk are both written languages. "Nynorsk, frem til 1929 kalt landsmål, er et av de to offisielle norske skriftspråkene som ble vedtatt ved likestillingsvedtaket av den 12. mai 1885" There's a lot of variations of dialects within the regions of Norway, but "pure nynorsk" is only spoken by some NRK presenters that are trying to fill the "nynorsk quota" Talt nynorsk er ofte referert til som nynorsk normaltalemål (normert nynorsk)[56]. Dette er til kontrast til normaltalemålet til bokmål som uoffisielt er standard østnorsk[57]. Nynorsk normaltalemål (normert nynorsk) er lite utbredt utenfor situasjoner hvor man er bunden av manus, som nyhetsopplesere og skuespillere.[58] For eksempel benyttes nynorsk normaltalemål særlig av NRK og TV2 ved nyhetssendinger[59]. Nynorsk normaltalemål er også å finne i teater som ved Det Norske Teatret og er også brukt av lærere. @@benbong4577
The lyrics are incredibly, incredibly dark. It's about a cast-out girl forced to take on camouflage to try to kill her brother to return to her old life. The "wolf hem" (ulveham) is a metaphor for this. Infiltrating the pack. She was not able to return to her old life, she was conscripted to a dark lord and lived in misery instead, being the toy of old men. But (ambiguously) she got her revenge on the stepmother in the end, by poisoning her
The chorous is a way to contact cattle ,cows , and getting them to move to her( she say 'da kuuuuna' in the start of it. Ku is cow in Norwegian ) In Norway this is called lokking ( lure in English ) y problamente señuelo en Español.
You’re right: the chorus is just vocalising, no recognisable words. I also highly recommend checking out their back catalogue. They had a few albums out in the early 2000s - an EP, _Jygri_ and _Iselilja_ - all of which are amazing, and then they reformed about five or six years ago and have since put out two more albums, which (in my opinion) are not _quite_ as good, but still excellent.
We can recognize two words: da kone. Likely dialectal for da kuene. Herding calls almost always say kom da kuene/kyrne. The rest is vocalizing without meaning.
Not onomatopoeia, but Pedro is on the money wrt nature's sound in the chorus. It's alluding to a wolf's howl, because the character is being forced into a wolf's shape by her step mother.
If you want to see real Norway, I would recommend you go visit Lofoten:) Also, this is the old version of the song. This lyrics comes from an old fairytale, so they had to change it. You should check out the version from the finals. And yes, she is not saying words during the chorus. She is wailing like sheepherders would do when rounding up their animals.
You are right about the northern lights and nature perspective. This group is known in Norway for their exelent blends of folk, rock and electronica, always having norwegian folk music as their primal root. Gunhild is unike. She has a pure natural voice blended with somekind of gutural traditional cow calling quality. When this group formed back in the early 2000's she was just 15. Now she's in her late 30's and she looks and sings better than ever. Im not a big fan of eurovision, but this song might change my mind.
You can see this scenario in Oslo. A 20 minute ride from the city and Voila, Norwegian nature like this. Every city in Norway has this kind of nature right outside the city borders.
I live in Norway and I'm learning Norwegian BUT I only could understand a couple of words in this song. My Norwegian friend has told me this is an old dialect that is not in use anymore 😊I love the song and the story behind it and definitely I will vote for it on the 2nd semi finals today 😌
Hi. Interesting to hear what you say. Did you see their performance on the semi final last night? That was spectacular! Greetings from a proud Norwegian
