UKRAINE EUROVISION 2021 REACTION: Go_A ШУМ (Shum) 

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Absolutely gorgeous! Katya sings in an authentic ukrainian way and her voice is just super! I love it. I love it! I LOVE IT!!!

They did the video before they knew this song will go to Eurovision. And they filmed it using just a smartphone and few friends and... a ladder. I think it's good enough considering these facts :)

It’s a little disappointing to hear you comment in other videos that you want to hear a lot of “ethnic sounds” in Eurovision songs but then dislike this performance so much. This is the ethnic sound of Ukraine, especially in the voice, and I don’t think “ethnic sounds” should only be praised when they’re imitations of Africa, Latin America, or the Middle East.

This song is soooo much deeper than “peace-peace love-love” Eurovision song’s 🔥

Shum - ancient Ukrainian spring dancing game, which consists of two stages: weaving and unweaving of Shum (witch also one of spring demigods, dedicated to plants growth). When Shum is "weaving", pairs of dancers staying in semicircle, one pair forming "gates" with their hands and all other pairs crossing the "gates". When last one passed, "gates" changed direction of pairs moving, this is called "unweaving" shum: "gates" pair creat new "gates" with opposites hands and all pairs crossing it again and game continues, but faster and faster. Songs, singing when shum continuously weaving and unweaving is one of vesniankas - Ukrainian folk songs, dedicated to Spring and Rebirth of Nature. So many of them about sift and winnow, because all grasses planting during warm spring days. Hemps and vinka - two of them. Hemps is the herb, using for weaving and symbol of female fertility, vinka is ancient symbol of rebith and male fertility, so that's why they together in this song😉 Hope, my poetry translation helps You understand what song about😎 Shum Here is our Shum, coated in green Girls play with it, made it holey and thin. Sift and winnow, sift and winnow hemps Sift and winnow, sift and winnow greenish. Hey go on, go on, let our Shum will weaving Weaving our Shum, let's playing! Sift and winnow, sift and winnow hemps Sift and winnow, sift and winnow greenish. Hey, weaving, Shum, weaving With green vinka spreading thrive! Sift and winnow, sift and winnow hemps Sift and winnow, sift and winnow greenish. Here is our Shum, coated in green Girls play with it, made it holey and thin. Sift and winnow, sift and winnow hemps Sift and winnow, sift and winnow greenish Hey, weaving, Shum, weaving With green vinka spreading thrive! Sift and winnow, sift and winnow hemps Sift and winnow, sift and winnow greenish. Here is our Shum, coated in green Girls play with it, made it holey and thin. Sift and winnow, sift and winnow hemps Sift and winnow, sift and winnow greenish. Hey, unweave, Shum, unweave Unweave our shum and let's playing! Sift and winnow, sift and winnow hemps Sift and winnow, sift and winnow greenish. Hey, go on, go on, let's unweave our Shum! Unweave our shum and let's playing! Sift and winnow, sift and winnow hemps Sift and winnow, sift and winnow greenish. Hey, unweave, Shum, unweave! With green vinka spreading thrive! Sift and winnow, sift and winnow hemps Sift and winnow, sift and winnow greenish!

didnt think i would love their second song as much as last years, i think they have a chance to win, this is amazing

For me : 1. Ukraine 2. Israel 3. Albania 4. France

It sounds repetitive because it’s a chant to summon the spring to the forest. It’s a ritual folk song about the Shum the God of spring. This version is not for Eurovision. They will film Eurovision version shortly.

Like Go_A could ever disappint me. C'mon. I love everything about this song

her voice is so catchy

Well ok, again and again I love the most what those guys don’t like and don’t like what they love so much 😅 Shum - I am in love with this 😍 Katya’s singing - 🔥

Shum - is the god of the forest in Ukrainian mythology; but "shum" also means "Noise"

It's up to you to adapt to the music and not the music to adapt to your personal tastes. This song is brillant. Her voice is hypnothic. THIS IS QUALITY no revamp, no more this or less that.

Вподобайка з м. Одеса!

You need to redo this entry with the actual mix sent to Eurovision. The song is European folklore / techno about welcoming and asking for Spring to start, the start of the living year. The perfect song after Covid.

I love this so much. 1. Ukraine 2. Albania 3. Israel 4. France

Ukraine is the best!

Go_A style is amazing.Good job.

post-apocalyptic pop-folk music. revelation!

THE TEXT OF THE SONG has deep folk roots, 1000 years long. This is an electrofolk reworked spring song(VESNYANKA). VESNYANKA - a ritual song for invoking spring after a long winter, and at the same time an allegory of getting rid of the coronavirus. People welcomed spring and rejoiced in the warmth. The more and faster you dance - the sooner Spring will come. The very active dancer is the first of the crowd, who began to come to life and pass the spring mood to the rest. SIYU VIYU KONOPELECHKI - sow and blow CANNABIS. CLOTHES of the ancient Slavs were created from CANNABIS

Can I say something that nobody agrees? Well, I really sympathize for Maruv and I was sorry in 2019 when she did not go to the Eurovision, but I prefere this band much more, they are more modern and cool, they are much more over the stereotype (Ukrainian sexy women) and they represent their country in a smarter way

Дякую за реакцію!

Excellent entry, once again, from Ukraine. I love it. 5 entries selected so far & for me it's Ukraine, Lithuania, France, Israel, Albania.

Only a week ago (when the song was actually released) this song wasn't even supposed to be a conterner for Eurovision. But recently, it somehow became it, among with 2 another songs... And was chosen by every single juror in their internal selection! So, this music video and audio are not for Eurovision at all just because it wasn't supposed to be there initially. This music video costed near $10, they just went to some hill, recorded only there (in one location), brought their own instruments... and that's all, the probably paid only for those medical outfits :) The title translates "Noise", the whole song is a reworked traditional Ukranian ditty with the addition of modern music (as they always do it), the main idea is some legend about the arrival of noise (that means the arrival of spring) and, accordingly, the continuation of life and the struggle with current problems (including what they acted in this music video). And you dislike not exactly her singing, you dislike this traditional Slavic vocal technique called "white voice", it's OK, it's not for everyone. For me personally it's diversity (that I like in every possible way) and absolutely not annoying.

I like it!This is real new spirit for ESC!Good ukrainian electrofolk!

The song "Shum" interpreted by Go_A is a modern rethinking of an archaic spring-game with elements of ancient magical rituals. "Our ancestors have always had a close connection with nature, and this has influenced their worldview and outlook. Calling Shum means waking up spring and speeding up the process of awakening all living things after a long cold winter. Today, this story takes on a new meaning. and is in a state of prolonged self-isolation and each of us felt how a person needs society and the need to feel part of something bigger. When creating the composition, I was inspired by spring-game from Polissya and dark techno, "says Go_A soloist Kateryna Pavlenko.

Hi boyz, just a bit of clean up - the video, shot on an iPhone, was released Jan 22 without any (at least public) reference to Eurovision. Then, unfortunately, as it is in Ukraine now, everything got messy. A few days ago (may be a week) a national selection for songs by Go_A was announced, but without a public vote, just by the jury. So 2 more songs were presented by Go-A (still not available to the public, although 40 sec snippets were released). Finally "Shum" was selected. So it will be revamped, shortened and a new video hopefully will be made. Expected release - sometime in March. As to the song - it's a modern take on very traditional "spring calling" songs in Ukraine. This particular one tries to awake the god of forestry and greenery ("Shum" aka "Noise" )))) from his winter sleep by magic callings. When he awakes he will put leaves on trees and brings the spring. You are right, the lyrics is repetitive, but the more you call on deity, the more chance it will be heard))). IMHO Go-A made a perfect allusion to the modern times - aren't we all call calling for "spring" from our PPEs after such a horrible year? Here's another excellent modern take on "spring calling" songs - 2 participants in Vidbir are the headliners, Yuko and Khayat. And both are "white" voice singers. It might be not your cup of tea, especially for Toy, but still worth watching ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FA5IaiVpJ5c.html.

Дякую!!! Завдяки Євробаченню багато українців дізналося про таку чудову групу, яка зберігає традиції свого народу та робить народну пісню сучасною, модною і цікавою для молодого покоління. Бажаю Go_A багато нових шанувальників як в Україні так і по всьому світу, в їх піснях є щось магічне)

It has what it takes to win. This is art !

Thank you from Kyiv!

Дякую!

Sad that you don't like this voice. Its Ukrainian traditional voice. We singing like this

Wild dancing in 2004, in 2007 DANCING!!! now is corona-dancing ...

Привітання з України , дякую за реакцію 🎶🎶💛💙🎶🎶

Absolute love the idea of "using" the idea of the traditional dance to conjure up or welcome spring. Especially in the times we live these days - and "ШУМ (Shum)" makes me dance hardly!

It's Ukraine, not The Ukraine :).

I think this song this year will be coming top 10 .

They just followed the sanitary conditions during the quarantine :) In fact, great likes for both good and bad impressions. It doesn't offend me if someone doesn't like the song. It's cool if the song makes you dizzy, but folklore is difficult for untrained ears, and I understand those who don't like it. Everyone has their own tastes and favorite style!

Hi Guys! You do need to see the final product. There will be an official video released in March with the new revamped 3 min. song. For this video they had 0 budget and I read they filmed it on iPhones. The outfits will change dramatically as the song has nothing to do with the pandemic. The lyrics are very repetitive because they are very metaphorical and are letting the instrumentation layer more depth each time. From what they have said the song Shum (Noise) is a call to nature to renew itself into Spring. I expect there will be a lot of green colors in their performance staging. This will be a very divisive because of her use of white voice but some people will adore the mixing of ethnic and techno/EDM. There definitely will be nothing else like it.

That's amazing!!!

They will have to cut it. The interesting thing is where. I hated last year's but love this year's song.

Winners!!!!

Man this is an ethnic singing with traditional pagan influence. Many details of the composition just came from more than 1k years ago, that is why it works, I think.

They gonna film new clip for the song with shorter/revamped oficial version, this one was filmed/edited on smartphone and as Go-A said it costed only 15$, lol its actually very fun song, for celebrating awakening nature, green woods, sowing weeds and just have fun based on Ukranian pagan rituals and I'm sure their staging gonna be epic🤩

Thank you for reaction. And welcome to my reaction for this song

Shum - it’s a name of a god who lives in a forest. It’s from Ukrainian mythology. When you’ll dance for Shum - he will bring Spring faster.

This is actually a traditional Ukraine folk song with a modern twist, Shum is the god of the forest and they sing this in a ritual to basically awaken him so he brings forth the spring 🙂 a beautiful and hype af song

That wasn't "solovey", that was "siyu-viyu , siyu-viyu"

Thank you guys! 💛💙Would love to see your reaction to the final ESC version! Hugs for your trio!🤗😊🤗

That cushion in the background 😂😂

Thank you from Ukraine 💙💛

Слава Україні!🇺🇦

Shum is an atient Slavic God of forest . At the same time Shum translates from Ukrainian as Noise. This folk song is 1000+ years old. She is singing about planting green weed (yep cannabis) ,which symbolising spring comming, when everything gets green. "See you we you- " translates as sifting, planting, sowing (weed seeds). It is genius how they combine spring, hope that everything will wake up after winter and from Covid, with ukrainian mythology, club music with folk, even ritual music to some extend, weed as one of the symbols of the Netherlands (where eurovision will take place), video with protection costumes and one alone - dancer who spreads the vibes on the crowd. It is just a question of time when they join his party.

Thx from Ukraine 💙💛!

I think it's confirmed that they will shoot (or edit) new video for the submission...

Ohhh, guys, your reaction to the song is great!!!😀👍👍👍

Just watched 2.nd part of your great open heart review. Wild Dances killed me in 2004, fantasy queen Ruslana!

Eurovision 2021 Winner for me. Hands down.

I like it. Especially the final version. It's really one of my favorite songs on this contest! Hugs from Russia!

The song is so long because Go_A wrote it not for Eurovision at first. But they added the song to the internal selection list because fans wanted this. And Go_A was really surprised when the song won. So they're going to cut it now and refilm the official video. Anyway, I love your reactions guys :) Even though our opinions are different sometimes.

Noise - Шум!

Thank you guys for your amazing reaction. Best wishes from Ukraine 🤗 We are still standing, so pray for us🙏💙💛

Thanks for reaching!!!

This song is successor of old folk incantations did by girls for good walk to forest to pick berries. They are calling a spirit of a forest - Shum. So be careful. It needs a sacrifice. Dance for example ;)

🇺🇦👍😁, Ukraine, Go_A

Hello from Ukraine, appreciate your reaction.

today we have new version of this song in official site of Eurovision

I appreciate your reaction being honest

The song is based on the ritual game of the same name-vesnyanka. "Our ancestors have always felt a close connection with nature, and this has influenced their worldview and worldview. To call Shoma means to call for spring and speed up the process of awakening all living things after a long cold winter. Especially today, in times of isolation, each of us understands how important it is to feel part of society, to be connected to it, to feel part of something bigger. When creating the composition, I was inspired by a spring girl from Polissya and dark techno, "says Go_A soloist Kateryna Pavlenko. The song "Noise" interpreted by Go_A is a modern rethinking of an archaic game with elements of ancient magical rituals

The main character of the video was an ardent fan of the Go_A group, who was invited to the shooting by the group members themselves. According to the plot, a person yearns for communication with people and dreams of returning to his usual life without distancing. For a moment his dream comes true: and now he is already dancing the freckle.

Thank you very much for a wonderful reaction and deep feedback! Greetings from Ukraine! )

Puppy so adorable :-)

Cooool

Thanks for honest reaction.

I am waiting for the reaction for the new version!

We will be very glad to see a big European party again, greetings from Ukraine✌🏻❤️

This is giving me a throw back to the Polish entry from 2018 somehow, a little bit of last year's Icelandic entry will an undertone of last year's Russian group. The song is very traditional while also throwing some electronic shade. I don't understand what it's about but it's interesting

I don't want to discuss your tastes here, guys. But the song is professional and sounds great. The singer's voice is very powerful.

🎼🇺🇦❣️

Thank you from Ukraine!❤❤❤

Now... Its one of my favorite song! Please react to the new video, it's completely different

There was a moment when I thought I increased the video's speed accidentally :D Is this Ukrainian version of the Harlem Shake?

There is a new final version and it is completely different, check it out

You are a great pair of experts! Expressive & sincere reaction! English Gentlemen style - "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" I appreciate)))

Best reaction ever! 👍👍👍

I felt like I was observing an installation art video. I wanted to be intrigued but then they started horsing around and it descended into a mess. Meanwhile, her voice could be haunting, but in another song. Here it clashes with the music, which, as you pointed out, has its moments. : Unlikely to qualify.

They didn't plan to send "Shum" on Eurovision, so it's too long now. But than they added (accidentally) this song to the list and it won))

This is not a didgeridoo, this is a drymba, a Ukrainian folk instrument

Thanks from Kiev

MÉLOVIM - Under The Ladder 🔥🔥🔥 Forever

Thanks for genuine reaction, guys 👍 btw, what's up with the face in the background? It's just terrifying 😅

Super 👌👏

It is really shum😱🤭

That face behind you is freaking scary lol

The song is about sowing hemp and its duration is 4.20, I mean it's obvious, c'mon.

Парниша в жёлтой футболке более позитивный , его дружок скептичнее. И это анализ не только этого ролика

🔥🔥🔥👍✌😉

You are cool guys. With love from Ukraine 💛💙

An updated version of the song, remade for Eurovision requirements, as well as a new video will be released in March.