AZERBAIJAN EUROVISION 2022 - REACTING TO ‘FADE TO BLACK’ BY NADIR RUSTAMLI (FIRST LISTEN)
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- Hi guys! Welcome back to my channel! If you’re new here, my name’s Rachel and I’m a huge Eurovision fan. In todays video, I reacted to Azerbaijan’s song for ESC 2022, ‘Fade to Black’ by Nadir Rustamli.
After finishing towards the bottom half of the scoreboard last year, Azerbaijan have brought a song which I think will perhaps perform a bit better.
‘Fade to Black’ is a pleasant ballad packed with drama, passion and interesting musical ideas. The use of complex rhythms underpinned by a simple time signature produces a really nice tension and motivation for the song. The piano reinforces this idea with its support of the vocal lines and syncopated rhythms.
There is also a wonderful climax towards the end of the track where Nadir’s vocals push higher and higher in a very natural way to create this build up, supported by the percussion, strings and piano to create this overall crescendo. It’s fabulous.
The chorus melody has a nice ring to it and uses sequencing and repetition to really drive it home. It’s overall a great song, which I can’t fault to much.
May it get overshadowed by the less serious and more uptempo songs this year? Potentially, but that doesn’t matter to me as I really enjoyed it and think juries will give this love.
Initial Score: 8/10
Intro 00:00
Reaction 00:45
Thoughts and Comments 06:02
Coming Soon on My Channel 08:04
Shout Outs 09:11
Outro 10:16
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Azerbaijan is so underrated this year. Can't believe that most people think they won't qualify. This song is so good and has grown on me with every listen, my 3rd place at the moment.
People don’t think this will qualify!??? This screams SF Jury top 5 to me
@@ThePeaceAround The current odds are predicting that it won't qualify (or rather, it's right on the borderline), but that doesn't mean much, especially since nobody has seen it performed live. It's not especially popular in the fandom, though, which isn't to say disliked.
@@americaneurofans Nadir is the winner of the Voice contest. His live voice is very strong
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@@ThePeaceAround ❤️
Balaban, you are right ! Amazing voice !
I swear he will end in the top 10. When you can climb the full scale like that with the amazing instrumentals in the back. That's a potential "Eurovision Moment" right there. Brividi is still my jam but this is definitely in my top 5, top 3 even. It reminds me of Gjon's Tears entry last year who represented Switzerland with "Tout L'univers" in the sense of the drums, the build up and that vocal climb.
Cамая профессиональная реакция в ютубе,Respekt!!!
Hope i'm not the only that think this is very good
It is
I hope many more people agree :)
it's sensationally good.
I can't explain how much I love this song. Nadir's voice is exceptional. Wow,just wow. Watched the Eurovision. I thought this should have won the show.I was happy for Ukraine to win but this was the best song of all the 25
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Hello from sunny Baku, Azerbaijan. Thanks for your reaction. Yes, u r absolutely right. This instrument calls balaban. Wish u best:)
AZERBAIJAN🇦🇿 LOVE.
Best song at the eurovision to me.... what a voice!!
I was having a bad time since I woke up this morning, but your videos always cheer me up! Thank you for bringing good vibes and knowledge into our lives! I got kinda emotional at the end of this video as well. 😂Yeah, it's been really nice catching up with your content, specially because I love Eurovision too! Also about this song, it gives me goosebumps! I hope he make it through the final!
Hope you’re feeling better!
His voice wow! I really like this one I like how the rythme tricks us we think that the song are going in a way but no it's in an another.
It's going to be difficult to make a choice this year there are several that I like very much 2022 is a grand cru clearly up to the height of 2021.
is one of my favs! i saw him in the Madrid's Pre Party and he's asweone
Thank you so much for your reaction
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Спасибо за балабан ,очень редко людей знают настоящее имя этого инструмента к сожалению по ошибке знают как дудук но дудук это совсем другой инструмент
She knows what she is talking about always, that's why her videos are sooo interesting
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Thank you :)
@@ThePeaceAround такого инструмента нет- балабан. Это старинный армянский духовой инструмент - дудук, который изготавливают из абрикосового дерева. Дудук зарегестрирован ЮНЕСКО
@@annasimon6452 Hi Anna, sorry if I offended you with the use of the term ‘Balaban’ - I appreciate that the Duduk is a protected Armenian instrument. The Balaban has a different note range however, and it’s evident in this song that the Balaban is being used as it’s reaching to notes lower than the duduk. I hope you can understand technically where I’m coming from?
Azerbaijan top3
Woohoo so excited for the big instrumental cover. Anyway, on the song, it is in my top 5 currently and as much as the fandom hates on it, you can't deny that the composition is clever and the man has an explosive voice. The mix of Balaban and, as you pointed out, the 1 2 3 rhytmic progressions in the chorus, does make this stands out enough to not be considered as another generic ballad. Love your insights so much cause I also felt like the chorus was interesting but cannot really pinpoint how and why. And then the build-up, whooo that drum kicks starting in makes you feel like it's a soundtrack to an epic movie or sth :)))
Yeah that last part with the drum kick and build up certainly don’t make this a ballad - it’s more of a mid tempo explosive track :)
@@ThePeaceAround I really agree as well, but I guess some people see the first half and label it a ballad and be done with it. Sigh, I don't even know how they define ballad when people complain that half of this year's songs are just ballad when it certainly isn't :)))
Es odiada esta canción? Pero si es preciosa!! Desde Barcelona (España) está en mi top 5.
@@palmiraip8056 Hola, me gusta esta canción pero algunas personas no les gusta, especialmente en Reddit. Creo que esta canción es preciosa y también está en mi top 5.
@@catttnguyen9997 ♥️♥️♥️🤗🤗🤗
Super,bravo,Nadir Rustemli.👌👍👏🇦🇿
Eyy, you've done it!! Deffo staying tuned for what's next ^^
Azerbaijan - This is another one I find the fandom seem to be disliking just for the heck of it... I guess 'cause they kept us waiting and it's "ANOTHER BALLAD" (in a mimicky voice). I do enjoy it more the more I listen to it, I find the composition quite soundtrack-like. And the balaban fits in perfectly with it, doesn't seem shoehorned in as an "obligatory fan-pleasing ethnic element" (pretty sure that's a balaban, since we're talking Azerbaijan here).
My main gripe - Azerbaijan seem to think like Malta and to an extent Cyprus in terms of trying to figure out a formula of what MAY win in ESC, and they tend to go for a big multinational team to compose their songs, rather than trying to find local singer-songwriters or bands that do their own material (or at least have a larger say in it than a slight vocal/instrumental arrangement). It can produce good/competent songs (case in point "Fade to Black"), but it can also backfire, and does make them look like they have no faith in their own musicians. Or I'm just looking too far into it, idk...
I totally agree with you from the 1st word to the last one
Yeah this shouldn’t be getting flack because it’s a ‘sLoW bAlLaD’ like come on guys 😂 Ballads aren’t bad because they’re slow - needs to be given a chance :)
I have watched many reaction videos. Deffinitely I can say that this is the best one! Thank you for such a honest, natural and above all meaningful opinions!
yep!
You're so kind to share other good music channels. I am a bit tired to see nonesense tops every day, and I prefer a good explanation why a song is good or not than a subjective random top.
I love your pro reviews, always! I get another perspective and with your professional ticks Im learning something magical.
Good video Rachel. I completely agree with you, this is a great song and probably would just make my top 5.
It’s unpredictable and toward the end it feels as though it’s going to go in a different direction to the one that it actually goes.
I love the song though.
I do sometimes Lauravision who you recommended. I like her channel but, I find her to be biased sometimes.
When she made her top 10 qualifier predictions for the semi finals, she said she was dissociating what she wanted to qualify from what she thought would qualify, yet she didn’t fulfil this.
Everything she predicted would qualify was only what she liked.
And unfortunately I feel some discontent now because she has criticised Serbia, and it’s my favourite entry and I will defend it with all that I’ve got.
This is why I can no longer recommend her channel
Thank you for your reaction this video 👍
A lot of male ballads and slow moving female country guitar songs this year....that's not necessarily a bad thing. This song on the other hand reminds me a lot of Arcade for some reason.
Maybe something more uptempo would outstand this year among all the ballads. Maybe some will fade in semis
I'm always so happy when I see a new video from you!
As for the song it's nice enough but I have a strong dislike of ballads in general so it's low on my list just for my preference alone. He's very talented and I hope he does well!
I'm looking forward to the upcoming videos. I love your channel!
Very nice Song,i ❤️ it
Amazing👏👍
Thank you for your reaction this video. 👍
an insanely ambitious song, which might not even qualify, but which makes "popular" songs like Brividi and Hold Me Closer look very small beer indeed (and to even compare it to something like Stefania is quite absurd.)
Love from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿❤️
Super channel))) professional
As usual, I love your analysis, Rachel, and I learn so much just from listening to you talking about music, technically and critically. I'm a visual artist myself, not a musician, but I love listening to music and enjoy having an informed opinion, so your videos are always fascinating! Though I enjoy this song and hope it qualifies, to me at least something about it sounds... unresolved, as if it's missing a bit or an element! I can't even explain what it is. This artist does have a fabulous voice and I think I might just go and check out some of his other music (isn't that what Eurovision is also about?). Love from Rome 🇮🇹
Yes Nadir That voice was the first in Azerbaijan and you can watch his songs he has a great voice
Мне очень понравился ваш професиональный уровень знание музыки а также азербайджанских инстументов.
Hello All,
I hope Azerbaijan will be overrated rather than underrated. Nadir has such a beautiful voice.
nice one, but there seem to be some other songs that develop so well also, maybe even bertter, yes, his voice is impressive but the message is so good too
At around 3 minutes into the video you played a specific clip of the song, and it was deafeningly loud compared to the rest of video. lol
Balaban 🇦🇿❤
Спасибо за профессиональный подход Надир поёт бесподобно такого вокала у исполнителей на Евровидении нет Песня шикарная Если голосование будет профессиональным и справедливым Надир займёт одно из первых мест А армянами не стоит спорить, доказывать Весь мир знает что армяне врут и то что им нравится присваивает себе Это их вторая натура Если они обьявили что украинской борщ это армянский этим всё сказано Есть много случаев .Армяне обьявили что украинский борщ это армянский борщ ,что Иисус Христос был армянином этим всё сказано что Карабах принадлежит армении это очередная ложь Весь мир знает что Карабах это Азербайджан .армяне где находится Карабах? Правильно Карабах это Азербайджан СЛАВА Азербайджану СЛАВА Украине Азербайджанцы с вами
of course BALABAN porfect
Really enjoyed watching some of your takes on this years entries. Glad you found some musical merit with this as it’s not for me. I’d be very surprised if this qualifies, I thought it was incredibly bland and never really goes anywhere. I think it could be redeemed live in the semi’s with the instrumentation louder in the mix and improved enunciation but still I find it the most forgettable song this year. Portugal, Ukraine or Lithuania for the win🇵🇹🇺🇦🇱🇹
I think this video is to review this song, not to promote others. Neither your 3 nor Azerbaijan are my favourites but I'm not going to tell which are mine just to be respectful with this song and this review. Maybe it's not a winning song, nobody knows, but it's beautiful and worth to enjoy it.
This is the internet so I’m entitled to have my opinion and post it, as are you. I’m glad you enjoyed it like she did, but I did not. Like I said, I hope it can (and I’m sure it will) be amped up for the live performance in the semi’s. Would love to hear what your favourites are, but again that’s fine if you’d rather not ✌️
Sounds like this has been influenced by the last 2 Swiss entries. Solid track, very classy vocal, but he might as well be singing about the weather. Oh.. wait!
I'm going to say it........ this song is too good for Eurovision.
DID you get your tickets, Rachel?
💔 I couldn’t afford it and had no-one to travel with. The accommodation is too expensive
@@ThePeaceAround mmmm... I'm so sorry to hear that. Let's hope for London2023 then
@@clarabella8 That would be the dream. Are you going to Turin yourself ?
@@ThePeaceAround Yes, but I live in Italy, in Tuscany, so I Will go to the FINAL family show (in the early afternoon) with my daughter and then we'll see the Grand Final on maxiscreens at Parco del Valentino in Turin with other ESC fans :) I would have gladly hosted you in Tuscany and from there travelled together :)
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American song contest ?
You're right, Rachel. It is BALABAN.
If it is your first listening, how do you know that it was the final song announced? :)
I’m a big fan of the contests so was following all of the announcements but holding off from listening to the songs until making a video
for me just another good ballad with a good touching voice, but I see nothing special about it. In general I 'm more into bops, upbeat songs with an ethnic element. I can connect with slow songs too, but they have to be very special, like the Dutch, the Estonian or the Greek entry
it is "balaban", armenians stole our national instrument and changed its name as "duduk"
I don' t like this one. The composition seems messy to me, the singing a display of skill but not really good to listen to. I can't really identify what's wrong with the whole package but it gives me an uneasy feeling.
At what price do you sell false information?
i was about to say.. 😅
im not a fan sorry
Fair enough :) what’s your favourite song this year?
@@ThePeaceAround Greece