It grew on me as the song went on. Something very primal and powerful about her voice. I like when eurovision songs are sung in the country's own language, it adds a lot more flair to it.
Been a fan of this band since they started out (local to where I lived at the time) around 1999-2000. They were teenagers then, the lead singer was like 14 and her vocal technique was already fantastic... their whole MO has been to take traditional folk tunes and poems either as inspiration or as direct sources, and write rocked-up songs around them. Good stuff.
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody They made it big nationally quite fast in the early 2000s, released a couple of albums and played a lot of concerts, but quit/went on hiatus after a few years because they wanted to do other things with their lives... have in more recent years been back on a part-time basis as adults, doing their thing.
And your not even watching the live performance, which was a show itself! I’m swedish and i think norway deserves to win eurovision this year, sending a song (perfomance) like this!
@@hansmarheim7620 Even your name sound norwegian is it strange. Did you go to a Norwegian school then ? Both written languages are equal and are mainly understood by most people in written language. Dialect speaking is different.
@@MJODENG She is singing in some strange western Norwegian dialect i think. My family name stems from the western part of Norway. From the inner part of Sognefjorden. As i mentioned i dont understand the lyrics in this song. I know "ulveham" mean "Wolfs skin". Otherwise i do not understand anything. However the screams sound kind of familiar.
Her voice is absolutely fantastic! And I loved the way that she was so totally into what she was singing, even in a studio setting with nobody watching (though of course she knew she was being filmed). I can't find a single thing to criticize.
Thank you for reacting to Gåte. And I am very happy that you said in the comments that you are going to react to the stage show also. Always do that with Eurovision songs :-)
Ahh, you did it! Thank you so much. Was asking for this reaction since your first Melodi Grand Prix one (Gothminister). You really should check out their live performance in the final, the staging elevated the song even further. This official MV was dropped in a rush after NRK (Norway's Broadcaster organising MGP) asked them to change the lyrics, because they thought that 1000 y/o ballad in old Norwegian was not original enough to use for ESC. Gåte had 2 weeks to accomplish this (were asked after their semifinal) and they did a great job. Thank you again for the reaction.
I love them, but I hope they release another music video, cause this is just a recording. We need a dark forest and mysteriousness. The song is so amazing though, best Eurovision song ever imo
Those screams you hear are the breaking free from the evil stepmother that causing the pain and suffering. This is nature calling. They give everything in their concerts and it’s also magical performances. I am a superfan now and next is Blood fan 😊 check out- Skarvane from “ Svarteboka” that gives you a level of quality in how they are 😊 nice reaction!!
I love Gåde's powerful (live-)version and hope they win the whole Eurovision contest! Heja Norge!!! 😘🇧🇻✌️ Love from Sweden! Btw, here's a video with english translations of all the (dark) lyrics from this old Scandinavian/Norse ballad for anyone interested... ua-cam.com/video/dLYkogvmqYg/v-deo.htmlsi=CixZdaz-ixhoo8WW The ballad is called Vedergällningen (The Revenge?) by Garmarna, an old swedish folk-rock group. So not to be confused by Varulven (The Werewolf) which is another old scandinavian folkballad, ua-cam.com/video/nD8MKECCdxc/v-deo.htmlsi=rGwsGWTBXCoBY6Kn
Insanely good vocalist on this track. She didn't even need the echo effect,she is good enough without it all, though it did make for a cool sound. The music here was good as well.
Well... The language is Norwegian. It is performed in either (most likely) straight up Nynorsk ("New-Norwegian", one of the two written forms of Norwegian), a specific local dialect of Western Norway (unlikely) or a generalized Western Norwegian dialect. Old Norwegian (called "Gammalnorsk" in Norwegian, part of what is in English referred to as Old Norse) died out centuries ago and only a small group of people (like Einar Selvik from Wardruna, history scholars etc.) have made the effort to learn it.
@@PiercedBrosmen It’s sung in Høgnorsk (high Norwegian), a very conservative, archaic form of Nynorsk that rejects basically all of the reforms since the 1880s
«Lokk» is culturally conditioned and is a form of expression especially when herding and calling animals. It is the tradition-bound style that Gåte plays on in terms of legends and emotions in it. It is a form of cultural expression in Norwegian folk music. Gåte is based as Folklore-band.
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody Here is a map of Norway where the 2 official languages are distributed. Blue is Norwegian and red is Nynorsk (Gåte). Red-blue color is similar linguistically.
Love your genuine reaction to this breathtaking song and performance! 🥰 I also want to thank you for your words of kindness at the end of this reaction video. I did not expect that. It hit home. ❤
I've grown to love this kind of music. It speaks to a deep place in me. Also I'm just grateful you are here! I refuse to use this platform in a negative light. I simply love discovering music and talking life with everyone.
Gåte is a really old band. The only original member is the singer. They dont care about winning as much is you might think. They want exposure. And they got that, with a performance that people either like or hate. Younger people like to see a performance that reflect the culture of a nation. And this was bullseye on that.
Finally a band I absolutely love (and have been a fan of since 2004) makes it to the ESC! Fun fact: Garmarna, to which you reacted a few days before and who have been also an inspiration for Gåte's music, had a song telling the same story on their album "Vedergällningen" from 1999, namley the title track. The difference is that in their version of this story, it's a boy and not a girl who is transformed into a wolf by the evil stepmother. The reason for this is that on this point, the traditional Swedish ballad, which Garmarna's song is based on, differs from the traditional Norwegian ballad "Møy i ulveham", which Gåte's song is based on. In a register of traditional Norwegian ballads put together by the University of Oslo, you find 9 versions of this ballad, the longest one having 30 verses! BTW, if you like Gåte, you might also like the Norwegian female-fronted Folk Metal/Rock band Bergtatt. Their band leader (and only founding member left), John Stenersen, also joined Gåte in the two live performances of "Ulveham", playing keyed fiddle (in Norwegian: nøkkelharpe), and played with Gåte on their Norwegian tour a few months ago, replacing the vocalist's brother who had left the band just a few months before. I recommend Bergtatt's song "Huldra". Gåte have a song with the same title, but it's a completely different song and Bergtatt's song is already from 2013. In case you might be interested, I can also point you to a videoclip of a live-concert by Bergtatt from 2016, which seems to have been professionally recorded at a festival in Hungary and which starts with the song "Huldra". But I think the sound quality of the studio version is better..
Really great vocals, and I think the music was a perfect accompaniment. I'll definitely check out their final performance as suggested in the comments! 🐺🐺
Hi you must see the stage performing on the final in Melody grand prix.Extrordinary amazing traditional rock folk song.End the next Eurovision in Norway.And please react the song svardeboka from Gate .
Gåte are from Norway 🇸🇯 and the song is in a modernized old norse language (AFAIK 😬) The å letter is pronounced like kind of an o, a little bit like in "goal" I think Oh, and btw- great reaction 😊 Much love ❤
@@TheWolffAndTheMelodyIf you say *"Gawte,"* you should be spot on, just think of the *e* at the end as how you would pronounce the *a* sound, good luck 😉
The original lyrics, which is a thousand years old ballad, was in old-fashioned Norwegian. As the language have changed over time, so has the traditional ballads. It is far from Old Norse. You have to go to Icelandic or Faroese to find something similar. The band had to change the lyrics, since Eurovision requires new material. The new text, which has the same content as the old one, is in a dialect that is spoken in parts of Norway today. We have two written languages in Norway, Bokmål, which is as good as Danish (a relic from 500 years under Danish rule), and Nynorsk, which is based on Norwegian dialects. You can say that the text is in Nynorsk, but it is a written language. The text is not written language, but spoken language. I guess most Norwegians will agree.
This song is amazing, and if you liked it you should check out more from their library. I will highly suggest a couple of their newer songs: "Huldra", which has strong similarities to this song and is outright amazing, and "Svarteboka", which features Agnete from Djerv, whom was also a guest vocalist in Dimmu Borgir's "Gateways"(which you have a video reaction of)! If you want to check out some of their older stuff, I can recommend "Sjå Attende" and "Knut liten og Sylvelin". Also check out the live version of this song from the MGP finals, because it's amazing! You'll be glad you did! ;)
Search up their song "Kom no disjka". This is another song that really shows the crazy capability of her voice. To some part even more than Ulveham in my opinion (which I love ofc, but "kom no disjka" is my fav of all time ❤). Been a fan of Gåte since they started out ❤. Really like your video, and you seem such a cool lovely guy. Love from Norway 😊
I just saw them a month ago playing live here in Stavanger. It was EPIC! Seeing them again this summer at Midtgaardsblot festival 🤩 Totally unrelated, but yet so related… seeing Aurora live in a month. Hope u keep going down both their work! 😄
I'm Norwegian. "Gåte" literally means "Riddle". The "å" is pronounsed as the "oa" in "boar", and the "e" is not silent. Think on it as the "Tolkien-letter" ë. You might want to check out the 4th finisher from Norway, "Gothminister" with the song "We Come Alive". Anyway. "Ulveham means Wolf's hame" And I saw them live back in 2001-2002 or something, when she actually was to young to enter the venue.. They ogmf course solved that, but it was the thing everybody talked about...
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody I know. That is why I commented. The Norwegian word for wolf is “Ulv” and “ham” is an old word for skin or disguise. Kine of like the phrase “Sheep clothing “. The word is very little used in our modern language.😁
@@runedahl1477 I forget not everyone immediately goes to google translate when a song title is in a language they don't speak! I love the language choices they made. It reminds me of the old fairy tales my grandpa told.
This lyric is 1000 years old and is about a young maiden who is bewitched and transformed into a wolf… She then kills nd drinks her evil stepmothers blood, and the curse is reversed. No wolder you liked it 🥳😊
They're from Norway! The language is a sort of modernized medieval Norwegian. It has a few archaic words and old-fashioned grammar, but mostly like modern Norwegian in the newest version of the lyrics (specifically Nynorsk Norwegian, not Bokmål Norwegian). The lyrics used to be a little different earlier in the competition, where it had some more archaic words and grammar. Most adult Norwegians would still be able to understand it if they took some time to interpret the more archaic parts. The original text the lyrics are based on is even harder to understand, as it's full-on medieval Norwegian.
Have been fortunate enough to see this band 12 times now, going back to 2003. On the last one in november they also played this song, the twice as long original version. The recorded vocals you can hear towards the end is actually her nephew, and the son of her brother Sveinung who is a founding member of the band. He stepped down recently, partly to support his son who at only 15 is already making music under the name Storm. On the show in november he did the warm up, and also joined the band for Ulveham. It wasjust awesome. If I were to reccomend something it would have to be Sjåaren, from their live DVD from what was originally their farewell concert back in 2005. I am a little hesitant to promote videos that are not on their official channel, but I will do it anyway: ua-cam.com/video/ls3ENq-Xyxc/v-deo.html. It's a quieter song, and what is special about this song is that Gunnhild at one point steps away from the microphone and sings acoustically int the room. It is one of those things where a recording can't really convey the atmosphere it creates, but still worth a watch.
I second your recommendation of the live version of "Sjåaren". She also did what you described at their concert in Oslo last October which I was lucky to attend.
You should have specified which version you refer to! The original album version from 2004, the official music video of the acoustic version from 2021 or the videoclip of their acoustic performance in an old coppermine from March 2020? The latter is a bit difficult to find, because the clip is just titled "Gåte - akustisk" and mentions the song title only in the description. But it's highly recommendable and to be found on their official channel here: ua-cam.com/video/iyzvIl1XMJ4/v-deo.html
She has a great voice, i would have liked to heard a bit more raw and a bit less effects tho. Music sounded good, ofc dont know the lyrics but it looked like it was sung with passion. ❤ and ✌️
Great reaction glad to be a Norwegian, Very cool that Gåte is going to Eurovision. You should check out Pure Wrath - Those Who Stand Still, its superb atmospheric melodic black metal, think you would love it!
Ohhhh that sounds amazing! Also is that a Lady Maria Profile pic! I'm obsessed with Bloodborne! I love Soulsborne in general! They are my favorite games.
If you want to hear more without effects you can check out their live DVD here: ua-cam.com/video/X2sAM3g4EiI/v-deo.html. It's from way back in 2005 so she was only 20 at the time but already a great voice.
Yeah, good voice and overall not bad, but to me it's overhyped and not a Eurovision winner. Especially because it sounds almost exactly the same like another artist's song that was already released decades ago and therefore is not the most creative venture in the world. And no, I'm not afraid of some fans shredding me now.😉 I didn't say it's bad, I'm just talking about the originality of it, and spiritually I can definitely connect to other nordic folk rock songs more. Having said this, it's definitely atmospheric! Just not my favourite in the Eurovision ranking this year.
@@MrCamilla Anyone who listens to "Lokk" by Marit Jensen Lillebuen and doesn't see any similarity in the vocal melodies has a questionable opinion I would say. Even Gåte themselves had to mention this artist as a source of their song to GEMA. And if the Eurovision game is played according to rules, this shouldn't be allowed. But no matter what will happen, my opinion that this is not creative will not change.
@@elendil_lehtinen don't think anyone has ever disagreed with that, they've been really transparent about it as well as you said. I'm really excited for them to perform this though, Marit Jensen died 50 years ago and it was a beautiful "lokk", a piece of Norwegian history, but not a song song. Lokk in general is used to call on cows in Scandinavia, so that they were able to implement it in a song is really impressive imo
@@MrCamilla They have been transparent about it AFTER newspapers and people revealed it. Before this, I didn't see any transparency in public. Apart from this, the Eurovision rules say that a song must not be released before September 1st 2023 (even in part) and that it must be an original. So no matter what will happen, if the EBU sticks to their own words and own rules, it would be ridiculous if this goes through. But maybe people will talk about this more when Eurovision comes closer. I don't really care what happens in the end, as my opinion stays the same anyway. If someone goes to Eurovision with a melody that already existed before, I doesn't look like the most creative and genuine approach to the contest. And that's what I meant.
@@elendil_lehtinen Gåte as a band has existed for 25 years, and what they're famous for is the way they incorporate existing traditional music and folklore into their rocky sound. That's their MO, and absolutely everyone familiar with Gåte knows this. When presenting their song as a Eurovision selection to the public, they described the "lokk" and why they had chosen it as an inspiration for the song. They never hid anything, it was never "revealed" by the newspapers. NRK has already asked EBU about it, and the song has been approved by them.
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Thank you so much for this honest reaction video! It truly means a lot!
Loved it! Keep doing your thing and making magic.
It's deep and dark and organic. The band is mind blowing and the singer is like a fairy of the woods.
It grew on me as the song went on. Something very primal and powerful about her voice. I like when eurovision songs are sung in the country's own language, it adds a lot more flair to it.
agree with everything you said!
Great reaction👍
I love this song, but I highly recommend watching their live performance in the final😍🤘
You got it!
Best song in ESC history ever!
Etno delirium…. I get goosebumps all the way and reach the veins of ancesters ❤❤❤❤
Norway for the win 🎉
Been a fan of this band since they started out (local to where I lived at the time) around 1999-2000. They were teenagers then, the lead singer was like 14 and her vocal technique was already fantastic... their whole MO has been to take traditional folk tunes and poems either as inspiration or as direct sources, and write rocked-up songs around them. Good stuff.
wow thats incredible! I'm so glad they are getting seen!
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody They made it big nationally quite fast in the early 2000s, released a couple of albums and played a lot of concerts, but quit/went on hiatus after a few years because they wanted to do other things with their lives... have in more recent years been back on a part-time basis as adults, doing their thing.
Da har vi sikkert vært på samme konsert :)
And your not even watching the live performance, which was a show itself! I’m swedish and i think norway deserves to win eurovision this year, sending a song (perfomance) like this!
Im planning on the live! I'm excited
Gunnhild Sundli - vokalist
Magnus Børmark - gitar
Jon Even Schärer - trommer, vokal (2017-)
Mats Paulsen - bass, vokal (2017-)
John Stenersen - nøkkelharpe, tangenter, vokal (live, 2023-)
I really like her voice, and I love the song overall! I didn't understand a word of it, but I felt it ❤
I am Norwegian and i did not understand a word either. Nice howling though. Like my Cats calling for meat.
@@hansmarheim7620
Even your name sound norwegian is it strange. Did you go to a Norwegian school then ? Both written languages are equal and are mainly understood by most people in written language. Dialect speaking is different.
@@MJODENG She is singing in some strange western Norwegian dialect i think. My family name stems from the western part of Norway. From the inner part of Sognefjorden. As i mentioned i dont understand the lyrics in this song. I know "ulveham" mean "Wolfs skin".
Otherwise i do not understand anything. However the screams sound kind of familiar.
@@Ion467
I am also surprised. As Norwegian is that understandable.
I am from the north of Norway and have no problem understanding what she is saying.
Her voice is absolutely fantastic! And I loved the way that she was so totally into what she was singing, even in a studio setting with nobody watching (though of course she knew she was being filmed). I can't find a single thing to criticize.
Agreed, she has a presence about her.
Thank you for reacting to Gåte. And I am very happy that you said in the comments that you are going to react to the stage show also. Always do that with Eurovision songs :-)
Vocal skills level : ♥️/💯
So much chills here!! Yeeeeeees!
Right! How are ya?
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody fine! Thank you! Just hoping the same for you and everyone!
Its old norwegian language. She sings "lokk" . It's an old norwegian traditional way to call on the animals in the mountains 🧚🌬🏔
Thats so cool!
There live performances are breataking
I plan on doing some. I really loved this
Hi from Norway ❤ u need to see the live preformance. U will be Blown away 😭 This song is so amazing, ❤❤❤ I love them
I plan on it. This was amazing
So so so happy this won and will go to Eurovision! Love it.
Ahh, you did it! Thank you so much. Was asking for this reaction since your first Melodi Grand Prix one (Gothminister).
You really should check out their live performance in the final, the staging elevated the song even further.
This official MV was dropped in a rush after NRK (Norway's Broadcaster organising MGP) asked them to change the lyrics, because they thought that 1000 y/o ballad in old Norwegian was not original enough to use for ESC. Gåte had 2 weeks to accomplish this (were asked after their semifinal) and they did a great job.
Thank you again for the reaction.
Thanks a lot! Such a great discovery thx to u 🙏
@@PW_Thorn You're most welcome, even though I wasn't the only one asking for it. So thanks to all the people who recommended it to Tommy, too 😊
I plan on doing the live version.
@@Eva-mp7xg yes! 🙏🙏🙏
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody make sure that is live version from the Mgp finals and not the semi finals. 😊👍
Gate is amazing and their song is great. I loved it from the first time I heard it ❤❤❤
Yea this was so good!
I love them, but I hope they release another music video, cause this is just a recording. We need a dark forest and mysteriousness. The song is so amazing though, best Eurovision song ever imo
Great reaction as allways.
Gåte , Norwegian Folk Prog at it's best, a lot in common with Kalandra which you reacted to some weeks ago.❤
Those screams you hear are the breaking free from the evil stepmother that causing the pain and suffering. This is nature calling.
They give everything in their concerts and it’s also magical performances.
I am a superfan now and next is Blood fan 😊 check out- Skarvane from “ Svarteboka” that gives you a level of quality in how they are 😊
nice reaction!!
I'm so in love with this song, it hits me in so many ways I can't even descoribe. This is what music is all about !
the power of music is so much deeper than a melody or a tune...Its the language of the heart and soul.
Been really enjoying your reactions!
Thanks so much friend! I love discovering new music and hanging out with you!
You can't avoid this one if you're going to check them out
"GÅTE feat. DJERV - Svarteboka (Official Music Video)
- Svarteboka = The Black book
I concur! I was about no comment the same :D
Yeah!!
👍
Yeah, this!
I love Gåde's powerful (live-)version and hope they win the whole Eurovision contest! Heja Norge!!! 😘🇧🇻✌️ Love from Sweden!
Btw, here's a video with english translations of all the (dark) lyrics from this old Scandinavian/Norse ballad for anyone interested... ua-cam.com/video/dLYkogvmqYg/v-deo.htmlsi=CixZdaz-ixhoo8WW
The ballad is called Vedergällningen (The Revenge?) by Garmarna, an old swedish folk-rock group. So not to be confused by Varulven (The Werewolf) which is another old scandinavian folkballad, ua-cam.com/video/nD8MKECCdxc/v-deo.htmlsi=rGwsGWTBXCoBY6Kn
Love it!!
Insanely good vocalist on this track. She didn't even need the echo effect,she is good enough without it all, though it did make for a cool sound. The music here was good as well.
Yea dude the power was wild!
The language its old Norwegian. Love it
Well... The language is Norwegian. It is performed in either (most likely) straight up Nynorsk ("New-Norwegian", one of the two written forms of Norwegian), a specific local dialect of Western Norway (unlikely) or a generalized Western Norwegian dialect.
Old Norwegian (called "Gammalnorsk" in Norwegian, part of what is in English referred to as Old Norse) died out centuries ago and only a small group of people (like Einar Selvik from Wardruna, history scholars etc.) have made the effort to learn it.
@@PiercedBrosmen It’s sung in Høgnorsk (high Norwegian), a very conservative, archaic form of Nynorsk that rejects basically all of the reforms since the 1880s
it is new norwegian, not old.
@@annehyden1088New Norwegian is a bit old! 😂
«Lokk» is culturally conditioned and is a form of expression especially when herding and calling animals. It is the tradition-bound style that Gåte plays on in terms of legends and emotions in it. It is a form of cultural expression in Norwegian folk music. Gåte is based as Folklore-band.
Gåte is masters in Folkmusic and has created this Masterpiece in expression
So kind of a Norwegian equivalent to kulning then?
appreciate you teaching me. I love learning about different places!
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody
Here is a map of Norway where the 2 official languages are distributed. Blue is Norwegian and red is Nynorsk (Gåte). Red-blue color is similar linguistically.
The map no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Norway_municipalities_Nynorsk-bokmal_in_schooles_2021.svg
i like her voice and how she sings, there is something very primal in it. the beginning was not my cup of tea, but it grew
Need to see the LIVE performance
Love your genuine reaction to this breathtaking song and performance! 🥰 I also want to thank you for your words of kindness at the end of this reaction video. I did not expect that. It hit home. ❤
I've grown to love this kind of music. It speaks to a deep place in me. Also I'm just grateful you are here! I refuse to use this platform in a negative light. I simply love discovering music and talking life with everyone.
If you like the song, there's also a longer 6 minute version of it
GREETINGS FROM NORWAY 🇧🇻.....GÅTE IS FROM NORWAY! ❤
Gåte is a really old band. The only original member is the singer. They dont care about winning as much is you might think. They want exposure. And they got that, with a performance that people either like or hate. Younger people like to see a performance that reflect the culture of a nation. And this was bullseye on that.
You need to check out their song Svarteboka. Ft. Agnete from Djerv. Chilling good! 🤘🤘
Agreed!
Oh wow, that was really powerfull! I didn't know her but glad it changed thanks to you!
My work here is done! lol
I just can't stop listening to this MASTERPIECE🔥🔥🔥this is FANTASTIC!!!
Right! Blew me away!
Finally a band I absolutely love (and have been a fan of since 2004) makes it to the ESC! Fun fact: Garmarna, to which you reacted a few days before and who have been also an inspiration for Gåte's music, had a song telling the same story on their album "Vedergällningen" from 1999, namley the title track. The difference is that in their version of this story, it's a boy and not a girl who is transformed into a wolf by the evil stepmother. The reason for this is that on this point, the traditional Swedish ballad, which Garmarna's song is based on, differs from the traditional Norwegian ballad "Møy i ulveham", which Gåte's song is based on. In a register of traditional Norwegian ballads put together by the University of Oslo, you find 9 versions of this ballad, the longest one having 30 verses! BTW, if you like Gåte, you might also like the Norwegian female-fronted Folk Metal/Rock band Bergtatt. Their band leader (and only founding member left), John Stenersen, also joined Gåte in the two live performances of "Ulveham", playing keyed fiddle (in Norwegian: nøkkelharpe), and played with Gåte on their Norwegian tour a few months ago, replacing the vocalist's brother who had left the band just a few months before. I recommend Bergtatt's song "Huldra". Gåte have a song with the same title, but it's a completely different song and Bergtatt's song is already from 2013. In case you might be interested, I can also point you to a videoclip of a live-concert by Bergtatt from 2016, which seems to have been professionally recorded at a festival in Hungary and which starts with the song "Huldra". But I think the sound quality of the studio version is better..
Really great vocals, and I think the music was a perfect accompaniment. I'll definitely check out their final performance as suggested in the comments! 🐺🐺
yea, I'm gonna react to the live version.
Hi you must see the stage performing on the final in Melody grand prix.Extrordinary amazing traditional rock folk song.End the next Eurovision in Norway.And please react the song svardeboka from Gate .
Gåte are from Norway 🇸🇯 and the song is in a modernized old norse language (AFAIK 😬)
The å letter is pronounced like kind of an o, a little bit like in "goal" I think
Oh, and btw- great reaction 😊
Much love ❤
oh thanks for helping me with the word! So glad you are here friend!
@@TheWolffAndTheMelodyIf you say *"Gawte,"* you should be spot on, just think of the *e* at the end as how you would pronounce the *a* sound, good luck 😉
The original lyrics, which is a thousand years old ballad, was in old-fashioned Norwegian. As the language have changed over time, so has the traditional ballads. It is far from Old Norse. You have to go to Icelandic or Faroese to find something similar. The band had to change the lyrics, since Eurovision requires new material. The new text, which has the same content as the old one, is in a dialect that is spoken in parts of Norway today.
We have two written languages in Norway, Bokmål, which is as good as Danish (a relic from 500 years under Danish rule), and Nynorsk, which is based on Norwegian dialects. You can say that the text is in Nynorsk, but it is a written language. The text is not written language, but spoken language. I guess most Norwegians will agree.
This song is amazing, and if you liked it you should check out more from their library. I will highly suggest a couple of their newer songs: "Huldra", which has strong similarities to this song and is outright amazing, and "Svarteboka", which features Agnete from Djerv, whom was also a guest vocalist in Dimmu Borgir's "Gateways"(which you have a video reaction of)!
If you want to check out some of their older stuff, I can recommend "Sjå Attende" and "Knut liten og Sylvelin".
Also check out the live version of this song from the MGP finals, because it's amazing! You'll be glad you did! ;)
I have a few planned! i'm excited to hear more.
Awesome! I'm looking forward to it! You're gonna love it, I'm sure! :D
Search up their song "Kom no disjka". This is another song that really shows the crazy capability of her voice. To some part even more than Ulveham in my opinion (which I love ofc, but "kom no disjka" is my fav of all time ❤). Been a fan of Gåte since they started out ❤. Really like your video, and you seem such a cool lovely guy. Love from Norway 😊
Oh I have to hear it! This was soooo good! Also thank you so much for the kind words! Much love from West Virginia!
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody please do! 😀. Looking forward to more videos from you 😊
The live performance from the mgp final on Saturday will knock your socks off!! Also check out their album Jygri 👏🏻 masterpiece!
I just saw them a month ago playing live here in Stavanger. It was EPIC! Seeing them again this summer at Midtgaardsblot festival 🤩
Totally unrelated, but yet so related… seeing Aurora live in a month.
Hope u keep going down both their work! 😄
Ohhhh Aurora is soooo good! You will have a blast!
I'm Norwegian.
"Gåte" literally means "Riddle". The "å" is pronounsed as the "oa" in "boar", and the "e" is not silent. Think on it as the "Tolkien-letter" ë.
You might want to check out the 4th finisher from Norway, "Gothminister" with the song "We Come Alive".
Anyway. "Ulveham means Wolf's hame"
And I saw them live back in 2001-2002 or something, when she actually was to young to enter the venue.. They ogmf course solved that, but it was the thing everybody talked about...
He already checked out Gothminister’s semi-final performance at MGP a couple of weeks ago and it's also a very lovely reaction!🖤✨️
I like The song alot Even i hope keiino had win. But i like The song a strong song to i hope is a winner to begause im selv is From Norway to smil❤😊
This is the Norwegian contribution for Eurovision 2024
Ulveham means wolf skin or wolf costume in Norwegian.😊
That is soooo cool! My last name is Wolff
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody I know. That is why I commented. The Norwegian word for wolf is “Ulv” and “ham” is an old word for skin or disguise. Kine of like the phrase “Sheep clothing “. The word is very little used in our modern language.😁
I was scrolling to find this comment! I can't believe no one else made that connection with your channel name!
@@ahuggie Depends on how many others understand Norwegian. Besides they are using an old type of Norwegian in the lyrics.😀😀😀
@@runedahl1477 I forget not everyone immediately goes to google translate when a song title is in a language they don't speak! I love the language choices they made. It reminds me of the old fairy tales my grandpa told.
This lyric is 1000 years old and is about a young maiden who is bewitched and transformed into a wolf… She then kills nd drinks her evil stepmothers blood, and the curse is reversed. No wolder you liked it 🥳😊
They're from Norway! The language is a sort of modernized medieval Norwegian. It has a few archaic words and old-fashioned grammar, but mostly like modern Norwegian in the newest version of the lyrics (specifically Nynorsk Norwegian, not Bokmål Norwegian).
The lyrics used to be a little different earlier in the competition, where it had some more archaic words and grammar. Most adult Norwegians would still be able to understand it if they took some time to interpret the more archaic parts. The original text the lyrics are based on is even harder to understand, as it's full-on medieval Norwegian.
They took some very cool creative liberties with the lyrics- understandable to Norwegian speakers but feels very ancient and mystical. I love it.
win 2024
I like your trim, dude.
ayeeee, tryin to be like you boo!
Have been fortunate enough to see this band 12 times now, going back to 2003. On the last one in november they also played this song, the twice as long original version. The recorded vocals you can hear towards the end is actually her nephew, and the son of her brother Sveinung who is a founding member of the band. He stepped down recently, partly to support his son who at only 15 is already making music under the name Storm. On the show in november he did the warm up, and also joined the band for Ulveham. It wasjust awesome.
If I were to reccomend something it would have to be Sjåaren, from their live DVD from what was originally their farewell concert back in 2005. I am a little hesitant to promote videos that are not on their official channel, but I will do it anyway: ua-cam.com/video/ls3ENq-Xyxc/v-deo.html. It's a quieter song, and what is special about this song is that Gunnhild at one point steps away from the microphone and sings acoustically int the room. It is one of those things where a recording can't really convey the atmosphere it creates, but still worth a watch.
This has been such a fun surprise for me. Can't wait to hear more.
I second your recommendation of the live version of "Sjåaren". She also did what you described at their concert in Oslo last October which I was lucky to attend.
The best of Gåte,is Kjærleik,on youtube 🥰
You should have specified which version you refer to! The original album version from 2004, the official music video of the acoustic version from 2021 or the videoclip of their acoustic performance in an old coppermine from March 2020? The latter is a bit difficult to find, because the clip is just titled "Gåte - akustisk" and mentions the song title only in the description. But it's highly recommendable and to be found on their official channel here: ua-cam.com/video/iyzvIl1XMJ4/v-deo.html
She has a great voice, i would have liked to heard a bit more raw and a bit less effects tho. Music sounded good, ofc dont know the lyrics but it looked like it was sung with passion. ❤ and ✌️
Listen to gate - svarteboka. You might like the choruses there too. I have both songs at repeat for days lol help me :D
Ohhh sweet! lol
Com from Norway smil
Great reaction glad to be a Norwegian, Very cool that Gåte is going to Eurovision.
You should check out Pure Wrath - Those Who Stand Still, its superb atmospheric melodic black metal, think you would love it!
Ohhhh that sounds amazing! Also is that a Lady Maria Profile pic! I'm obsessed with Bloodborne! I love Soulsborne in general! They are my favorite games.
@@TheWolffAndTheMelody Haha yeah it’s Lady Marie. So cool to see a fellow bloodborne enjoyer \m/
@@archthrone5815 Before doing music content. I was a soulsborne creator hahaha
You need to react to Gåte feat Djerv “Svarteboka”. It’s great!
Hell yea!
Wish you would see the live version from nrk. ❤
Gåte pronounces "Gaw - te."
Gåte. They broke up long time ago, and reunited just recently. and is now back together.
Their early years sets the tone for their uniqe sound.
you need to see the livevideo
Håper du kan lage en video fra MGP-finalen der Gåte vant! Den videoen med rop fra publikum gjør at jeg får frysninger, den er helt sinnsyk! 🌟🔥🔥
Sorry folks, a few tips om the few weird letters in Norwegian:
Ø
Not O, more like U in fuck.
Å
A in fall (ish)
Æ
Dæmn, cant think åf anything 😉
Maybe Ø as in burn, Å as in mourne and Æ as in sad
❤❤❤
LOVED THIS!!!!
Norsk/Nynorsk.
The final > ua-cam.com/video/wr76NdOsaM8/v-deo.html
They are Norwegian, they are from Norway
Not a bad voice but too many effects on top of it for my taste.
If you want to hear more without effects you can check out their live DVD here: ua-cam.com/video/X2sAM3g4EiI/v-deo.html. It's from way back in 2005 so she was only 20 at the time but already a great voice.
Yeah, good voice and overall not bad, but to me it's overhyped and not a Eurovision winner. Especially because it sounds almost exactly the same like another artist's song that was already released decades ago and therefore is not the most creative venture in the world. And no, I'm not afraid of some fans shredding me now.😉 I didn't say it's bad, I'm just talking about the originality of it, and spiritually I can definitely connect to other nordic folk rock songs more. Having said this, it's definitely atmospheric! Just not my favourite in the Eurovision ranking this year.
I'm curious now; which song does it sound like?
@@MrCamilla Anyone who listens to "Lokk" by Marit Jensen Lillebuen and doesn't see any similarity in the vocal melodies has a questionable opinion I would say. Even Gåte themselves had to mention this artist as a source of their song to GEMA. And if the Eurovision game is played according to rules, this shouldn't be allowed. But no matter what will happen, my opinion that this is not creative will not change.
@@elendil_lehtinen don't think anyone has ever disagreed with that, they've been really transparent about it as well as you said.
I'm really excited for them to perform this though, Marit Jensen died 50 years ago and it was a beautiful "lokk", a piece of Norwegian history, but not a song song. Lokk in general is used to call on cows in Scandinavia, so that they were able to implement it in a song is really impressive imo
@@MrCamilla They have been transparent about it AFTER newspapers and people revealed it. Before this, I didn't see any transparency in public. Apart from this, the Eurovision rules say that a song must not be released before September 1st 2023 (even in part) and that it must be an original. So no matter what will happen, if the EBU sticks to their own words and own rules, it would be ridiculous if this goes through. But maybe people will talk about this more when Eurovision comes closer. I don't really care what happens in the end, as my opinion stays the same anyway. If someone goes to Eurovision with a melody that already existed before, I doesn't look like the most creative and genuine approach to the contest. And that's what I meant.
@@elendil_lehtinen Gåte as a band has existed for 25 years, and what they're famous for is the way they incorporate existing traditional music and folklore into their rocky sound. That's their MO, and absolutely everyone familiar with Gåte knows this. When presenting their song as a Eurovision selection to the public, they described the "lokk" and why they had chosen it as an inspiration for the song. They never hid anything, it was never "revealed" by the newspapers. NRK has already asked EBU about it, and the song has been approved by them.