Her choreography is representing famous historical photography and pictures and statues: 1. Mary with Jesus first one. 2. French revolution 3. A woman hitting nazi soldier with a purse.
Trust me, a lot of Swedes were mad (including me) that she didn’t make it to the finals... Hated that Robin won Melodifestivalen. They voted for his looks as always in Sweden 😒 I voted 20 times for Loreen because her performance and song was amazing
@@jullebullekorv now that's what i call Desperate... but that just means less people liked her song you know... you lost 19 people because you said this...
People thought it was too political and dark. And scary.... I just thought it was a piece of art. Beautiful! And I loved it and was so sad When it didnt qualify to the final 😞 so it was kind of too serious for my country Sweden to handle.... Thank you so much for react to this 😊 If you have time Please react to Loreens medley in Eurovision 2013 😃
poertjt2 it was in 2017 right after Trump inauguration and far right parties were succeeding in Europe. Everyone was in fear of a new Holocaust. Building up for war in paradise,We don’t need no statements and we don’t need your way out sound pretty political.
She was also eliminated because of that. If she didnt use the purse lady in the performance I think it would have won against Anton Hagman in Andra Chansen and made it to the final. But since she made it too political she was eliminated, it was a stupid move from her imo
@@joseuribe3333 that's stupid, no countries would fight each other right now because of 1 reason: Nukes. if one country in Europe declares war on another: Boom USA Nukes them out of existence...
XAOZ there’s a tiny country called Russia that’s trying to take over Europe FYI and the US is scared of them. And it’d probably be an intrastate conflict, my between two countries.
The photo was taken in the 80s, in Växjö Sweden. The family of the woman on the picture didnt want Loreen to use that scene in her perfomance. They threatened to sue her actually. It was all over the news here in Sweden. I guess that could have played a role in why she didnt get more wotes.
You're right about the message of the song and you are sort of right about the lady with the purse. She's based on a 1940s photograph of a elderly woman hitting a nazi when they were passing through Sweden. It's one of the most popular swedish pictures from that era. I guess it's also another reason this didn't reached the final. It was too dark and it's a bit hard to understand the lyrics itself.
If you look at the lyrics it is not too hard to understand the message, however yes I agree that it was a bit too serious for the Swedish people as we always need to send something lighthearted..
I was actually at the semi final in Skellefteå and got to see this live. The song, the performance and Loreen herself is truly amazing. I was very upset she didn't make it to the final.
@@lauragreen7577 I think they liked it a lot, it's Loreen after all. Hard to tell, though, since the TV crew are egging the audience on a lot. Some might have found it too serious and political. I thought it was amazing and it was so cool to see her live. Her stage presence and live singing voice is incredible.
Thank you for reacting to this! I'm so glad you did simply for the fact that Loreens new music like Statements deserves to be heard and put out there because as you said she puts real thought and effort in everything she does. Fun fact: after her debut album "Heal" in 2012 her label didn't allow her to explore any different genres or sounds that swayed away too far from euphoria which led to her basically not releasing music at all and being a little forgotten. After 5 (!!!) Years she finally split with the label. The final reason to seal this fate was very likely the failed ratings of statments in melodofestivalen. But it was in a way a real blessing for Loreen, because she now is with a label that lets her be her own creative director which within not even half a year of their record deal things led to her releasing the electronic dance EP "Nude" and the trance/rock album "Ride". She's been sitting on so many ideas that she even teased that the next album with another new musical style might already be very close. As for now, i would be really thankful if you reacted to RIDEs single and video trilogy (or even just one of them) consisting of '71 Charger Hate The Way I Love You Ride (song) Here's a life perfomance where she sang '71 charger, statements and a new version of euphoria which i can also really recommend: ua-cam.com/video/3oMIClDDtpA/v-deo.html Thank you 😊
I’m from Sweden. This is my favorite melodifestivalen song ever and I did everything I could to get it to Eurovision. My thoughts on why she didn’t qualified is that people thought it was to dark and didn’t understand Loreens concept with the song. I read an interview in a Swedish newspaper where she described every single move in that performance and there were actually a meaning behind everything. If you want to read that interview I will be happy to try and translate it to you, just answer my comment. Another factor that I think played a role in why she didn’t qualify is that the song she competed against in the second chance round was a song called “kiss you goodbye” by Anton Hagman. That song was very catchy and sung by a young and cute man that made all the girls fall in love, and maybe that was what the Swedes took to their hearts that night.
Please react to the other Loreen's entry in Melodifestivalen her first entry «My heart is refusing me» and react to Ukraine 2011. Man everyday I wake up I watch your reactions and I really enjoy them , you do a really good job.
What the hell is happening with people today?how a pop crap (I can't go on)won this masterpiece? saying that it was political and dark its a hepocrisy...everything in world today is dark..what I can say is that 15 years old girls rule the world and decide which music will get popular..
yeah it was sad this song didn't even qualify for finals in Melodifestivalen. This song was pure art and her vocal range is crazy. I can't stand 2017 song "i can't go on" ughhh. From 2014 sweden are sending really cheap/generic songs...
I voted for her and i was so mad that she did not even make it to the final, at the time i felt like i never whanted to watch melodifestivalen again, I just can not belive she didnt make it.
Thank you for reacting to this! And yeah I'm still angry this didn't win....😬 it really is a great song and the performance is really creative and stunning. LOREEN FOR LIFE!
love this, voted so many times but the rest of Sweden did not understand the message and what a musical genius Loreen is! I saw her preform this song 1.5 weeks ago at the inauguration of Gävle Goat. It was amazing!
Well when it comes to the swedish melodifestivalen most of the voters and also the jury groups are really young, which makes it hard for them to process the message. Unless your deeply into art and/or can relate, this song takes a few listenings to really grasp. Swedish kids learn english at a very young age, however to truly understand the lyrics and thus the message, it requires a deeper understanding which some people don't even achieve in the first language. Then it's not hard to imagine this applies also to a 2nd language on a elevated level. I'm not surprised this fell out during Andra chansen(Second chance) even if it was my favorite entry that year. Swedish youth wants easy to process music... we don't have to like it but that's just how it is. This performance is a masterpiece, but it's dark and not really catchy which don't fly well with the younger televoters.
Thank you Jake for reacting to this! Loreen is absolutly awsome and this performence is pure art! I was so disappointed w my fellow countrymen not voting for this. Really wanted her to at least reach the Grande finale of Melodifestivalen,just to see how the international juries would have voted.Robin Bengtsson didn´t win the Swe televote(he was 3rd)but he won the int.juries and won in total. Robin performed in MELFEST 2016 w "Constellation prize" and that song is much better then "I Cant Go On" imo. Maybe you can react to that sometime? Love & Peace Irene
Great reaction as always! I liked this song by our Loreen and voted for it. I'd love it if you would react to my big favourite Helena Paparizou and her friend Nikos who were in the Swedish/Greek duo Antique and came 3rd for Greece with the song Die for you in 2001!! As you know she won for Greece in 2005. Antique were loved in Europe, especially by many Scandinavians and Greeks . It's a wonderful song and performance, you won't regret it!! 😽
Ok I am gonna try to be as clear as possible as to why this failed to reach the final. Swedish people in our dark nordic ''continent'' always strife for something light hearted and uplifting, especially when it comes to Melodifestivalen. (Euphoria was a bit dark yes, but it has that light too, whilst ''Statements'' was a very serious one all around) We also have an app where we vote for a song in that instant and Loreen's ''Statements'' was more of a grower then an immediate hit. So the app and the general feel of our people kinda screwed this act over unfortunately. Interesting fact: This song almost qualified to the final and if the act would have, it probably would have won. This is because the app screws the people over and from a legitimate source the juries would have given Loreen top marks, which in conclusion would have given this song the win. So MF is a bit of a shitshow atm I would say.
Hey Jake! It would be real fun if you'd want to react to Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia - En värld full av strider from Melodifestivalen, also 2017! :) Love your videos btw
Great video! What i kept hearing from friends at the time was that there was too much going on in her number. It might be an interesting parallel to know that the Swedish jury gave Ukraine 0 points in 2016, and the Swedish people gave her 7 points. Meaning that having an obvious political number generally does - not - place you at number 1 in a country that like Sweden is very careful in avoiding conflicts. That being said. Jake you can't react to two out of three numbers with Loreen. Close the chapter/the book by reacting to her song from 2011 called 'my heart is refusing me' .
In Eurovision Song Contest there're often songs and concepts reminiscent of last year's winner. And for me, I felt like that - when Loreen in 2017 came whit this song after Jamala (Ukraine) won 2016 with 1944. There are strong underlying messages in both songs - performed with similar means.
Loreen "Paper Light". Performed as a middle act in the Swedish melodifestivalen semi finals. The dancers were later hired for Madonna's "Girl Gone Wild" video. The best live performance on television ever?
The no sayers talked about "I can't hear what she's singing".. I heard passion and I was so disappointed that it didn't qualified. It was an amazing performance and it's a great song with such a powerful message!
It’s the biggest shame on our national competition ever. Trust me, that she did not make it was very controversial. But maybe because of it was not commercial or easy people did not vote. And it was also in a duel against an commercial and easy pop song and Sweden has a tendency to want to see stars fall. In 2008 one of our biggest stars, Carols, also fell in the competition, not because of the song which was a masterpiece but because of that people wanted to see her fail. Terrible. Horrible. And I am, was and never will standing back that decision. :)
Can you please react to esc 2013 Finland thats really crazy and surprising!! (Also to my all time favourite Estonia 2015!!) And here are some of the best non-english esc songs ever: -F.Y.R. Macedonia, Crono i belo, Caliopi 2012 she has very good vocals -Water, Bulgaria, 2007 it’s very......well confusing -2009, Estonia, Rändajad it’s very magical -Slovakia, Horehronie, 2010 it’s now one of the most listened esc song ever -Sweden 2008 that was really underratted it’s so wow
amazing! I am really sad that she didn't go to Eurovision that year! I'm from Sweden and I didn't get it either. But she has been in the swedish contest 3 times. The first was with a song called "My heart is refusing me". You should react to that to! 😊
To be honest it's mostly moms and children that vote in Sweden. And maybee some older people so i think that loreen scared older people and children and the moms wanted something more upbeat. I needed 1-2 more listens before loving it.
there is also something, that makes you not want to vote the same artist several times because if feels like you are sending them only because they had won before. And you made a point about the Darkness, alot of people thought it was too dark.
ROBBBED!!! This masterpiece lost to a Shawn Mendes wannabe or someone like that with a freaking country song. And by the way, the camera work was better when she performed Statements at Melodifestivalen!! Thanks for reacting to Statements! Thanks for your hard work!!
It's more of a statement of today than her fantastic performance. We are not prepared to fear our darkness. She would've won. The Swedish soul couldn't handle it as entertainment.
Your correct about the lady with the purse and the kids and the older women who picked her up from the floor at the end are Loreen herself in different ages
The thing with Melodifestivalen is that everyone watches it, not only people who are interested in music and want to send a good entry to Eurovision. And it's heavily marketed towards children or young teens, it tries to be hip and trendy and do all the right things to stay relevant, it's been this way the last few years. On top of that we have an app where we can give each song up to 5 free votes, so people vote a few times for every song they kind of like instead of just their one favorite. Because of this, the result is often very even and the juries' power is stronger. And with such a young audience, the typical handsome swedish manboy with an OK pop song tends to do the best.
Hi, I'm from Sweden and I was shocked by the criticism that she got cause I think the performance was stunning. It was breathtaking! Though, it seemed like the newspaper-guy was the only one agreeing with me since he was absolutely furious when she was eliminated. Moving on, I've heard that the entire performance was a summary of her life and so on. And last, she got bad rankings because the performance was too "much". They wanted the old Loreen, you know just her and her vocals on the stage. (Which I think is a bad reason to drown her..) (Keep going with your channel btw:))
Jose Uribe that was my favorite that year until like Loreen was eliminated during Andra Chansen. After that, I kinda cheer for Oscar Zia’s “Human”. Jake, you should react to that song too. Another song with a powerful message.
Jose Uribe yep! Jake, if you decide to do a couple of MelFest ones from 2016, these 2 plus Wiktoria’s “Save Me” and Samir and Viktor’s “Bada Naka” are good reaction ones. Also from 2017 you should react to is Mariette “A Million Years” (since you did “For You” recently) and JHF’s “En Värld Full Av Strider”. Both were also winner worthy entries.
Loreen was competing in Andra Chansen (second chance round) after coming third in her semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2017 - her opponent and winner of the duel was Anton Hagman - Kiss You Goodbye. Here is the link if you want to check out and compare, its definitely food for thought (Anton eventually came 10th/12th in the finalen) - ua-cam.com/video/6HUVO4R9vlk/v-deo.html
You're right in saying this is a piece of art, something more than just music. Unfortunately, if you know anything about Melodifestivalen, deep and thought provoking acts don't do well there. If they did, our lineup over the last few years would've looked a lot different. I read some critics saying this was just too much to take in for most average people watching it once live and I think they were right.
Sweden is just taking no risks. They wanna be safe, so they send a great pop song and get a Top 5 position every single year. It's the same with Dotter and "Cry" this year at Melfest. It's actually kinda simular and it was also destroyed by the voting app and didn't even make Andra Chansen.. You should react to it if u you have time! :) This was truly a masterpiece, the problem is probably the voting app which destroys everything because so many toddlers can spam on a "heart" which counts like one vote. But however, it's Sweden... :P
Yes it's super avant-garde and almost too many ideas at some parts but the quality of the song itself and her amazing voice should have carried it through at least to the Final?!! This song lost to a generic Shawn Mendes copycat 😑😑😑
I dont know if you noticed the camera action, or lack of action. From the moment when Loreen steps into the light there are just 3 slow zoom out moments and a mix of images in over 2 minutes. The rest is just lighting and action.
Please react for Russian entries at Eurovision 2007 (Serebro - Song #1), Eurovision 2000 ( Alsu - Solo ) and Tayanna’s entry at The National Final 2018 with Song “Lelya”. Thank you!!! I love your reactions so much because they always truly and very emotional !!!
I was so upset when she didn't even get to the final. But yeah the thing with this song is that it is a really political and as you said, dark song, maybee not as familyfriendly as a lot of our upbeat fun popsongs... It is a masterpiece, but ESC probably wouldn't have been the right platform for it? Im just really upset that Robin Bengtson was our choice when we had music like this that year xD Also I think everyone ever will compare everything she ever will do in mellodifestivalen or ESC with Euphoria. So even if I love Loreen I think that she maybee just should stop with this competition when she is the queen, since it will be superhard to top Euphoria :) Btw if you have the time you really should check out her other music also ^_^ every song is so perfect
if you want to see more by Loreen you should react to her performance of Paper light (higher) in andra chansen of Melodifestivalen 2015. She was not competing that year, it was just an interval act, but it's amazing.
I'd love to see your reaction to Jon Henrik Fjällgren in Melodifestivalen, either in 2015 or 2017. He has a very particular style and I'm sad we didn't show it off in Eurovision.
5:55 Yeah, Sia released Chandelier in 2014, so it was earlier. Still, I love Loreen's performance, same as I loved Jon Henrik Fjällgren's and Aninia's duet. Unfortunately, none of them won Melodiefestivalen 2017
Swedes wants Glitterarty and confetti and happygoluckysongs and amazing stage-and-light/led performences in the Melodifestalen finale,and shy away from ANY kind of statements. The Slicker and streamlined the better. To bad ‘cause i feel that this would have been a winner both with the viewers and the juries,as it reflected the refugee-situation in Europe that was going in that period.
I think that had it gone to the MF finals it had a good chance of winning thanks to the international juries. At Eurovision it would have ended 3rd to 5th. Epic performance.
Loreen is an absolutely creative artist and believes in her work. But a comeback to Eurovision after such a huge win in 2012, was really not needed. Taking risks is Ok (you should see her now.. FABULOUS haircut!) but the song is flat and serious. In her rehearsals, she used the 'finger' often.
This was too advanced for mass consumtion. This performance is art with a clear political message. Loreen is at another level.
Her choreography is representing famous historical photography and pictures and statues: 1. Mary with Jesus first one. 2. French revolution 3. A woman hitting nazi soldier with a purse.
Actually a woman hitting a skinhead/neo nazi back in the 80's. The song and the performance is however brilliant.
Loreen is genius
@@glennjonsson1819 Actually - both!
Forever mad that Sweden didn’t choose this! Sweden never likes to take risks. I like this way more than Euphoria.
there were better songs in Melodifestivalen 2017. Roger Pontare & Jon Henrik Fjallgren
YES! They never take risks! That's why they are always in top 10, but it's not enough!
Trust me, a lot of Swedes were mad (including me) that she didn’t make it to the finals... Hated that Robin won Melodifestivalen. They voted for his looks as always in Sweden 😒 I voted 20 times for Loreen because her performance and song was amazing
@@jullebullekorv now that's what i call Desperate... but that just means less people liked her song you know... you lost 19 people because you said this...
XAOZ ???
People thought it was too political and dark. And scary.... I just thought it was a piece of art. Beautiful! And I loved it and was so sad When it didnt qualify to the final 😞 so it was kind of too serious for my country Sweden to handle.... Thank you so much for react to this 😊 If you have time Please react to Loreens medley in Eurovision 2013 😃
Honestly, I liked this more than Euphoria, and I adore Euphoria. I am in shock that it didn't make it.
Yes!!!!! 😍😍😍
Actually it was eliminated during its Andra Chansen round to a Shawn Mendes wannabe who can’t carry a tune.
Bianca Mullner, BIGGEST CRIME OF 2017 RIGHT THERE! 😭
This song is a M-A-S-T-E-R-P-I-E-C-E! I love it so much and it was so robbed
I have no idea why this didn't get further in the competition. I was pissed when it happened and dissapointed in the people
It was basically a response to far right politics, it had Loreen in different stages of her life, old and young. The purse moment was pretty cool.
Please explain your comment??
poertjt2 it was in 2017 right after Trump inauguration and far right parties were succeeding in Europe. Everyone was in fear of a new Holocaust. Building up for war in paradise,We don’t need no statements and we don’t need your way out sound pretty political.
She was also eliminated because of that. If she didnt use the purse lady in the performance I think it would have won against Anton Hagman in Andra Chansen and made it to the final. But since she made it too political she was eliminated, it was a stupid move from her imo
@@joseuribe3333 that's stupid, no countries would fight each other right now because of 1 reason: Nukes.
if one country in Europe declares war on another: Boom USA Nukes them out of existence...
XAOZ there’s a tiny country called Russia that’s trying to take over Europe FYI and the US is scared of them. And it’d probably be an intrastate conflict, my between two countries.
If they would’ve sent this I think Sweden could’ve been a favorite to win
K’dån
Nop xD
React to her interval act "Paper Light" in melodifestivalen 2015
InfiniteTias YASS!!!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
InfiniteTias yes Jake react to paperlights interval
YES. That is equal to Euphoria
The photo was taken in the 80s, in Växjö Sweden. The family of the woman on the picture didnt want Loreen to use that scene in her perfomance. They threatened to sue her actually. It was all over the news here in Sweden. I guess that could have played a role in why she didnt get more wotes.
You're right about the message of the song and you are sort of right about the lady with the purse. She's based on a 1940s photograph of a elderly woman hitting a nazi when they were passing through Sweden. It's one of the most popular swedish pictures from that era. I guess it's also another reason this didn't reached the final. It was too dark and it's a bit hard to understand the lyrics itself.
Just a tiny detail, the picture of the woman with the handbag was from 1985. :)
Ah, just made an assumption because of black and white photos. Thanks for the correction!
Wikipedia info en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Woman_Hitting_a_Neo-Nazi_With_Her_Handbag
If you look at the lyrics it is not too hard to understand the message, however yes I agree that it was a bit too serious for the Swedish people as we always need to send something lighthearted..
Oh and thanks for this reaction, been hoping you would make this video! I think her song and performance was amazing.
I still get goosebumps watching this one plus crying that it didn’t win the entire ESC 2017.
Thanks Jake ❤️
I was actually at the semi final in Skellefteå and got to see this live. The song, the performance and Loreen herself is truly amazing. I was very upset she didn't make it to the final.
@@lauragreen7577 I think they liked it a lot, it's Loreen after all. Hard to tell, though, since the TV crew are egging the audience on a lot. Some might have found it too serious and political. I thought it was amazing and it was so cool to see her live. Her stage presence and live singing voice is incredible.
@@lauragreen7577 I think Statements is much better than Tattoo. Tattoo is quite good, but a bit repetitive.
Loreen tried a more serious, almost Jamala-like approach that time
They're literally my two favourites, which is why I loved this!!
EXACTLY JAKE!
E x a c t l y...... how's this possible.? Masterpiece SNM!
Even to this day, I get teary listening to it..... BIG
You said it yourself: This is a piece of art. Eurovision (and MF by extension) is not about art.
Thank you for reacting to this! I'm so glad you did simply for the fact that Loreens new music like Statements deserves to be heard and put out there because as you said she puts real thought and effort in everything she does.
Fun fact: after her debut album "Heal" in 2012 her label didn't allow her to explore any different genres or sounds that swayed away too far from euphoria which led to her basically not releasing music at all and being a little forgotten.
After 5 (!!!) Years she finally split with the label. The final reason to seal this fate was very likely the failed ratings of statments in melodofestivalen.
But it was in a way a real blessing for Loreen, because she now is with a label that lets her be her own creative director which within not even half a year of their record deal things led to her releasing the electronic dance EP "Nude" and the trance/rock album "Ride". She's been sitting on so many ideas that she even teased that the next album with another new musical style might already be very close.
As for now, i would be really thankful if you reacted to RIDEs single and video trilogy (or even just one of them) consisting of
'71 Charger
Hate The Way I Love You
Ride (song)
Here's a life perfomance where she sang '71 charger, statements and a new version of euphoria which i can also really recommend:
ua-cam.com/video/3oMIClDDtpA/v-deo.html
Thank you 😊
YES THANK YOU!
I was so disappointed aswell because the song she was battling in Andra Chansen was not near as good and memorable as Statements.
Fabian81 exactly
I’m from Sweden. This is my favorite melodifestivalen song ever and I did everything I could to get it to Eurovision. My thoughts on why she didn’t qualified is that people thought it was to dark and didn’t understand Loreens concept with the song. I read an interview in a Swedish newspaper where she described every single move in that performance and there were actually a meaning behind everything. If you want to read that interview I will be happy to try and translate it to you, just answer my comment. Another factor that I think played a role in why she didn’t qualify is that the song she competed against in the second chance round was a song called “kiss you goodbye” by Anton Hagman. That song was very catchy and sung by a young and cute man that made all the girls fall in love, and maybe that was what the Swedes took to their hearts that night.
BEAUTIFUL!
Please react to the other Loreen's entry in Melodifestivalen her first entry «My heart is refusing me» and react to Ukraine 2011. Man everyday I wake up I watch your reactions and I really enjoy them , you do a really good job.
carlo R R Thank you so much! That made my day!
What the hell is happening with people today?how a pop crap (I can't go on)won this masterpiece? saying that it was political and dark its a hepocrisy...everything in world today is dark..what I can say is that 15 years old girls rule the world and decide which music will get popular..
yeah it was sad this song didn't even qualify for finals in Melodifestivalen. This song was pure art and her vocal range is crazy. I can't stand 2017 song "i can't go on" ughhh. From 2014 sweden are sending really cheap/generic songs...
Thank you for reacting to this brilliant song, I love love love this song!
Unbelievable performance! Loreen is amazing. Only Sweden could have something so amazing not be their entry
I'm from sweden and THIS should have won, it would've gone far in eurovision...
I voted for her and i was so mad that she did not even make it to the final, at the time i felt like i never whanted to watch melodifestivalen again, I just can not belive she didnt make it.
THANK YOUUUU!!!! Appreciate it!!! Glad you liked it 😊
Love STATEMENTS!
Thank you for reacting to this! And yeah I'm still angry this didn't win....😬 it really is a great song and the performance is really creative and stunning. LOREEN FOR LIFE!
yes !!! please react a Edyta Górniak 1994 "to nie ja"
love this, voted so many times but the rest of Sweden did not understand the message and what a musical genius Loreen is! I saw her preform this song 1.5 weeks ago at the inauguration of Gävle Goat. It was amazing!
I love this song!
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Sweden 2011 and 2013
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Belgium 2010
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Every single day by Felix sandman 2018
Well when it comes to the swedish melodifestivalen most of the voters and also the jury groups are really young, which makes it hard for them to process the message. Unless your deeply into art and/or can relate, this song takes a few listenings to really grasp. Swedish kids learn english at a very young age, however to truly understand the lyrics and thus the message, it requires a deeper understanding which some people don't even achieve in the first language. Then it's not hard to imagine this applies also to a 2nd language on a elevated level.
I'm not surprised this fell out during Andra chansen(Second chance) even if it was my favorite entry that year. Swedish youth wants easy to process music... we don't have to like it but that's just how it is. This performance is a masterpiece, but it's dark and not really catchy which don't fly well with the younger televoters.
Thank you Jake for reacting to this!
Loreen is absolutly awsome and this performence is pure art!
I was so disappointed w my fellow countrymen not voting for this.
Really wanted her to at least reach the Grande finale of Melodifestivalen,just to see how the international juries
would have voted.Robin Bengtsson didn´t win the Swe televote(he was 3rd)but he won the int.juries and won in total.
Robin performed in MELFEST 2016 w "Constellation prize" and that song is much better then "I Cant Go On" imo.
Maybe you can react to that sometime?
Love & Peace
Irene
Great reaction as always! I liked this song by our Loreen and voted for it. I'd love it if you would react to my big favourite Helena Paparizou and her friend Nikos who were in the Swedish/Greek duo Antique and came 3rd for Greece with the song Die for you in 2001!! As you know she won for Greece in 2005. Antique were loved in Europe, especially by many Scandinavians and Greeks . It's a wonderful song and performance, you won't regret it!! 😽
Yesss thanks for this reaction
Ok I am gonna try to be as clear as possible as to why this failed to reach the final. Swedish people in our dark nordic ''continent'' always strife for something light hearted and uplifting, especially when it comes to Melodifestivalen. (Euphoria was a bit dark yes, but it has that light too, whilst ''Statements'' was a very serious one all around) We also have an app where we vote for a song in that instant and Loreen's ''Statements'' was more of a grower then an immediate hit. So the app and the general feel of our people kinda screwed this act over unfortunately.
Interesting fact: This song almost qualified to the final and if the act would have, it probably would have won. This is because the app screws the people over and from a legitimate source the juries would have given Loreen top marks, which in conclusion would have given this song the win. So MF is a bit of a shitshow atm I would say.
Better than Euphoria. Favorite Swedish entry BY FAR!
Montenegro 2013! You either love it or hate it I guess...
ESC LOU
People loved it in 2013 :)
So epic
nil erra I love it however I have seen others dislike it.
ESC LOU
Some people like boring things you know.
Anyway Europe loved it as it came 4th with televote :)
Hey Jake! It would be real fun if you'd want to react to Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia - En värld full av strider from Melodifestivalen, also 2017! :)
Love your videos btw
Agree! This song is beautiful!
Albania 2012
Im still upset !!!!!
Me too.
BEST VOCALLLSSSSS ALL OF EUROVISION STORY!!! 💗
Couldn't agree more with you Jake.
Great video!
What i kept hearing from friends at the time was that there was too much going on in her number.
It might be an interesting parallel to know that the Swedish jury gave Ukraine 0 points in 2016, and the Swedish people gave her 7 points. Meaning that having an obvious political number generally does - not - place you at number 1 in a country that like Sweden is very careful in avoiding conflicts.
That being said.
Jake you can't react to two out of three numbers with Loreen. Close the chapter/the book by reacting to her song from 2011 called 'my heart is refusing me' .
In Eurovision Song Contest there're often songs and concepts reminiscent of last year's winner. And for me, I felt like that - when Loreen in 2017 came whit this song after Jamala (Ukraine) won 2016 with 1944.
There are strong underlying messages in both songs - performed with similar means.
I still cry over this. She is so awsome.
She always emfecies (spelling?) the song not her self
W O W!
I have actually not seen this before. I'd voted for this instead of Robin's what's his tune called. :P
When will you start reacting to top 10 entries from 2015?
Loreen "Paper Light". Performed as a middle act in the Swedish melodifestivalen semi finals.
The dancers were later hired for Madonna's "Girl Gone Wild" video.
The best live performance on television ever?
The no sayers talked about "I can't hear what she's singing".. I heard passion and I was so disappointed that it didn't qualified. It was an amazing performance and it's a great song with such a powerful message!
Don't forget about this! Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me (Melodifestivalen 2011 Deltävling 2)
I loved it.
This performance could have won again, honestly.
It’s the biggest shame on our national competition ever. Trust me, that she did not make it was very controversial. But maybe because of it was not commercial or easy people did not vote. And it was also in a duel against an commercial and easy pop song and Sweden has a tendency to want to see stars fall. In 2008 one of our biggest stars, Carols, also fell in the competition, not because of the song which was a masterpiece but because of that people wanted to see her fail. Terrible. Horrible. And I am, was and never will standing back that decision. :)
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
Can you please react to esc 2013 Finland thats really crazy and surprising!! (Also to my all time favourite Estonia 2015!!)
And here are some of the best non-english esc songs ever:
-F.Y.R. Macedonia, Crono i belo, Caliopi 2012 she has very good vocals
-Water, Bulgaria, 2007 it’s very......well confusing
-2009, Estonia, Rändajad it’s very magical
-Slovakia, Horehronie, 2010 it’s now one of the most listened esc song ever
-Sweden 2008 that was really underratted it’s so wow
amazing! I am really sad that she didn't go to Eurovision that year! I'm from Sweden and I didn't get it either. But she has been in the swedish contest 3 times. The first was with a song called "My heart is refusing me". You should react to that to! 😊
winner... in my heart [PL]
To be honest it's mostly moms and children that vote in Sweden. And maybee some older people so i think that loreen scared older people and children and the moms wanted something more upbeat. I needed 1-2 more listens before loving it.
there is also something, that makes you not want to vote the same artist several times because if feels like you are sending them only because they had won before. And you made a point about the Darkness, alot of people thought it was too dark.
ROBBBED!!! This masterpiece lost to a Shawn Mendes wannabe or someone like that with a freaking country song. And by the way, the camera work was better when she performed Statements at Melodifestivalen!! Thanks for reacting to Statements! Thanks for your hard work!!
React to Albanian Eurovision performance 2012 Rona Nishliu-Sus.
Swedish people are strange sometimes
It's more of a statement of today than her fantastic performance. We are not prepared to fear our darkness. She would've won. The Swedish soul couldn't handle it as entertainment.
Your correct about the lady with the purse and the kids and the older women who picked her up from the floor at the end are Loreen herself in different ages
She didn’t even make it to the final! I’m still upset two years later. This was by FAR the best song that year!
The thing with Melodifestivalen is that everyone watches it, not only people who are interested in music and want to send a good entry to Eurovision. And it's heavily marketed towards children or young teens, it tries to be hip and trendy and do all the right things to stay relevant, it's been this way the last few years. On top of that we have an app where we can give each song up to 5 free votes, so people vote a few times for every song they kind of like instead of just their one favorite. Because of this, the result is often very even and the juries' power is stronger. And with such a young audience, the typical handsome swedish manboy with an OK pop song tends to do the best.
In my opinion this should have represented sweden that year, much more interesting than "I can't go on"
Hi, I'm from Sweden and I was shocked by the criticism that she got cause I think the performance was stunning. It was breathtaking!
Though, it seemed like the newspaper-guy was the only one agreeing with me since he was absolutely furious when she was eliminated.
Moving on, I've heard that the entire performance was a summary of her life and so on.
And last, she got bad rankings because the performance was too "much". They wanted the old Loreen, you know just her and her vocals on the stage. (Which I think is a bad reason to drown her..)
(Keep going with your channel btw:))
React to Isa- I Will Wait at Melodifestivslen 2026. It May be geoblocked though
Jose Uribe that was my favorite that year until like Loreen was eliminated during Andra Chansen. After that, I kinda cheer for Oscar Zia’s “Human”.
Jake, you should react to that song too. Another song with a powerful message.
Bianca Mullner I will wait literally makes me tear up, her voice was just so good, loved the staging too
Jose Uribe yep!
Jake, if you decide to do a couple of MelFest ones from 2016, these 2 plus Wiktoria’s “Save Me” and Samir and Viktor’s “Bada Naka” are good reaction ones.
Also from 2017 you should react to is Mariette “A Million Years” (since you did “For You” recently) and JHF’s “En Värld Full Av Strider”. Both were also winner worthy entries.
Have a look at the runner up to Robin Bengtsson - Nano, Hold on. Was definitely my favourite in that final.
Loreen was competing in Andra Chansen (second chance round) after coming third in her semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2017 - her opponent and winner of the duel was Anton Hagman - Kiss You Goodbye. Here is the link if you want to check out and compare, its definitely food for thought (Anton eventually came 10th/12th in the finalen) - ua-cam.com/video/6HUVO4R9vlk/v-deo.html
You're right in saying this is a piece of art, something more than just music. Unfortunately, if you know anything about Melodifestivalen, deep and thought provoking acts don't do well there. If they did, our lineup over the last few years would've looked a lot different. I read some critics saying this was just too much to take in for most average people watching it once live and I think they were right.
This is in no way my favourite song but I still wonder everyday how I Can't Go on won over this or En Varld Full Af Strider.
International juries XD and Bjorkman ofc
I can litteraly remember my face when she was beaten in the andra chansen semi...
I lagged like a computer for days
Sweden is just taking no risks. They wanna be safe, so they send a great pop song and get a Top 5 position every single year. It's the same with Dotter and "Cry" this year at Melfest. It's actually kinda simular and it was also destroyed by the voting app and didn't even make Andra Chansen.. You should react to it if u you have time! :)
This was truly a masterpiece, the problem is probably the voting app which destroys everything because so many toddlers can spam on a "heart" which counts like one vote. But however, it's Sweden... :P
Yes it's super avant-garde and almost too many ideas at some parts but the quality of the song itself and her amazing voice should have carried it through at least to the Final?!! This song lost to a generic Shawn Mendes copycat 😑😑😑
I feel like I'm going to die in seven days now...
Wasn’t surprised this didn’t win but was shocked it didn’t even make the final
I dont know if you noticed the camera action, or lack of action. From the moment when Loreen steps into the light there are just 3 slow zoom out moments and a mix of images in over 2 minutes. The rest is just lighting and action.
Please react for Russian entries at Eurovision 2007 (Serebro - Song #1), Eurovision 2000 ( Alsu - Solo ) and Tayanna’s entry at The National Final 2018 with Song “Lelya”. Thank you!!! I love your reactions so much because they always truly and very emotional !!!
Can only agree! Instead of doing a ”Rybak kind of thing”, she did everything right in her return, and it still didn’t pay off...
Yeeeah 😍😍😍
I was so upset when she didn't even get to the final. But yeah the thing with this song is that it is a really political and as you said, dark song, maybee not as familyfriendly as a lot of our upbeat fun popsongs... It is a masterpiece, but ESC probably wouldn't have been the right platform for it? Im just really upset that Robin Bengtson was our choice when we had music like this that year xD Also I think everyone ever will compare everything she ever will do in mellodifestivalen or ESC with Euphoria. So even if I love Loreen I think that she maybee just should stop with this competition when she is the queen, since it will be superhard to top Euphoria :) Btw if you have the time you really should check out her other music also ^_^ every song is so perfect
if you want to see more by Loreen you should react to her performance of Paper light (higher) in andra chansen of Melodifestivalen 2015. She was not competing that year, it was just an interval act, but it's amazing.
Man... I am looking forward to see your review on Rona Nishliu, Albania 2012ESC.
I'd love to see your reaction to Jon Henrik Fjällgren in Melodifestivalen, either in 2015 or 2017. He has a very particular style and I'm sad we didn't show it off in Eurovision.
5:55 Yeah, Sia released Chandelier in 2014, so it was earlier. Still, I love Loreen's performance, same as I loved Jon Henrik Fjällgren's and Aninia's duet. Unfortunately, none of them won Melodiefestivalen 2017
Swedes wants Glitterarty and confetti and happygoluckysongs and amazing stage-and-light/led performences in the Melodifestalen finale,and shy away from ANY kind of statements.
The Slicker and streamlined the better.
To bad ‘cause i feel that this would have been a winner both with the viewers and the juries,as it reflected the refugee-situation in Europe that was going in that period.
Thank you 😉, also first comment
I think that had it gone to the MF finals it had a good chance of winning thanks to the international juries. At Eurovision it would have ended 3rd to 5th. Epic performance.
Loreen's Andre Chansen performance of statements is even better imo. You should take a loot at that 🙂
Have you seen paper light from melodifestivalen 2015 or my heart is refusing me from mf 2011?
Loreen is an absolutely creative artist and believes in her work. But a comeback to Eurovision after such a huge win in 2012, was really not needed. Taking risks is Ok (you should see her now.. FABULOUS haircut!) but the song is flat and serious. In her rehearsals, she used the 'finger' often.
Please please please finally react to the interval act of 2010!! It was recommended a lot of times already! I'm sure you will love it 😍