The Azeri song was unveiled on March 4th via a
lyric video on youtube and song release on Spotify. Back in November the broadcaster
announced that they had internally selected Aisel and the song would be made
public in March. The song she will be singing is called “X my heart” (Cross my
heart)
As there was no performance to the song, and only a lyric
video (not even a full music video) we have very little to go on. All we can
guess is that the lyrics allude to skies, stars and moons so maybe we can
expect something dark and sparkly or maybe and emphasis on the letter X. I am
guessing she will need quite a few backing singers to beef up the track and
possibly some dancers who also do some singing. Azerbaijan are quite well known
for their visual motifs so it will be interesting to see how they give this
more traditional radio friendly pop song some clout.
Aisel has a jazzy, talky singing voice and is very
easy to listen to and understand but I wonder how much of this is down to
talent or production. The song follows a well trodden path and is also one
of those songs that has an extensive bridge/pre-chorus that I find quite time
consuming in Eurovision terms. In the lead up to the chorus the tune gets
higher and if there is a point she will struggle it will be here. Her voice is
also very level, which hints at the production values. If any of this I louder
or quieter than other parts it might not work or sound great live.
I think it I fair to say that this is a bit of a mess. Don’t
get me wrong I think that some of the parts of this entry work and make perfect
sense but in this case the sum of those parts don’t gel together at all. Aisel’s
voice seems a bit over-produced and if she can perform this assured on the
night good for her but if not it is going to sound very messy. The lyrics in
particular are very poor, some of the metaphors and descriptions don’t work and
in some cases don’t even makes sense. I think that the backing track of the song
is quite radio friendly but doesn’t particularly suit the words of the song (or
vice versa). I personally find it quite baffling that this is entry the work of
the ‘dream team’ of producer Philip Kirkorov, choreographer Ilias Kokotos, and
composer Dimitris Kontopoulos. The question is how much can you polish a turd –
I guess we will find out. Unfortunately this is probably going to qualify
although it really, really shouldn’t.
ARTIST – Aisel
SONG – X my heart
MUSIC - Tim Bran
LYRICS - Dimitris Kontopoulos, Sandra Bjurman
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