The accompanying video is very bright, colourful hyperactive and full of weird and wacky shots. Netta wears an abundance of
different outfits which emphasises her personality as well as the defiant
nature of the song. She is joined by some female dancers whose
movements are also a little odd, out-of-the-ordinary, eye-catching but in
keeping with the attitude of the song. In some shots she is stood alone and in
others she is with her loop machine.
The track starts with what seems like senseless blabbering
and nonsense. Of course what she is doing is applying vocal layers onto the
looper for use later on during the song. It also pricks your ears up and you
are instantly intrigued. We then go into a fairly straightforward verse which
then leads into a more atmospheric pre-chorus which is then broken by the
chicken noises – utterly bonkers but totally in context. This then leads into
the chorus proper which has a driving beat and some really simplistic and
catchy lyrics. The second verse begins in Hebrew but is very highly processed
so it sounds like Norman Collier's old ‘broken microphone’ gag. This leads back
into the pre-chorus/chorus. During the last 30 seconds Netta really lets rip
and shows the power, strength and range in her voice. The ending could be a bit
more bombastic but who knows what she could end up doing in the live shows…!
This is possibly one of the most avant garde songs we’ve had
for a very long time in Eurovision, and for once, this is totally down the line
serious stuff – Netta is not doing this
for the gags – this is her thing, her shtick. Also it must be added that Netta
uses a vocal loop mix machine to create the tricks on the track. This is
groundbreaking because this means she will be playing live on stage – something
that has meant a Eurovision rule change. This is heavy technical stuff. Netta
is also all about the live performance and even from this very well cut video
you understand what her performance level is like. This is a very special
performer and it will be very interesting to see if the regular audience at
home take to her or now. On first listen I though this was awful but after some
time to bed in this is a brilliant entry.
ARTIST – Netta
Barzilai
SONG – Toy
MUSIC - Doron Medalie, Stav Beger
LYRICS - Doron Medalie, Stav Beger
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