SWITZERLAND

The Swiss entry was unveiled on March 7th with the video being premiered on youtube. Although the Swiss delegation had made public some of the acts and songs in the running, no actual news was given out about the selected act or song until the day of the announcement. Representing Switzerland is “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” winner Luca Hänni with the song “She got me”

The concept of the video fits very well with the threads of the song. He is in a bar and is interacting with the different people in there and they all end up dancing with each other. Many of the females are dressed in latin dance dresses that one might expect on Strictly Come Dancing whilst the men are dressed in shirts and loose bow ties in a kind of tango-esque fashion. The dancers certainly emphasise the rhythms of the song and also encourage you to feel the song itself. The whole thing is also shot quite dimly with a very slight browny-sepia tinge that gives the piece a vintage feel or a sense that the place is rough and slightly sordid.

The song is a mid tempo latino number with a slight nod to the East in its orchestration. It starts off quite sparse but in the pre-chorus the pace is built up by the call and response between Luca and his backing singers. The click track goes into double time during the main chorus which then leads into the beefy instrumental. This order is gone though again and is concluded with more call and response with his backing singers. The mood drops with a softer rendition of the chorus, leading into another instrumental and a final chorus. Considering the beginning of the song was quite formulaic, it goes a little bit too free form at the end and loses its flow.

I can imagine a modified version of the video would be a great staging but this would probably require more than the 6 people on stage to create. He definitely needs a good batch of male singers to create the call and response parts. However I would also say that this sounds very highly processed and with all the singing and dancing it might be too easy for him to get too carried away. The song itself lends more than a whiff of Fuego and Despacito and this familiarity could work either way.

In a semi jam-packed with ballads this number will definitely be a much needed injection of fun, rhythm and fun to the proceedings. Also its neighbours Austria, Germany and Italy can vote in this semi so its route out into the final is pretty much guaranteed barring a vocal disaster. It’s a good song, not one of my faves but stands out really well.

ARTIST –  Luca Hänni

SONG – She got me

MUSIC -  Laurell Barker, Mac Frazer, Luca Hänni, Jon Hällgren, Lukas Hällgren

LYRICS - Laurell Barker, Mac Frazer, Luca Hänni, Jon Hällgren, Lukas Hällgren