The results of the North Macedonian selection "Za Evrosong" were revealed on February 4th. The songs were initially presented on January 28th where the voting window then opened. The winner was chosen by an equal split of online voting and an international jury. Going to Turin is Andrea with the song "Circles"
Andrea is a newcomer to the music scene with her first song being released at the end of 2020. At the age of 5 Andrea moved with her family to New York, became interested jazz and rhythm & blues which influenced her to sing and learn the guitar and piano. More recently, she posted short videos on Instagram when producer Aleksandar Masevski stumbled across her posts and they started a collaboration. She was then encouraged to study singing at the Faculty of Music in Skopje Her first song "I Know" has had more than 4 million views on TikTok.
The song follows a very simplistic structure. The first verse and chorus takes us to 1.20 and then Andrea starts to repeat the first verse again but with a slightly different melody and then segues into a slew of choruses until the very end. The backing track starts off rather minimal with just a piano but grows in intensity with a chirruping drum beat. The song sounds very familiar and he tune is a little predictable which is not always a bad thing when you are trying to get people to remember your song.
The lack of a proper live performance is a shame although the video shows she is able to look down the camera and connect with such a perceptive song. During the live but mimed version she keeps he eyes shut a lot which is a little limiting but not a deal breaker. Her voice is very distinctive with that vibrato during the end words and it will be interesting to see if she can replicate this live and keep the intensity of the voice over the whole range of the song. I feel like Andrea is not a dancer - not that this song needs that at all - but she does move and emote a lot when singing and with some concentrated lighting and some directed looks down the camera her style could look effective on stage. In Eurovision terms, this song reminds me of "Beautiful Mess" from Bulgaria a few years ago but would hope for a different visual outlook. I would hazard a guess that the whole package is going to have some Billie Eilish type vibes and will probably we a very pared down, intimate performance. I could possibly image some kind of contemporary dancing at the side and maybe some circle-related animations on the back drop but Andrea needs to be the centre of attention. It's a great contemporary entry and I feel like this could stand out if the staging compliments the song.
ARTIST - Andrea
SONG - Circles
WRITING/PRODUCTION CREDITS - Andrea Koevska, Aleksandar Masevski
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