The Georgian song was revealed on March 9th via the songs release on youtube. Back in November it was revealed that the band Circus Mircus would be representing the Caucasian nation and the song would be released at a much later point. Their song is called "Lock Me In"
Very little is known about Circus Mircus and even the things we do know may not quite be 100% true. It is said that the band formed in 2020 and is made up of 3 Georgian friends who dropped out of circus school and made music instead. They have a Spotify entry as well as a number of songs to listen too. Their sound is a mixture of punk, rock, indie with aspects of soul and funk.
The song begins with a funky and percussive beat over which a kind of laid back sassy male vocal is heard. At first it sounds a bit like a half-sung into but keeps going and going. It finally reaches the first proper ear worm which is a very quick monotone line which is repeated over and over again at just over the minute mark the chorus comes in. The lines are much shorter and are compared of lines starting "lock me". The backing here is a little more psychedelic and electro rather the the funk backing of before a short instrumental before another monotone verse pursued by chorus, although this time the verse is a little shorter and the chorus much longer.
It is fair to say that the group caused quite a stir with their cryptic messages and odd interactions with Eurovision fans at the start of Eurovision season, so it is with a heavy heart to say I feel disappointed by this. Although this song is not that different from some of the back catalogue available online, maybe the fandom was holding out for something eve more odd, even more rockier OR both. This has a few nice hooks and earworms but they feel like they are clashing against each other rather than working together. The intro goes on a bit and, taking into account that it's some way short of the 3 minute mark, it may have made more sense to get into verse one quicker and create space for more verses/choruses. However it would be remiss of me to wonder what the stage show could be like. No-one really knows who they are what they look like. Even some of their photos and song covers have masks, emojis or pixilated parts instead of faces. We don't really get any idea from the 'music video', albeit a very clever statement on current events, but I suspect an official video will be available soon. Weird Georgia is back and we love it, even if that means a DNQ.
ARTIST - Circus Mircus
SONG - Lock Me In
WRITING/PRODUCTION CREDITS - Circus Mircus
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