Eurovision, Konstrakta - Novo, bolje (great troll?)

in Music9 months ago

If you live in Europe it is hard to not know what Eurovision is, if you live outside of Europe there is a chance you know Epic Sax Guy (that is from Eurovision contest) :)

In short Eurovision is a music contest where every country from Europe is sending one representative to compete against all other countries. It started in 1956 so you could say it has some popularity. I must admit i usually watch it to see how crazy it will be, because every year there is some crazy and fun shit. And the production is usually really good, so it is visually fun.

I think there are no rules of how a country decides who they send. A lot of countries are having their own competition to decide who will go.

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Now if you follow Eurovision there is a good chance that you heard about Konstrakta. Two years ago she won the local competition against all expectations. We usually send pretty ladies with lack of fabric or some ballad with a touch of traditional music.

And Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano was non of that.

And to be honest she made a lot of noise. Performance was "weird" the same as the lyrics. But it had a lot of layers of statements about the state of our country and the world.

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Now Konstrakta entered the contest again with a song called Novo, bolje (New, Better). The song was out for a month at this point, but it was only audio. And it is ok. But yesterday was the semifinal contest and the performance was seen live for the first time. Damn it was funny 😁

It would be interesting to hear what you people got from it before reading the rest of the text.

And as the song started my first thought was "nah she didn't" :) and yes she did. She named the song Novo, Bolje (New, Better) and on the surface level she did the same thing.

And than this thing popped on the screen :D

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Episode 2: Neither New Nor Better

So on the surface level it was just a great troll.

Konstrakta - Novo, bolje (tekst)

Doktore, šta mi je?
Hoću samo novotarije, šta mi je?
Hoću samo nešto novo
Novo, novo, novo, novo, novo, novo
Novo, novo, novo, novo, novo, novo
Nešto novo, novo, novo, novo, novo, novo, novo
Novo, novo, novo, novo, novo

Novo, bolje, brže, veće, više, jače
Evo sa'će (Evo sa'će)
Evo sa'će, evo sa'će, evo sa'će
Evo sa'će, evo sa'će, evo sa'će, evo sa'će
E sad će
Bolje nego dobro, bolje nego dobro
Bolje nego dobro (Bolje nego dobro)

Ova glava da je malo sposobnija
Ovo kilo 'leba moglo bi da bude dva
Znam za bolje, ej, otkad sam se rodila
I vičem "Nе valja, ne valja, ne valja"

Učinak je mogô biti viši (Nе valja)
Tihi okean mogô je da bude tiši (Ne valja)
Svuda mi se samo podvaljuje
Svuda vidim samo anomalije (Ne, ne valja)

Doktore, šta mi je?
Svuda vidim anomalije, šta mi je?
Sve to može mnogo bolje
Bolje, bolje, bolje, bolje, bolje, bolje
Bolje, bolje, bolje, bolje, bolje, bolje
Mnogo bolje (Bolje), bolje (Više), bolje (Brže), bolje (Brže), bolje (Jače), bolje (Evo, evo, sa'će)
Novo, bolje, brže veće, više, jače
Evo sa'će (Evo sa'će)

Novo, bolje, brže, veće, više, lepše, jače
Neprestano, neprestano
Sve je tako fluidno i neće da stane, doktore
I ja ako stanem, propašću
Neprestano, samo idem up, samo neprestano
Idemo na max, idemo na max
Neprestano, samo idem up
Samo neprestano idem up
Neprestano, samo idem up
Samo neprestano, nepre-neprestano
Doktore, šta mi je?
Šta, bre, šta ti je? Nije ti ništa, šta ti je?
Tako je, tako je
Evo sa'će, evo sa'će
Evo sa'će, evo sa'će (Evo ga)
Evo sa'će, evo sa'će (Evo ga, doktore)
Evo sa'će, evo sa'će (Šta zna želja šta je nedohvatljivo)
Evo sa'će, evo sa'će (Doktore)
Evo sa'će, evo sa'će
Evo sa'će, evo sa'će
Evo sa'će
I sa'će

Konstrakta - New, better (lyrics)

Doctor, what's wrong with me?
I just want innovations, what's wrong with me?
I just want something new
New, new, new, new, new, new
New, new, new, new, new, new
Something new, new, new, new, new, new, new
New, new, new, new, new

New, better, faster, bigger, higher, stronger
Here it comes (Here it comes)
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
Now it will be (hard to translate as it means "It is coming", but you say it sarcastically as it will never happen)
Better than good, better than good
Better than good (Better than good)

This head could be a little more capable
This one kilogram of bread could be two
I know better, hey, since I was born
And I shout "It's not good, it's not good, it's not good"

The efficiency could have been higher (It's not good)
The quiet ocean could be quieter (It's not good)
Everywhere I'm just being cheated
Everywhere I see only anomalies (No, it's not good)

Doctor, what's wrong with me?
Everywhere I see anomalies, what's wrong with me?
Everything can be much better
Better, better, better, better, better, better
Better, better, better, better, better, better
Much better (Better), better (More), better (Faster), better (Faster), better (Stronger), better (Here, here, it's coming)

New, better, faster, bigger, higher, stronger
Here it comes (Here it comes)
New, better, faster, bigger, higher, stronger, beautiful
Constantly, constantly
Everything is so fluid and won't stop, doctor
And if I stop, I'll be lost
Constantly, I just go up, just constantly
Let's go to the max, let's go to the max
Constantly, I just go up
Just constantly going up
Constantly, just going up
Just constantly, un-constantly

Doctor, what's wrong with me?
What, well, what's wrong with you? Nothing's wrong with you, what's wrong with you?
That's how it is, that's how it is
Here it comes, here it comes
Here it comes, here it comes (Here it is)
Here it comes, here it comes (Here it is, doctor)
Here it comes, here it comes (What does desire know what is unattainable?)
Here it comes, here it comes (Doctor)
Here it comes, here it comes
Here it comes, here it comes
Here it comes
And it will be


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Now the social media fun starts.

Comments are all over the place. From "this is stupid, she did the exact same thing as the last time". And those people are prime example of the "He would not understand even if you draw it for him", Konstrakta literally draw it for them.

Then it went to the "we always expect and wait for something new and better, it is never enough" to the statement about the overall system now days. From corporate to social media.

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And then there was a good part of people taking it as a political statement. As a parody on politicians always promising something new and better, people always expecting that they will deliver, but it never happens. Some went even further and saying it is a parody of the current government as their campaign slogan was something similar.

My thinking didn't go there on a first listen. But then i clicked on twitter today and saw the plans for reconstruction of one of the squares in the city 😂

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Certainly new and better

Overall it would be hilarious to sent Konstrakta to Eurovision contest again with this song. I never voted on these things, but i am thinking of sending a vote for her to win 😂

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Iako mi je iskakala po internetu nisam je preslusala, tek sada, ovde.
Ne znam, previse mi je slicna prethodnoj vec vidjena na Evroviziji, u sustini samu poruku mogu da shvate pojedinci koji iskljucivo zive na ovim prostorima.

Nice visual parallel you made there. 😉

malo je nezgodno zbog jezika na kom je pesma. deo bi verovatno ukapirao poentu, slicno je bilo i sa prvom pesmom. moram da priznam da sam iznenadjen RTS-om vec par godina sto se tice produkcije. Ovo je bukvalno montaza spota uzivo i pogodili su sve u sekundu. I svi u produkciji apsolutno mrze Konstraktu sto im je zadala ovakav zadatak ili su apsolutno odusevljeni sto stvarno nesto rade :)

Koliko para kosta RTS odrzavanje, napokon nam se vraca nesto od ulozenog (makar to bila i scenografija), imala sam srece da je upoznam licno i drago mi je sto se upustila u sve ovo evo vec drugi put zaredom.

Wow
So this means that Eurovision is far bigger than America’s Got Talent
I’d put my eyes on it

probably not. it is a 3 days event, and everyone performing is already more or less famous musician.

It seems to an extent, practices were put into the song to produce them

Those are some interesting set of photographs. ✨🤔 Lol. The political background part was hilarious. 🤣

those are all from a live show. the team and TV crew did an amazing job to do that.

Why have I not been following Eurovision for long. I always love music concert who always gives room for music talent display

it is not really that known outside of Europe.

I never heard these songs before nor did I know anything about them so after listening to the songs I like them a lot now I will definitely get this kind of knowledge.

there was a big chance that you didn't hear them :)

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Wow, I will like to know more about Eurovision.

No i am not aware about Eurovision, but i would like to know about it more.

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