Hi guys, and welcome back to my channel! If you’re new here, my name’s Rachel and I’m a huge Eurovision fan, as well as a musician. In todays video, I reacted to for the first time, to The Netherland’s entry to this years ESC, in which they internally selected S10 with her song ‘De Diepte’.
I was really excited about this entry, due to reading about the artists background and her genres that she tends to perform in. It seems as if the Netherlands want to become a Eurovision powerhouse.
The song opens with a good guitar intro, which has a folk/country feel whilst staying in the lines of indie pop. S10’s voice really blends into the instrumental well, and soars in the chorus. There’s also a wonderful piano that’s quietly playing chords in the background of the track, helping to slightly pad out the texture….
But here’s where I found some faults. The intrumental texture is lacking, and feels quite thin. We could have done with some backing vocals, bass and perhaps some strings to diversify the sound. Instead, it pertains to a thin acoustic texture, in turn making the song seriously lack in impact or punch. Unfortunately, this could be quite worrying for Eurovision, where standing out and holding your audiences attention is key.
The verses weren’t as memorable as the chorus, but I think this shouldn’t matter too much in that the chorus will be the most repeated and in the forefront of the audience brains. The chorus is quite good and makes up for some of the other issues.
Overall, I was a little underwhelmed with the entry. I had high expectations so it’s partly my fault, but it just didn’t crack up to what I was expecting.
Initial Score: 7/10
Intro 00:00
Reaction 01:16
Thoughts and Comments 06:27
Outro 09:30
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