[2023] Finland: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023 #1

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Op woensdag 11 januari 2023 08:32 schreef Momo het volgende:
🎤Keira - 'No Business On The Dancefloor'
🎤Benjamin - 'Hoida Mut'
🎤Robin Packalen - 'Girls Like You'
🎤Lxandra - 'Something To Lose'
🎤Käärijä - 'Cha Cha Cha'
🎤Kuumaa - 'Ylivoimainen'
🎤Portion Boys - 'Samaa Taivasta Katsotaan'

De songtitels

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Op woensdag 11 januari 2023 12:24 schreef Cyan9 het volgende:

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Laat "No Business On The Dancefloor" alsjeblieft disco invloeden hebben, speciaal voor mij.

Kylie Minogue - Magic (Official Video)

Kylie Minogue - Real Groove (Official Audio)

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Op woensdag 11 januari 2023 14:20 schreef Funhouse het volgende:

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Dat verwacht ik wel! Eén van de schrijvers van No Business On The Dancefloor is Teemu Brunila, die ook een aantal nummers voor Kylie Minogue's Disco album schreef

Kylie Minogue - Magic (Official Video)

Kylie Minogue - Real Groove (Official Audio)

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Keira

With her charming and convincing performance on the Voice of Finland, Keira has perhaps one of the most outstanding dance songs in the history of UMK. The song’s elements include a true groove bassline, a catchy refrain, a trippy flute drop and Keira’s unbelievable vocals, which could all conspire to make the song a radio hit, even at the European level. Two of Finland’s most internationally successful songwriters, Teemu Brunila and Axel Ehnström, contributed to the song. No Business On The Dancefloor is surely one of the most impressive debut singles in Finland for quite some time.

Benjamin

For Benjamin, who grew up with Eurovision, Hoida mut is an important song, as it deals with an important moment in one’s life and also bends conventional notions regarding gender. A man doesn’t always have to be the alpha - even a big, strong man can sing about surrendering to someone.

— This is exactly what I wanted to do the day I came to UMK,” he says.

UMK jury: Fast-riser Benjamin’s UMK song entry Hoida mut brings an explosive energy, a contemporary sound that draws from 80s pop, not to mention a truly hit-making chorus. The production brings to mind the driving 80s-style beat used by Ava Max, The Weeknd and Dua Lipa in recent years. The song has a hot and sexy feel from start to finish, and we’re really looking forward to seeing how Benjamin, with his charisma and stunning dance moves, will bring it to life in the music video and stage performance.

Robin

It’s so good to have one of Finland’s most successful pop stars of all time competing in the Contest for New Music UMK! Girls Like You is precisely the kind of music Robin Packalen wants to make: groovy, catchy and feelgood pop performed in English, which suits UMK to a T. Even though the song has clear Bruno Mars and Justin Timberlake influences, Robin makes his own mark with his familiar vocal style. Written in Los Angeles, the song is like a sunny day squeezed into a three-minute audio file.

Lxandra

For years Lxandra has been one of Finland’s most promising export talents, making a career for herself out in the world. Now, she brings her exquisite ballad Something To Lose to UMK. The song is all at once tender and personal, dramatic and epic. Lxandra is a top-notch live performer, who has touched audiences in Finland and abroad, even bringing them to tears. The song will definitely rise to new heights when performed live. Lxandra is also known as a versatile audio-visual artist, so we are very interested to see what kind of world she will build around the song.

Käärijä

— Finland is a party country, a heavy metal country and a pop country – this song brings all of those together,” he says.

UMK jury: Will this become the afterski hit of Finland for the spring of 2023? In his song Cha Cha Cha, Käärijä combines rap, electronic, rock and pop in a unique way. The end result is truly one-of-a-kind, but also very approachable, like the artist himself. The song’s hook is one that grabs you on the very first listen, and we can say with confidence that this is the hardest rap banger in the history of UMK. At UMK and Eurovision, there is always room for something off the wall, which this song so perfectly offers.

KUUMAA

The band’s UMK song Ylivoimainen is a hard-charging pop tune that brings a universal, infectious energy.

UMK jury: KUUMAA sets the tone for how a Finnish band should sound in 2023: it is charismatic, cutting edge and has the ability to make big songs for streaming services and radio, alike. The band’s frontman Johannes Brotherus is charming and the band’s performance at UMK will bring it to a whole new level on its already skyrocketing trajectory. Ylivoimainen is a harder-charging version of KUUMAA that is sure to rock the stage at Logomo and on Finnish television come February.

Portion Boys

The message behind their UMK entry Samaa taivasta katsotaan is meaningful to the band: each and every one of us matters.

UMK jury: With a career spanning over a decade under its belt, Portion Boys is currently one of Finland’s hottest groups. It’s great to see the band in UMK, bringing its own, unique style to the contest. Samaa taivasta katsotaan celebrates Europe’s diversity in its own playful way and it represents the value of tolerance that Eurovision promotes, something we all need more of in this day and age. The song is an unforgettable earworm, positively brimming with laser drums, energy and musical hooks. The band’s incredible live energy really comes out in the song - underneath its hard-charging beat is a beautiful composition. This could be one of Finland’s most-streamed songs in 2023.

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Op woensdag 11 januari 2023 18:42 schreef Momo het volgende:

Keira - No Business On The Dancefloor (Lyric Video) // UMK23

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2023 05:54 schreef Cee het volgende:
Dat idiote fluitje.
Het blijft verder wel hangen maar daar is alles mee gezegd.

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2023 07:49 schreef Em31 het volgende:

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Doet me denken aan hoe je vroeger random op een blokfluit begon te blazen

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Op donderdag 12 januari 2023 15:42 schreef Momo het volgende:

Benjamin - Hoida mut (Lyric Video) // UMK23

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Op dinsdag 10 januari 2023 18:39 schreef molloot200 het volgende:
Bijna al deze namen hebben wel een liedje op spotify met meer dan 1 miljoen streams. Dit schijnen écht grote namen te zijn in Finland.

Ze doen het goed daar! Dit had je ten tijde van Darude in 2019 niet aan zien komen