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Every 2024 Eurovision Song, Ranked
Before a note has even been sung, Eurovision 2024 is already shaping up to be one of the most interesting in recent memory.
The Madrid-based outfit, who twice tried to represent Spain before finding success in the microstate’s truly exhausting 129-entry national final, describe their sound as “the perfect mix between the sinister and cotton candy.” That’s a fair summary judging by “11:11,” which lurches from bubblegum metal and techno bleeps to flamenco guitars and guttural roars, while its accompanying video resembles a Warped Tour take on Airheads. Teya Dora will already be familiar to much of the TikTok generation having spawned a hugely popular meme and racked up 100 million Spotify streams with last year’s breakthrough single “Džanum.” “Ramonda,” a sobering patriotic number named after the plant which represents Serbia’s struggles during World War I, seems unlikely to inspire as many viral dances, however. The retro synth-pop of “Zorra” has already whipped up controversy thanks to its provocative lyrics: the title essentially translates as ‘slut,’ but the married pair are, in fact, attempting to reappropriate the misogynistic term to both celebrate female independence and expose societal hypocrisy (“If I go out alone I’m the bitch/If I have fun, the sluttiest”).
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