Tim: Melodi Grand Prix Junior is a Norwegian singing competition for kiddies, which in the past has been used to choose finalists for Junor Eurovision and MGP Nordic (sort of a Scandinavians-only Junior Eurovision), but nowadays is held just for the fun of it. Sval here won it in 2011 at the age of 12, and now, two and half years later she’s making a proper commercial debut.
Tim: And that’ll do me nicely.
Tom: I wasn’t sold on it until that chorus arrived – but then, I’m a sucker for a well-placed “heeey” sample.
Tim: It’s a good enough debut, and certainly an indicator of future potential. I like a good loud female pop singer, and while this isn’t truly massive or ground-breaking, or enough to get me properly excited to write lots of words about it, it’s certainly perfectly listenable.
Tom: Agreed. What’s it all about, then?
Tim: The lyrics, coming as they do with a perfectly acceptable lyric video, are all about her leaving it too late to tell someone she fancies him.
Tom: How breathtakingly original.
Tim: Indeed – just the tragedies of youth. Next, please.