Conchita Wurst – You Are Unstoppable

‘Every member of the the team got this right.’

Tim: I’m writing the morning after a somewhat hefty night in the pub; I need this track to live up to its title.

Tom: I suspect it’s going to.

Tim: Oh and yes, yes it does. The sudden stop and start and the end of this clip annoy me a tad, but the song itself is EXACTLY the right sort of pickup track.

Tom: I’m going to guess that this is recorded off the radio: at least they removed the DJ’s chatter.

Tim: With this title and Conchita’s history the lyrics were always going to be on point, but it’s great here that the music provides everything it can as well – the strings get us off to a good start, then then when that drumbeat introduces the chorus with those long vocal notes, everything falls properly into place. And as for that return from the middle eight? Oof.

Tom: It’s not surprising in the least, but it doesn’t have to be: it’s very very good. There’s some really nice subtle production techniques on here: dipping the backing volume before punching it back up at the start of a bar; an “oh” sample half way through that, as far as I can tell, never returns; it’s not just the composer, songwriter or vocalist here, every member of the the team got this right.

Tim: It’s a while since I’ve heard anything quite so perfectly suited to its task. Top work all round.