Tim: Our last trip to this year’s Melodifestivalen final, then, with this, the most colourful entry and (spoiler alert) the only key change to have made it through.
Tom: It’s also “Rainmaker“. You should know, Tim, you were in the front row with me getting splashed. Anyway.
Tim: This was written by SaRaha, along with Anderz Wrethov, who seems to get around a bit – he was also behind both David Lindgren and Samir & Victor’s finalist songs. The main influence on the song, both in lyrics and genre, seems to come from her upbringing in Tanzania, with the pre-chorus in Swahili and the title translating to Dizziness. And it’s a good track.
Tom: Damn right: this was one of my absolute favourites, and I’m sad it didn’t do any better.
Tim: Yes, the focus is on that African sound, but you’ve got plenty of modern touches going on through, starting right from the start with that distorted backing vocal.
Tom: Although it’s worth pointing out that under Eurovision rules, that’d have to be performed live. It didn’t work well for our entry last year.
Tim: On top of all of that, well, that combination of key change, catherine wheels and confetti explosion is just excellent. A worthy finalist indeed.