Diandra – Paha Poika

“We’re really down in some dark territory here.”

Tim: Here’s the new one off one time Finnish Idol winner Diandra, with a lyric video that makes me really wish I knew Finnish.

Tim: I reckon this is, by all standards that really matter, a really good track. The title translates to ‘Bad Boy’; Google falls down a bit on the one lyrics site I can find, but fragments that are vaguely comprehensible include “I always fall for a bad lad”, “what are you doing to me”, “my desire to honour the feelings of a gangster” and “I guess I should be afraid to wake up”, so we’re really down in some dark territory here.

Tom: Sounds a bit like a Finnish version of Alexandra Burke’s “Bad Boys”.

Tim: The music, though, is fairly good at keeping that part mostly hidden (aside from the slightly disturbing inclusion of bagpipes).

Tom: Yep. It’s got a jaunty synth line in the background, hasn’t it?

Tim: It does, yes, and I don’t know if there’s specific arty meaning behind the mood disconnect, but I think it really works – even those bagpipes sit nicely in the mix by the end. So, cutting a long story short – very enjoyable, but I wouldn’t want to be the person who came up with those lyrics.