Tim: Let’s jump across the border from yesterday’s Austria to today’s Germany, and also: remember a few weeks ago when I posted the track that was every europop fan’s nightmare, being entirely stereotypical and entirely awful? Well, here’s another entirely stereotypical one.
Tom: I notice you say “stereotypical” there, but not necessarily “awful”. I don’t rate it that highly: do you?
Tim: Oh, absolutely – those two in combination show just how formulas may be all well and good, but they sure as hell can’t predict the enjoyability of any song they produce. You can probably guess the title translation; the full line is “This is the moment when the sky will burn, when everything turns, when you see the stars”, and that’s one hell of a moment definitely deserving of a song like this.
Tom: Hmm. I’m not sure I feel it: those flashback clips in the video just seem a little cringeworthy to me; that repeating synth melody doesn’t work for me; and the chorus just seems a little… well, dull.
Tim: No, it’s EXCITING – Just listen to how excited by it he is coming into the middle eight, and how many times he’s sings that one line (ten).
Tom: Ten! Ten is too many.
Tim: I don’t know, we’ve seen considerably more previously. A big moment, and a big song to go with it. Admittedly, any europop-sceptic still wouldn’t be remotely impressed by it, but I don’t care. I think it’s great.
Incidentally, both this song and yesterday’s came off Apple Music’s playlist of new German pop music, and I can’t currently recommend a better one to get you out of bed in the morning. YOU’RE WELCOME.