Tag: Diandra

Tim: You may or may not remember Diandra’s previous occurrence on these pages, Paha Poika, involving some really not very nice lyrics.

Tim: You’re not wrong there. ‘Onni on’, in contrast to Paha Poika, translates to ‘Happiness Is’, and that’s got to be a good indicator, right?

Tim: RIGHT. Great indeed. As ever with Finnish, it seems, Google Translate’s not the best, but the main thrust is that happiness is so unpredictable that it can come from anywhere.

Tim: I would agree with this, and put forth examples such as hands-swaying-in-the-air choruses, big drumbeats on pretty much every single second and fourth beat and, of course, unexpected key changes, which in this case seems nothing short of divine.

Tim: With the exception of the slightly not great introduction (which is such a minor niggle it’s barely worth mentioning), I cannot think of an immediate way to improve this song. It’s wonderful, and a perfect example of its own message.

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.

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

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.

Tim: Recent winner of the Finnish variant of the Idol brand, Idols, she has come out with a proper TUNE. (That’s, like a CHOON, but not quite a full-on dance track. You’ll see what I mean.)

Tim: I started listening to this up to the first chorus, thought, ‘Yeah, it’s okay,’ and swiftly stuck it in a background tab. Thirty seconds later I thought the song was about to finish, so I went back to it, and then realised it was still only in the second chorus. Now, that’s a lot of words for a fairly dull story, but it demonstrates what I’m about to say: this song has HUGE choruses, and I LOVE THEM.

Tim: Simple? Melodically, maybe, but other than that, not a chance – there’s so much to them that calling them simple is just plain rude. It’s not all great: the first part of the middle eight goes on far too long for my liking, and that long note before the closing part is positively yearning to be followed by a key change, but that aside this song’s a right good number.