NORWEGIAN 2023 EUROVISION SELECTION – NOT MEANT TO BE – ELINE THORP

Morten Thomassen continued to discuss another entry in  the third semi final of the 2023 Norwegian Eurovision selection. ESC Covers google translated it from Norwegian to English.

I can’t help but admire an artist who had to take a break from that particular job due to stage fright to return to what is Norway’s biggest music scene.

We can only hope that the break has made Eline really hungry for a comeback that smells burnt, and then the question is whether the song “Not Meant To Be” is what it takes.

We are in the toned down melancholic landscape and it is a musical place I like to stay.

The song slows down a bit and in this sense it contains a lot of what I like in such songs.

But, for one reason or another, this one still doesn’t quite capture me.

There is something anonymous about the song that drags me down and I really hope that a live performance can remove this anonymity that is preventing me from really liking this.

Nothing would have pleased me more, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it happens.

We’ll see what kind of goods Eline delivers on Saturday before I make my final judgement, with the right empathy I can quickly change my mind.

Photo credit – NRK

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