Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha (Finland) - REACTION | Eurovision 2023

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[petriuusi-makela]

Now you know why Finland is 6th time the happiest country in the world! 😂

[danielslubski]

You kept asking what is it, ill tell you what it is, it is the winner of 2023 Eurovision song contest!
12 points from Israel 💖🇮🇱

[pinsandneedles]

That's a GREAT pronunciation of Käärijä! You nailed it 🥰🥰

[kennethainetdin]

The pallets on the stage are europallets (an europallet have a specific dimension, otherwise it's not an europallet). Pallet in Finnish is lava, and lava means also stage (playing with words). So it's Eurostage, for the Eurovision songcontest. This is the reason for the pallets.

[drjulietburke]

"what is this?" This is the winner of ESC 2023 if the goddamn juries did not exist

[kristalaine]

Your reaction was so much fun!!! The amount of shock! 🤣🤣 Hello From Funland! 💚💥

[VesaGuardian]

I´m 64 and I had to listen this for a few times. Now I love it!

[ZakhadWOW]

Kaarija is truly a Unicorn... a beautiful rare magical creature, that you feel blessed to be around.

[an]

Your comments are among the bests, you react with your heart 😊

[aurorah]

If I am not mistaken, I think Käärijä said in an interview, that he called HIS genre "Party Metal" 🤔☺

[tommilaitinen]

The song is quite unique (pop song) because of the two-part-structure. But there is a reason for it. It actually causes a sort of a catharsis like in horror movies, that cause anxiety, and are ultimately violent, and in the end, the beast is beaten, and everything returns to normal. The viewer has survived.

In Cha cha cha the listener is kept in a tight hold in the beginning. The singer (story-teller) has had a wearysome week, stressed out and serious. However, he wants to get in the club to dance. Like so many people in Finland, and in Europe, he needs some alcohol to get free from norms and stop caring about what other people think of his dance. So he sips a bit more, until...

The mood changes. Suddenly. In the lyrics. On the stage. In the song. That is where the song splits in two different songs, as he has had enough of encouragement and he hits the dance floor with his silly, not so professional dance moves. But he does not care anymore.

He dances like cha cha cha until he passes out like cha cha cha.

This kind of storytelling is quite rare in song lyrics and structres. On the surface it truly is about going to a party and drinking, and musically it is just a song with electronic background. From the beginning it is close to electronic rap metal before it becomes just danceable pop. And since there is rap, metal, dance, electronic, and eventually pop, you choose what genre it is. But Käärijä has said that it is difficult to label his music. Although he is a rapper, he is a big fan of Rammstein and more than once he has said that he got initially enthusiastic about Eurovision Song Contest due to Ukrainian comedian / singer Verka Serduchka's Dancing Lasha Tumbai. In the mixture, it becomes somewhat progressive pop, electronic or even rap music.

[JustSaying]

Slogan for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is "United By Music". 🇫🇮 Käärijä does it! Everyone in Liverpool arena will sing Cha cha cha! ❤ If he wins, give him Pina Colada!🍹

[TheRoxanne]

Yep - it's a party song. He (= Käärijä) surprised me as much as you when I heard it for the first time. I also like the fact that he sings in Finnish. Greetings from Finland.

[onomatopoetisk]

I think you're right. This is not a jury fav, but def an audience fav.

[Eppu]

💚this is my favorite eurovision2023 song but you'll want to watch the whole video without a break.💚and how käärijä says the music genre is party/metal!💚 sry bad english💚

[luis_zuniga]

It's such a fun song, hope it does well on the final :)

[arctikal]

The story in the lyrics goes basically like this:
First verse: He's had a long week behind and can't wait to have fun but just like many Finns he can't just go and party on the dancefloor because he lacks the courage. So it's time to start drinking.
Second verse: He's had a few drinks already, but it's not enough. But the night is still young and there's time to drink some more. The dancefloor does look inviting, though.
Bridge/second part of the song: Literally starts with "Now I go dancing" and he's not afraid of looking dumb going crazy on the dancefloor anymore. He's so drunk that he can't even see straight.

[AneysaJoeJanis]

I can't believe Finland has a K-pop song for Eurovision lol 😅. Also he looks like real life Gai Sensei 💚

[stinabo]

I'm from Finland and I remember I was shocked when this won but now I'm liking it more and more. You are so right, it's a crazy own genre. I can't figure it out 😅 First some kind of heavy/rap then a pop song 😅

[patrickuotinen]

You asked about genre- It's fusion of at least electronic music, heavy metal, rap and k-pop. Maybe something else, as well. Käärijä himself calls it party metal. Or, as he also says: "It's party, it crazy".