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I went to the airport yesterday as he came back and it was an absolute mayhem, the crowd went feral. No chance of getting an autograph and in the first 75mins or so I only saw a glimpse of his head bc the airport was packed with people and everyone lost it to say the least. Wasn't until after his press conference that he came out for a brief moment and I actually got quite close, got the whole rioting on video lol. Can't wait to see him live next month.

Fuck the juries. The one time we had a chance of winning and they let the hag win again just so she can have some boost for her otherwise lackluster career for another year. On a more positive note, at least our king will be remembered and loved.

Käärijä supremacy 2023! The first Finnish representer in my life that I'm actually happy with and want so much to win or end up at least in top 3. Discovered him back in like 2019 so I'm so happy he's a huge phenomenon here right now and that he's so loved in the ESC community as well. Other songs that have managed to get into my regular rotation are (in no specific order): Queen of Kings My Sister's Crown Who the Hell is Edgar? Carpe Diem Samo mi se spava The studio version of Tattoo has grown on me a lot and I like the concept of Loreen's Melodifestivalen performance but the live vocals just feel somewhat burdensome to listen to.

Haven't said anything yet because I wanted the album mature for a bit but that said, I've been listening to it like crazy and I love it. There's not a single bad track on the album and it feels so short after the 75 minutes of Utopia and the three interludes. However I do have to say that Ovule and especially Allow pale in comparison to the rest - Ovule is kind of forgettable in the bigger picture and despite being cute, Allow definitely feels like the Utopia outtake that it is and is immediately overshadowed by Fungal City which is one of the cutest and homeliest tracks, definitely one of the record's highlights. Victimhood is amazing, it reminds me of late Jóhann Jóhannsson's work at times and gives Hans Zimmer's Blade Runner 2049 score vibes. I was astonished by Freefall, her vocals are so good in the first half but oh my god the strings in the second half are so beautiful. Atopos is a good opening track and sets the mood for the record quite well, and the title track remains one of the superior tracks on the record - despite me listening to it like a lunatic the outro is still so insane. When I first listened to the record in full I listened to my CD rip which has Ican's vocals on the title track and I found them distracting and they watered the outro down for me so I'll just keep listening to the digital version with B's vocals only. Summa summarum, despite me expecting just a little more gabber it's a cohesive body of work, quality from beginning to the end and I'll spend a lot more time listening to it. That said it's too early to know where I would rank it in her discography but as for the time being it's a bop and I doubt I'll change my mind about it being so. However I would trade Allow for a longer Trölla-Gabba with vocals, Allow is so repetitive turning it into an interlude instead wouldn't take anything away from it. Highlights (in tracklist order): Atopos, Ancestress, Victimhood, Fungal City, Freefall, Fossora

i just got home from the record store and i'm gonna listen to it now aaahh!!

Lord give me strength to wait until I can run to the record store first thing in the morning

Well alright here's my ranked based on Last.fm scrobbles and also most listened track from each 01. Utopia (Losss) 02. Vulnicura (Notget) 03. Homogenic (Hunter) 04. Vespertine (Pagan Poetry) 05. Post (Army of Me) 06. Biophilia (Mutual Core) 07. Debut (Human Behaviour) 08. Volta (Wanderlust) 09. Medúlla (Triumph of a Heart)

Not her saying Mutual Core would've been better with strings (Vulnicura live version ) but she had already set her mind on Biophilia being an organ album... it's still a bop wdym Also 40 listens on repeat later and I just can't get enough of the title track it's so much fun and she's insane for the last bit

The last minute what the FU-

Thank god Sindri really ended up just doing backing vocals and not actual verses just as I hoped Tbh I could've been good without the glockenspiel(?) and just the strings and beats but it's beautiful nevertheless. Can't wait for it to grow on me once I listen to it more (on my second one rn...) Also for those who haven't read the Pitchfork article we'll be getting a video for the song as well, shot by a volcano

ANCESTRESS TOMORROW

The new Pitchfork article was so much fun to read. Absolutely love her

Well the video's nice, she's serving looks but I just don't like the oval shape framing closing in and out. Like it looks cheap and I'd rather see the full shots... Atopos video remains superior so far.

IT'S OUT ON APPLE MUSIC Edit: omg the Medúlla and Volta vibes, is prettyyy

Looks like they've been uploaded to the code of fossora.com? Imagine if we're getting two new Björk tracks on two consecutive weeks...