Netherlands 2021: Jeangu Macrooy - Birth of a New Age

[ButterTart]

Cataclysmically awful

 

[ButterTart]

Two years in a row Jeangu has delivered the biggest stinker of the year. It sounds so cheap and twee, and not even in a good way.

Altogether now:

YOU ARE MY BROCCOLI

 

[Madíson]

Grow didn’t stink.

 

[ButterTart]

Grow didn’t stink.

It was my least favourite of last year, which was a hotly contested category.

 

[Dark Carnival]

So we ARE watching this before Moldova...

 

[ButterTart]

So we ARE watching this before Moldova...

I think we'll be watching the first semi final before Moldova at this rate...

 

[Kevin]

I loved Grow but that live performance was terrible. The only thing we’ll win is the Barbara Dex Award.

 

[Lucille]

FLUSH!

 

[dUb]

Oh Jeangu no

Grow was in my top 3 last year

I don't know what to do with this

 

[ButterTart]

I don't know what to do with this

Just pretend it doesn't exist. I've a feeling that's what the voters will be doing come May.

 

[Kevin]

Oh Jeangu no

Grow was in my top 3 last year

I don't know what to do with this

I even think it would have been a surprise top 10 finish.

 

[Jark]

YOUR RHYTHM IS REBELLION

this turds. goodbye!

 

[Jacques]

I feel like there's a more instant/obvious hook than last year, but overall it isn't as good. "Grow" was beautiful, this is just fine.

 

[VoR]

Well at least this one has a hook at all, which is a step up from last year. Bit of an overcooked mess though, isn't it?

 

[Penelope]

Just pretend it doesn't exist. I've a feeling that's what the voters will be doing come May.

I'm not suggesting you may have too much emotional investment in the results of a song contest (I think you should have more and we should perhaps form a terror group) but I feel this is like the tenth time I've read you post "this is shit it's going to do badly because it's shit" about something with a glaringly obvious angle in the last month, as if Denmark coming top ten isn't a result that's waiting there to punch you in the mouth every single time (even in years when they didn't even qualify somehow)

 

[Kevin]

I much prefer this (still nowhere near as good as Grow). I have no idea why they decided to go with that live performance first. It's like they haven't learned anything from 2014.

 

[Suomi]

I like this...A LOT!

 

[ButterTart]

The studio version is better, but still wimpy and crap. Worst of the year for me so far.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

The studio version is better, but still wimpy and crap. Worst of the year for me so far.

In a world with Germany, Norway and France!?

The song is fine, but absolutely not in danger of bothering the top 10 for me.

 

[ButterTart]

In a world with Germany, Norway and France!?

The song is fine, but absolutely not in danger of bothering the top 10 for me.

I like Germany, France is okay for what it is and even Norway has the hook in the chorus which I don’t hate.
This just has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

 

[Iguana]

I like the studio version but dare not watch the live version after the comments...

 

[Soldi]

This is.. a song

 

[dUb]

Is nobody, in this Eurovision of pre-recorded backing vox, going to give me a GOSPEL CHOIR?

It would have worked so well onstage with something like Grow :emoji_weary:

 

[win_the_game]

Clearly the Dutch don't want to run the risk of winning again.

 

[dUb]

LOVING THIS NOW

The staging is excellent and he's got the best voice in the contest this year

Spoiler

 

[win_the_game]

Me too! It's right up there as one of my favourites now.

 

[win_the_game]

And it's the debut of Sranan Tongo creole at Eurovision.

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

The staging is ADORABLE, I really love it.

Wouldn't listen to it outside of the performance context mind

 

[Apoca]

This has been my biggest grower during the last month or so. I really really hope this doesn't end up being overlooked on Saturday. He's fantastic, vocally.