Go_A - Shum
2021
"Shum" ("Noise") is a song by Ukrainian electro-folk band Go_A, and represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, where they ended up number 5. Watch the performance here!
The Eurovision version of the song took the lead in the global Spotify Viral 50 daily list on 24 May 2021, where it stayed until 1 June, and led the weekly list on the week of 27 May. It entered the Billboard Global 200 on the week of 5 June, at position 158, becoming the first ever Ukrainian-language song to chart there. On the same week, it peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Global Excl. US.
The lyrics of this song is a variation of Ukrainian folk songs which were sung in the "Shum" folk ritual. The ritual involved a game and was performed in spring. According to some ethnographers, Shum refers to the god or personification of the forest. Etymologically, the name of the ritual probably comes from Proto-Slavic words šumъ ("noise") or šuma ("forest").
The music video was shot in a forest near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
"Shum" recieved a total of 74,4% yes votes!
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in memoriam of these green fashionistas who were robbed of their eurovision win
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"ukraine only wins because of war"
meanwhile ukraine bringing bops every year:
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Eurovision: The Masquerade
Eurovision vampire family keeps growing. Updated version.
However, vampires should be cautious at Eurovision this year, because well... you know... it seems, they are hunted...
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Person: what's your music taste?
Me: Eurovision.
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No blackouts caused by russian attacks can stop Kateryna Pavlenko from being an icon
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Indisputable queen of Eurovision
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КРІП OUT 26.4 EVERYONE THIS IS NOT A DRILL THIS IS NOT A DRILL КРІП OUT IN TEN DAYS
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