В очередной раз пересматриваю вашу реакцию на песню. Сегодня мой просмотр под вой сирены "воздушная тревога". Молитесь за нашу Украину.

UPDATE in 2022: this song is also prophetic, pray for Ukraine 🇺🇦

It’s heartbreaking knowing the new meaning behind this. First about her grandmother and now it’s all about her self and every single Ukrainian 😭 We stand with you Ukraine🇸🇪💪🏻🇺🇦💔 🤜🏻🇷🇺🤮

I can not relate in any way to the "story" of the song, nor do I have any cultural link to Ukraine, and yet, when I watch this performance - even after watching it several times - I always get the chills, especially at the moment she screams and the tree comes up behind her. It's like her soul is trying to get out of her body in that moment. I don't think I have ever seen a more touching performance of a song in my entire life.

До сих пор не могу эту песню без слез слушать

She tells the painful story of the Crimean Tatar people. Of deportation, of assimilation, of mass murder.

The song talks about the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944. Jamala heard stories about this event from her grandmother Nazilkhan, who survived the deportation. You do a lot of reviews of our music and you know how much history and traditions we have in our music. We are proud and respectful of them

This song truly spoke for all Crimean Tatar families around the world, including mine! It voices our pain and finally the world has the opportunity to hear it. The chorus is from a traditional Crimean Tatar song called “oh, beautiful Crimea” or “ey Guzel Kirim” that explains how Crimeans never got to live on their homeland, didn’t get enough of their childhood due to the deportation that happened in 1944.

I remember how I cried for this song ... It was a worthy victory.

I can only join in her emotions and message because for me as a Latvian this is a very hard theme, too. It maybe wasn't in 1944, but we had really hard deportations by USSR in 1941 and 1949, made by Stalin, just like other Baltic nations, and we were one of the most suffered nations during WW2 in the world. I just hope that everyone won't have to get that experience again.

Thank you from Ukraine)

кто не знает что было с 1922 по 1944 года в СССР не поимет эту песню. с самого начало песни просто не удержать слез. это песня рассказывает кусочек того что творилась когда убивали целые народы в СССР как говорит красный террор. это Помнят народы Чечни Ингушетии Татары Немцы Башкиры народы Дагестана Корейцы- хорошо помнят народ Казахстана которые помогали были в 1944 году в один день расстреляны до 12 тыс казахов за приют и за то что помогали людям которых из вагонов выбросили в холодную помогу в степях Казахстана. помогать Татарам Корейцам Ингушам Чеченцам Немцам считалось в СССР врагами народа!

SLAVA UKRAINE FROM GEORGIA GRUZIA

Jamala is one of the most talented artist I've listened to. Her performances make me cry. I love her, love Ukraine ❤️

Thank you from Ukraine

Завжди плачу під цю пісню💔

It’s personal to her because it’s about her grandparents and their homeland being invaded.

BEST WINNER EVER! (and also my favorite song of all time) No one in Eurovision history has touched people's heart like Jamala did, no one has delivered a song's message like she did (lots of people didn't know it's a personal song or know what she says in the chorus and still they understand what that was about). Almost everybody who watches her performance feels the emotion, feel moved in the end, touched and I also can say sad (because people feel it's a sad story song). People definitely catch her message along the performance goes. Jamala said a lot when she sings the first verses, she felt like the words struggle in her throat, as if was hard to put it out (that's why in almost all 1944 performances feels like she almost can sing the first verses) and even with that, she gives us a show (but She is definitely an amazing technical singer, as you can see in amongst of her performances on internet) . It's so UNIQUE, so POWERFULL, FULLY EMOTIONED, the staging was beautiful and the high notes... WOW IT HAS TO BE HER! I know it never will be popular or a "big hit" but as she said, the point was make people feel her story and she did it in an incredibly high level. THANK YOU UKRAINE AND JAMALA, I'm so so proud!

I always cry when I hear that song,Jamala's voice is so good and song is so deep

Джамалла молодец,песня рвёт душу аж по не воле плачешь😙

Весь біль кримсько-татарського народу в її голосі

Завжди плачу під цю пісню. I always cry for this song.

Thank you from Ukraine!💗

I always cry when I hear this song. Thank you for reacting ❤

Гордий за нашу Джамалу! дякую :-)

Thank you from Ukraine and Pray for Ukraine ❤

She is just incredible... Jake, thank you for reaction.

Джамала просто шикарна!!!!!

Jake I love your reactions and the empathy and how you feel these performances without necessarily understanding the language. You're a wonderful guy.

A part of lyrics was in crimean-tatar language. It's a small nation and their language is cognate to Turkish. This song is about her granny and crimean-tatar nation who was evicted from Crimea to Middle Asia in the end of WW2 by soviet regyme.

The chorus is in crimean tatar language. It says "I was unable to spend my youth there because you took my world away from me".

Люблю, когда видны эмоции на лице человека, а не лицо-камень.

That's a snazzy intro you've got going there :D Jamala's performance of 1944 still gives me goosebumps, I don't even know if that's the right word. When she goes into that mourning cry it tightens up inside my chest. It's not a song I listen to very often, but it's the kind that when I do, I give it my full attention.

Jamala was simply Divine that year, i voted for her, she deserved to win! Jake , you're awesome:)

I still have goosebumps watching this... Ukraine 2016 my second all time best ESC winner after Sweden 2012.... Just Magical.!!

Аж гордость рвет за свою страну!!!!!!!!!!!

Most powerfull winner... It was the biggest joy then Ukraine won. LOVE TO UKRAINE FROM LITHUANIA

she deserved the first place, it was emotional, outstanding and original

That Intro Is Good 😂😂🤣👍 Jamala Was Deserved Winner for me 😊

Every time when i listening it i cry. It touch so deep)

I think this song is amazing... it transcends time and space, for every people in the world has experienced, at least once, the feelings expressed by the lyrics... and she is an amazing singer

She deserves it. Her performance is just so strong and emotional

За нашу біль , втрати Московія буде відповідати ! За біль Грузії ! Афганістану! Сирії !

I think there's no way to listen to Jamala's song and not get watery eyes.....Her song so powerfully conveyed the suffering and pain that so many people around the globe go through....It brings tears to my eyes....and her voice is so so soulful and powerful...

It was just masterpiece from Ukraine. Really , the most emotional winner-song in new Eurovision history for sure.

Performance: 10/10 Staging: 10/10 Vocals: 10/10 Lyrics: 10/10 (Controversial because it borders on being political, but I don't care.) Song: 10/10 (Because of the controversy this song gets lot of undeserved hate, but the song itself is musically very good if you analyze it.)

1944 was a freaking masterpiece.

Hello Jake! It seems like you are starting to react to past ESC editions which is great! 2016 was an excellent year! I didn't like the winner song back in 2016. Dami Im was my winner and I felt really frustrated when Jamala was announced as the winner. But now I can say she was a fair winner, for the same reasons you explained. She sang with her heart and soul open, it was a moving performance and I love it now. It gives me goosebumps Everytime I listen to it.

Джамала заслужено победила,спасибо за комментарий,рецензию..

Best performance for last 3 years.

Still gives me goosebumps even 2 years later... I loved Dami but I had no complaints when Jamala won. It was just mesmerizing.

Thanks for reaction! When I first heard this song I cried.

Thank you from Turkey ❤

Every time I hear this song I want to cry. Wow. Simply amazing.

You should listen to more Jamala. She has great music.

Thank you for this reaction! You are very sincere! And the song is really amazing!

I have loved the songs that you are reviewing since I heard them performed at the Contest, but watching your reactions makes me love them even more. I am binge-watching everything on your channel :D

Thanks, Jake! 😊 Yep, Jamala is from Crimea and it's a story about her family. It was a huge scandal with Russia after Ukraine won. Russia took third place btw, and Australia - 2nd. You can watch Russia's perfomance to compare all three top songs. I've seen a lot of rections where Jamala wasn't understood at all and people were like "how could this beat Russia". I mean Sergey is a great artist with huge experience and his performance was great but for me Jamala's feeling of the song and the message were totally over the top. But to be honest I didn't think that Europe would understand and like the song and performance that much so it could win. Funny thing is that every time we win, the next year we send songs that in the end of the day appear to be in the end of the list 🙄 I'm from Ukraine btw. So jic contestant from Russia is Sergey Lazarev with a song "You Are The Only One".

Сегодня 58 й день этой страшной войны! Это песня - крик всей Украины! Услышьте его, люди!

OMG! I extremely love your reactions😄

great song

That intro... Amazing XD ! Although you might want to shorten it a bit ;) 1944 was such an emotional song. I feel goosebumps each time I listen to it. 2016 was a strong year, but I think the right song won. Please react to other songs from the previous years !

This song is about Crimea Tatars being killed by Russia. She is from Crimea and she is singing about her origin and all the people that died and about everything that is happening in Crimea right now. This is a really powerful song. I am Ukrainian and it’s really important for me. Thank you for reacting to this. Thank you.

love so much your eurovision videos.... that song is one of my favorites!!! greeting from cyprus

I stiil can`t listen to this song without my heart tearing apart. SUCH powerfull sonf SHOULD win! Thank you Jake for your frank emotions.

I came to your videos to watch your reaction to Ieva Zasimauskaitė and now I'm staying because you have really great content :) greetings from Lithuania!

Jake you're the best!!!

the whole song is haunting, but the breakdown and final chorus are so chilling

OMG!! That intro!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 You're amazing!!! 😂😂😂😂

This song is the history of my country, the pain that our people had to endure, thanks....

Thank you for your reaction. I like it so much. Ukraine is really rich in talented people. And if you are reacting to the contestants from previous years, then I can advise you to react to the participant from Ukraine in the 2007. I'm sure, you haven't seen anything like that before. You will be surprised and have fun. Fans of Eurovision still cann't forget that performance.

People still mad about jamala winning 2016 ESC. For me she's still my eternal love from all the contest! She's really special for me!

She is amazing, the song is amazing, the staging is amazing. And what most people didn't realise is this is EXACTLY the sort of super cool, contemporary, edgy, music that Jamala creates. Was so amazed when 1944 won. It was special from the time it was leaked before the Ukrainian national final. It was performed well during that final. And then it was taken to an entirely different level for the Eurovision itself.

Song and singer unbelievable !

Даже автор вспомнил про брата... песня заставляет, это да!

Thank you for another great reaction video. I'd personally like to see you react to the other winner songs of the past years as well. In my opinion Austria 2015 with Rise Like A Phoenix by Conchita Wurst is an absolutely must-watch as an Eurovision fan. And then, one of the most popular Eurovision winner songs or Eurovision Songs in general, Sweden 2012 with Euphoria by Loreen. I could name so many other songs but I don't want to overstrain you, you know, life as an Eurovision fan and especially as an Eurovision youtuber is hard sometimes with all those videos to watch. :^) Greetings from Germany, once again P.S. Sorry for not providing you any links for the videos mentioned but since I don't know which videos are available in the U.S. and which not I thought it would probably be easier if you just look them up yourself :)

So true, transcendental it’s a perfect word to describe this performance!

appreciate your reaction

It was so emotional! it’s very very sad story.

Its good that you only use on-ear to listen to music, you get the best honest experience this way.

Man, we cried when she won, in 2016. I left Ukraine in 2016. I am forgetting Ukrainian language already. This is hard mentally, believe me

I love your videos and thank you for this reaction. Small correction: it is just Ukraine, not THE Ukraine.

You were on my table...in Gran Canaria while ago(couple month ago). In Bahia Feliz, at the Sultan restaurant. I was your waiter.😊 Eugene, from Ukraine🤗 hiiii

This song gave me shivers!! I was really touched the first time i heard this song... And it was in the finale.

Jake you are such an honest guy i love to watch your video's respect and love from Ukraine

I always crying listening this song 😢❤️ so beautiful...

You should react to the last 5 winners (before jamalla), especially 2014s :)

I love this song and the Turkish parts make me proud every time, i wish there will be a piecefull world and everyone lives in harmony, loves from Turkey.

Little bit about the song's story. This hasn’t been just Jamala family tragedy but tragedy of whole Nation. Whole native population of Crimea (Tatars) was deported to Siberia in 1944 during one night. Some sources say during three days - 18 - 21 May of 1944. People were gathered with no any gears or belongings and squeezed into cargo railway carriages. Many died on the way, others couldn't come home for ever. Those fighting for their rights were killed or jailed. Song is about not to happen such kind of violence. Technically Jamala is very strong singer but this song haven't revealed her talent. The song has been written by Jamala as I know.

I look forward to your reactions to this year's competition. greetings from Ukraine ♥️

It wasn't my winner (3rd) but damn, that song hit me hard.

It’s Ukraine not The Ukraine, even politicians mess it up which irks me

Thats right, this dude knows how to respect good things

Thank you nice man with a beautiful smile

My deep condolences on the passing of your brother.

Translation of the chorus is: I couldn't spend my youth there Because you took away my peace Слава Україні 🌻🇺🇦💖🌻

This is one of my fav eurovision song ever. No words for the lyrics.

gives me goosebumps every time..

She is amazing!

Thanks for sharing the personal info