there's a whole category of ESC entries that can be called "wait, THIS DIDN'T WIN?" Go_A and Käärijä are prime examples

This is a variation of a folk song and dance, called a vesnianka. These songs and dances were used to awaken spring. In the folk version of the song, Shum has a green fur coat :)))

THIS IS QUEEN KATERYNA PAVLENKO'S WORLD and we are blessed to live in it

This song is basically a cover of the old Ukrainian folk song that is around 1000 years old. As others have already explained, the song is a ritual. They're inviting spring to come. Also, the instrument is not a flute, it's a Ukrainian folk musical instrument called Sopilka. Great reaction ❤

As a dj, I play this song regularly for different audiences and it always works! And… tomorrow I will see them live in concert for the first time!

Fun fact: The guy with the Ukrainian flute participated again the following year - this time as part of the Ukranian Kalush orchestra, which won the contest. 🙂

“Shum” honours a “vesnyanka”, a traditional Ukrainian type of song attached to the spring ritual. This season is the protagonist of the song: “Oh vesnyanka, vesnyanka, where have you spent your winter?”. Nature is another theme: “Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing hemp plants, Sowing, sowing, sowing, sowing green ones”. Yes, that’s what the catchy “Siyu, siyu, siyu” means.

I listen to this song (studio version) more than any other song in the history of Eurovision. No joke.

Green sleeves is the way to go, clearly! Go_A and Käärijä supremacy

"Out of America experience" 🤣 I feel this is a spring ritual, where she is spring personified - a goddess. They can't see her, but they can feel her, and through that connection she has them under her command, and they're giving into it.

My favorite Eurovision song EVER!!!!

Kateryna is a QUEEN. Saw them in concert at the end of October and it was magical and spiritual. Honestly incredible and powerful. If you get a chance, watch their set at the Pinkpop Festival 2023 for a taste of their magnificence!

The Ukrainian singer always reminds me of Trinity from “The Matrix”.

What makes this even more impressive, is the fact that as a teenager, she had to have a part of one of her lungs removed due to a lung disease.

One of the best Eurovision songs ever!

It's basically a recreation of a "spell" to evoke Shum, the Slavic Godess of Spring.

this is by far my number one absolute favourite Eurovision song of all time. (well, with Käärijä's Cha Cha Cha.) I just frigging love this song.

Since I heard this song I've being addicted. Apparently it's a song about spring

BEAUTIFUL❤❤❤ UKRAINE ALWAYS GOOD 🎉🎉🎉

This song is a call to spring. That's why the trees are winter without leaves, and Kateryna is in a green fur coat. The song was very relevant after the covid pandemic.

It's probably one of most favourite entries in a long time..

I'm still obsessed with this song! I discovered them the year before with their 2020 entry and have loved Go_A since. Kateryna is such a Queen! Their mix between Ukrainian folklore and techno is so brilliant ❤👍

If Maneskin wasn't competing that year too, this would be my winner. Kateryna and Konstrakta (from 2022) my esc queens that deserved all the best

This performance was A M A Z I N G

I love that you 2 are now converted eurovision fans

The song is about the end of cold winter (hence naked trees and i guess the white palette) she is calling to the spring (the season lol) "where have you been?" we miss you spring please come so we can sow the fields and so the greenery comes back, so we can go back outside sing be happy. cmon spring we will dance togheter. etc. Thats how I understand it.

The flute is a Ukrainian instrument, called Supilka. Fun fact: the musician playing it, is also playing bass a year later in ESC, with Kalush Orchestra (Ihor Didenchuk).

Kateryna looks like Trinity from Matrix

Этот номер достоин 1 места!❤

Go_A the best ukrainian performance on Eurovision!🇺🇦💚💚

I lost my sh!t with this one on the night! 💚 They got all my 20 votes back then haha.

OK, so the flute is actually a sopilka - traditional Ukrainian instrument (Ihor plays a lot of different kinds of them). The song is about the awakening of the nature at the beginning of spring so the trees are the winter ones while the singer represents the deity of spring and forest - Shum (hence the green fur coat). The original song of which this is the version or remake - goes back thousands years - that's probably why you feel you've been transported to some ancient place))) Greetings from Ukraine!

I am Italian and this song was my fav!

Go_A have become one of my favourite groups. Kateryna is awesome!

You should definitely watch official video-there are two versions of this song-worth watching !!!!

One of the best ESC songs ever 😍

That song remains one of my favorite Eurovision entries ever. From folk to EDM, with a specific Ukrainian flavor and a slice of cheese. Great stage presence, arrangement, and choreography. Also, their "unplugged" performance while cooking is awesome too. The lead singer can really sing!

aaahahah im from Ukraine, and we definitely don't have that in our bars🤣🤣🤣 I'll explain a bit about the song: it sings about spring, that's why the trees are white, they symbolize winter

Finally!! Time for the Queen 👑 I hope you watch the video of this song one day

they were my absolute favorite that year their concept and music is so refreshing and cool and even though they ended at 5th place they are now official Eurovision legends

Iconic

In 2021 after the pandemic, all contestants had to record their performance in their own broadcaster, what they called "live on tape" just in case they could not be in Rotterdam to perform. After the contest, the Eurovision UKposts channel uploaded the live on tape versions and Go_A was fantastic, I would say it was better than the final performance. The part of the runners looked incredibly real, like if the White triangled-shaped stand was floating in the space while giant runners came from the back and filled the whole space. Magnificent moment.

Its my favourite eurovision song

Well, you’re right about the wooden staff😂😂 We drink horilka(the Ukrainian name for vodka) and a lot of people like beer so you’re not that far away.😂😂The snacks are usually some meat(you can google also what salo is) also can be baked potatoes etc. And the song really has these traditional ukrainian vibes and lyrics. Thank you for listening to our music❤️ Hello from Ukraine! 🇺🇦

It’s a Ukrainian song in a techno-folk genre. This song type/tradition is almost a millennium old, it's a ritualistic song about an ancient pagan forest deity called Shum. The song is meant to call Shum to bring Spring faster and say goodbye to Winter. And the instrument you hear is of a flute family but actually a traditional Ukrainian (or rather old-Slavic) wind instrument - "sopilka". This is one of the most used instruments in Ukrainian traditional songs. She is singing in a traditional throat singing style, also called “white voice”. It's a beautiful combination of Ukrainian traditions and modern sound :) P.S.: the meaning of the song is also about season changing. In this context, the ending of the pandemic (the Winter) and the beginning of a new era aka new Spring.

I am so glad you experienced this headbanger! Just a snapshot of why this contest means so much to us Eurofans :) Love the content guys keep it up!

This song is crazy, love it! Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

This song was really done dirty by the juries, it should have been way higher. This is my second place, right after Måneskin

I think shum is my favorite eurovision song of all time ❤😁

One of the best eurovision performance

The singer Katheryna had half of one of her lungs removed as she had cancer as a kid - she's an absolute legend. It was a honour that us in the UK had our first 12 points from the Ukrainian jury announced by her. Go_A are from Chernobyl.

To me its about nature taking Chernobyl back. The tubs of uranium that the 2 guys were illuminating makes me feel that way.

Ukrainian traditional tavern was made of wood and it's walls were painted white with lime. The roof was either wooden or made of staw. When you walk inside you are welcomed with a smell of delicious food, candlewax, wood and tabacco. The tavern is crowded and loud. There are overworked villagers celebrating the end of a harvest, students from the big city who returned to their home village on the weekend to drink and maybe start a fight with landowner's sons and even the priest from the local Orthodox church who despite preaching about the devil who lives in that tavern comes here every Sunday after cermon. The mistress welcomes new people, serves drinks and cooks amazing food. You can order beer and snacks to it (smoked spiced meat, salted rye bread crackers, salted pig fat, smoked pig ears or dried fish) or you can have a nice dinner with borchst, perogi, porrige or meat stew with vegetables or sour fermented cabbage. And you can order something stronger to drink with it. Usually it's horilka i.e. vodka, but I would recommend you various nalyvkas (plant extract dissolved in pure alcohol). You can order vyshnivka (cherry nalyvka) which is sweet and gentle and always the crowd pleaser, or spotykach made of various spices and sugar ("spotykatysya" means "to stumble" so don't drink much or you'll not be able to walk), or honey, or black currant (my favourite), or hot pepper, or even horseradish which is very hot and very strong. That's a traditional tavern, "shynok". But I would say that modern Ukrainian pubs are not very different from that.

I'm seeing Go_A live next week and i couldn't be more excited

Love from Ukraine

My favourite song of Eurovision 21. ❤

The flute is called "sopilka"

damn that was a moment back in 2021 🤩 a banger

Should look for some of the green room reactions for this performance...other entrants dancing like crazy to this one!

Eurovision is always surprising.....

Если б не Måneskin, эта песня могла бы победить... недаром они так дружелюбно общалась за кулисами❤ 💙💛! Такая живая, интересная песня 🔥🎉‼️

I LOVE this song!! 💚

Go_A is just something else :D the guy with the flute, Ihor Didenchuk, also contributed to "Stefania" and I love him. Kate Pavlenko is the singer, she does this thing called "White Voice" which is a folk music technique and she is georgeous. On their YT channel they have a cover of "Lasha Tumbai" and it is all we need in life :D Most importantly though, help the people of Ukraine! We had a coworker from Ukraine and she'll be moving back tomorrow (to Mariupol) because her aunt is very sick. She was crying when we gave her a farewell gift with local stuff from our town and I hope she will be ok. War is terrible.

The best performance ever 🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Well deserved top 5! One of my forever favorites, and it’s really perfect when running

Amazing song, glad to see the reaction back online

So... just to answer some of your questions: 1. Our bars look exactly like any average bar (unfortunately😂). Though we have some that look like old taverns but they're mostly for tourists. 2. And no, we don't live in cabins. More like plain boring 5/9/16 story buildings. 3. No, we don't have white plastic leaveless trees here 😂 I really loved your video and your reaction. I get such a positive vibe from both of you. I'll be waiting for your next video!

This might be my favorite from 2021!

The jury stole the 2nd place in Go-A, and then some others write that Ukrainians are given high marks out of pity)) I would say on the contrary that very often the jury gives us low marks. .

You must watch the official music video and the original version they made which os longer!!!

You’re always so positive and embracing and digging all types of songs. Love to see it!

Finally! I've been waiting for you to react to this one! This is honestly one of the best entries ever

Ahh, you got it back online! Well done!

This’s the best song Eurovision gave us for yeaaaars

Wow This is such a great performance!

What an amazing song

Old old bar is SHINOK)) in Ukraine) beer its Pyvo)

yes you managed to get it bac online! love this song so much and love seeing your reaction to it!

Was once of my top favorites that year💚

The music video is SO good. You guys have to watch it. :)

You HAVE TO check out Netherlands 2022. The singer is S10 and the song is called De Diepte. Also, Slovenia 2023: Joker Out - Carpe Diem. You´d love it.

To my English ear this sounds SO MUCH like the Ukraine 2022 entry.....which is the one that won. It's not the same - but so similar stylistically. Loved it!

Historia de Eurovisión!

"from Ukraine" "from Ukraine of course" 🤭

Yeah! Shum!))))🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

If you react to eurovision 2019 I would suggest: 1 Duncan Laurence Arcade 🇳🇱 2 Mahmood Soldi 🇮🇹 3 Keiino Spirit in the Sky 🇳🇴 4 Kate Miller Heidke Zero Gravity 🇦🇺 5 Hatari Hatrid mun sigra 🇮🇸

no beards and no ale)). Ancient Ukrainians drank honey and its derivatives (medovukha). then beer, wine, horilka and fruit liqueurs (nalyvkas). the beards were shaved. wore a “potty” or “oseledets” hairstyle. only very old men or priests or a Jew (the owner of a tavern) wore beards. the taverns were called "korchma" or "shinok"

Eurovision 2020 Week!!! The 2020 Show was cancelled. There’s were the top 5 fan favorites. 5. Norway - Ulrikke -Attention 4. Bulgaria - Victoria - Tears Getting Sober 3. Iceland - Daõi & Gagnamagniõ - Think About Things 2. Switzerland - Gjon’s Tears - Répoundez-moi 1. Lithuania - The Roop - On Fire

There is a mash up of this with cha cha cha. Pretty great

Oh it's number 5!!

The song is about calling the spring to come after a long winter. It's also a bit about planting weed, but we don't talk about that! Lol, actually we planted weed a lot back in the day and used it to make fabric.

Number 5! Nice work boys. ❤

Fantastisch!!!!!!!!❤

So different and so cool :D traditional with eletronics it´s FIRE

guys you want to hear some oldder from Ukraine but with this mystic sounds? please: Ruslana - wild Dances

ive been waiting on this one

🎉🎉 amazing

I wish you would check out Fulenn! I think you would love it :) French entry!

In the next Eurovision week you should check this two: Eleni Foureira - Fuego Netta - Toy (Both Eurovision Grand Final 2018) 🙏🏼❤️

I have a Eurovision List for you... VOCAL POWERHOUSES: #1 Sweden 2014: Sanna Nielsen - Undo #2 Iceland 2009: Yohanna - Is it True? #3 Spain 2012: Pastora Soler - Quédate Conmigo #4 United Kingdom 2017: Lucie Jones - Never Give Up On You #5 Italy 2015: Il Volo - Grande Amore Please please please, these vocal performances are ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. !!!