Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

[Mikey1701]

When I first heard Holy I remarked to @idratherjack that it sounded like a Eurovision banger for the ages, but not for a second did I think that she would enter the contest, let alone do so with the track.

Now it actually feels like she will. It’s all very surreal.

 

[worldspice]

I have eaten this album up so seeing Rina singing a song from it on the Eurovision stage would be wild. Even if it's not her, I'm glad these rumours have introduced more people to Rina.

 

[Mvnl]

Is there a rule about performing an entry live before the contest and could that be why she performs only half of it on tour?

 

[Trinu 3.0]

Hollywood debut and (possibly) Eurovision in the same year? 2018 me would be shook.

 

[nathanspears]

Is there a rule about performing an entry live before the contest and could that be why she performs only half of it on tour?

The rules say it can't be released or performed at all, in full or part, before September 1st 2022.

Holy seems to meet that criteria from what I can find.

 

[Applause]

Not Loreen and Rina both potentially going to Eurovision. Suddenly I am a Eurovision gay!

 

[Vasilios]

It literally is a lost 2002 Antique track

 

[strictmachine79]

This sounds too good to be true, but I’m hoping it is.

 

[2014]

Why is her being in John Wick and potentially doing Eurovision making me scream - she's for the straights and for the gays

 

[lisaj]

Holy is an incredible track and if that ends up in Eurovision... I may need oxygen.

 

[sesita]

Hollywood debut and (possibly) Eurovision in the same year? 2018 me would be shook.

We were all so happy back then (2018) it's actually hard to even imagine how terrible things will soon become (LUCID).

 

[Trinu 3.0]

We were all so happy back then (2018) it's actually hard to even imagine how terrible things will soon become (LUCID).

Now why would you remind me of that

 

[colouroffensive]

I've accepted LUCID was a necessary evil for her ascension into main pop girl territory. Every pop girl has that song, some even make an entire career out of songs like that and the twinks on here stan them to no end.

 

[Mikal]

Gag if she does Eurovision because Lucid really did sound like her triumphant ESC third-placer. Pretty sure tomorrow's announcement will be a major anticlimax though.

 

[Future Lover]

What's wrong with LUCID exactly

 

[Andy French]

What's wrong with LUCID exactly

Bloodpop produced it and people were salty about Chromatica so that means it was "bad". That's basically it nn

 

[swim]

It's reductive

 

[jawow_]

Surprised at the critiques towards Lucid. I think it's a great fun pop song. I get my life every time.

 

[Mvnl]

Lucid made me go check out Rina last year which made me import a ridiculously expensive deluxe version of SAWAYAMA and made Hold The Girl end up as my album of the year (by now already amongst my 25 most played ones of all time on Last.fm) so yeah.. girl did something right.

 

[Mikey1701]

Just checking out Lucid for the first time and… it slaps? Sometimes you cannot just beat a basic bop.