LITHUANIA EUROVISION 2022 - REACTING TO MONIKA LIU ‘SENTIMENTAI’ (FIRST LISTEN)

Hi guys, and welcome back to my channel! If you're new here, my name's Rachel and I'm a huge Eurovision fan, as well as a musician. In today's video, I reacted to for the first time, 'Sentimentai' by Monika Lui, who will be representing Lithuania at this year's upcoming contest. I felt that Lithuania had some big shoes to fill after last year's contest, where The Roop placed in the top ten with their infectious song 'Discoteque'.

'Sentimentai' is a warm and sultry number that is performed well on stage by Monika. She has good stage presence and a lot of confidence, especially with her vocals which are really strong live. The song is a change from the normal entries that Lithuania tends to send, this being much more laid back and more of a showcase of the artists talent rather than anything too kitsch, There are some elements I really enjoy, such as her vocal range and delivery of the melody lines, as well as the use of the Lithuanian language. However, the cycling of the same chord progressions end up with the song losing power and becoming slightly repetitive. There's also little inflexions of a bass synth that transported me back to twenty years ago, where that particular sound may have been popular, but nowadays to a modern ear, crass. There was also a noticeable lack of a catchy hook - by the end of the song, I struggled to recall any of the last three minutes.

All of these factors together, taking the positives and the negatives, results in a score which I believe is fair.

Initial Score: 6.5/10

Intro 00:00
Reaction 01:06
Thoughts and Comments 06:18
Outro 08:05

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