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fanmixfest, and as a result, have been essentially doing homework about the state of Finnish pop(/iskelmä) music since I stopped paying attention to it in, uh, 2014 or so. Here's four songs that are not going on the playlist.
Maija Vilkkumaa is still making music that is incisive and biting! This one is called "If I were a man" and it's about sexist double standards, essentially. I sort of want to vid this with a female character who crossdresses for plot reasons and also hates gender roles.
Anna Abreu has switched to singing in Finnish! This song is about a woman whose response to her relationship going #DeadBedrooms is to commit some noncon somnophilia:
(I also dig Valheista kaunein ("The Most Beautiful of Lies"), which is imo a cool combo of a more stereotypically Latin music beat with Finnish lyrics.)
In further proof that the Overton window for pop in Finland is deeeefinitely in a different place than in most countries, Paula Vesala, formerly one half of teen pop duo PMMP and now solo careerist, released this song, which is rather heavy for pop: (Pulkka means "sled" or "toboggan")
I also discovered a piece of Finnish history with Seili by Jenni Vartiainen. Seili is an island near Turku which had a ... well, which was a dumping ground for people with leprosy. They had to bring wood for their coffin with them and they were never allowed to leave. Later it was a mental healthhospital isolated unit.
fanmixfest, and as a result, have been essentially doing homework about the state of Finnish pop(/iskelmä) music since I stopped paying attention to it in, uh, 2014 or so. Here's four songs that are not going on the playlist.Maija Vilkkumaa is still making music that is incisive and biting! This one is called "If I were a man" and it's about sexist double standards, essentially. I sort of want to vid this with a female character who crossdresses for plot reasons and also hates gender roles.
But I'm just like this
I can't stay still
I am just like your crazy ex
So I wander around and take your sanity
I'm unable to change; Perhaps
You'd understand me if I were a man
But I'm a woman, a woman
Anna Abreu has switched to singing in Finnish! This song is about a woman whose response to her relationship going #DeadBedrooms is to commit some noncon somnophilia:
(I also dig Valheista kaunein ("The Most Beautiful of Lies"), which is imo a cool combo of a more stereotypically Latin music beat with Finnish lyrics.)
In further proof that the Overton window for pop in Finland is deeeefinitely in a different place than in most countries, Paula Vesala, formerly one half of teen pop duo PMMP and now solo careerist, released this song, which is rather heavy for pop: (Pulkka means "sled" or "toboggan")
I also discovered a piece of Finnish history with Seili by Jenni Vartiainen. Seili is an island near Turku which had a ... well, which was a dumping ground for people with leprosy. They had to bring wood for their coffin with them and they were never allowed to leave. Later it was a mental health