Looking back

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Looking back
Aksel Kankaanranta
publication January 28, 2020
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) Joonas Angeria, Whitney Phillips, Connor McDonough, Riley McDonough, Toby McDonough
Producer (s) Joonas Angeria
Label The Fried Music Oy, EMI Finland

Looking Back ( English for looking back is) an English-language pop song, with Aksel Kankaanranta the television broadcast Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2,020 won. With the title he was supposed to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam .

Background and production

On January 21, 2020, the performers for the upcoming Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu were introduced, including Kankaanranta. On January 27th, his competition title Looking Back was presented to the public. On March 7th, Kankaanranta won the UMK with the highest score of the jury and the second highest score of the audience.

The title is written by Joonas Angeria, Whitney Phillips, and Connor, Riley and Toby McDonough. Angeria produced it as well.

Music and lyrics

The title addresses topics such as Weltschmerz, love and imperfection. The interpreter wants to encourage people to use the day. He comments on this as follows:

“We set all kinds of milestones for our lives. Are they actually of any value, and does achieving them really make us happy? "

“We have set all possible milestones for our life. Do they actually have value and does it make us really happy to achieve them? "

- Aksel Kankaanranta

The song consists of two stanzas. The refrain is repeated twice in a row, but only the first half differs, while the second half has the same text.

At the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland should have performed this song in the second semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. However, due to the advancing COVID-19 pandemic , the competition was canceled.

reception

ESCXtra praised the singer's voice, but noted that the title was the UMK's worst contribution. It is not possible to remember the song afterwards. Eurovisionary was also of the opinion that Erika Vikman would have been a better choice. On the other hand, the quality of the text was praised. ESC Kompakt wrote that the song was "definitely way too boring" for the majority of fans and that it would probably have failed to qualify in the ESC semifinals. It is a song that you have to get involved with.

publication

The title was released as a music stream and download on January 28, 2020.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Emily Herbert: Finland: UMK 2020 Participants Revealed. In: Eurovoix. January 21, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Neil Farren: Finland: Aksel Kankaanranta Releases UMK 2020 Entry "Looking Back". In: Eurovoix. January 27, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Stefan Resimić: Finland: Aksel wins UMK 2020. In: escYOUnited. March 7, 2020, accessed on August 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ credits. In: Tidal . Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
  5. ↑ In the spotlight: Aksel. In: eurovision.tv. April 27, 2020, accessed on August 6, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final? In: eurovision.tv. January 28, 2020, accessed March 26, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is canceled. In: eurovision.tv. March 18, 2020, accessed on March 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Luke Malam: Xtra Insider 2020: We Review Finland! In: ESCXtra. May 9, 2020, accessed on August 9, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Álvaro Sanabria-Rangel: Eurovision 2020: Finland– we are discussing Looking Back by Aksel Kankaanranta. In: Eurovisionary. May 13, 2020, accessed on August 9, 2020 .
  10. ↑ ESC-Songcheck compact (31) - Finland: "Looking Back" by Aksel. In: ESC compact. April 20, 2020, accessed August 10, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Looking Back - Single. In: iTunes . Retrieved August 9, 2020 .