#faith kakembo

[empress-hancock]

My favorite bands ever

1. Icon For Hire

2. Chevelle

3. Nephew

4. Krewella

5. Linkin Park

Favorite Solo Artists

1. Faouzia

2. Sasha Sloan

3. Astrid S

4. Raja Kumari

5. Jackson Wang

Bonus: two that are predominantly instrumental

1. Lindsay Stirling (Violin)

2. The SIDH (electronic celtic. Cool bagpipe music)

Honorable Mentions:

Malou Pyritz, Katerina Lioliou (Greek), Dotter (some Swedish some English), Hanna Ferm (some Swedish some English), Klara Hammerstrom, Hyoyeon (some Korean some English), Mabel, Olivia Obrien, Kaitlyn Tarver, Beth Crowley, Armaan Malik (some Hindi some English), Mans Zelmerlöw, Ciara, Marina, Jasmine Sokko (some Mandarin some English), Alessandra Mele, Ava Max, Thousand Foot Krutch, The Cab, Sick Puppies, Nathan Sharp, Faith Kakembo

Faouzia is my #1 of all time I am obsessed with her and the fact that she is my age and has been making music for a decade she’s amazing and I love all of her songs both the regular and acoustic versions of all of them have I said she is amazing yet?

give me music recs!!!

[araku-validrava]

Hoppas att Faith Kakembo och Anna Bergendahl jobbar ihop någon gång.

Antingen i en musikstudio eller ett sjukhus. Spelar ingen roll

[mean-lesbians]

Faith Kakembo restoring my faith in this contest one note at a time

[ghouldmine]

sju sjungande sjuksköterskor är ett asbra gruppnamn hon behöver 6 kompisar som kan bidra till namnet

[booker-le-livre]

Om inte Faith eller Bagge vinner så ger jag upp på Sverige

[silvaradragontear]

Faith’s song is good, not one of my faves but I wont be disappointed if she wins tonight.

[lesbiankiliel]

my first choice from sweden to esc is tone, but faith kakembo is a close second

[icypiece]

Min kategorisering av årets Melodifestivalen-finalister:

Gör mig lite illa till mods: Theoz och Robin Bengtsson

Poppig låt som är generisk i mina gamla och töntiga öron: Medina och Liamoo

Smörig låt som skulle passa bättre för 20 år sen, med sympatisk sångare med bra röst: Anders Bagge och John Lundvik

Drottning med en rätt bra, men också rätt oinspirerad, låt: Tone Sekelius, Anna Bergendahl, Faith Kakembo

Poppig låt jag får på hjärnan och tycker är rätt bra: Klara Hammarström

Poppig låt jag fått på hjärnan och verkligen gillar, med en sångare med namn som är väldigt fint på italienska: Cazzi Opeia

Drottning med låt jag älskar: Cornelia Jakobs

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Faith Kakembo, "Freedom" – Did she have the eye highlights that matched her dress last time? Seems very similar to the heat but everyone's bringing their vocals up a notch tonight.

[makemycitybreak]

Faith Kakembo skulle ha varit bra om inte that one part hade låtit exakt som Voices

[pojkflata]

minns ni förra veckan när folk skapade en konspirationsteori för att förklara varför Faith Kakembo gick DTF istället för Lisa? kan vi göra en i samma stuk nu för Medina sög dase och måste ha mutat folk för att komma DTF

[monokerus]

Så Faith Kakembo har alltså suttit och gömt sig på något sjukhus nånstans istället för att sjunga för hela svenska folket tidigare??? Come into the spotlight and stay there, girl

[araku-validrava]

Vi tackar Faith Kakembo för hennes insatser som sjuksköterska under pandemin

[demonoflight]

Pretty chill with the finalists today

I hope now that people are aware of Faith Kakembo she gets to do cool things with better songs she really has some good talent

I still do hope the next semi is stronger, but honestly it’s been a much better year for Mello than the last two-three years and I’m enjoying myself a lot

[eurovision-del]

As usual, I’m finishing up my national final rankings with Sweden! Here’s my ranking of the Melodifestivalen finalists:

Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer

Tone Sekelius – My Way

MEDINA – In i dimman

Theoz – Som du vill

Klara Hammarström – Run To The Hills

Robin Bengtsson – Innocent Love

LIAMOO – Bluffin

Anders Bagge – Bigger Than the Universe

Faith Kakembo – Freedom

John Lundvik - Änglavakt

Cazzi Opeia – I Can't Get Enough

Anna Bergendahl – Higher Power

With all the other national finals going on, I didn't follow Melfest as it was happening, though I did go back and listen to all the entries, and I must say, I generally enjoyed most of them! My clear favourite song was the indie rock Shut Me Up by Tribe Friday, but pretty typically for me I also really enjoyed the other rock songs from Lillasyster and Browsing Collection too, and was disappointed if not surprised that none of them made the final. However, I do think the overall quality of the final is high!

My favourite song here is Cornelia Jakobs’ Hold Me Closer. This is how you do a breakup ballad, it’s moving and painful and I think really well written, musically and lyrically – I especially love the line ‘but mostly I wish that I could love you less’, and I adore the melody and the soft strings. Cornelia absolutely sells this song, she’s such an emotive performer, and I love her voice, it’s got a bit of grit in it that works so well with this song. I also thought the staging was great, almost minimalist with just the lighting and circle backdrop, yet it looked really cool!

The other song I want to mention is My Way by Tone Sekelius. A lot of inspirational pop falls flat to me, but this one has a real message behind it that I found very relatable. The lyrics lean on the generic side, most of this song could be easily covered by anyone as they could be read as a standard ‘be yourself’ message, but the bridge cuts a little deeper – the line ‘make us equal, legal, and heard’ really got to me the first time I heard it, especially as my own country continues to push back against trans people. The staging also makes it clear what specifically this song is about too – the trans colours shining on Tone’s face as she sings about being afraid of showing your true colours might be pretty obvious, but it’s still powerful. I enjoyed watching her perfomance, she seemed to be having so much fun with it, and she sung really well! I also think the song is decent musically, it’s not the most unique, but it’s uplifting, energetic, and catchy – that chorus in particular is very easy to sing along to! It fills me with hope and pride whenever I see other trans people succeeding like this – I cannot wait for the day when the presence of a trans person is no longer a notable thing, but we’re unfortunately a long way off from then, and I found this entry very moving.

Hold Me Closer is currently the favourite to win tomorrow, and I hope it does just that! It’s one of only a few songs in this national final cycle that I’d be happy winning Eurovision itself, that’s how much I like it! Whether it would or not is another matter, but it’s more than good enough to bring Sweden back to the top 10, and probably the top 5!

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This semifinal wasn’t nearly as terrible as I was expecting based on internet comments, but these Hall of Fame clips are playing and I’m already having trouble remembering the songs.  My ranking:

Mariette, “Shout It Out”

Faith Kakembo, “Crying Rivers” 

 Amanda Aasa, “Late”

Anis don Demina, “Vem e som oss”

Mohombi, “Winners” 

Drängarna, “Piga och dräng”

Albin Johnsén, “Livet börjar nu”