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March 3, 2020

Today marks the first anniversary of Conan winning Festival da Canção 2019 and the second anniversary of his first live performance as a singer in Galleria ZDB in Lisbon. Unfortunately things didn’t end up as I had hoped in Eurovision, but it was not the end of the road. In december, at Coliseu dos Recreios, Conan gave us one of his greatest concerts to date and he started 2020 with the song Vinte Vinte, a collaboration with fado singer Ana Moura and dj and producer Branko.It has also been hinted that new songs are in the works and maybe a new album? So far it’s just speculation, but I’m still here waiting for what the future will bring.

Happy anniversary!

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Conan Osiris - Telemóveis

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2019年己亥生肖猪年邮票高清图

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CHINA – CIRCA 2019: A stamps printed in China shows 2019-1 Ji Hai Year (Year of Pig) , circa 2019.

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Get to Know Telemóveis

As the rehearsals are about to start it is time to get to know what “Telemóveis” are about. I must confess that I find that “Telemóveis” has a big disadvantage in eurovision, the lyrics are hard to translate to other languages, the words “saudade” (missing, yearning or longing for someone/something; nostalgia) and “chibaria” (blabing; snitching) are hard to translate, but in the other hand, when “Telemóveis” was released it became the most popular song of festival da canção 2019 and nobody understood what it was about, it took around 2 weeks to a consensus to form, so maybe in may 14 (and hopefully may 18) it will not matter what the message is as long people like the music and the staging. But if you are curious the general consensus is that “Telemóveis” is a music about mourning.

The song starts with Conan trying to understand if he will die of saudade (longing/missing someone) or if he is the one that will kill it:     Eu parti o telemóvel / A tentar ligar para o céu / Pa’ saber se mato a saudade/ Ou quem morre sou eu”

    I broke the cellphone / Trying to call heaven / To know if i will kill this longing/ Or if I will die instead

It continues with him confused and admitting that he doesn’t know. The rest of the song seems to reference the stages of grief.

    E e a vida ligar / Se a vida mandar mensagem / Se ela não parar / E tu não tiveres coragem de atender / Tu já sabes o que vai acontecer     Eu vou descer da minha escada / Vou estragar o telemóvel

    And if life calls / If life sends a text / If it doesn’t stop /And you don’t have the guts to pick up / You already know what will happen     I will go down my stairs / I will ruin the cellphone

Denial,Anger and Bargaining: In this verses Conan starts denning that the person died, believing that they just doesn’t “have the courage” to answer, he bargains with anger, if that person doesn’t pick up he will break the phone.

    E se eu partir o telemóvel / Eu só parto aquilo que é meu / Tou para ver se a saudade morre / Vai na volta, quem morre sou eu

    And what if i break the cellphone? / I will only break what’s mine / I’m waiting to see if this longing dies / Maybe, I’ll turn out that I’ll die instead

Depression. The threats of later verses where empty and Conan sinks into sadness, seemingly giving up and he repeats the question that he made at the beginning of the song:

    E quem mata quem mata / Eu nem sei / A chibaria nunca viu nascer ninguém

    Who kills who kills? / I don’t even know / Snitches don’t see anyone being born

The hardest verse to translate - A chibaria nunca viu nascer ninguém / Snitches don’t see anyone being born - should be translated to “Snitches get stitches”, but in the end it means that nobody will answer his questions, nobody will tell him if it is him or the longing that will die first. This also symbolizes the realization that only he can answer that question.

    Eu partia telemóveis / Mas eu nunca mais parto o meu / Eu sei que a saudade tá morta / Quem mandou a flecha fui eu

    I used to break cellphones / But I’ll never break mine again / I know this longing is dead / The one who sent the arrow was me

Acceptance. Conan reaches the end of the music knowing that he is the one with the answers to his pain and sadness and only he as the power to shoot the arrow and kill (overcome) his longing.

Sidenote 1: Another popular consensus is that the song isn’t only about dead persons it could be about dead relationships, being it romantic ones or only friendships, people that were part of you life a long time ago but that went separate ways. With that in mind the song keeps it’s meaning, about him getting over the end of that relationship, but it could also mean a rebirth, him killing the longing could be seen as him sending a text (maybe a 🌹?) and reconnecting with that person

Sidenote 2: Another popular way to read the song involves changing the word cellphones with hearts, making the song about someone that keeps searching and looking to love someone in a way to deal with the pain of being alone. This way the song isn’t about morning, but about learning to love and respect yourself, learning to be alone and to stop being in a relationship as a coping mechanism

Conan did stated in many interview that the song is about morning, supporting the main theories that it is about dead relatives and that it is about dead relationships, but he also stated that he doesn’t believe that those should be the only interpretations and that any interpretation that people give to the song is valid. Maybe for someone the song are about tamagotchis, maybe for another it is about the nostalgia you feel when you think about your childhood, maybe for another person it is about that australian man that shoot a person in the cellphone, maybe for someone the lyrics doesn’t matter and you just want to dance to the beat. So let me finish asking, what does it means to you?

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Gif set of Conan Osiris performing “Telemóveis” Grand Final, Festival da Canção 2019

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And the winner is...

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Conan Osiris postcard from the Festival da canção 2019 (gif set)

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Gif set of Conan Osiris reprising “Telemóveis” Grand Final, Festival da Canção 2019

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Conan Osiris performs Telemóveis at the portuguese grand final

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Conan Osiris at opening ceremony of Festival da Canção, 2019

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Gif set of Conan Osiris performing “Telemóveis” Semifinal 1, Festival da Canção 2019

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Family selfie taken at Festival da Canção grand final, 2019

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‘Dog’nan Osiris or Conan ‘Dog’siris?  What you think? Photo by Camões the Frenchie, a good boy

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Conan Osiris, João Reis Moreira(dancer) and Rubén De Sá Osório(stylist) in Portimão, 2019

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The first semifinal of the portuguese national selection is over, the finalists are: Matay, Conan Osiris, Calema and Ana Cláudia