AZERBAIJAN EUROVISION 2022 - REACTING TO ‘FADE TO BLACK’ BY NADIR RUSTAMLI (FIRST LISTEN)

Hi guys! Welcome back to my channel! If you’re new here, my name’s Rachel and I’m a huge Eurovision fan. In todays video, I reacted to Azerbaijan’s song for ESC 2022, ‘Fade to Black’ by Nadir Rustamli.

After finishing towards the bottom half of the scoreboard last year, Azerbaijan have brought a song which I think will perhaps perform a bit better.

‘Fade to Black’ is a pleasant ballad packed with drama, passion and interesting musical ideas. The use of complex rhythms underpinned by a simple time signature produces a really nice tension and motivation for the song. The piano reinforces this idea with its support of the vocal lines and syncopated rhythms.

There is also a wonderful climax towards the end of the track where Nadir’s vocals push higher and higher in a very natural way to create this build up, supported by the percussion, strings and piano to create this overall crescendo. It’s fabulous.

The chorus melody has a nice ring to it and uses sequencing and repetition to really drive it home. It’s overall a great song, which I can’t fault to much.

May it get overshadowed by the less serious and more uptempo songs this year? Potentially, but that doesn’t matter to me as I really enjoyed it and think juries will give this love.

Initial Score: 8/10

Intro 00:00
Reaction 00:45
Thoughts and Comments 06:02
Coming Soon on My Channel 08:04
Shout Outs 09:11
Outro 10:16

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