MACEDONIA

The Macedonian song was unveiled on March 11^th with the release of the official video. In February, the Macedonian broadcaster announced that the duo Eye Cue had been internally selected. Their song is called “Lost and found”

The video is in 2 parts both being just one long shot. During the first half, Marija, the lead singer, is in her dressing room when she is ushered about by some assistants and walks on the set when Bojan, the other member of Eye Cue and a drummer are already in situ. She performs the song to camera until the chorus. She then sits on a swing with ropes made of flowers and returns to thee stage. After this the screen flickers blue and we find Marija in a totally different outfit and hairdo. This time she walks into a photo shoot where Bojan is present, then pretends to be in bed before returning to performing to camera.

This song has a very quirky if not confusing structure. There are lots of bits and each bit seems disconnected to everything else. The first part of the chorus has a rock pop feel but the second half is more like a dance pop number whilst the verses have a slow, bassy reggae beat underneath and they seem to clash into each other rather than blending seamlessly. I sense that the duo’s normal style is more akin to the punchy stuff. Marija has quite the vibrato to her voice and I can imagine under pressure this could be a little too much. There are also a prominent number of backing vocalists on the track too which will need to be accounted for when factoring in the performance.

The easiest way to describe this is that this is a song that is less than the sum of its parts. The chorus is not bad but they are let down by a very fragmented song structure with a weak verse and a style that does not suit them. It feels like they have tried to combine too many things in order the suite too many people and have actually ended up pleasing nobody. At times the tune has a passing resemblance to “Feels like heaven” by Fiction Factory. The video also gives few clues as to how this might be performed on the night and I fear this might be a very static performance. In a semi with few Balkan buddies to get through this will struggle to qualify.

ARTIST –  Eye Cue

SONG – Lost and found

MUSIC - Bojan Trajkovski, Darko Dimitrov

LYRICS - Bojan Trajkovski