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TELEVISION: Tonight, the remaining six “Star Wars” contestants will try their luck in the hip-hop genre. We go over song by song, stay tuned.
Sandra Lyng: “Run This Town” – Jay-Z feat. Rihanna and Kanye West (2009)
Sandra is not completely lost here, although she herself gives the impression that she is really reluctant. First, you sing Rihanna’s lines with no further fuss, then you can lower your shoulders a bit when you have to tackle what is, first and foremost, the biggest challenge of the night, namely rap.
Sandra hangs up useful here, even though there are big shoes to fill. She obviously has big shoes and fullness and in terms of attitude she gets a bit hesitant and pushy at first. Jay-Z has an excess and a lightness that is difficult to copy. Well done.
Vegard Bjørsmo: “GDFR” – Flo Rida feat. Sage the Gemini & Lookas (2014)
Vegard does not take shortcuts: here he has put as much diligence into dance and shows as rap itself. Maybe it’s not so strange that I go over all the boot shafts a bit from time to time, but there’s also no easy song to do technically. You have to know where to breathe, so to speak.
All in all, it’s probably more entertainment that makes this a hit, but one should not sneeze and have good energy and iron will. Musically, Vegard has been more solid in the past.
Einar strange: “All good?” – De La Soul feat. Chaka Khan (2000)
Again, Odd Einar seems slightly affected by the seriousness of the moment, causing his shoulders to sit high and he is unable to fully let go. Basically, his voice is stuck to the rhythm of the backing vocals. Its warm touch of soul works like a glove when sentences get long and soft.
But the verses don’t fluctuate that much, unfortunately.
Emil Solli-Tangen: “Freestyler” – Bomfunk MC’s (1999)
It seems almost dangerously focused, Emil, but the funny thing about all this is that it actually has a sound that adapts to the format. It can get comical quickly, possibly dangerously close to parody when someone who is basically on the other end of the musical spectrum has to perform such a genre. Yet somehow Emil manages to make this a wonderful and entertaining session.
The credibility of rappers is not up there, but perhaps too much is required in this context?
Knut Marius Djupvik: “Numb / Encore” – Jay-Z feat. Linkin Park (2008)
That’s what you should have, Knut Marius: he does all things skin and hair. It can get a lot of adrenaline on the monitor at times, but it usually lands properly. He’s on the border here, and he’s not so much reminiscent of Jay-Z in sound and essence, but of your world for the ability it has in most fields.
Knut Marius makes the song his own and then all you have to do is sit back and let the energy carry you away.
Ingeborg Walther: “Bad Blood” – Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar (2015)
In any case, there is no doubt who is the queen of the dance tonight. Ingeborg seems to have been born to do just that. Dance, rap, and sing with equal conviction. It looks and sounds cheerfully easy.
His voice is calibrated for the format and he seems to want to say every phrase. Perfectly delivered.
Emil, Vegard and Odd Einar: “Cotton Eye Joe” – Rednex (1994)
This can also be done, possibly not. It is above all about having fun and daring to be banal. It got quite banal, especially since it has such ironic distance that it becomes silly. Now it must be said that to do something good with this the no song it is a challenge in itself.
An extenuating circumstance might have been that they took the genre in stride in terms of song, but here there was little resemblance to eurodance in form and vocal expression.
Knut Marius, Ingeborg and Sandra: “Barbie Girl” – Aqua (1997)
Here at least the aesthetic notch fits better, visually and musically. Both Sandra and Ingeborg have voices that are helpful in terms of expression and complement each other so well that they almost fade away. In this case, it is a positive thing. The fish factor ashore is arguably somewhat larger in the case of Knut Marius, but he plays the role of Ken’s casualties convincingly.
It is not very exciting, but it is based on the text of the thesis, well done.
