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P36-40 Layout 1 SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017 lifestyle MUSIC Bulgarian-Russian singer representing Bulgaria with the German singer-songwriter representing Germany with the Romanian singer representing Romania with the song ‘Yodel it’ Ilinca Bacila aka Ilinca, left, and Romanian singer Alex song ‘Beautiful mess’ Kristian Konstantinov Kostov aka song ‘Perfect life’ Isabella Levina Luen aka Levina per- Florea, right, perform on stage. Kristian Kostov performs on stage during the Grand Final forms on stage. rehearsal of Eurovision Song Contest 2017 at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev. — AFP Eurovision in Kiev pits Italy's gorilla against Portugal's crooner kraine gears up to host the Eurovision Song trial east. As the shelling goes on there, the impact head on a stepladder while Romania presents an Contest final in Kiev yesterday with Italy's of the hostilities echoes in the contest with neighbor unlikely combination of yodeling and rap with two Udancing gorilla entry and Portugal's tradi- Russia conspicuously absent. giant cannons on stage for no apparent reason. tional balladeer tipped to win while Russia sits out Kiev barred Russia's wheelchair-user singer Yuliya Britain may be experiencing a post-Brexit vote chill after a controversial ban on its singer. The annual Samoilova because she had illegally entered Crimea in Europe, but is pulling out all the stops with its big celebration of infuriatingly catchy europop, ludi- to perform there after Moscow's disputed 2014 ballad performed by Lucie Jones. crous costumes and nonsensical lyrics watched by annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine. Both Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed not to Cypriot singer representing Cyprus with the song ‘Gravity’ Hovig Demirdjian aka Hovig, some 200 million TV viewers is being hosted by ex- countries ignored pleas from organizers, the exit the contest, despite the nation winning derisory left, performs on stage. Soviet Ukraine for the second time. Its hosting of the European Broadcasting Union, and Russia has points in recent years. While English is usually essen- 2005 contest symbolized the country's quest to refused to air the contest, forcing fans to watch tial for a Eurovision win, this year's favorites are open up to Europe after the 2004 pro-Western online. "The absence of Russia has had a really nega- songs in Italian and Portuguese-two nations that Orange Revolution. tive effect on the contest," said Artur Gasparyan, insist on using the local language. Admittedly Italian This time, Kiev's main Kreshchatyk street has showbiz correspondent for Russia's Moskovsky Francesco Gabbani's cerebral references to Hamlet, been transformed into a Eurovision fan zone that Komsomolets daily, one of the few Russian journal- the state of Western civilization and Desmond includes a large stage and chill-out zones with bean- ists in Kiev. Morris's anthropology book "The Naked Ape" may bags. Yet heightened security has seen officers "Neither Russia nor Ukraine benefitted from this, be lost on viewers focusing on the giant gorilla-cos- patrolling with semi-automatic machine guns and nor the millions of Eurovision fans who live in tumed dancer bogeying by his side. camouflaged police vans on the streets. For 20-year- Russia," he said. Russia has vowed that Samoilova "The gorilla isn't just for fun," he told journalists old student Irina, snapping a selfie in front of a will compete in 2018, putting Ukraine in a tricky ahead of the final. "We are all like naked apes." Eurovision sign, the event is about more than just dilemma over whether to participate alongside her. Portugal has never won Eurovision but it has scored a surprise hit with its fado-tinged, melancholic song "Amar Pelos Dois" that now rivals Italy to win. The Portuguese contestant, 27-year-old Salvador Sobral, has a life-threatening heart condition that has pre- vented him from taking part in rehearsals. Italy has won twice in the 1950s and 1960s but shunned the contest for more than a decade from 1997 before British singer representing United Kingdom with the song ‘Never give up on you’ Lucie rejoining it in 2011. Jones performs on stage. Ukraine won last year with the song "1944" per- formed by Jamala, which referred to the Stalin-era deportation of her Tatar ethnic group from Crimea. Crimean Tatars, who are Muslims, largely opposed the peninsula's annexation and have been persecut- Croatian singer and songwriter representing Croatia with the song ‘My Friend’ Zeljko Houdek aka ed under the new Russian authorities. Ukraine is Jacques Houdek, performs on stage. using this year's event to take tentative steps toward breaking away from the climate of homophobia music. "We're striving towards Europe," she said. "It's After the Kiev event opened, it emerged that the prevalent in the ex-Soviet Union. not just a song contest but also an opportunity to Bulgarian contestant, 17-year-old Kristian Kostov, The authorities are handing out a map of gay- show ourselves off." had also performed in annexed Crimea. The singer, friendly venues for fans of the contest that enjoys a Visitors from other countries including Italy, Israel who has appeared on a Russian television talent massive gay following. In a cheeky move, they also and Germany also converged on the central fan show, was allowed to stay in the contest because he started repainting in rainbow stripes a huge Soviet- zone. "It looks very well organized with lots of activi- was only 14 at the time. He will appear in the final. era arch in central Kiev that commemorates Ukraine ties," said Jonathan Pezzali, a 50-year-old manager and Russia's friendship-only to be physically threat- from near Milan. The concert venue, however, is an Naked apes ened by ultranationalist protesters. As of Friday, the uninspiring exhibition centre across the city's Dnipro The latest edition of the contest that began in arch remained unfinished with expanses of grey River. Ukraine is hosting Eurovision just two years 1956 with just seven countries promises the usual among the bright colors. — AFP after pulling out in 2015 over the armed conflict feast of wacky stage acts and cheesy beats. Spanish singer, songwriter, and guitarist representing Spain with the song ‘Do it for your with pro-Russian separatists in the country's indus- Azerbaijan's act features a man wearing a horse's lover’ Manel Navarro, second right, performs on stage. Review With new album, Kendrick Lamar emerges as artist of the year appers who morph into superstars usually released March 3. "The beauty of 'DAMN.' is that the President Barack Obama. Lamar has become a criti- follow a well-traveled path that includes an more you listen to it, the more you like it. I think cal darling, topping several end-of-the-year lists Roverabundance of collaborations with other that's the quality of a great piece of work - whether and earning top awards, including seven Grammys. artists, radio-friendly pop hits, a bit of tabloid buzz it be an album or even a movie - the more you get The real question is: Who isn't a Kendrick Lamar and a conscious effort to eschew anything that into it, the more you like it. It means you're unpeel- fan? Gail Mitchell, a senior correspondent at might get too political or socially conscious. ing layers. It's a complex piece of work that wasn't Billboard, compares Lamar's appeal to Tupac Kendrick Lamar took a different path and still some cut-and-paste, copied (album)," Basa said. Shakur, and more widely, Stevie Wonder. "He's one emerged as the artist of the year, and it's one rea- Despite its pop star success, "DAMN." is one of of the rare artists who has the ability to transcend son he's been elevated to superstar status with the most highly regarded releases in hip-hop his- generations. A lot of hip-hop, I think, whether war- "DAMN.," which has dominated pop culture since tory, following Lamar's acclaimed albums, 2015's ranted or unwarranted, people think it's segregat- its release last month. "To Pimp a Butterfly" and 2012's "good kid, ed or should be segregated to one demographic, The album, a searing lyrical masterpiece that m.A.A.d city." "To me he was everything that true mind-set, et cetera. But I think Kendrick has broken touches on societal breakdowns, politics, relation- hip-hop heads always wanted. Like, we always through those confines and he's able to reach out ships and his own vulnerability - has spawned lim- wanted a guy who represented what the essence to older, younger, white, black, Asian, whatever. itless think pieces, conquered the charts and has of what hip-hop was supposed to be from a cul- He's just an all-around artist," she said. had some people calling him a new rap god. Last tural standpoint, from a political standpoint, from "Twenty, 30 years down the road, he's going to year it was Beyonce and her epic "Lemonade" visu- a socioeconomics standpoint - he does every- be one of the standard chapters - not just in hip- al. This year it's Lamar and "DAMN." "In a way, thing right," Rosenberg said. "And on top of that, hop - but in music in general." Lamar's success on Kendrick is the opposite of a lot of what's popping the kids love him." the pop charts is being shared with other rappers: right now. He's the other side of the pillow," said It's not just kids who rally behind the 29-year- Many of the recent Top 10 hits include acts with Tuma Basa, Spotify's global head of hip-hop.
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