I've been listening a whole lot to Barve oceana recently and I just -- jfc I will write an essay at some point, about Barve being about running away to a safe place, about finding happiness and being yourself, and then the bass being so, so prominent in Barve. I feel like the bass is already more prominent in JO songs than in most pop music, but also it's just such a comforting friend to me in Barve oceana.
And something something seven year-old Bojan showing up at the Jurkovič doorstep, asking if they had a kid he could be friends with, and Martin sticking with him through the ups and downs, the successes and the failed attempt at a solo career, and something something the protagonist running away and the bass at her side, a trustworthy, sure ground to build upon, steady and strong and there and --
yeah, today is not the day for this essay with Jan dropping new pics and Jure utterly killing us, but I keep thinking about this, about the prominent bass and Bojan saying that Barve is a very personal song; so personal, in fact, that he had to add that extra layer of making the protagonist female; about running away and finding a place where you can be yourself and that damned reassuring bass that threads through the song, and 😭😭
And, like, small aside (bc I wouldn't be me if I didn't notice it) but the end of Barve features the bass and one of the guitars, and something about it being Nace and Jan also made me go :lovebojan: about it, but that's not the point I'm making here and so it's just this small aside
Okay, okay, I know we discussed personalities of "girls' in JO songs, but now I want to hear what y'all think about which one corresponds to which JO member. Like, say they were gender swapped or whatever. Which song is "them"?
Here's Bojan reading out and answering my question about Barve Oceana x SSOL 😭🥹🫶
"In Barve Oceana you tell a story about the protagonist whose dreams are too loud and too big for this tiny town.
Meanwhile, in Sunny Side of London, you sing about a place where everyone is free as a dove, free to be themselves.
Would you say that the protagonist of Barve Oceana has finally found the place where the rainbow ends and where the pearls are in seashells and not on necklaces?"
I forgot to show off these super fucking cute bracelets I got at Kultsa (shout out to @puuta-heinaa for giving them to me) despite not having any myself 🥺