#finnish music

[amatesura]

RUOSKA - Käärijä x Erika Vikman dir. Viivi Huuska

#käärijä #erika vikman #viivi huuska #jere pöyhönen #music videos #cinematography #suomi #finland #finnish music #*

[patty-the-otterette]

Ahhh!!! I'm still trying to process how wonderful UMK was for me.

A year ago the only word in Finnish I knew was "sauna".

This year, in February 2024 I travelled all the way from Poland to Finland to participate in their national preselection for Eurovision.

I loved the acts participating in the competition. Although the act I was waiting for the most wasn't one of this year's contestants. It was Käärijä. Both Ruoska and Cha Cha Cha performances were out of this world. I was so engaged in them, that I was unable to take any photo or video. I was so much here and now. I was shouting, dancing around and singing in Finnish. The language that I cannot speak in and at the same time I'm so fascinated by.

I spent the second half of 2023 getting to know more about Finnish culture, music and people. I made friends with people from all over the world. I got to see how beautiful Finland is, especially during winter. I had a chance to take part in an extremely well prepared, high-quality music tv show.

My world became so much bigger.

And that's all because of one and only Jere from Vantaa.

Thank you Jere. I love you with all my heart. Thank you for gathering such beautiful people around you and your music. People who don't want to be scared of this world anymore.

Kiitos Suomi!!! Kiitos Jere!!!

#käärijä #jere from vantaa #jere pöyhönen #umk #uuden musiikin kilpailu #finnish music

[nanoa1foryou]

I’ve seen a decent amount of talk about Jere’s new bodyguard, so I thought I’d share a little fun (or not so fun) fact.

Antti Tuisku also had to have a bodyguard. For two whole years after his big boom in success off of Idols in 2003, he had to have a bodyguard with him pretty much constantly. He has described it as completely necessary and has even shared stories of the the kinds of danger he had landed himself with over his very sudden rise to success.

Honestly, I am not at all surprised that Jere needs or wants someone there to take care of it professionally. There is a lot more that can go wrong than just a couple of crazy intruisive fans, and it is ridiculous for him to try to do his job while trying to account for every risk possible. That is where professionals really are needed. I even doubt the bodyguard is there just for his sake. If someone is watching out for him, that also eases the risk on his team, who can and will end up in danger by proxy when things go wrong.

While ideally we’d live in a world where he doesn’t need one, you have to consider that all of Finland knows that man’s face and not all of Finland are fans.

#you can read online about the stories antti has shared and let me tell you it is not fun #käärijä #antti tuisku #finnish music

[teal-skull]

Beibe herää! Kalevauvalta tuli uusi biisi:

#tää on oikeesti hyvä #kalevauva #finnish music #Youtube #suomitumppu #suomipaskaa #saatana #vitun kova biisi

[thermodynamic-comedian]

since a lot of non-finns have started listening to käärijä, i wanna tell you all that finnish music fucks exponentially in general. some of you guys don't even know about ultra bra or apulanta. get into more finnish music immediately

#käärijä #jere pöyhönen #finland #finnish music #suomiblr #apulanta #ultra bra

[tippytheclown1]

Beherit Finland Band photos and their 1994 debut LP, "Drawing Down the Moon"

Unique, enjoyable album with quite a bit of dark Finnish ambience.

#beherit #black metal #finnish #finnish death metal #finnish black metal #finnish music #atmospheric black metal #drawing down the moon #osdm #death metal #tippytheclown

[holyprincenerd]

Hi ! Do you have any finnish music recommandations ? Feel free with the genre I'm quite open. I love discovering music in other languages but I'm always worried the lyrics will be saying something really terrible 😆

Hi! I'm all for spreading Finnish music, so of course! Just a fair warning, this ended up quite lengthy... Sorry about that. 😅 Here's a tl;dr version just in case you don't feel like reading about all the genre gushing and lyrical details, I couldn't help myself haha:

Pop, schlager and rock songs:

Ram Pam Pam by BESS

Tinakenkätyttö, Kaunis rietas onnellinen, and Supernaiset by Kaija Koo

Lähtisitkö by Pave Maijanen

Hei Rakas by BEHM

Soutaa Huopaa and Saatilla by Elokuu

Henkilökohtaisesti by PMMP, as well as their albums Leskiäidin Tyttäret and Kovemmat Kädet (content warning on these, if you end up reading translations of the lyrics, some of the songs on these albums deal with some heavy topics!)

Pauhaava sydän, Hetkeksi en sulle rupia, and Suudellaan by Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu

Marmoritaivas by Johanna Kurkela

Suru on kunniavieras by Jenni Vartiainen (though her entire discography is phenomenal)

Che Guevara by Happoradio

Kaikki mitä mä annoin by Uniklubi

Samantekevää by Tiktak

Ikuinen Virta by Indica

Joutsenlaulu by Yö

Metal (or heavier) songs:

Hengitä by Turmion Kätilöt (content warning again, some of this band's songs have quite spicy lyrics, though I'd say a good portion of those songs are satirical. This song in particular doesn't have any questionable lyrics haha)

Laiva by Merta

Syvyydet by Vorna

Armo by Apulanta

Hope you find something you like among these!

Now for the longer answer lol:

For modern pop songs, there's no better place to start than Ram Pam Pam by BESS. The song has become a bit of a Eurovision darling despite the fact that it lost in the Finnish Eurovision national final, the UMK, and thus didn't compete in 2022. The song bears influence of Finnish pop and schlager (in Finnish this genre is called "iskelmä") artist Kaija Koo's songs, which tend to have empowering messages. If you want to listen to Kaija Koo's music, I'd recommend the songs Tinakenkätyttö, Kaunis rietas onnellinen, and Supernaiset.

A song that I have a personal soft spot for is the 80's summer banger Lähtisitkö by Pave Maijanen. It's a corny love song, but that's exactly why it's so great. 🥰 While we're on the topic love songs, there's also Hei Rakas by BEHM, which has very sweet and genuine lyrics and absolutely gorgeous instrumentals. (As a side note, this song is somewhat connected to Eurovision as well, as BEHM performed the song live during UMK 2020 as an interval act).

If you're interested in pop songs that use traditional Finnish instruments in them, I'd recommend both Soutaa Huopaa and Saatilla by the band Elokuu. These songs mix traditional Finnish instruments and the traditional Finnish dance music genre humppa (similar to waltz and foxtrot music) with Finnish schlager music and rap. In that sense, these songs are somewhat similar to Käärijä's Cha Cha Cha, as they mix schlager with rap, though the vibes are completely different. 😂 There's also Henkilökohtaisesti by PMMP, which uses a mix of traditional Finnish instruments and modern genres. As a matter of fact, I'd recommend the entirety of PMMP's album Leskiäidin Tyttäret, where Henkilökohtaisesti is included, as well as another album called Kovemmat Kädet. Though as a fair warning, many of the songs on these albums touch on very heavy topics. There's also the band Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu, which blended traditional folk elements with schlager and rock. Their lyrics also utilise the Finnish Pohjanmaa dialect, adding onto the folk -feel of their music. Most of their songs are love songs, my personal favourites from their catalogue are Pauhaava sydän, Hetkeksi en sulle rupia, and Suudellaan. There's also the song Marmoritaivas by Johanna Kurkela, another very beautiful love song with some more traditional sounding elements to it. Fun fact about Johanna, she's also an ex UMK contestant who didn't make it to Eurovision! Moreover, Suru on kunniavieras by Jenni Vartiainen doesn't necessarily use any traditional instruments, but resembles old Finnish music in terms of specific vocals and some of the lyrics.

Of course I also have to bring up Finnish metal and rock music. Some of my personal favourite metal songs in Finnish are Hengitä by Turmion Kätilöt (who tend to have quite... interesting lyrics), Laiva by Merta and Syvyydet by Vorna. Hengitä and Laiva are both songs about mental illness. For less heavy music, there are the likes of Happoradio and Uniklubi, for specifically all-female acts there are Tiktak and Indica. As a starting point for these bands, I'd recommend Che Guevara by Happoradio, Kaikki mitä mä annoin by Uniklubi, Samantekevää by Tiktak (fun fact this was my absolute favourite song as a kid) and Ikuinen Virta by Indica. I feel slightly obligated to also recommend the songs Joutsenlaulu by Yö and Armo by Apulanta, as both are arguably culturally significant songs. Joutsenlaulu is a reflection on mortality and a song about loss (playing into the typical Finnish artist's obsession with death as an artistic motif), while Armo could be interpreted as a song about the Winter War (a war between the Soviet Union and Finland that took place during the World War II and has shaped Finnish culture immensely). There's also a very beautiful choir cover of the song Armo, called Konflikti (Armo). This version was featured in a movie about Apulanta. Sadly, Joutsenlaulu is not available on Spotify anymore (or any other streaming services for that matter). Funnily enough, Joutsenlaulu was originally meant to be a candidate for the Eurovision song contest of 1984, but the idea was scrapped after its composer came to the realisation that he couldn't possibly keep the length of the song under three minutes. Anyway, here's a link to the song on YouTube, just in case the links above don't work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URDrfH2Rbbg&ab_channel=FinSongs

#for any finns out there feel free to add onto this list I know the selection of pop acts in specific is LACKING #NOT TO MENTION THE METAL LIST JESUS CHRIST #it ended up short since I was trying to avoid acts that could be considered problematic in their lyrical contents which is like #every metal act ever lol #also i didn't want to make the list too long so it wouldn't be too overwhelming haha #esc 2023 #eurovision #esc 2022 #finland #käärijä #finnish music #suomi #bess #kaija koo #pave maijanen #behm #elokuu #pmmp #lauri tähkä #elonkerjuu #johanna kurkela #jenni vartiainen #turmion kätilöt #merta #vorna #happoradio #uniklubi #tiktak #indica #yö

[demi-eurovision]

(This is an edit of a previous post I made, including some of the suggestions from tags and reblogs. What a wonderful collab! Special cred to @tarhaorvokki for the last verse.)

We should write some music featuring only beginner level Finnish learned from a few units of Duolingo, yes?

Tervetuloa! Onnea!

Tämä on suomenkielinen laulu

No, oletko sinä valmis?

Suomalainen on velho

Saamelainen on shamaani

Pieni pupu on sininen

Ruotsalainen on viikinki

Jere on todella komea

Bojan ja Jere ovat naimisissa

Paljon onnea! Hyviä ystäviä

Kiltti koira ja tuhma kissa

Millainen vihreä sinulla on?

Niinku cha cha cha me tanssimme

Käärijä-vihreä on aina kaunis

Yhdessä, suomeksi laulamme

Haluatko mämmiä?

En, haluan Käärijä

Suomi on pohjoinen maa

Minä puhun hyvää suomea

Jee!

#i made some attempts at rhyming this time #learning finnish #finnish language #finnish music #duolingo #käärijä #käärijä and bojan #käärijä x bojan #writing lyrics #writing poetry #cha cha cha #eurovision 2023 #esc 2023 #eurovision

[amatesura]

RUOSKA - Käärijä x Erika Vikman UMK 2024

#käärijä #erika vikman #umk #musicedit #eurovision #suomi #finland #finnish music #flashing lights #flashing gif #*

[str1xaluco]

Rituale Satanum - Behexen

2000

#behexen #finnish black metal #black metal #Finland #finnish metal #finnish #finnish music #2000s #scandinavian black metal #scandinavian metal #satanic black metal #album cover

[niuniente]

Nyrkkitappelu - Halailijat Finnish punk about how annoying touchy feely people are (to Finns)

LYRICS

On perjantai ja sulla fiilis on yllä It's Friday and you're feeling good

Tiedän sut, ollaan tuttuja kyllä I know we're familiar with each other

Mut ei aleta nyt axeja testaamaan But let's not test each other's limits and Axe antiperspirants right now

Pidä halaava tassusi taskussa vaan Just keep your affectionate paws in your pockets

Ei se niin vaikeeta olla voi It can't be that hard

Kädestä päivää tai suullinen moi Just to shake hands or say verbally hello

Halailijat! Huggers! Voidaan leikkiä frendiä We can pretend to be friends

Mut en ymmärrä läheisyystrendiä But I don't understand the trend towards intimacy

Tää ehkä on setien settiä Maybe this is what the guys do

Mut mä noudatan eri etikettiä But I follow a different etiquette

Ei se niin vaikeeta olla voi It can't be that hard

Kädestä päivää tai suullinen moi Just to shake hands or say verbally hello

Halailijat! Huggers!

#nyrkkitappelu #punk #punk music #finnish music #there was a good meta that this song is about respecting others' boundaries #but it's also a perfect example of a Finnish mentality #keep your hands hugs and cheek kisses to yourself thank you very much lol

[sintti]

I know Käärijä is one of a kind, but I decided to put together a playlist that international Käärijä fans might enjoy. All the songs are in Finnish. I tried to include only songs that might be fun for people interested in listening more songs in Finnish so this is not an introduction to Finnish music in general. It's mostly based on vibes and my own taste in music.

#käärijä #finnish #finland #finnish music #Spotify

[sparkles-oflight]

So... yesterday I saw some people pointing how how short Bojan is. But I couldn't find his height so I wanted to use Käärijä as reference for Bojan's height just for me to find out KÄÄRIJÄ IS 162!??? I'M HIS HEIGHT

edit: guys, I read the replies, I already said "Thank you for correcting me on their heights" you can stop commenting the same over and over 😭

#my guess is that Bojan is like 170 #they look like they have the same height gap as me and my friend sooo #also #can anyone confirm this? #I'm still in shock 24h after #eurovision #eurovision 2023 #slovenia #slovenian music #finland #finnish music #joker out #bojan cvjeticanin #bojan cvjetićanin #käärijä #kaarija

[teal-skull]

Some more Käärijä trivia hidden behind language/culture barrier cuz I haven't seen this one around: There's a couple of intertextual references in Käärijä's lyrics to famous finnish songs. First one I noticed is in the beginning of Kiertävä sirkus: "No niin Käärijä, se ois taas työpäivä / Moottoritie on kuuma ja mel on pitkä matka edessä" "Alright Käärijä, it's workday again. The highway is hot and we have a long way to go"

This is a reference to a classic and iconic finnish song Moottoritie on kuuma by even more iconic Pelle Miljoona Oy. The chorus "Sisko tahtoisin jäädä, mutta moottoritie on kuuma" (Sister I would want to stay, but the motorway is hot" is often referenced in finnish media/comedy/etc and I haven't met a Finn who doesn't know at least these two lines.

Another reference is made in Menestynyt Yksilö:

"Kela sanoi "meistä tuli muumareita, taksikuskeja, suutareita" / mut osast meistä tuli pelkkii tunareita" "Kela said: "We became masons, tax drivers, shoe makers" / but some of us only became bunglers"

This is a direct reference to legendary Anssi Kela's song 1972, where the quoted part is sang in the chorus. This song has finnish student culture in chokehold because it is very often played at graduation parties etc, and sang in karaoke (as is Moottoritie on kuuma) by studens. Students love this song. The song is about thesinger recalling his years in school, meeting old schoolmates and and how desbite big plans we became mundane, normal adults. This song is #relatable and it's part of finnish popular culture.

#käärijä #finnish music #anssi kela #pelle miljoona #Youtube

[valoale]

You know your day can’t go wrong if you start it with Käärijä

#välikuolema joka aamuinen hype anthem #I’ve been listening to Finnish music so much lately I’m honestly surprised myself #prolly getting a lot more Finnish artists on next year’s wrapped at this rate #because I was bummed out neither Käärijä nor KUUMAA was on the list this year #were in the top ten but didn’t make it to top five #my goal for the upcoming year #käärijä #Finnish #Finnish music

[ktsfnick]

BAND INTRODUCTION #1

LOST SOCIETY

BASIC INFO

⛧ origin:

Finnish

⛧ years active:

2013-present

⛧ members:

Samy Elbanna – lead and rhythm guitars, lead vocals (2010–present), age 28

Arttu Lesonen – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals (2011–present), age 30

Mirko Lehtinen – bass guitar, backing vocals (2011–present), age 30

Taz Fagerström – drums (2020–present), age 31

⛧ past members:

Ossi Paananen – drums (2011–2020)

⛧ genre:

trash metal - first 3 albums (Fast loud death, Terror hungry, Braindead) metalcore, groove metal and nu metal - last 2 albums (No absolution, If the sky came down)

MY OPINION

⛧ my top 5 songs:

Awake - If the sky came down (2022) Thrash all over you - Fast loud death (2013) 112 - If the sky came down (2022) Artifical - No Aboulution (2020) Hangover activator - Braindead (2016)

⛧ fav albums:

If the sky came down (2022) Braindead (2016)

⛧ my opinion & how I found about them:

They're my all-time favorite band. I discovered them in late May because my father wanted to see them live in June. I immersed myself in their first album and instantly fell in love. When June arrived, I finally saw them live! They were amazing, but the stage was way too small. If they had performed in a bigger hall, it might not have paid off because only about 50 people showed up, which is really sad considering they deserve a much larger audience. After the concert, I gradually started exploring their other albums and fell even more in love. Their thrash albums are incredibly good, these guys can really thrash! Even though I generally prefer thrash over groove/nu metal, their newer albums are great too. I can proudly say that there isn't a single song I hate. Sure, some songs are better and some are worse, but there isn't one that really sucks.

PHOTO FROM 2013 VS 2023

MORE PHOTOS <𝟹 ⛧

LINKS

instagram

instagram Sammy Elbanna

instagram Arttu Lesonen

instagram Mirko Lehtinen 

instagram Taz Fagerström

facebook

spotify

apple music

official website

#metal #groove metal #nu metal #metalcore #metal music #thrash metal #finnish metal #finnish music #finnish #samy elbanna #taz fagerström #lost society #mirko lehtinen #arttu lesonen #music diary #blind channel #amorphis #band introduction