First Time Reaction to Bambie Thug | Doomsday Blue Eurovision 2024

[@themetalmuse]

Ok, so this is the very last time I will address this. I did not know before doing this reaction that Bambi Thug identifies as they/them. I only knew Bambi Thug is Irish, a singer and gothy/witchy. I respect people’s preferred pronouns and do my best. I am not psychic so how could I know? I do not do research before my videos to ensure I have no biases or preconceptions. I go in blind. In fairness to me, I just went off how they present in this video with their costume. What I really don’t appreciate is the bullying manner in which people are berating me for this mistake. After the first person told me about Bambi Thug’s pronouns preference I henceforth referred to Bambi Thug as they/them and yet people continued to point it out and some weren’t polite about it. The insinuation that I did it on purpose is so insulting. So, as I always ask, please be kind in the comments. Oh and please stop with the satanism stuff, if this was a video about Ticketmaster I’d understand you commenting about the devil, but this is an amazing and empowering song from an artist that preaches love, so quit it! - Dom

[@marijanamaki9026]

You shouldn't change your vocabulary because someone calls themselves by different gender or undefined one. This is the downfall of our society. Why should you change your beliefs just because someone else need psychiatric help. You're just helping them in their delusion.

[@lostpoems]

everyone who does that has so much hate in their hearts, you'll see them doing the same thing to other creators who made reactions to bambie. you didn't do anything wrong & your reaction was great 🤍

[@themetalmuse]

@@lostpoems 🥲🥹

[@madhatter7328]

Don’t worry about it!! People who actually identify as non binary, from my experience, don’t get offended and start yelling curses at being misgendered initially. Many people actually expect that (misgendering) to happen! Adapting new gender perspectives is absolutely not abnormal, but is definitely not something people are used to openly talking about and practicing. Mistakes are bound to happen. What would’ve been wrong is you continuing to misuse pronouns after you found out. But that is not the case, and as someone who isn’t non binary but belongs to the LGBT+ community, I thank you for your kindness. People can be so extreme in their woke-ness that they can’t see past their own shortcomings, such as spewing hatred on the internet while “defending” someone else. That is bullying and is wrong. You handled this well and I hope you understand that LGBT people who genuinely have suffered relentless hatred from conservative parties appreciate you and your compassion and understanding. Now I wanna get back to the reaction and gushing over how BOMB this song was 😌 I hope you have a good day and don’t see the LGBT community as a bunch of rotten eggs. That’s just a minority.

[@themetalmuse]

@@madhatter7328 Thank you! I’d never do it on purpose. I believe firmly in treating others with kindness and respect. 🙏

[@francisdunne8542]

Bambie came 6th in jury vote, 6th in televote and 6th over all. 666k viewers tuned in to watch them on Saturday final on RTE1

[@themetalmuse]

😂😂

[@garyhutton2654]

Catch yourself on

[@user-jq7cs3ug6m]

Pre-planned?

[@Covenantt666]

​​@@user-jq7cs3ug6myes, the whole of Europe conspired to give it 6th place... in everything. *warning sarcasm*

[@DingleJBerry]

@@Covenantt666I knew it!

[@Leakampff]

Goosebumps everytime i watch it. A history-making performance

[@themetalmuse]

💯🙏

[@essdearr]

Agreed, never experinced that with another performance.

[@tonyttt31]

I've never seen a Eurovision performance with so many ideas in it. Some one needs to do a video on all the references.

[@themetalmuse]

@@tonyttt31 we’d need a wise Wiccan/historian/ movie buff to guide us 😁

[@tonyttt31]

@@themetalmuse Or Bambie and their team.

[@ToxicDluxe]

The directors/cameramen were MVP here

[@themetalmuse]

👍 agree

[@tonyttt31]

Agreed but Bambie's input isn't insignificant. The camerawork is astonishing.

[@deadzoo]

Bambie and their dancer and choreographer, Matt Williams, worked closely with the staging director, Sergio Jaen to create the performance. Sergio has worked mainly on short films and music videos, and it shows with the excellent tableaus, camera cuts and angles

[@marcemurallas]

your face during all the Bambie Thug performance was priceless!!! Thats not my kind of music, but when I saw the performance in the first semi-final, I automatically became a fan!! one of the best perfomance in the entire history of Eurovision

[@themetalmuse]

It’s a really stark contrast to all the others. ❤️

[@palm2004]

They did Ireland proud

[@stanbily9416]

Her antisemitism did not though.

[@themetalmuse]

For sure!

[@Bitterbal05]

@@stanbily9416Antisemitism where?

[@palm2004]

@@stanbily9416 what a stupid comment

[@macalsionmacalsion1434]

I heard netenyahu had a dream that God visited him and told him " stop this madness. Stop this genocide. Stop killing now." Netenyahu looked at God and said "You're an anti-Semite".

[@reshaykut]

I can't believe how this performance was not at top 3, the choreography was full of surprise beginning to the end.

[@themetalmuse]

👍👍

[@Beckford4000]

dull pop ballads (e.g. France) always do well with the juries and televote + Israeli manipulated the televote (buying politicians to promote voting for Israel). Meanwhile, Ukraine and Croatia had been firm favourites since the beginning and delivered incredible performances. Ireland, Ukraine and Switzerland all deserved standing ovations for their performances/staging and should have been the top 4 with Croatia.

[@tonyttt31]

​@@Beckford4000France was great too.

[@FR0STBL0D]

@@tonyttt31 ... the performance was horribly pretentious (similar to Austria and Greece). The song was quite good, however.

[@Johro66]

Bambie is spectacular, and listen to that crowd reaction..

[@themetalmuse]

Very true!

[@Beckford4000]

Consider that Ireland was not a favourite to do well and was ranked pretty low by most of the Eurovision KZbinrs and pretty much everyone else, beside a few people (I backed Bambie since they won the Irish selection). But.... that performance was so commanding, electrifying, bewitching, that Bambie forced even their biggest detractors to sit up and take notice. A massive round of applause Bambie. Now add in a horrifying detail, Bambie was massively bullied by the Israeli delegation throughout Eurovision week, to the point where the Irish delegation lodged a serious complaint to the EBU and a massive investigation is currently ongoing. The Dutch, performer was also bullied by the Israeli delegation. Furthermore, Ireland, the UK, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal and Norway almost withdrew from the contest 25 minutes before the final began due to the way the Israeli delegation had systematically threatened and harassed those delegations. Furthermore, the delegations from France, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Lithuania also lodged complaints with the EBU because of the Israeli behaviour. It was a toxic shitshow.

[@tonymills1003]

Bambie was training to be a ballerina when young but after an injury had to stop that and transferred to studying theatrical performance then went on to become a singer/songwriter. Bambie also cowrote this song, also had a professional 'scream coach' for the song performance, and the video producer for the staging is from Spain and also produced the music video which you she see as well as Bambie's cover of 'Zombie'

[@themetalmuse]

Their scream was awesome!

[@catrionacolville2192]

​@@themetalmuseTheir.

[@GildedBeetles]

​@catrionacolville2192 that's what she said

[@richelgrande]

the best best eurovision performance ive ever seen

[@themetalmuse]

👍👍👍

[@gerasimosmusicianofficial]

Many performances this year were very proffesionals, the visuals on the screens were extrordinary, like you watch a videoclip, not a live performance. Kudos to the cameramen-technicians etc too!

[@themetalmuse]

💯💯💯

[@CallistoTheWarriorQueen]

The Australian Jury gave it our 12 points. I was so happy with our jury vote

[@themetalmuse]

🙌

[@ElfenLied987]

That was brillant and especially given by Danny Estrin of Voyager. They did a good reaction video to the official Bambie video for Doomsday Blue. Wishing Danny a speedy recovery

[@marcocasella387]

Best performance EVER at ESC! 3minutes floating in a crazy staging

[@themetalmuse]

It was awesome

[@keithgaskin1775]

Great reaction.... Bambie is on their way to being a big deal in Music 🎶

[@themetalmuse]

For sure!!

[@talldarkviking]

Appreciate the camera work. It was magnificent!

[@themetalmuse]

True!

[@cutelilpenguin85]

I had the exact same reaction to this performance, haha. I went into it not really knowing what to expect and was blown away. Definitely an artist I'll be looking to hear more from now!

[@themetalmuse]

Same! I wanna see them live.

[@Laurasophiesmith]

Bambie was one of my favs this year. They performed so very well and I love watching that on repeat. The staging and „acting“ was so good. I loved it

[@themetalmuse]

True! Insanely good.

[@Tinou1997]

I came across this video by chance and I like what I hear. I've been watching Eurovision every year for the last 18 years and I've been a real fan of the contest for more than 10 years now. Every year there is at least one song that I really love and support but NEVER before have I been so captivated by a performance. I cried whith the performance of Duncan Laurence back in 2019 but with Bambie Thug this year I was in a state of total euphoria. I remember shaking at the end of their performance because I was so impressed and happy to see that on the Eurovision stage. "The Code" from Nemo was my favorite song but jeez Bambie Thug's performance was by far my favorite. I'm glad they were (and I hope they still are) good friends during the competition!

[@sammillar6493]

This performance always gives me goosebumps! I'm so glad they did so well and everyone loved them! Crown the witch!

[@PhilipGamertube]

That was easily the best performance in Eurovision ever

[@sandracastrejon3239]

I want to say as a pagan that I felt very proud to see a performance about paganism in Eurovision. Even though they call her a satanic and don't understand how paganism works, she went with the banner of I'm a witch and I'm proud of it. It's been centuries since one of our sisters was able to do it. Our winner without a doubt.

[@themetalmuse]

🧙‍♀️ love it! Everything is santanism these days 👀

[@shroomyesc]

It might make me sound mean but I got a slight bit of satisfaction from seeing the ultra-religious panic and rage about this entry on TV calling it satan worship. 😅 They can feel uncomfortable for once and we can enjoy

[@jakeblackwell307]

For someone who doesn't know anything about paganism but would be interested in learning more about it, where would you suggest I start researching from? Books, websites etc

[@shroomyesc]

@@metardis1670 Quoting bible verses won't convince anybody, when has it ever and how could it if one doesn't believe in the legitimacy of said book?

[@themetalmuse]

@@shroomyesc ignore them, just a bible troll, they copy and paste this same comment over and over 🥱

[@justevaded]

Your reaction is literally the best I keep coming back to your video haha Each time I get goosebumps. Absolutely incredible.

[@themetalmuse]

Wow, thank you!

[@Escmacrae95]

Bambie is incredible, a serious talent that has come out of Eurovision, and this is what Eurovision is becoming (hopefully) where all genres can be elevated and allowed to shine. This was one of the best stage performances at Eurovision and I’ve watched this contest for 20 years

[@themetalmuse]

👍

[@thomascleo]

This is art on another level,,,,12 points from SWEDEN❤❤❤

[@davneg01]

this is the best reaction I've seen, I could tell you were enjoying it the way i did when I listened to this the first time

[@themetalmuse]

🙏🙏🙏☺️☺️☺️ I really did

[@ESC_ChrisM]

Hey from Belgium (well, Thailand right now). I was at Eurovision this year, and also at the Irish national selection where Bambie was selected by the Irish public and jury. At the beginning, outside Ireland nobody really thought this had much of a chance - people often talked about it potentially not qualifying for the final (which, to be fair, is often the case for Ireland - Bambie was our second qualifier from the semis to the final in 10 yeaars). But that night in Dublin you could tell there was something special in the air - the whole afterparty bar erupted when Bambie won. They were seen as a break form the past, of our stale entries that hadn't moved on from the 1990s. They challenged societal norms from the beginning - in the Irish national final Bambie emphasised how important their non-binary identity was to them. At the pub after they performed this song, Tsunami and Egregore (all great tracks, but highly recommend Tsunami for you). At Eurovision I was lucky enough to go as press, and as soon as the first pictures and clips of this came out it generated such hype. No longer was it a discussion about qualification, but about whether Ireland could win the semi (They didn't - came third behind Croatia (Baby Lasagne 1st) and Ukraine (Jerry Heil & Alyona Alyona 2nd). In the final, the songs above Ireland were: 1. Switzerland - Nemo (the Code) - Also a non-binary act but more accessible to the general public in terms of musical style -combines pop, rap, opera with althelticism on stage - a bundle of energy and a deserving winner. Won the Jury vote. All season I was flipping between Nemo and Bambie as my favs, and the two of them are very close as wel. 2. Croatia (Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim) - More of a stadium anthem, fan favourite, won the Televote . 3. Ukraine - 3rd in Televote and 5th in Jury - haunting, but a beautiful song, with rap elements - I imagine not your style of song. 4. France - 2nd in Jury and 4th in Televote (1 point ahead of Switz in televote). Male ballad - very French. Not my song at all, but the artist himself is amazing - kindhearted and a magnificent vocalist. 5. Israel (2nd in televote for obviousr reasons, 12th in Jury) - nothing special about the song. And then came 6. Ireland - Televote and Jury scores very cloe to each other at around 140 each. Italy were 7th with a feel-good summer anthem. Other songs you may be interested in - Ethno-rock from Norway (came last in the final - totally undeserved), Ethno-rap mix from Estonia (again, the result wasn;t very fair for them - 20th (out of 25 in the final). You may enjoy the aesthetics of Slovenia - Raiven singing Veronika. That came 23rd. Of the non-qualifiers, you've got 2000s British indie with the Czech republic - Aiko, and punk by Spanish band Megara (they represented San Marino....yes Eurovision is complicated and confusing :D ). There was quite a bit of musical diversity this year from many genres, and a lot of risquee productions (basically gay porn - UK, Spanish male dancers in corset/thong things, and a naked man emerging from a denim egg and running around ass-cheeks out saying random things into his mic while another guy sang a 90s stlye song - Finland - Windows 95 Man. It's great entertainment all in all. From previous years I'd recommend Hatari (2019 - Iceland) and Blind Channel (2021 - Finland) ro have a gander at. Thanks again for the Bambie reaction - they had a tough final week of Eurovision after being targetted by the EBU that organises Eurovision and the Israeli delegation (they verbally harassed a large number of contestants, including those of Greece, Portugal, Switzerland through the week, and there was very little support for those artists getting directlty targettted by the Israeli broadcaster and some sections of the Israeli media - not all by any means, but enough that those 4 in particular were getting threats from Israelis online due to the coverage. They also targetted the Dutch participant, who was ultimately disqualified for a verbal altercation backstage with a photographer (we don't know the full details, just that the photographer was worknig with the organiser and not the Israeli delegation, but the delegation had been taking photos and videos of the artists without their consent and putting nasty stories online about those artists. Unacceptable behaviour from any broadcaster, yet we haven't seen any consequences as yet - watch this space but don't hold your breath. Sp uea....lots of drama, tension and lack of support for artists backstage during Eurovision week. Nevertheless, still worth watching some of the performances mentioned above :)

[@themetalmuse]

Oh wow I didn’t know they had such a rough time of it, I tend to not get into the drama or politics of Eurovision, ever since “my lovely horse” didn’t win I’ve known it’s rigged 🤣🤣🤣 for anyone reading this who doesn’t know Father Ted keep clam it’s a joke, google “My Lovely horse” 🐎

[@memandi2]

Amazing summary. So happy to see others also supporting Bambie and Nemo, they get so much hate simply because are not comforming to standard gender norms. I absolutely loved both entries way before learning they were non binary (which I am not myself) and I genuinely believe they were two of the best Eurovision entries of all time, so quirky and different and artistic, both of them, and both performances absolutely stunning, both in terms of vocal and show. I've been watching Eurovision for many years and I honestly think the contest nowadays has just gotten too popular for its own good. It used to be a safe haven for LGBTQ people, a place where they can shine as themselves with no one judging. Now I feel like there is too much hatred, people are too competitive and take it too personally when their favorite entry doesn't win. It's really sad and I hope they will do something to correct this in the following years because it's really not OK.

[@mixedtraptrap9130]

As you know, the sponsors of the competition are Israel, I think they reduced the jury's votes to prevent Ireland.

[@Róisín_of_the_Hawkeye]

​@@themetalmuse ❤️ One of my favourite episodes of Father Ted ever. That and The Hairy Baby episode. Comedy Gold 😂 Neil Hannon from an excellent band at the time called The Devine Comedy, wrote My Lovely Horse especially for that episode. Which makes it even funnier 🤣 He still sings it at gigs for the laugh. I have to do another Father Ted marathon again. Thanks for the reminder. And thank you so much for such a fantastic reaction video to Bambie. Much love 🫶

[@tiffimumpitz]

@@themetalmuse I just checked it out and: I know it is a joke - but I genuinely love this song! (which is also the perfect sentence to describe Eurovision, now that I think about it)

[@jesperbak1185]

This was a historic moment in eurovision. best performance and camera work ever in eurovision.

[@Yuuzas_Ei]

Just watching this now. I was excited for you to hear their scream. It gave me chills too!

[@themetalmuse]

So good right??

[@Yuuzas_Ei]

@@themetalmuse Honestly, that's what got me to watch Eurovision this year. After the semi-finals, they went viral...rightfully so, lol. Thanks for sharing your reaction

[@runawaygareth]

I legitimately found my new thing in Bambie as well. I'm a bit obsessed atm. They're so unbelievably fabulous. 😍

[@sonofmargit]

This was my favorite to win. It's perfection manifested 🔥

[@themetalmuse]

❤️

[@mltfkyu]

really hoping im able to get tickets to their tour, they are so amazing!!

[@malenaboy]

As a Eurovision fan half way around the world in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, I didn’t hear any of these entries until the week of the contest and fell in the love the first time I heard it. It’s one of the ear worms. I love the visuals.

[@themetalmuse]

Defo been looping in my brain!

[@tommimanninen2207]

The one you watched was their final peformance. I think Bambie’s semifinal performance was even more intense and ”give-it-all”, very unforgettable! My all time fav Esc performance!

[@themetalmuse]

I’ll check it out 🙌

[@tiffimumpitz]

I saw various videos by another person reacting and they reacted only to semi final videos. I noticed that those videos seem to be less "polished" soundwise, which personally I prefer. It made me feel "closer" to the artists, if that makes sense.

[@allenbrandt6894]

They are phenomenal! I’ve watched their performance numerous times and I’m still finding new things I haven’t seen before. I love it.

[@themetalmuse]

❤️

[@catrionacolville2192]

You should watch Gåte's performance at this year's contest with Ulveham. It's folk metal. Qualified but came last in the final. But it was my 12 points this year.

[@Bertoweho]

Fucking amazing performance! She was so good!

[@BlakeNichol]

This video has made me fall in love with your channel. You're an icon

[@themetalmuse]

❤️❤️❤️❤️🫶🫶🫶🫶

[@retromojito]

Great reaction! You should also check out Bambie's song Tsunami, it's brilliant!! They're such a talent and I am so glad to have discovered them through Eurovision. The contest is such a brilliant platform for artists to get the recognition worldwide that they deserve. Absolute art on stage! (ps: your eye makeup is lush!)

[@themetalmuse]

I will and thank you! I’m addicted to Pat McGrath right now.

[@martileah]

I agree Tsunami is fabulous that ending with that explosive percussion is such a liberating thud on repeat, but I love the Gothic romance and pale wasted passion of "Love Bites" ( gives me Goosebumps and a brimming eye. I love the video

[@kelvinfrancisco7162]

great reaction! gained a follower 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@themetalmuse]

Welcome aboard!

[@Nuno_Pereira]

yess!! Crown the Witch!

[@MelodiaTodoElDia]

Best performance in the history of Eurovision!

[@LiciWilliams]

Crown the witch! 🖤👑

[@themetalmuse]

👸👸👸👸

[@samcleary5719]

i’m so proud to be Irish right now 💚🤍🧡

[@patoshannessy3775]

Why? Because of this creepy ghoul?

[@ESC_ChrisM]

I'm with you - So so so damn proud!! This is Ireland getting with the times. Amazing effort from Bambie's whole team, and also the RTE team, especially Michael Kealy (HoD) who gave Bambie and their team so much creative and expressive freedom, as well as huge support when the negative stuff was going on in the background, despite such a limited budget. Love love love!! One of the best all round Eurovision performances of all time. It will be remembered for years to come - it was the talk of Malmo during Eurovision week - I was with Greeks, Norwegians, Germans, Bulgarians, Brits, Dutch, Armenians, Spanish, Latvians and more, and every single one, including those who didn't even like the song at all, wanted Ireland to win after seeing the first rehearsal and the first semi final - both in the arena and watching on screen. More of this please Ireland - love how many references to our pagan roots there are in the song and the symbolism. We want our 8th win and this is a huge step in the right direction :) 💚🤍🧡

[@kxtulapsi]

@@patoshannessy3775don't be a prick, ghouls are cool!

[@telekouti]

I am Greek and I am happy the Irish sent the Witch.

[@ESC_ChrisM]

What in the Buddhist god of peace are you on about? Art is art. Appreciate it, or not, it’s subjective , but don’t force your religious beliefs on others

[@borsak7]

Insane performance!

[@themetalmuse]

💯

[@najrenchelf2751]

Also, the winning entry (The Code by Nemo for Switzerland) is definitely listen worthy :) *it's not rock or metal by any means, but it's really good also

[@themetalmuse]

I have just reacted to it. Editing it now 😁

[@austejajurkynaite9719]

Everytime she screamed it almost brought me to tears, that's when I knew she would be my personal winner this year or in a long time

[@themetalmuse]

🫶🫶

[@caolankelly7047]

Ireland did amazing because of bambie! Going to see them on tour in Dublin!

[@themetalmuse]

I just saw them last night in Glasgow! EPIC!!!

[@onomatopoetisk]

At the quick run through of all the songs at the live show, Ireland delegation chose the bit with the diabolical scream at the end. Loved that. 😂

[@lissarennie87]

The lyrics, the dance moves, the stage presence, the camera work…it was pure art

[@themetalmuse]

💯🫶

[@Haathaters]

This was so good 😮

[@themetalmuse]

💯❤️👌

[@Haathaters]

@@themetalmuseI loved how you began to smile when the song became even more interesting 😍❤️‍🔥

[@dannyslifevlogs5035]

6th in Eurovision is acc good our best result in 24 years

[@themetalmuse]

I remember when you guys kept winning so much you entered with My Lovely Horse and got robbed.

[@amberlinton7919]

Lord of the Lost was German's contribution last year, they made it to Final , but were last. I loved it!! Try a review of their song Blood and Glitter :) ! Haha I Love Bambi, she killed it at and made 6th place ! I just found you because of them. I am a huge Eurovision fan and Metal fan .

[@themetalmuse]

I’ve reacted to them before and their Blood and Glitter video. It’s much better live.

[@Packager]

G'day, Dom. Just curious to know if you've sussed out Australia's Eurovision song from a few years back... by a synthpop/progressive-metal band named Voyager? Voyager's frontman, Danny Estrin, had loved Bambie Thug's performance that much of the night of Eurovision's final (giving the track a full-on twelve points), but it unfortunately didn't get there - although Doomsday Blue did well in Australia's soul - mine, in particular. Anyway, Voyager had composed a classic upbeat/borderline metal piece for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, named 'Promise'. The band finished up strongly in ninth position. Worthwhile checking out.

[@clementgiraudo8584]

Hi ! Bambie Thug did a wonderful performance! They are *chef's kiss*. Also, you should react to Lordi "Hard Rock Hallelujah", they won Eurovision with a Hard Rock song !!

[@coollakshman]

The energy in their music is like a sonic hurricane that engulfs you. I now need to see you react on Nick Thurl's new song end up dead 😍

[@HoerspieleDeutschland]

Nice. Very nice 👍🏻

[@themetalmuse]

Thank you 👍

[@DenisKeenan]

Just FYI - Bambie identifies as they/them. And yes please - do Baby Lasagna (Croatia) - that's his stage name.

[@themetalmuse]

👍

[@patoshannessy3775]

Nobody sane cares.

[@allterraindummy]

@@patoshannessy3775 Why on earth would I respect the opinion of a *sane* person?

[@patoshannessy3775]

@@allterraindummy You tell me.

[@TomageDB]

Bambie does NOT identify as they/them but identifies as non-binary (whatever that means) and want others to use they/them pronouns.

[@Lyraxhaze]

This is my favorit entry on Eurovision, ever.. F... ing awesome.. You should watch official video too..

[@themetalmuse]

I just did and love it

[@Lyraxhaze]

@@themetalmuse l love your reaction... I would like to see you reacting to their Tsunami video. 😜😁

[@petersinnott2114]

Bambi class as witch 🧙‍♂️ great song to

[@themetalmuse]

Amazing song!

[@lethalito]

I loved your reaction thanks 😀 I'd love you to do more reactions to Bambie Thug 😊 Songs like Tsunami, Egregore etc

[@IndianTee]

Great reaction, thank you

[@themetalmuse]

☺️☺️☺️

[@stefannemeth9582]

I was in Dublin at that time 😅 IT was awesome

[@themetalmuse]

😁😁😁

[@charlieh8111]

Saw Bambi at Download this weekend just gone. She's bloody brilliant!'

[@themetalmuse]

You finally mud free?

[@charlieherron-qh2zy]

Haha I mat never be mud free! I'm honestly surprised that my wellies didn't disintegrate beneath the many layers of mud, but on the bright side it was a good work out

[@themetalmuse]

😂😂😂 I’ve seen so many videos and news side people got food poisoned 🤮

[@IrishUnicornxx]

They not her

[@charlieherron-qh2zy]

Woops my bad. Cheers for highlighting, still think they are brilliant 😁

[@quackson3930]

Bambie did incredible abd represented irish people, pagan people and trans people with a lot of grace and strenght 💕 It was a little demoralising to see all the extreme christians and anti trans anti pagan people trashing them all week during eurovision but seeing the final score, 6th place, really shows that there is a place for the goths, the pagans, the queers and the freaks on eurovision 😭💜

[@themetalmuse]

Yeah someone keeps calling them a satanist in the comments here too, it’s just so medieval.

[@themetalmuse]

@@metardis1670 but what if you bypass father and just ask mom? What’s her take? I hear she’s not like other moms, she’s a cool mom. 😎

[@TaraBaileyTgirl]

their tour crown the witch was announced today!! first saw them a couple years back opening for wargasum in Manchester. if you dig the witchy stuff check out their song "necromancy"

[@themetalmuse]

Guess who got tickets to Glasgow 😮

[@somebodyin_universe3288]

It's very impressive and thrilling.

[@robertpetre9378]

Bambi thug is bringing goth witch goblin back

[@themetalmuse]

Yas 👏

[@ERICLEOKANE]

You got your witchy wish, Bambie has announced their tour dates.

[@themetalmuse]

Yassssss

[@logi-a]

Eurovision has been completely changing since 2019 after hatari went to Eurovision (also you should react to harari - hatrið mun sigra if you haven’t already). Hatari really opened the gates for songs like this

[@themetalmuse]

I’ll check em out.

[@Eva-mp7xg]

I don't think it was Hatari being the trendsetter, before him: 2006 - Lordi won 2018 - Hungary sent AWS - Viszlat nyar, which is a proper metal core song performed by a band.

[@logi-a]

@@Eva-mp7xg lordi didn’t really set a trend though since there weren’t really any similar songs afterwards and Hungary didn’t get a good result so I doubt many looked up to them as a sight of being able to do well

[@logi-a]

@@Eva-mp7xg also who knows, maybe Finland 2015 were the true treandsetters since, why not 💀

[@stellaomera8489]

this was one of the best performance in my opinion and i getting goosepumps everytime i seeing this !!!! barbie thug makes a freakin good job !!! she deserve all the love fr fr

[@themetalmuse]

Agree 👍

[@dimman16]

They.

[@margaretfox4808]

They also do an Intimate version of the song, which is brilliant also. Please check it out. 👍

[@ross3202]

😊 definitely listen to bambies version of Zombie - the cranberries. A very creepy but excellent cover!

[@themetalmuse]

I'll check it out!

[@S.erwinsdottir]

I voted for Ireland! I loved them.

[@themetalmuse]

👍🙌

[@cameronrosemorgan7510]

If u look out the window at 0:55 it looks like there are people in historical clothing walking past😂

[@themetalmuse]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@G3an]

I think you'd enjoy Scarlet - Cirkus X that was a contender for the swedish eurovision this year, but they didn't even make it to the swedish finals, which is a bloody atrocity. They were so good, also right up ur alley! Peace from swe

[@themetalmuse]

🫶🫶

[@Cocoleleworld]

Ty for watching this me irish so i am so proud that u like that music video❤

[@themetalmuse]

Oh honey, I didn’t like this video. I loved it.

[@ОльгаЕрёменко-ь9х]

Спасибо за реакцию, она полностью совпала с моей ❤👏. Я почувствовала восхищение, потрясение, счастье от роскошного представления. Бэмби - прекрасная молодая артистка.

[@themetalmuse]

Very much so! Can’t wait to see them live soon.

[@ОльгаЕрёменко-ь9х]

@@themetalmuse Классно. Наверное, ты пойдёшь на концерт этой группы? О песнях Евровидения в этом году.. Они были настолько разные в этом году, что их можно описать прилагательными из состояний разных предметов. Например, тёплый, чёрный, громкий, страстный, высокий, добрый, и так далее :) Песня победителя этого года - просто услада для ушей. Немо (кстати, как и Бэмби) смешал кучу стилей и предложил нам невероятно вкусный "салат". Рекомендую тебе, хоть это не твой профиль.

[@Karaddar]

Bambie has just announced a tour. Check it out.

[@themetalmuse]

🙌👍

[@PoeticDream]

There are other 2 rock/metal entries for eurovision this year from Norway and San Marino. You may like those as well. Especially Norway, it's more like a metal/folk metal song with some insane vocals.

[@tonyttt31]

6th out of 37 songs is good enough for me.

[@Berndr]

I loved it... but there were lots of people protesting against it , specifically, religious people found it offensive, it seems they don't get it, it is just fictional lore and fun, not to be taken seriously ...

[@itanalang]

I don't get it either. We watch far worse things in movies and tv shows, not to mention ACTUAL horrors happening in the world by ACTUAL humans. People really need to burst the bubble they are livining in.

[@themetalmuse]

Really?

[@themetalmuse]

So weird this upset people?

[@ESC_ChrisM]

The extreme religious people, or even non-extreme but have strong faith in their own specific, most likely organised ,religion to the extent that any other religion or belief system seems false or illegitimate to them, were against for, in my view, misguided reasons. The song, particularly the symbols, visual aspects etc, are rooted in Celtic paganism, which in a lot of respects has similarities to Christianity, and indeed in order for Celts to be converted to Christianity a number of symbols had to be carried over from paganism to increase acceptance of Christianity in the first place. Many of the symbols in Ireland that we have for jewellery, even gravestinesm crosses etc are originally pagan symbols. It's not even anti-Christian, it just pre-dates Christianity and does not believe in the same Christian figures on an island where belief systems were rooted in nature and the natural world. People who believe it's satanism and consider it negatively because of this: 1. Don't understand the song, the symbols in the visuals, the aesthetics and the meaning of the lyrics 2. Don't understand that paganism is part of many different cultures pre-dating organised religion, specifically Christianity in this case, and is displayed in many different ways or under different names, Christians will often use the term 'pagan' or 'satanist' interchangeably to demonise the 'other' or an 'adversary' because they can't relate or understand that person's belief (or sometimes non-belief) system, and 3. Don't seem to understand that pre-christianity belief systems of all different kinds and types have fed into a lot of Christian beliefs, e.g. celebrating those who have died at certain times of the year, often falling into the period when the earth itself seems to be dying (e.g. autumn, leaves falling off trees, darkness arriving earlier etc). The three leafed clover (shamrock), which they take as three pillars of Christianity, when in fact they were representative to Celtic pagans as protection, luck and love, or faith, hope and love depending on the intepretation. In general, if we look at religions across the world, many of them have roots in ancient belief systems of ancestors which they used to understand the world around them when there were seemingly no explanations for phenomena that occurred in different parts of the globe.

[@SigmaLibra]

Also this is pretty scary, and Eurovision is supposed to be family-friendly, so a lot of parents were probably not happy that Ireland decided to traumatize their small children right before bedtime.

[@padjo12]

What's so funny is her background is all pretty

[@avaplayz2687]

This song was so scary and awesome at the same time

[@themetalmuse]

😁😁😄

[@GeoNeilUK]

Bambie Thug was an absolute force of nature, my heart's torm between them and (because I have different tastes to you) the Armenian lead singer who is absolutely adorable. I do get the feeling that if that Irish dancer was to walk into your room looking like that you'd be all "...what husband...? ...what boyfriend...? I... I'm... single me I am!" I do wish Portugal had sent Maria João with Dia to Malmo. That song was a delightful mix of Bjork, Nina Hagen and the sort of joyful insanity that makes Eurovision for me! Also, a shame Norway came last with a song that you might like but Bambie Thug stole all the thunder from.

[@singundertherose]

One of my best friends said to me, before the first semi final started, that he figured the Irish entry would be on my list of faves, and boy howdy was he right. Not knowing at all what to expect, from literally the opening notes of the instrumental, I was going “👀😀 okayyyy…” and then the lyrics kicked in and those visuals, and I was on pins and needles freaking out like “HOLY SHIT, THIS IS AMAZING”. Their vocals were admittedly not the best vocal performance of this year, but considering the choreo, that’s understandable, and also, I think the somewhat shaky vocals in the chorus and bridge worked super well for the lyrical content. I just… GAH, I love Bambie Thug’s entry so much, it never gets old, and you should definitely check out their other music if you haven’t already, it’s so good 😁

[@themetalmuse]

Im seeing them live this year 🤘

[@TheMrFreeMan777]

какая красивая женщина🤩 музыкальный номер потрясающе красив и крут ! с любовью из 🇺🇦

[@majaharbig5326]

BT used real ritual in this perfomance, ..Many wicca , witch or pagan rituals historically started with drawn pentagram and circle around it After spell you can break the circle if you want. Pentagram and circle has meaning of highes protection but also highes vibrational power. It is some kind of shield for person who do the spell. after you did spell you can break the circle. Breaking the circle means that spell should be now released and realised in 3 D but also that all called entititis from another realms should go "home" after ritual is done and not staying on earth,.BT is great, very talented artist, awesome perfomance

[@themetalmuse]

🤘🫶 that’s awesome

[@jermuhh3359]

Getting into the top ten in Eurovision is like really good placement, and this year was a really strong. Other rock/metal entries that did really well in Eurovision in the past I would love to see you check out: Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah (2006 Winner) Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra (2019 10th place) Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni (2021 Winner) Also they didn't do that well but their performance was still amazing so I would definitely recommend Gåte - Ulveham from this year. As a Eurovision fan that enjoys multiple genres I'm really happy to see increasing variety in genres there are a lot of songs outside the pop mould that do really well.

[@ColmMcCann-uo6ci]

6th out of 37 songs is a great result

[@themetalmuse]

Just saw them last night in Glasgow, she should have been top 3. They are amazing live.

[@ColmMcCann-uo6ci]

@@themetalmuse I see them on Halloween night in Dublin. So many of us will be dressed up!

[@murtbuggy1]

Check out their song ....Careless.

[@themetalmuse]

🙏🙏🙏

[@AJ2804P]

Something sort of like this you potentially could like is Justyna from Poland’s National Final this year.

[@themetalmuse]

I’ll check it out

[@donmah06]

ah, bambie thug has just announced 2024 tour dates!!

[@neontricity]

You should also listen to Tsunami (11:11) and Egregore by Bambie!! They are both equally good if not better than Doomsday Blue.

[@themetalmuse]

I will ❤️

[@Sombre_gd]

Out of all ESC 2024 songs, you can also check Slovenian's entry - "Veronika" by Raiven. It is a song about a Slovenian woman who was (falsely) accused of witchcraft in the Middle Ages. Also Czech entry had a lot of 80s goth-rock vibes.

[@kurmanska]

Oh my god, Alina Pash and Bambie Thug did a collab 🇺🇦🇮🇪🤍

[@Talvi_Sota]

It was such a great performance, ngl. I hate to see how under almost every video with Bambi, people are hating them so much, saying all kinds of weird stuff about satanism like.....first of all, its celtic paganism and secondly.....its art. Art is meant to leave an impression. I simply love the uniqueness of the song and the performance

[@garyhutton2654]

I thought u were from Ireland then u realised your from beautiful Scotland ❤️

[@themetalmuse]

❤❤❤

[@ytcag2007]

Hey Dom, hope you're well. Just a quick FYI in case you didn't know, Nightwish released the first single off their new album "Yesterwynde", pronounced yesterwind, to be released September 20th. The song is called "Perfume of the Timeless" and the video was uploaded on the 21st. Hope to see your reaction to it. ❤️

[@themetalmuse]

I do and have reacted but the video is being edited 😅

[@ytcag2007]

@@themetalmuse Gotcha! I'll be looking out for it. ❤️

[@jacklovejoy5290]

There has been metal before at Eurovision, there maNga with We Could Be the Same, Lordi with Hard Rock Hallelujah (which straddles the rock/metal border), Dark Side by Blind Channel, Blood and Glitter by Lord of the Lost, Zitti e Buoni by Maneskin (border of glam metal and rock), Viszlat Nyar by AWS, Apocalyptica was an interval act at one point, In Your Dreams by Wig Wam was definitely more on the Glam Metal side, Hatrið mun sigra by Hatari was more industrial metal, Higher Ground by Rasmussen, even Rasmus turned up with Jezebel (which deserved far better than it got). There's usually at least one rock or metal act per year and it usually does well

[@themetalmuse]

Yeah but what’s better than some metal? MORE METAL 🤘