Gåte - Ulveham | Norway 🇳🇴 | Eurovision 2024 (REACTION)

[@jenspettersen7837]

I think the "oriental" you referred to is what is called an "kulokk" or cattle call that the female herders used in Norway to call on their cattle. It was done this way so that the call would echo between the mountains to the cattle.

[@zimon85]

In Sweden we call it ”kulning”. Really awesome to hear. Hejja Norge! 💪🏻

[@ShadeOnTheUtube]

Absolutely, I was about to comment on it as well, that he might have been referring to her Trøndelag dialect, but this makes a lot more sense.

[@ingridhagerup9626]

it's folk.

[@ToxicSkullFear]

Gåte is just another sweet piece of Norway.

[@laumab5374]

I was in tears when I heard this song fully. Very beautiful and authentic.

[@quattro4s]

Every time I hear Ulveham from Gåte a got chills and tears. It is very sensational song with a truly unique rhythm

[@pskatoy]

One of the best things about having Gåte taking part in eurovision is that so many new people get to experience them. THey are such a great band, if you want to react to more of them might I recommend their breakthrough single for way back in the 90s. The song is called "Sjå attende" or perhapsone of my faves? The song "Svarteboka" featuring Djerv on guest vocals

[@ristoravela652]

If someone likes this song, I would just recommend the new album, it's actually quite good. (Speaking as an old fan.)

[@ilyastoltz]

100% agree! Svarteboka is one of my favourite too

[@susannewalle4143]

Theres a full version of the song available as well. They had to shorten it for the competition. The text is an old tale about a beautiful girl whose stepmom turns her into a wolf and sends her into the woods. The only way to break the spell is for the girl to drink the blood of her brother. In the end she kills her stepmother who turned out to be pregnant, so she actually drinks her brothers blood at the same time and the spell is broken 😅🇳🇴

[@MJODENG]

🇳🇴 A Masterpiece from Gåte 🇳🇴

[@JoanMaddie]

Enjoying your reaction. The beginning of the song is not Oriental, it is a typical old Norwegian calling for the cattle to gather.

[@elisabethstermo9396]

I have never been a fan of Eurovision, but this year I have a special feeling. 😅 Best regards from Norway 🇳🇴

[@elowyn9664]

It's deep and dark and organic. The band is mind blowing and the singer is like a fairy of the woods.

[@NezyVenus]

Thank you so much for this reaction! The singer actually sang at my cousins wedding when she was young, and my uncle helped the band getting started financially. My family was at the edge of their seats during the finale! They're amazing

[@AreGulbrandsen]

The opening is an old traditional norwegian herding call, which is developed in the chorus.

[@elinsynnve2610]

Just EPIC, winner vibes...

[@steinarhatlen2622]

I am from Norway. And Gåte is my favorite as well LOL. Even though I've decided that I don't like this kind of music. This song, however is different. You can feel when the punch kicks in. Amazing. Her voice is just fantastic. And as you said, this music will stand out.

[@annehyden1088]

the song has one thousand years roots in norwegian folklore and music, - and the chorus is a KULOKK, as some have explained here is when the cattle is call on by the maiden to come to her.

[@lillm6874]

Thanks for this awesome reaction Alex🤘 I’m so glad we’re sending Gåte to Malmö, they’re an amazing live band😍🤘

[@ukrainiansintallinn]

This song from Gate 🇸🇯 is SUPER HIT exactly 👍

[@dianabalkena1513]

OMG such big competitor to other countries!

[@Sesse201230]

The best line you can take from this song is "I will never be holy and good" Its a song about ceeping your female stranght thru all difficuties, the lyrich are briliand, believe me!! :D As her voice!

[@magnusio5292]

Love your info and explanation put in here!! Great reaction, have high hopes for may! Greetings from Norway! :D

[@elisavalero9604]

It's not just a very good song. I like separate instruments, that traditional instruments and current ones are used together and, above all, that they sing in their own language and feel proud of their origins and are not forced to sing in English, as happens to many bands. That's why I love Nordic groups so much.

[@bjorkeskog]

Great reaction video...enjoyed it a lot. Nice with the English translated lyrics

[@vadlasletta]

Norwegian vocal folk music has a things in common with middle eastern ornamentation ofwhen singing but also the use of nature tones rather than the western musical scale that this song uses.

[@henningmathiassen412]

They have won already. They have used ESC as a showcase and will be attractive to a large audience if they decide to have a tour.

[@Atlas_Redux]

What are you talking about? Gåte has been around for nearly 25 years and constantly does tours. They're not some unknown obscure band, they're incredibly huge and successful.

[@henningmathiassen412]

@@Atlas_Redux Yes, in Norway. And they have not been on constantly since they started. ESC is more of a door opener!

[@Arbaaltheundefeated]

@@Atlas_Redux As a Norwegian who never heard of them before the contest started... Can't have been THAT huge that participating in ESC won't lift them considerably.

[@Atlas_Redux]

@@Arbaaltheundefeated There literally was talk about Gåte being too established for EV, you dork.

[@wia6337]

The song is based on a 1000 year old poem

[@Atlas_Redux]

Which is illegal for Eurovision entries, and they had to rewrite the song.

[@tor-atlekindsbekken8220]

@@Atlas_Redux No, it's not illegal as long as it's not licensed material. This 1000 year old "poem" isn't and EBU actually approved the original lyrics... but the Norwegian TV deceided to rewrite the lyrics anyway to avoid "fuzz" about it ;-)

[@elisavalero9604]

I agree with you.

[@lottatroublemaker6130]

The pronunciation is «Gaw-teh»!!! The «å» is pronounced «aw» (or «au», as in «aussie») and the «e» as «eh» (as the «e» in «Sedona»), not «ee». Until around a hundred years ago, the «å» was written «aa» rather than using the «å» letter, which is why many of our names have «aa» in them and «aa» written in nynorsk or bokmål (the two most common written languages) are pronounced «aw»/«å». 🤗🇳🇴 The chorus of the song it’s been said is inspired by old times «kulokk»/«kulokking» - short tunes the maidens who were taking care of the animals on pasture in the mountains during the summer (and making cheese etc. from the milk) used to get the animals back in for milking in the evenings.

[@SailingMayhem]

Not oriental at all - Norwegians traditional folk Tones. Indeed my clear favoritt as well

[@Youtube_Stole_My_Handle_Too]

å in Gåte sounds like oh in English. The special Norwegian letters are not the least mysterious. The Norwegian alphabet actually has a letter for every sound in the language. ø sounds like ea in learn and æ sounds like a in hack. Remarkable, isn't it? English would be blessed by adopting the Norwegian alphabet.

[@bosspoke]

Actually I wouldnt say that å sounds like oh, it sounds more like the vowel sound in the word clock.

[@Youtube_Stole_My_Handle_Too]

@@bosspoke That's because you're from the south. You don't count.

[@evanaturopata]

Qué esta maravillosa obra de arte haya quedado en último lugar en el festival de Eurovisión 2024 ya nos dice lo que pasa en ese festival está apañado como siempre entre los cuatro de Centroeuropa y la política europea😅

[@helgeolsen8698]

Ulveham - Volf in sheeps clothes. Gåte - Riddle, fairytale and so on

[@evykollerud4853]

You know that Angelina Jordan is Norwegian. We have many musikans tha is cool. AHA- and many more...🎉

[@runeotto]

In this song wolf shape is more right, then skin.

[@patrick40592]

Where have you found this translated video clip? Cant find it

[@diegovalera5377]

01 Norway 02 Italy 03 Spain from Spain.

[@rojohan]

You should listen to "JYGRI" album from Gåte, she is 15 years and has a stunning voice :)

[@Stranglethroat]

Wolfskin yes, but more in the meaning of.... wearing a wolf's skin. Being transformed into a wolf

[@thessy85]

Its a very dark text and old. Im prowed🇳🇴. But sad they have to take away the text, some stupid people say they canånt use it becouse its over 1000 year old medieval ballad. They have to make a new text, its sooo sad 😢. She sings- I was a fare and thin maisen. With a stepmother evil,my mother died She turned me into a sword and a needle And send me off to the king's court And my stepmother's anger felt the most When everyone food liked me the best She gave me a wolf gray fur She swore I would walk alone in the forest And I will never be whole and well Before I drink my brother's blood

[@royborg6455]

"Gåte" means "Riddle"

[@ladythalia227]

It could also mean enigma. Riddle isn’t the only translation

[@AudunWangen]

Å"" is pronounced similar to the "au"/"ou" in "caught" and "thought". "Ø" is pronounced like like the "u" in "burn" or the "i" in "bird". "Æ" is pronounced like the "a" in "mass" and "bad". Såo ther ju hæv it. Inglish hæs the nååwidjen lettørs tuu 😂 I don't think this is the best by Gåte. They have a lot of great songs.

[@harriethanssen570]

It means wolf skinwalker. Gåte means riddle

[@ladythalia227]

Gåte also means Enigma

[@evahelen3511]

Many people are not aware of what she actually sings, which in my opinion is a cruel text from the old days and i dont like it and i am from Norway. The text copied from newspaper: She summarizes "Ulveham", based on an old medieval ballad, as the story of an evil stepmother who casts a curse on her stepdaughter - who turns into a wolf running in the forest forever. She only loses her wolf's hide if she drinks her own brother's blood. "There will be a kind of happy - but cruel - ending when she meets the stepmother on horseback in the forest, throws herself at her, rips out her heart and drinks the blood. Because the stepmother is pregnant with her brother - thereby the curse is lifted.

[@susielund1030]

Will not win eurovision.... Ukraine song huge odds favourites

[@Eva-mp7xg]

@@Atlas_Redux Unpartial judges 🤣😂🤣😂

[@bosspoke]

@@Atlas_Redux Ukraine is good, it is the only other country so far that I think would be worthy of winning. Norway ofcource is better but Ukraine is definetely not bad.

[@bosspoke]

@@Atlas_Redux I disagree. Although you can't really say from an objective stand when it comes to songs. Even the worst songs in my mind can be the greatest songs in your mind. It is all subjective. Doesn't matter if a "majority" likes a song, it's still not objectively the best song. Nor is the least popular song the objectively worst song.

[@bosspoke]

@@Atlas_Redux Sorry, I don't hear what you hear.

[@bosspoke]

@@Atlas_Redux Ok, if you say so