🇫🇮 One Morning Left "Puppy" REACTION & ANALYSIS | UMK🇫🇮 | Eurovision 2025

[@ep-rk2gn]

As an owner of a 4-month-old puppy, I must say that it captures the puppy energy so perfectly: cute and aggressive at the same time. And the pile of sleeping puppies for the outro was chef's kiss.

[@vanyalandos]

This song is finlanding 🐶🇫🇮

[@santerieurovision]

@@vanyalandos And that's the problem...

[@MarteIl0]

@santerieurovision the negativity isn't appreciated

[@santerieurovision]

@@MarteIl0 there is no negativity

[@Sinivalkoseepra-yz1ke]

I absolutely love this, with a passion! 🤩 It's the only one of the entries so far I have actually wanted to listen to again and again. I was pretty sure I would like the song since it has Kiro producing it, and it didn't disappoint! This type of music seems to be exactly my thing nowadays, something heavier mixed with awesome electronic beat. I am not sure if this is what we should send to Eurovision this year, but I don't care if it goes or not. I just LOVE that this is in UMK, because I probably would have not discovered this otherwise. I very very selectively add anything to my playlists (the past year I have only had Käärijä and Joost Klein there), but this one will deffo go there.

[@tappytoeclaws2233]

It's an earworm and it's delightfully weird. Even if it's not my favorite I'm glad that Finland has stuff like this in UMK. Whole contest is better for it.

[@tanjanikola9489]

Totally agree... ! And it will be great live!

[@DaisyBomber]

As a Finn I'm so conflicted 😅 this might be my favorite song so far because it's definitely interesting, but idk if I want us to send a third song in a row that relies on a joke of some kind. But then again so far I haven't really liked any of this year's songs enough to want them to win

[@EmB856]

This is exactly my type of weird and I love it. They’ve toured with Blind Channel and opened for Electric Callboy and I was really looking forward to it. They definitely deliviered! I can't get enough.

[@tony0930]

2024: Meow cat, please meow back 2025: PUPPYYYYYYY

[@in_wino_veritas]

As a cat person, I prefer the former, lol.

[@EvitaOlivia]

@@in_wino_veritas as a dog person (and a finnish person), i still prefer the former lol. I think puppy is unfunny, shallow and lazy

[@John-sm6qr]

You are by far the best esc reactor, thank you Tom. I love this entry ❤️ Accepting that it won't be everyone's cup of tea though . As you said ; people should be less mean when commenting on the ESC entries and especially on songs they don't like . In s world where you can be anything - be kind

[@kv6uf]

It says a lot about a person and their life, if they want to focus on being mean. They unfortunately have a very little circle. But it's not our worry, so carry on! 😄

[@florenna]

I was awaiting your reaction to this most ;D Funny, at the first listen this sounded to me mostly screaming (even though I like metal, but not screamo), but with several listens, I've actually discovered a nice melody at the back of it all, and it seems much more complex a composition than I first thought. By now, about 16 hours since I first heard it, I already feel this is *epic!* And also very addictive ;D

[@ESCTom]

ITS LIVING IN MY HEAD

[@Bakellsoni]

You are so right about the community, it feels like the hating is _the_ most important thing to many people. I dont want to go blueskye anymore bc i just dont want all that negativity in my head.

[@ESCTom]

yep, they should just say they dont like it once and then move on

[@kierannelson2581]

@@Bakellsoni I also feel that a song that does well often needs a section of hate.

[@TheLatokuivaaja]

I don't so much care for the song (what can I do, I'm a cat person lol), but the funniest detail to me personally, is that they had the codename Ryhmä Hau (literally Troop Wuff, which is the Finnish name for Paw Patrol) in the internal YLE stuff until the artists were revealed publicly.

[@verneri1032]

@@TheLatokuivaaja Henri Pispanen is a voice actor in Paw Patrol too😂

[@sirimono]

Troop Wuff is the best thing I have read in a few days. I wish it was called Troop Wuff instead Paw Patrol in Germany 😂

[@adelen6379]

If you showed me that and asked who is it from I'd immediately say " It's Finland !" LOL Finns have the most metal bands per capita in the whole world . This song is getting reactions from everyone and their dog, and that's what you want for your song . Thumbs up from me !

[@anita.z.maslem]

I love this song so much, it's sooo playful and energetic :D I hope this song will go to the Eurovision

[@ullarajala4784]

That was a fun and humorous reaction video!

[@ESCTom]

🫶🏻

[@vjollila96]

we could have had somethibg like this in 2022 from germany with electric callboy but they disgarded them for national final for not being *radio friendly'' enough and seeing the spotify streams vs any other german natiional finalist of the year and after (maybe even combined) its clear it was a mistake This feels like next best thing

[@ArianesDrawingPH]

This is might be 90% change to send in contest by the Public vote but let's wait for the live version.

[@hannaforsman3996]

My interpretation of the song is that the lyrics represent the owner, who loves the puppy endlessly, and the music part represents the puppy in the rascal age, destroying furniture, shoes and whatnot, causing total chaos. And this combination is so genious! I love it!🐶❤️

[@e_la_cumbia_della_noia]

@hannaforsman3996 oh god...🤦‍♀️

[@ladyfreyj4]

Apparently the puppy's name is Fernando. Papi papi? 😄As of current, the music video has been released roughly 23 hours ago. It has now 169 000 views, which is more than Costee. And for just the first day, it probably has gained more views than any other video (by now). In Finland, opinions are 50/50. Love it, or hate it. It's the UMK show that will probably wake up people who are snoozing on sofas. A nightmare or a winner.

[@konstantinosvoultsopoulos8763]

OH I AM A PUPPY LOVER FOR SURE!!

[@polmarin06]

WINNERSS

[@jonisuominen7836]

As a Finn, I somewhat enjoy the song, but I am starting to get tired of us sending stuff like this year after year. It's either heavier music or humour or both. Starts to get old at some point. I would prefer that we send something actually different, but I can live with this choice.

[@maciejmaciejowski3635]

At least Finland became since 2021 a significant contender at ESC that people love and are excited about. People at least people associate your contry at ESC with something, I can't say the same about mine (Poland XD). And actually all the songs you've send over past few years are very diffetent from each others.

[@PauloCesarLira5]

YES! I agree so much. As much as I enjoy No rules I was REALLY hoping for it not to win, because Paskana would be so different from Cha Cha Cha, it shows variety. Look at Portugal with Saudade saudade, Ai coração and Grito, or at Serbia with In corpore sano, Samo mi se spava and Ramonda, or Slovenia with Disko, Carpe Diem and Veronika. I personally enjoy when you get to see the musical variety of a country through ESC. From Sweden we just get pop in English. From Cyprus we rarely get something that's not trying to be Eleni Foureira 2.0. So I'm completely on board with you, as fun as this is I'm REALLY hoping it's not picked, because Finland would start to look like a one-trick pony.

[@in_wino_veritas]

I get what you're saying. Something else in the mix would be great, or at least a rock song or joke entry performed by a woman. But this year's UMK seems to be conceptualized in a way that would make it hard for anyone else than them (or maybe Erika Vikman) to win.

[@Zakarias89]

This is so disimilar to your last year

[@PoderdoCosmos]

I just love this so much.

[@berlineczka]

Yeah, your deduction of the vocals was spot on. Basically, the dirty vocals are the ones with a lot of distortion, usually based on screaming techniques, growling, extreme vocal fry. The clean singer usually sings the melody, and does so in standard voice, maybe with some belting or twang, but nothing extreme. That's what the other singer is for. The distinction originated in orchestral/gothic metal - these bands usually had an "angelic" singer (most often a classically trained female voice) and a 'devilish" one (most often growling male singer). Having "designated" singers is also very popular in all the -core genres, metalcore, dancecore, electrocore. You need more than one singer anyway to deliver the powerful songs live, and there are people that are better at certain types of singing (also, constant switching between techniques takes a toll on one's cords - it's both technically hard to do and very easy to injure yourself). There are only few singers that constantly switch like it's nothing, e.g. Tatiana Shmayluk from Jinjer.

[@ESCTom]

wow awesome background, thank you for that 🙏🏻

[@berlineczka]

@@ESCTom Glad to serve! (And as a rock gal, happy to hear harder genres in ESC too)

[@minna3845]

Such a mayhem. People are calling it a joke number I guess but if so it's my kind of humor. Last year just didn't cut it. This one keeps you captivated from the get go. Puppyyyy 🤘

[@mattw6740]

My favourite so far, but tbf I'd eat anything up that isn't a pop song. Feel like this song will be like marmite, you either love it or hate it.

[@patrickuotinen]

No, I don't love nor hate it. I feel lukewarm about it. On the positive note, it brings some variation to UMK.

[@MadameChristie]

I think the closest we got to hardcore at Eurovision was AWS

[@Leena79]

We've had four pop songs before this, and I haven't really felt that excited about them, despite of them being well-produced and well-performed. I like to be surprised, and with this, I was. This is my favourite so far, but the live performance will either make or break this.

[@liinukka3109]

The song is b.a.n.g.e.r. and a real earworm and sf good😁☺️👌💗💕 The fact is that Finland has never done well with a ballad at the ESC, n.e.ve.r. Thx for you reaction liked it sm🎉🔥🐕🫶

[@zanneoxfr3265]

best song so far, love it!!

[@alex_mlbas]

I enjoy this, I'm glad to have it in UMK. My N.1 is Nelly atm, but they are all so good!

[@ESCTom]

i literally have downloaded 4/5 songs, that is crazy

[@AnneMa_]

@@ESCTomwich one is not on your playlist? 🫢

[@ESCTom]

Costee 😭, sorry that does nothing for me

[@MH-cj9dz]

I guess you know what clean vs unclean ( screamo ) vocals mean now 😄 I love Puppy ! I'm not entirely sure if the Eurofans are ready for it though ...

[@lassesj200]

PUPPYYYYYYY!!! 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@lassesj200]

Eat your heart out, Who Let The Dogs Out?. This is my favourite song about dogs. As a cat person

[@kaisamandi4785]

This was actually also very well played and produced and they brought pure energy back to this years´s little bit tame UMK. If they succeed to bring enough funny elements to the live show this can even win. But Goldielocks and Erika Vikman are the artist I´m waiting the most. Goldielocks is a like 2025 European version of the Blondie and the songwriter/producer couple behind Erika Vikman´s song, Chisu and Jori Roosberg is real superduo. Chisu´s Sama nainen is maybe the greatest Finnish pop song in this Millenium and Jori was for example behind superpopular PMMP.

[@tallemajas]

I like it as a potential performance on the ESC stage, but I don't necessarily like listening to it, haha. I see what you mean about them and Erika both potentially sending something a bit cheeky and fun, but I think if Erika has a song like in 2020 it would outperform Puppy since it'd be a lot more accessible? It'll be fun to see!

[@ely03cassandra]

You’re so right, Tom. It’s horrible how many “fans” are going out of their way to hate on songs. To me those people aren’t true Eurovision fans. Should Puppy go to Eurovision for Finland, I won’t be that happy because I don’t like the song. However, it will be interesting to see how well the song will do. And I won’t go around bashing the song everywhere. That’s just disrespectful.

[@ESCTom]

yep 100% agree. of course its ok to not like some songs, but some fans bring it into bullying territory

[@ely03cassandra]

@ Yes, they target any fans of the song and bully them. It’s a nightmare. They rather just focus on their favourite songs. Why be a nasty person? We’re supposed to be united by music and not be separated by different music tastes.

[@MariaMariamuzieklove]

@@ely03cassandra It might be a crowd favourite. Personally I like Neva’s song better.

[@ely03cassandra]

@ Neva’s song is my favourite so far. 😍

[@MariaMariamuzieklove]

@ good luck 😘 a good song.

[@pupsiclips]

This has to win!

[@verneri1032]

Im conflicted because I want Finland to send something different, we haven’t sent a woman to Eurovision in ages.

[@Roosa612]

😁👍🏻💥🔥☄️🐶

[@janro8677]

I'm not usually a metal fan but I'm really enjoying this. The melody and electronic elements of the song really bring it to life for me. I can just imagine myself raving to it in the arena or at euroclub. I feel if Finland pick this then they'll do quite well. Probably not as well as Cha Cha Cha, but this will have it's fans. It's really bothering me at the minute that more than usual the community seems to be hating on songs that "aren't right for Eurovision" I feel any genre and any singer should be welcome. Girlbops and divas with power ballads are great, but a contest full of them would be boring haha

[@ESCTom]

yep i agree, some people make it their personality for the season to just constantly hate on some non-pop songs

[@sebastiaoalmeida7796]

That's not the point. The point is that any joke song automatically wins the UMK televote and shits on all other songs, and "Puppy" is a particularly cringy and lazy effort. The lyrics are particularly trite.

[@janro8677]

@@sebastiaoalmeida7796 It's also getting really frustrating having any song with the slightest bit of humour be automatically labelled as a joke. Maybe these "joke" songs are doing well in UMK because people like them? I know it's hard for some eurofans to believe... but their opinion isn't the only valid one here.

[@janro8677]

@@ESCTom It's just exhausting. Normally I wouldn't care if someone is complaining but when artists start getting hate for simply existing that's when it really gets to me haha

[@sebastiaoalmeida7796]

@@janro8677 the issue is not humor, ofc... Lots of songs with amazing humor (like Bitti Zdrava, or even Croatia 2024) are great. This is more a bad joke than humor, since it's too basic and cringy. Ofc, after last year's UMK winner disaster... Hope is small

[@barminmarvin]

I really likes the metalcore elements and the electrobridges. The barks I could have done without just bc this is a lot to take in as is. They will avenge Im sure the German snub of Electric Callboy in 2021.

[@in_wino_veritas]

Personally, I don't think they should have included barks, as I'm heavily afraid of dogs, but otherwise, it's a solid entry. At least it's something catchy and interesting.

[@willwillwin856]

I don't mind it being in Umk, definitely adds variety and shows off some of what finland is best at, however personally I hate it and would like finland to finally send a "normal" song perhaps in finnish because i feel like with how chaotic cha cha cha was we didnt get to enjoy the finnish element, in fact there hasn't been anything to show off the lovely language since 2012 but that song wasn't even in Finnish it was in swedish 😂

[@eurodara]

this song is also "normal" and Finland does badly with "normal" songs

[@willwillwin856]

@eurodara you know what I mean 😅 people don't like it when songs like this are called "joke" songs, so how else am I supposed to describe it? A song with lots of humour I suppose, and as Tom said in the video their best results have come with rock/out there songs, however I think they have some really good quality "normal" songs in their selection this time

[@Kamihami_]

Aina ❤

[@devenokearney8984]

Tom, is Sergio Jaen on the creative team at YLE or at Eurovision itself? 😮 Great asset either way.

[@BinaBausi-xf9vv]

This is my number 1 from the whole NF season so far.

[@maciejmaciejowski3635]

same

[@Xenia277]

My cats say I'm not allowed to listen to this. 😂 It gives me Electric Callboy vibes and I'm totally here for it! So far the best in UMK this year. Not too sure about how stale it will become by May, should they win UMK of course.

[@ThaGamingMisfit]

Thanks for remembering Viszlat nyar by AWS (Rest in peace), that was such a great song, I was so happy to hear metalcore in Eurovision ! I wished I could love this OML entry, but they try so hard to be 'recent' Electric Callboy and getting that metal/hard beats mix style of song for eurovision that all I feel is disappointment sadly. I wished it was way more original and not so wanting to be something specific, it could have been so much better ! I'm a huge Electric Callboy fan, and I can't enjoy this song that much sadly, happy to have some heavy guitars but yeah I wished it was a better song than just being the puppy instead of the meowcat from last year.

[@eurodara]

OML was in the scene way before Electric Callboy so who is trying to be who?

[@AnnaMaria-123]

Thank you for the analysis 🙂 I'm really hoping Erika has a good song this year 🙏🏻 Otherwise this will be 100% winner of UMK.

[@in_wino_veritas]

Every portion of it is already catchier than all of the other UMK songs so far. Ngl, this is definitely gonna qualify for the final. The only points of criticism I have: maybe there could be more verse lines. And the lyrics are maybe senseless, but it's a joke entry, so this is definitely done intentionally.

[@rinjoo3]

This is possibly going to be the most divisive song of the season, if the last 2 songs are not so epic that somehow average finnish people wont vote this to Eurovision 😆. Even finnish eurovision community is very divided about this. Some hate it either by being not their genre, or feel the song is too gimmick/cheap/similiar to Käärijä (same producer) and Electric callboy, and the other part loves it and is probably going to mass vote it if the last 2 songs are not enough powerfull. They said they would bring something to the stage that has never been seen in UMK. That could be something like the trampoline in Robin's performance (as before the lives, he also said he does something never seen before in UMK) or something totally out of the box. Or literally a dog box, idk lol. I have heard Erika's song might have some Ramstein influence though. If she is going to bring rock-ish song about sexuality, which is also epic banger, then there might be duel fight for the first time in modern UMK history with most votes being divided between two entries 😶‍🌫. Goldielocs could be asurprise, but since she is put between these two entries, that typically does not really suggest its the best song.

[@kristalaine1896]

Us Finns have this thing these days, that we send what we really want to, not what we think has a chance to win. I love this. Lyrics which aren't that difficult are stuck in my head. PUPPY!!! 🐶

[@tanjanikola9489]

Haha! It is exhausting to watch. This will be amazing in festivals, but juries would hate it, and a lot of countries would not feel it is accessible. It might qualify with audience vote only. Fun and insane! (Not on my playlist, but it would be fun in a party).

[@ESCTom]

yea, jury will tank this, unless they start putting more rock musicians in the jury, which i dont think will happen

[@tanjanikola9489]

@@ESCTom The rock scream didn't help Lord of the Lost, and 5miinust & Puuluup had also fun chaos, but came 20th. This kind of combines some elements of those with a bit of Käärijä/Joost thrown in. Finland would live up to its reputation with this one for sure, but it would be towards the bottom in finals, as so many people who actually vote in Eurovision won't go for 'chaos'. But... it's crazy, it's party again! (Awaiting Erika and Goldielock's songs!). Just wonder how Viivi would do, if the staging and live singing were spot on? 🤔

[@eurodara]

so it is showing that the jury is long overdue to change if they cannot actually understand heavy entries, Promise by Voyager is basically almost stripped out of metal instrumentation (compare it with their other songs)

[@ddraven3180]

​@@eurodarathere's nothing to understand here. It's generic screamy garbage with the blandest progression possible that relies on shock value from their awful lyrics. Anyone giving this points should plain be banned from ESC

[@tanjanikola9489]

@ Juries have their place. I think they should be a bit bigger with a decent variety of expertise (not too much emphasis on pop and radio). Classical musicians in juries actually gave points to Käärijä for instance, as they appreciated the genre change. 'Puppy' would divide people a lot. Those into Käärijä, Joost, Electric Callboy, and hardcore metal or those just wanting a party song will love it. However, it doesn't tick many boxes on which juries judge songs on. Even if a member of jury liked the song, they have to stick to the criteria (creativity, vocal ability etc). As for the audience, the metal scream would not go down well with a lot of people hearing it for the first time. W95M had a pretty good song, but obviously the performance was jokey (yet clever and had more meaning that many realised). This would have both a jokey song and jokey performance. Finland would once more bring the party to town, for sure, if this won UMK. It would be likely to qualify for the final (perhaps narrowly), but would struggle there (0 points from the juries would be likely, and very few from the audience - this is fun, but not Käärijä).

[@Ben-Immnl]

Finally something interesting 🙏

[@ANicholls-g6o]

I love this fun chaos ❤ Puppyyyyy !

[@thelESC18]

It's certainly very memorable I can appreciate certain aspects of it, and I think it's overall better than some give it credit for However it's never going to fully appeal to me and I personally wouldn't send it, especially because the lineup so far is very strong in my opinion

[@carl-johanfougstedt199]

In my opinion this is the clear UMK winner so far.

[@kajanaland25]

I hope it's time for a female to represent Finland.

[@esciveta5507]

Aina over this. Always.

[@florenna]

Please no, anything but that. To me Aina is the worst of the bunch so far...

[@nolbol1754]

I love rock music but I am not a fan of this entry but this will definitely do well in televotes

[@annemarienordby4326]

Ngl, I'm a fan

[@thecrazytrainspotter]

Puppy or Nightmares is the better song for me at the moment but I am waiting for the last couple of songs to come UMK is my favourite show

[@cosmicsummers9978]

This is the first time in a really long time that a song in general has grown in enjoyment as ive listened to it the first time. I really enjoy this song and had renewed my interst in UMK. Current my second place! Btw is it just me or do i hear some of My A.I Within the song

[@MrRonski]

I wish it was in finnish.

[@annhenriques3520]

I like the music, I like the singing and love the puppy yips throughout the song. The lyrics, though, are pretty bad. It’s my #3, behind Aina and Nightmares.

[@07012969]

I really hope we don’t choose this. It’s time for a change! This could do well in umk since it does seem to make an impact. Some like it a lot and some hate it 💁‍♀️ I personally don’t like the song at all and would love if we chose another song.

[@jonnaniiniharju601]

Erika our queen save us please

[@ESCTom]

😂

[@pippastin]

I'm a cat person (puppies are cute too) but I love metalcore, so let's gooooooo!!!!🎉

[@Shannis75]

As a Finn, my prediction is that if OML has the stage presence & the charisma to really deliver this live, Finns will pick them to represent us in the ESC. Not because their song is clearly superior to everything else we've seen so far (all the songs, including this one have been excellent, and I'm very excited over Goldielocks and Erika Vikman), but because Finland is a rock country and a metal country. If the choice falls between a handful of very good pop songs / ballads, and a fun and a chaotic rock song, the Finns will pick the rock song every time. Of course, it it all comes down to the live performances. If any of the other performers crush it live and OML doesn't, if they falter live or don't come across as genuine, or if they just don't quite have the chaotic energy and stage presence for this, then they won't win. I hope they can do it, tho. I'd love to see this in the ESC. Not because I think they'd win, but purely for pushing the envelope. The unexpected and unconventional entries (as long as they are also good songs and not just joke entries) will invigorate the competition and keep it fresh.

[@roelverscheure5398]

@@Shannis75 having seen them live several times now, they definitely have the chaotic energy on stage. It'll just depend on if it translates to the TV screen...

[@Shannis75]

@@roelverscheure5398 Good to know! That sounds very promising! But sometimes good live acts don't translate well via the TV screen, even though they're amazing when you're there in person, so I guess we'll see.

[@ddraven3180]

Sending cancer to the constest isn't a good thing, no

[@Zheviah]

I think eurovision songs are the ones that are more open to the critic than other songs are. I don't think many would go out of their way to write how they don't like some normal song, but eurovision entryes are different. It can be passionate topic for the fans and if its a song from your own country, I think its not bad to say if you don't like it, and prefer some other song to win. There's different ways to say your dislike too of course, but simply stating that its not your cup of tea or you think something else is better, in my opinion is not that bad. Absolutely bashing some song is wrong of course. There are limits everyone should follow. I myself don't like this song, I don't say it's bad, I just don't enjoy it. If it will be sent, I will follow their path with interest though!

[@ESCTom]

oh yes, of course its ok to say you dislike a song, but there are some in the community who will talk shit about this for the next 4 months non-stop if it is chosen. thats just bullying IMO

[@blobfish1112]

I like this a lot and it will most likely win UMK whatever the unreleased songs will be, but I think Aina would be more successful in ESC because it would get a lot of jury votes (as well as tele votes).

[@patrickuotinen]

I wouldn't bet on it before hearing what Erika has to offer.

[@eurodara]

Juries do not vote for ballads in languages that are not English/French/Italian.

[@blobfish1112]

@@eurodara Oh, I didn't know that there is such a rule. My bad.

[@eurodara]

@@blobfish1112 you don't know what pattern recognition is, do you?

[@blobfish1112]

@ Patterns can be broken any time.

[@anssia3123]

Unclean vocals is an umbrella term for any screams, growls and distortion. Often achieved by using alternative sound production mechanisms like the false vocal cords (for example death growls). It can absolutely be done without hurting yourself, but there is very little science on it yet. It's a full art form on its own and there is a lot of diversity in what kind of sounds the human body can produce. Lol welcome to the world of metal. This is still quite mild by Finnish standards, one could call this quite poppy 😂

[@ESCTom]

😂🙏🏻

[@Bakellsoni]

I do like this because its not polished at all but just big screaming brickwall in your face! I actually like way more their other songs! After käärijä i feel as a finn that we could maby send something more serious for a change, but if this goes to eurovison i will not be mad about it. 😁

[@polloverkko]

I don't wanna hate anything, but I hate the fact that this will do well and maybe even win. There are so many better candidates for me.

[@willardprenfrew4303]

This song is not for me. Anticipating the last two UMK songs 😅

[@riikaasaa]

This is not my favourite. 😱But as you can here, this song is produced by Kiro, the same guy as Käärijä is working with. 😆

[@junoandzeus]

How could you ever guess?!

[@eurodara]

except you can't hear it that much because Aleksi Nurmi is the main producer of Käärijä

[@nicklasl8677]

Yeah I don't like this at all...but I do understand why some like it. I like metal but this is just puppy noises and screaming, which I find a bit annoying. Unlike windows95man, this song sounds less authentic and like its trying to be funny too hard. I'm really hoping that this doesn't win because I feel like it might be too much for the average Eurovision viewer. I also would like us to send other types of songs so we aren't just known as the country who sends this joke stuff lol.

[@samstarba4569]

I have hard time connecting with this song. I just don't get it.

[@kaiknlast]

i deleted my earlier comment because at the root of it, the reason i am exasperated at this very likely going to ESC isn't the song's fault, really. i think what is really getting to some people is the fact that we don't actually even send anything else but rocky and humorous entries anymore. it's a default setting, not something shocking or daring. we have a lovely pop music scene that keeps getting completely ignored. after the new UMK launched, the only pop style song we have sent has been Windows95Man - people who say Finland doesn't do well with pop can't even know how Finland would do with anything else but rock and humour in the 2020s. it's fine if this goes, it'll get through the semis and finish in the right hand side. i have other songs to root for. but as a Finn this just makes me tired and kinda sad that you can pretty much figure out what we send even before all the songs are out. mostly it is Yle's fault for holding a national final with 6 pop songs and 1 metal song. it's obvious how that will go.

[@eurodara]

your pop scene is not ignored! the pop artists just didn't deliver on the night of the final; also 2024 did not have a metal song

[@jtb357]

😬

[@aike3121]

Tbh this one feels like it's trying too hard to be a "crazy" standout song in the contest. It would have worked if they were as good as Electric Callboy but they just aren't. Nice try but I'm not convinced.

[@Dungenungen]

I really hope this goes to Eurovision, since we never got Electric Callboy (whom I love with all of my heart) I feel like this is the closest we'll ever get🎉🐶 Also, as a metalhead it was really fun to see someone that's not into metal react to something like this!

[@MatthewEade-hj6tf]

It’s certainly interesting , while it is entertaining I really hope it doesn’t go to Eurovision , Finland did a “joke” entry last year and I wouldn’t want them to do it for a second year in a row. If anything I hope this goes the same way as portion boys did where they did well and got 2nd but didn’t win

[@maciejmaciejowski3635]

Stop calling everything "joke entry" and putting into one category ffs

[@ESCTom]

yea sorry but anything non-pop with a bit of humour being referred to as a joke is exhausting 🫠

[@MatthewEade-hj6tf]

@@maciejmaciejowski3635 I put joke in quotations because I know no rules isn’t a joke entry but it allways gets classed as one because that’s what people see on first sight , and for someone not used to this kind of music puppy goes down a similar vein

[@sebastiaoalmeida7796]

​@@maciejmaciejowski3635its a joke entry though... this one especially. It's super cringy, the lyrics are too basic and quite poor... and it wins the UMK televote by default. That's depressing.

[@tanjanikola9489]

Cha Cha Cha and No Rules are actually decent songs. No Rules is really uplifting and has got some 16 million streams on Spotify (nothing compared to Cha Cha Cha obviously).

[@tomf310]

It's very marmite but it's much better to get that reaction than everyone finding something ok as being "ok" doesn't get votes. As most eurofans should know it doesn't really matter if half of the public vote hate it as they can't drag a songs votes down. I'm interested to see the stage show as if it's entertaining this will be a hard one to beat especially with the Public vote at UMK making up 75% of the vote and Jury just 25%.

[@MariaMariamuzieklove]

The only thing I can say about it is OMG and I’m pretty sure sure jury’s will love it LOL 🥲🐩🐾

[@ESCTom]

lol, yes this is 12s across the board from the juries 😂

[@Muroviola.]

I think finland needs a change. And I really can't see what's good in this song. He's just screaming puppy for 3 minutes... if you call that a song. Anyways we have different tastes that's the beauty of this contest. But Finland please, leave this in your country.

[@Dyllieaug]

Personally not my Fave in the UMK selection, i found the screaming bit a bit uncomfortable. the instrumental is great, its has a good build-up and it really seperates the "Calmer" bits from the screamo. although i will still be praying for this to not go to ESC 😂

[@Shellydaliie]

Funnily enough as someone who typically rolls my eyes and sometimes even mutes the more intense, noisey and perhaps more "gimmicky" entries, I could listen to this song the full way through and not loathe it which is kind of a win in my book. I do feel like Finland for the last number of years have been stuck in a 2000s - early 2010s trend of where they're embracing their qurikyness and televote appeal at the expense of ballads mainly which I don't love because they've had so many quality entries in their selections recently which I've loved and I feel like with the voting format they have, it favours the more televote baity songs. I mean I am aware that I'm biased in saying that as generally I favour more ballads (still have to be quality ones at the same time) and dark pop, which in a lot of these cases is like the opposite of these sorts of entries. I genuinely don't mind this, although there have been other rock/ish songs in selections that Ive personally preferred (Like both of Ollie's eesti laul entries and Ma ei tea sind in Eesti Laul this year and then to give examples that went to ESC , 2014 and 2021). I wouldn't be surprised if this was selected but I'm still curious about Erika Vikman's song. Wasn't a fan of her last entry so I'm a bit hesitant for this years one. The bridge reminds a tiny bit of Scooter, jumping all over the world which I do love ngl 😂) Yeah this isn't my least favorite of this selection so far but I am holding judgement for the live show. Also in terms of songs that went as hard as this in ESC, Hungary 2018 comes to mind (which I couldn't personally stand) but look, this genre of music isn't entirely my cup of tea,it can be hit or miss.

[@henryriley4958]

Its so painfully bad it makes my ears bleed SAVE US ERIKA VIKMAN you’re our only hope

[@ely03cassandra]

This is too heavy for me. 🙉

[@MrTomyxl]

Mix of Cha cha and Rim tim tagi dim!

[@HZ-fg9sf]

I'm a metal and rock fan and this song was just not it for me. I found it messy and a little bit annoying ngl. Didn't even like the electro pop bit. So far this year I've been a little disappointed. Putting all my hopes on Goldilocks or Vikman now.

[@HZ-fg9sf]

Goldielocks*

[@idraote]

For me it's a NO. It could change a bit if they do a great ESC performance, but I'm afraid it will stay among the "joke" entry.

[@zebrother]

i like this. but it almost has the oposite problem that Cha Cha Cha had for me. Cha Cha Cha felt a bit too polished for me (especially the later part of the song), but this is almost a bit too heavy. the lyrics are ver cute.

[@Janne-k2s]

Yes, it's intresting with outstanding songs, however this is too much😮

[@cathedraldarkness]

The music is super catchy. Screaming puppy is fun! It has the foundations, but the core lyrics are kind of weak. Play, eat, meat, puke, repeat … eh, not something I can sharpen my teeth on.

[@Lucian86]

I won't be diplomatic about it.... don't like and I dread that Finns might send this to ESC...why not? They sent that awful song last year...this is actually decent in comparison

[@AmaanStorm]

I feel that countries are now bowing to the continual need to push the boundaries by getting louder and more raucous because they've seen acts like Kaarija and so on really generate so much attention. And there's nothing wrong with that when the music they're sending is charming and has a great amount of humour. 'PUPPY' Is an absolute migraine inducing fun ball of energy, with a touch of forced humour. It's the aggressive lovechild of 2015's "Aina Mun Pitää" & "Cha Cha Cha" 😂 I was really looking forward to this but unfortunately it leaves me cold. I cant speak for others, but for me it's pushing TOO desperately to be loud and whimsical, but ends up coming off just totally silly. Not sure how the casual Eurovision watcher is going to feel should this make it through to the finals in May to represent Finland. Recently the whimsical & zany songs have not been performing as well as expected. Kaarija did amazingly, but Let 3, Windows95 Man & 5 Miinust X Puuluup struggled to even make a dent in the top 15. Finland has such an immense pool of talent, so im hoping they choose something away from this so they don't pigeon hole themselves. But I can totally see why people are also getting behind this because Finland do 'crazy' and tongue in cheek so well.

[@ESCTom]

Erika Vikman might be that perfect balance between out-there and pop

[@AmaanStorm]

​@@ESCTom I'll tell you what though Tom, I'm loving the quality and the variety of this years UMK. I dont hate any of the songs. I just connect to 'Aina' & 'Rivers' much more than I do any of the other songs so far. And I'm excited to see what the last two songs are going to sound like! Also obsessed with two of the Greek songs from the Greek national selection, and I'm in love with 'Kohoney' by Grisana, the wildcard from Ukraine!

[@petepeto9335]

Puppy poop 👎👎👎 we real Finnish people dont need this.... One of the worst ever

[@regulusarcturus]

Sorry, but I hate it 😭 Bear in mind, I love metal and it’s consistently been in my top genres on Spotify for years, so I don’t have an issue with screaming, but this is just terrible. It’s noisy, obnoxious and in my opinion, completely unfunny. And unlike Kaarija or Joost for instance, it doesn’t have an interesting concept or point, it’s just nonsense. Just feels plastic and try hard. Obviously, Finland will send this and it will probably win the televote at Eurovision, but I’m getting quite tired or entires like this.

[@ESCTom]

yea i get that its got less meaning behind it, but there are sooooooooooooo many meaningless pop songs every year that get a pass that are literally just a collection of cliches from previous songs 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@regulusarcturus]

@@ESCTomAbsolutely agree and I’m not a fan of vapid pop songs either, but this is just a hot mess imo. People always try to justify joke entries by saying they’re actually clever, but there’s nothing clever about this one, at least in my opinion. And again, I really don’t have an issue with the music aspect. I loved Electric Cowboy which is also metalcore.

[@junoandzeus]

Maybe we’re entering Emperor’s New Clothes territory?

[@sebastiaoalmeida7796]

It will win the televote at UMK, but not in Eurovision. This song is particularly lazy and cringy.

[@ESCTom]

yea Sebastiao, you've made your point now

[@Bandido894]

Awful not funny at all! YLE year after year take one troll act in and left real artists with good songs no change. They should sue YLE! 😠

[@eurodara]

stay mad

[@sebastiaoalmeida7796]

It's really depressing that this will easily bit the previous 4 songs in UMK, no matter how good or bad they are, just because it's a stupid joke song. The televote in UMK always goes for the silly male-led songs. No point in other songs competing, only exposure maybe. It's sad, because there are songs this year with beautiful lyrics and melodies, but they don't stand a chance against this garbage. This is a really lazy effort, really cringe and the lyrics are way too basic. It's not even very original. Wins by default, how sad is that?

[@patrickuotinen]

Five years ago Erika Vikman won the televote, but the international juries gave the victory to Aksel. So it isn't always that the televote would go for the male-led song. Well, everything depends now on what kind of a song Erika offers this time (unless Goldielocks surprises us). It is bad though, that there are so many female artists and so few male ones, it might make the "male vote" concentrate, while the "female vote" will split.

[@sebastiaoalmeida7796]

@@patrickuotinen I didn't do my research properly, if I had I could've removed the "male-led", since, for now, it seems to really be about the joke/party vibe

[@eurodara]

the televote in UMK goes for what they think is the best the night of the final