May 16, 2024
What she says: “I’m okay”
What she means: “Nebulossa’s ‘Zorra’ is easily one of the most beautiful and heartbreakingly powerful songs ever to come out of Eurovision and possibly one of the greatest and most timely feminist anthems ever written. The juxtaposition between Mery’s soft and stately voice giving life to her pain and the faceless male voices screaming slurs at her throughout the song is haunting. Her voice rising over the chants on the line ‘…soy una Zorra de postal/I’m a picture-perfect bitch’ is cathartically tear-jerking, and the subtle switch from angry male voices to proud female ones near the end is pure poetry. In this essay I will—“
#as a fox spirit myself this song is really something.#the vixen is cunning and wily and proud and selfish but she is also adaptable clever and beautiful#an older woman singing it in an understated voice that is never raised makes it even more powerful#she doesn’t need to prove her power through high notes or belted chords because it is innate#she has lived long enough to know her OWN power and that is beautiful#I’m not okay about this song yall I’m just not. it makes me cry#Zorra#esc#eurovision song contest#Eurovision#esc 2024#Eurovision 2024#nebulossa#mery bas
