"In 'Eins, Zwei, Drei', brain-frying synths flash over a rumbling electronic baseline. A haunted choir welcomes in the chant-along chorus; an emergency response alarm sounds over the middle 8. The final 30 seconds explode and fizz like an expensive New Year's Eve fireworks display. There's, inexplicably, flourishes of Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, Madness and British synthwave band Gunship."
"Look Mum No Computer, born Sam Battle, has been selected by the BBC this year in an attempt to finally lean into the song contest's history of platforming the mesmerisingly whacky. Our act might not be a milkmaid churning butter on stage à la Poland's 2014 act Donatan and Cleo, nor wearing a yellow dog mask as per Norway's Subwoolfer in 2022. But, given Look Mum No Computer is best known for making an organ out of Furbies, we'll surely be up there on the 'WTF?' scale this year."
"'Eins, Zwei, Drei' is simultaneously the most and least British song the UK has put forward for Eurovision in years. There's traces of British '70s punk and '80s synth-pop, and British noughties indie lives on in Battle's sprechgesang delivery. The music video features a full English breakfast getting smushed with a jam roly-poly, and the dipping of a digestive biscuit into a mug of baked beans."
Look Mum No Computer, the stage name of Sam Battle, has been selected by the BBC as the UK's Eurovision entry with the song 'Eins, Zwei, Drei'. The track features brain-frying synths, electronic baselines, haunted choir vocals, and emergency alarm sounds, creating a chaotic three-minute experience. The song blends influences from Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, Madness, and Gunship, with absurdist lyrics about food. The music video showcases surreal British imagery including a full English breakfast being destroyed and digestive biscuits dipped in baked beans. Battle is known for creating instruments from Furbies, and this entry marks the first UK Eurovision song not sung entirely in English, incorporating German in the title.
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