Serbian entry: A young woman, in her 40s, mother of two, with an actual University degree (Architecture) gets on the stage, blows everyone's mind, all while fully dressed and just sitting and washing hands. Empress. From the song start till the end, all eyes are on her. And on top of that performance her song carries incredibly strong message about overwhelming "health" information every woman reads in magazines, promoted by celebrities and impact on one's mental health. She replicates compulsive behavior of all humanity: "Be healthy, be healthy, be healthy, be healthy..." and in the song finale twists famous Latin proverb pointing to a conclusion: "When your body becomes healthy, what about your mental health?" All those magazines bring readers in a state of "health" paranoia, while your mind becomes sick, sad, desperate and frightened. Truly a masterpiece. Song has so many layers that you can analyze for hours, from reverse Latin start, to powerful Latin ending, all packed in perfect theatrical delivery. This song is simply beyond Eurovision. It belongs in a museum. This is an excellent song analysis for those who don't immediately see the power of this song: th-cam.com/video/k_dmF6xHN1w/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=OverthinkingIt
Too bad she doesn't speak better English, I bet people would fall in love with her even more. She's such a fun, interesting and intelligent woman. Konstrakta, idemo!
The thing is that in fact she doesn't even twist the proverb. She twists the known part but actually brings the meaning back to the original, which is "we should pray that there's a healthy mind in a healthy body" in the original text where this comes from. Luke Ranieri from Polymathy reacted to this song and he mentioned it too. And in my Latin classes we were also told this proverb originated from a Latin satirical essay on how everyone's focused on their bodies being healthy and beautiful and those people don't really want to learn new things and grow spiritually. So really, 2 thousand years and humanity is in the same place again. Interesting
Im srry but i didnt understand anything youve written here from her song. And neither did all the other non serbian speakers. Why do you think her message was understood by the world ? She didnt sing in an international language.
Konstrakta really brought something new and interesting. She is charismatic and strongly attracts attention. The words of the song are instructive and refer to today's trend of excessive and obsessive attention to external physical appearance while neglecting mental health. A healthy, nurtured body often contains a sad, desperate and frightened soul.
Tvoja pjesma je pjesma nove Zemlje, novih ljudi na novoj planeti sa velikim intelektualnim mogućnostima u svim erijama zivota.Ti si pobjednik i bez Evrovizije
Fun fact you mentioned rhytm of heart beat, cause Konstrakta demanded that the beat of the song has to be exactly the same as the heartbeat of a healthy person, like ECG impulse, but when “I have no health insurance" moment comes, the heartbeat stops
her husbant did not have medical, but she did not say “I have no health insurance" she sed "i dont have a card" wich referes to medical but is also used for political afiliation.
You are on point. Loved your analysis. She is on the road to final if we believe the bookies, but one can never know on ESC. This is not the usual ESC stuff that's for sure and is throwing some people off
Thank goodness for a reaction on music and rythm in this song!!! Please do explore her work, listen to "Žvake" or "Neam šamana". Btw, this song is part of a triptych, called the same - "Triptih". Would love to read your comments on these as well! Thank you!!
I have seen all TH-cam reactions of this song and you made the best musical analysis of this song. I'm impressed. A Serbian from Ireland. You should check out runners up Sara Jo "Muškarčina" and Zorja "Zorja". It's pity that all three songs were same year. Each one is so unique and it would be great to seen it on Eurovision
This is my favorite one so far that you’ve analyzed. Lately I’ve been getting into a bit different music / experimental stuff and this is the most experimental or at least sounding experimental song I’ve heard from Eurovision this year Anyways, loved the video as always
Thank you 😊! This is such a cool song. Just reading the comments here aswell and getting an explanation surrounding the subject of this is making me love this more and more. Compositionally it’s absolutely amazing and I just keep discovering new things!
This woman is a legit musician, part of the local music scene in Serbia, not a Eurovision hussy. The fact that Serbia voted her indicates our resignation with the amateurism and lack of music substance exhibited at the contest. It's a social commentary, not only about today's society, but for the contest as well.
This is really taking EVSC to another level. Pure art, because it reflects directly and with utmost beauty to us people everywhere today. I really love how it grips you and how you -without really knowing what this is about -ad a analytical layer to why this is brilliant
I think we all have the same reaction to this song, from the initial confusion and surprise to the complete enthusiasm that lasts. You got the point perfectly.
This song is about obsession with physical health, serbian health insurance struggles and overall mental health. The washing of the hands reminds me of the italian phrase "lavarsene le mani come Ponzio Pilato" which translates as "washing your hands about it like Pontius Pilato did (with Jesus)". "It" is usually a situation/an issue you want to ignore: in this case it could be the struggle of some people that cannot have health insurance who are ignored by their own government (my interpretation). Also using latin is genious: not only it is the language of medicine and science (health stuff), but also of religion. This emphasizes the "culty" flair give to the obsession with health, that we religiously chase. Lastly, Konstrakta is clearly quoting serbian artist Marina Abramovich and her performative art mastery. To conclude, your Honour, this should be at LEAST top 5 in the overall
We are not talking about the fight for health insurance in Serbia at all, because in Serbia everyone can have a health card with which they can be treated in all state clinics in Serbia. So, Serbia is ahead of much richer people, and Konstrakta talks about the global problem of the whole world.
Great composition and arrangement analysis! This is the deepest and most detailed overview of the musicality behind the song on the YT. However, the star of the show is the lyrical content, but as for the beat during the verses, it is actually resembling a heartbeat and it only stops at the moment she says “I don’t have health insurance”!
The meaning of the song is very deep: There are several messages: 1. In the time of COVID everybody is brainwashed that they have to do this, that,to stay physically healthy…. And what about mental health after all that? 2. She wears a medical uniform and washes her hands: this is how she describes medical person when someone without a health card comes for treatment ( they wash their hands of that person, it doesn’t exist) 3. People who do not have free health care , and they do not have money , can die freely without a guilty conscience 4. The people around her in back looks to me like rippers, just waiting for those who can’t afford treatment or they could be priests cause there is only left to pray when u can’t afford the treatment or health insurance 5. The general opinion that one must be beautiful, and in order to be beautiful one must be physically healthy. No once cares about mental health anymore, which is also important 6. She is also like a fortune teller looking at her hands trying to figure out why she is sick and what symptoms does she have cuz she can’t afford health care insurance 7. Artists in Serbia don’t have Heath care insurance and her friend died of cancer because of that 8. Obsession with a healthy body while the mind is desperate sick sad and frightened
Your analysis based on the music (I also mean the rhythm) is great and even more important considering that you don't understand the lyrics. For all these nice words, I would immediately give you Serbian citizenship! Congratulations and thanks!
Loved ypur reaction - have seen hunderds but yours is different and song is great- the only thing that I kept asking myself during your reaction was why don't you read the lyrics if u have them in front of you cause they r the best thing about this entry
Very good analysis, studiously done. What you don't know is that this video of yours will have a lot of views, maybe mostly on your channel. Every video with her is the most watched.
Last year, for me, was the year of Ukraine and Go_a (and the lovely Kateryna Pavlenko) with their magnificent ""shum"". This year, for me, is the year of Konstrakta. I was hooked even before understanding the lyrics. This song is so incredibly powerful and I could immediately appreciate the constrast between Konstrakta's Sprechgesang and the pseudo-orthodox chanting of the choir. Besides, Konstrakta really has a presence to her that pierces the screen. ""In corpore sano"" is part of a trilogy called ""triptih"" which is available on TH-cam in the channel of Konstrakta's band, Zemlja Gruva. The three songs deal with relevant modern social issues and the video is integral to the meaning of the trilogy. When listening only to "In corpore sano", as we are bound to do, I feel it is much, much better to stick to this live performance because it is simpler and more effective. The video of ""triptih"", though, has English subtitles and it is very well worth a good watch. I doubt she will win, but she is certainly among my personal favourites, probably just below Italy. I have no reason to think she won't put on a great performance at Eurovision and I hope she will get the recognition she deserves.
Lyrics may seem a bit silly at first, they are actually dead serious. There are so many layers to the song and a lot of space for different interpretations: The name of the song "In corpore sano" is in Latin and means "In a healthy body". It’s referring to the Latin saying "Mens sana in corpore sano" meaning "A healthy mind in a healthy body". - First: What is the secret to Meghan Markle's healthy hair? This is a reference to modern society's obsession with beauty! That's what beauty magazines do/they create insecurities about your hair, skin, weight, etc., and then advertise products that promise to change that. That's what the second line of the song is about "I think that the secret is in deep hydration" - Second: Konstrakta talks about how our skin and hair often signal some health issues, for example, liver and spleen problems. The reason she is thinking this is because she's worried about her own health, she can't visit a doctor for a check-up or get treatment because she doesn't have insurance, this is so important because independent artists in Serbia don't have health insurance. - Third: Then we hear her saying how an artist must be healthy, a reference to Marina Abramovic’s (internationally known Serbian performance artist) performances called “Art must be pretty, an artist must be pretty” where she sits for hours combing her hair while repeating that cause she realized people focused a lot on her looks and her hair being messy and prioritized that over her art, and the reason she needs to be healthy is that she can't afford to get treatment. - Fourth: the "Autonomic nervous system" part talks about how we don't need to control our own heartbeats. She describes how she walks her dog, on a beautiful summer day, her heart beats on its own, it doesn't need to get any better. She just puts her trust in her heart hoping it won't fail her (if it does fail her then that's it, the doctors won't help her and she made peace with that), and that's why she prays to God, "God give us health". - Fifth: She then says "I DON'T HAVE THE HEALTH INSURANCE!" (Even with "free" health insurance we are still paying a lot for medications, fees, etc. We are always paying insurance through salaries, for both employed and unemployed, and if you don't have "free" health insurance, you are paying way more, which is a situation with independent artists in Serbia.) - Sixth: Phrase "Boze zdravlja"/"God grant us health". This is a common saying, we use it all the time, and you will always hear people wishing other people good health (for their birthday, or really any holiday) because everything else (money, fame, love...) becomes meaningless if you are ill and in pain. She then says, the artist (she) is invisible, you can't see me, it's magic because she is invisible to health care, they won't treat her! - Seventh: Now, last part, it's basically the old Latin saying: Mens sana in corpore sano (A healthy mind in a healthy body), except that Konstrakta makes it clear that only the body is healthy, the soul inside is desperate, we are all obsessed with improving our health, we try to eat better, be more active, take all those expensive drugs and supplements, but what about our mind? Mens infirma in corpore sano - Weak mind in a healthy body Animus tristis in corpore sano - A sad soul in a healthy body Mens desperata in corpore sano - Desperate mind in a healthy body Mens conterrita in corpore sano - A frightened mind in a healthy body The endless chanting of the mantra about a healthy body is destroyed by enumerating the weaknesses of the mind and soul from which no health can be born. The final verse of the song "and what are we going to do now" is a jargon of common sense cold shower which was poured over the mass media propaganda about a healthy body without a healthy mind and soul, after making that clear she asks us - So what do we do now? Now about the handwashing: 1) She is dressed in white, she symbolizes the health care system (she reminds us of a nurse for example) and she is washing her hands. Why? Because of covid? NO! It is a metaphor about how health care workers need to "wash their hands off" meaning clear their conscience when they refuse to treat you because you don't have insurance. Just like when Pontius Pilate washed his hands before the crucifixion of Jesus - he tried to clear his conscience and make it clear that he wasn't the one who killed Jesus - it was the Law. In the same way, many people in the government or in positions are washing their hands off and can't help you because of the Law. 2) People standing behind her can be priests that pray for her health and/or are getting ready for her to die.
Excellent observation. And don't worry, I don't like Serbian songs too and I'm from Serbia. Konstrakta gave as a hope in better tommorow. Are you familiar with the art of Marina Abramovic?
You first reaction was on point and great. As a Serbian I didn't get it at first. My first reaction was negative, I was upset for Serbia for sending this. It took me few listening to like it. You should check runners up Sara Jo "Muškarčina" (Alphaman) and Zorja "Zorja". Both songs were also great.
.....have the lyrics and meanings first, than judge , the superbeat in here just makes it better- the song has so many brilliant turns, ideas, is deeply physophical plus truly super performed! And after all - it's also a protest song against not existing health insuance for artists in Serbia!
@@tanjai2854 Pa kod nas da, pitanje je kako to izgleda u svetu. S obzirom da većina ne može ni da prepozna latinski uopšte, po sluhu, rekla bih da se nikada nisu sreli sa tim jezikom
Fantastic reaction! Love your video so much! And here's another amazing performance you can react to: th-cam.com/video/26FFlAVWNdE/w-d-xo.html The song is called "The Train To Spring" and is mixed with the famous song "Kiss from a Rose". It is performed by the famous R&B artist Tia Ray from China. She stands out for her AMAZING vocal skills and emotional voice. I STRONGLY recommend it for you! Hope for your next amazing reaction for this!
Those who are confused why is she talking about the spleen, think for a second: You open a random woman's magazine, what will you find in there? There'll be an article title "What's the secret of (enter random celebrity name) good healt?", followed by countless "health" advices, diets that are often claiming that your surface imperfections are coming from one of your organ's healthy. Sometimes it's the liver, sometimes your gut, and sometimes the spleen. This song is absolutely brilliant. There are some claiming that a bit where she is saying that she doesn't have health insurance, and "others" can't follow her has an antivax vibe, but that's nonsense. That part in my opinion, really hits the spot, because after years of hearing countless health advices you become paranoid, and that song bit illustrates middle age paranoia. Someone is following you, countless targeted ads are recommending this and that, why can't you be left alone? That's really the point. The ending in Latin is pretty clear: After following and adhering every advice you found, followed with paranoia to always be "germless" (hence the hand washing), you are now perfectly healthy. But what about you mental health? So much depth in just 3 minutes. Truly a masterpiece. PS: To understand even more from this song, listen to triptih. This song is the second of the three. First song talks about mediocre life, obsessed with labels and lifestyle people are following i.e study foreign language, know everything about remote places that you never visited and read a woman magazine where a famous actress is as ordinary as you, second song (this one) is about obsession with health and the final song is about "acting" to be a part of intellectual elite in the society, while actually you are just stuck deep in the comfort zone and your soul is just dying out.
It's so funny and sad how Konstrakta has 0 expectations from the contest. She went to Serbian contest as a joke. Was convinced she'd be dead last. When she won she said: "My name is Konstrakta, and I did not expect the victory" - a quote everyone is now repeating in Serbia. When she was up for Turin she was very worried about carrying her message to European listeners and her first couple of performances in Israel and Croatia were a bit insecure. Even for the semifinal, she insisted on subtitling the song with Eurovision organizers, and in the end they did do something, but ended up being awkward a bit. All in all, you have an outstanding artist, who's been creating songs with powerful messages for 20 years that very few in Serbia listen to due to its "alternative" nature. She's a mother of two, well educated (architecture degree) and self aware woman who does not need to get naked to grab everyone's attention. She carries a powerful message in mindblowing lyrics (that she wrote herself) and is by far the most intelligent entry in this contest. No one comes close by a mile. I am only sad that she feels insecure and does not believe in herself and her chances in the contest. Her body language and attitude towards the contest was a bit uptight and meek. She still doesn't believe she could win and even semifinal performance was less impactful than Belgrade one. They did not change much in song staging, but it looks much poorer than in Belgrade. I really hope she gains some confidence and somehow improve the staging (nothing wrong with it, but in Belgrade, it was much better). PS: I am sure fans saw many analysis of the song in lyrics, but I noticed one important thing is missed in all that I found. Do you know what a hand gesture she's making means? Not the clapping, but raising hand and twisting the palm? In Serbia, it's what people do to express that someone's mind is not in a right place. In sense, that person is crazy, or something is wrong in their hand. That gesture really makes the performance even stronger for Serbian watchers. It's like famous hand opening Italians do, but Serbian one is not that famous.
Mentioning Megan's hair is a parody of the daily tabloid articles on such and similar topics and it is not his name the world deals with while on the other hand we have much bigger problems among which is the problem of a huge number of people in the world who do not have adequate health care. Our Serbia has good health care, and the song is about a global problem, so it has a message. Greetings from Serbia ❤🇷🇸
i'm serbian, i'm working as sound engineer, honestly first few time i didn't like it, but maybe coz i've paide not enought attencion. but hey she rullez!
I had to listen like 10 times to understand it, was like - It is Definitely not about what she is saying.. What is it about? But I am used to Dakh Sisters performance..
So you do not recognize the Latin language and a proverb In Corpore Sano, I mean come on man! Did you go to school? In Corpore Sano - In a healthy body is a healthy spirit. Also, Kontrakta sings about the fact that in Serbia artists do not have health insurance, and the song was written as her reaction for losing her friend who died from Korona because he did not have Health insurance and could not be treated by the medical team in Serbia ( something like that).
Wow thank you for this review, I liked it very much! Yup, one of the themes is the mental health! Thank you for pointing out the contrasting moments in terms of the composition, I had no idea about that and I find that really interesting! Btw, Konstrakta couldn't be more surprised that she won in Belgrade among other amazing Serbian singers. In my opinion this whole performance was just something authentic to her and her team. I have just started listening to her other songs, and there is a really unusual one - "Neam samana". The lyrics are what I adore there but I would really love to hear what a Music Teacher would have to say about its composition!
Being from AUS you are completely removed from all this political stuff ?! Yet your country literally deported Novak Djokovic from Aussie Open because he wasn't vaccinated even though he was perfectly healthy! Tortured that man for weeks, threatened him jail time and deported him like he is some kind of criminal... Literally the opposite of what you just said. ALSO, does it feel good to compete in EUROPEAN Song Contest when you are from whole another continent ?! :D It's all politics, don't lie :D
Argh! I completely forgot about all that. I retract my positive statements of this song. I should rightfully, and politically not like it. Thanks for taking the time to help me work through this 😊
Konstrakta, as far as I'm aware, with this song is attacking the Serbian health system that doesn't support artists that well. The last few lines then are about mental health, saying even if physical health is cared for there I'd still more to do.
Not really a song. I tried to listen to it, didnt understand a thing, moved on. UK and Sweden and great songs i understood the lyrics and the message. With all due respects :(
Konstrakta is brilliant. Dares to be totally different in comparison to the other contestants. Her performance is avant-garde art and the song has many powerful messages left for each person to decipher. I wish her all the best and hopefully a top position. Love it. ❤️ 🥰👏👏👏👍
As it's been explained to me, Serbia has a national healthcare system, but artists are excluded for it. This resulted in one of Konstrakta's friends passing away of cancer without receiving any treatment. Among the messages of this song, one of them is a critique of that system. 'Boze Zdravlja' translates to 'God give us health'. This is followed by 'Nemam Knjizicu' which, IIRC, literally translates to 'I don't have the card', referring to the card required to access the health insurance system. Basically lining those two up as a 'God give us health, because the health care system won't' message. But outside of that, I think there's also a message about the entanglement of beauty and health (Koja li je tajna zdrave kose meghan markle? - What could be the secret to Meghan Markle's healthy hair?), the uncertainty she faces when self-diagnosing ('Dark circles around eyes can point to liver problems'), the impact that stressing over health can have on mental health ('Summer days, my dog and I, we go for a walk, and that's it. It doesn't have to be more than that.' + the closing, latin chants translating to 'an ailing mind, sad soul, despairing mind, terrified mind in a healthy body') and the staging seems to lean into a message about deification of health, to the point of cult-like behaviour. ('U ime zdralvja' - All in the name of health) The cohesiveness of the entire performance is what's been keeping my mind occupied in the run-up to this Eurovision, and reminds me somewhat of Latvia 2015. Every single part of it underlines the message and serves the theme. Even the hand-clapping rhythm, and the physical motion with which they clap their hands, is reminiscent of someone repeatedly beating you over the head (Figuratively) with a message, in this case: 'Biti Zdrava' - To be healthy. It's art, and it's my number 1 for Eurovision 2022.
This is an exceptional composition. I usually have so many problems understanding lyrics and meaning, but how you’ve explained it really helps here. In my opinion, this is the best written composition this year.
@@stojanovickas8873 nije baš tako, samo u teoriji, ali u praksi gotovo svi slobodni umetnici imaju problem da overe knjižicu jer lokalne samouprave, koje bi trebalo da uplaćuju doprinose za njih uvek kasne tako da umetnici em ne mogu da overe knjižicu em dobijaju račune zateznih kamata, pa ako ne (mogu da) plate eto izvršitelja da im blokiraju račune itd. tako da se zbog toga mnogi odriču zdravstvenog osiguranja. Znam, jer imam prijatelje slobodne umetnike.
This is so unbelievably good
Serbian entry: A young woman, in her 40s, mother of two, with an actual University degree (Architecture) gets on the stage, blows everyone's mind, all while fully dressed and just sitting and washing hands. Empress.
From the song start till the end, all eyes are on her. And on top of that performance her song carries incredibly strong message about overwhelming "health" information every woman reads in magazines, promoted by celebrities and impact on one's mental health. She replicates compulsive behavior of all humanity: "Be healthy, be healthy, be healthy, be healthy..." and in the song finale twists famous Latin proverb pointing to a conclusion: "When your body becomes healthy, what about your mental health?"
All those magazines bring readers in a state of "health" paranoia, while your mind becomes sick, sad, desperate and frightened. Truly a masterpiece.
Song has so many layers that you can analyze for hours, from reverse Latin start, to powerful Latin ending, all packed in perfect theatrical delivery. This song is simply beyond Eurovision. It belongs in a museum.
This is an excellent song analysis for those who don't immediately see the power of this song: th-cam.com/video/k_dmF6xHN1w/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=OverthinkingIt
Too bad she doesn't speak better English, I bet people would fall in love with her even more. She's such a fun, interesting and intelligent woman. Konstrakta, idemo!
The thing is that in fact she doesn't even twist the proverb. She twists the known part but actually brings the meaning back to the original, which is "we should pray that there's a healthy mind in a healthy body" in the original text where this comes from. Luke Ranieri from Polymathy reacted to this song and he mentioned it too. And in my Latin classes we were also told this proverb originated from a Latin satirical essay on how everyone's focused on their bodies being healthy and beautiful and those people don't really want to learn new things and grow spiritually. So really, 2 thousand years and humanity is in the same place again. Interesting
@@LeeLee-ct2vv She actually speaks English very well and explains her song in this interview th-cam.com/video/_7N_fBdUS7E/w-d-xo.html
SHE'S IN HER 40'S????
Im srry but i didnt understand anything youve written here from her song. And neither did all the other non serbian speakers. Why do you think her message was understood by the world ? She didnt sing in an international language.
Konstrakta, ante portas: veni, vidi, vici!!!!! Pure art
Serbian language is very melodic and she is using it to maximum to play with it
Yatta yatta yatta, song is awful, to be frank...
@@samihyppia8472 its interesting and different, not awful.
@@triangulumpubg6295 Its a kid song, thats what it is.. Im surprised just that she didnt use a Z table...
@@dorneanudoru Yup
мы русские - почти все понимаем))) песня крутая, артистка харизматичная! bravo
Konstrakta really brought something new and interesting. She is charismatic and strongly attracts attention. The words of the song are instructive and refer to today's trend of excessive and obsessive attention to external physical appearance while neglecting mental health. A healthy, nurtured body often contains a sad, desperate and frightened soul.
Tout à fait 👍
ja to odebrałam jako krytykę sanitaryzmu covidovego, obsesyjne mycie rąk
Yep, you nailed it! 👍
Only if you know serbian. For the rest of the world :(
Witty, funny, catchy, smart...i am obsessed
Tvoja pjesma je pjesma nove Zemlje, novih ljudi na novoj planeti sa velikim intelektualnim mogućnostima u svim erijama zivota.Ti si pobjednik i bez Evrovizije
I watched many analyzes of song from my country, but this one is the most detailed. Lyrics of the song have a lot of symbolism and deep meaning
You analize song so good.the best understanding I have saw until now from other country.Bravooooo...Serbia say bravo to you 👌
Excellent analysis...big tnx for your reaction...
Greetings from Serbia
Interesting reacting. By the way, the other language (besides serbian) is latin, not italian🙂
Greetings from Serbia❗
Only ppl with healthy mind can understand the meaning of this song. Well done Serbia
Thank U musical Teacher, I enjoy listening your analysis and watching your facial expression 👌😊
Konstrakta is very special and
great artist 💫🐚
I expect 12 points from the Vatican, because finally their language is heard, andit is good message
Од ватикана очекујеш... 🤣🤣🤣, која си ти ликуша!!!
A simple comment !
SERBIA HAS TO BE THE 2022 WINNER !
A GREAT ARTIST...A GREAT SONG !👏👏👏🇨🇵🥂🍾HVALA LEPO !
Fun fact you mentioned rhytm of heart beat, cause Konstrakta demanded that the beat of the song has to be exactly the same as the heartbeat of a healthy person, like ECG impulse, but when “I have no health insurance" moment comes, the heartbeat stops
That would be a nice detail... but the healthy heart beat has a range depending on the activity and on the individual.
her husbant did not have medical, but she did not say “I have no health insurance" she sed "i dont have a card" wich referes to medical but is also used for political afiliation.
@@wlada152 Her husband is not dead. He is alive !
@@miranikolic7568 call the misinformation police, I have been duped
@@wlada152 bla bla bla
I really like this song and performance and lyrics. One of my favorite.
You are on point. Loved your analysis. She is on the road to final if we believe the bookies, but one can never know on ESC. This is not the usual ESC stuff that's for sure and is throwing some people off
Thank goodness for a reaction on music and rythm in this song!!! Please do explore her work, listen to "Žvake" or "Neam šamana". Btw, this song is part of a triptych, called the same - "Triptih". Would love to read your comments on these as well! Thank you!!
EVERY PERFORMANCE OF THE ARTIST KONSTRAKTA WONDERS ME, FORWARD TO VICTORY SERBIA
Bravoooo Serbia, fantastic
Ovo je zaista promena u muzici, nadam se da ce biti Prva! Navijam za nju ! Neobicna, ali vrhunska u svakom smislu! Idemoooo....
I have seen all TH-cam reactions of this song and you made the best musical analysis of this song. I'm impressed. A Serbian from Ireland. You should check out runners up Sara Jo "Muškarčina" and Zorja "Zorja". It's pity that all three songs were same year. Each one is so unique and it would be great to seen it on Eurovision
Great song, has mysticism and deep meaning. Brilliant
Bravo 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️ Thank you ❤️
This is my favorite one so far that you’ve analyzed. Lately I’ve been getting into a bit different music / experimental stuff and this is the most experimental or at least sounding experimental song I’ve heard from Eurovision this year
Anyways, loved the video as always
Thank you 😊! This is such a cool song. Just reading the comments here aswell and getting an explanation surrounding the subject of this is making me love this more and more.
Compositionally it’s absolutely amazing and I just keep discovering new things!
This woman is a legit musician, part of the local music scene in Serbia, not a Eurovision hussy. The fact that Serbia voted her indicates our resignation with the amateurism and lack of music substance exhibited at the contest. It's a social commentary, not only about today's society, but for the contest as well.
for someone with an NF CLOUDS profile picture, you seem to have a bad taste im music lmao. Im from Serbia and i hate the song
Try looking into Skier & Yetti.
Also a band from Serbia with exeprimental instruments.
Hint: guess what some of their instruments are made of? :)
This is really taking EVSC to another level. Pure art, because it reflects directly and with utmost beauty to us people everywhere today. I really love how it grips you and how you -without really knowing what this is about -ad a analytical layer to why this is brilliant
I think we all have the same reaction to this song, from the initial confusion and surprise to the complete enthusiasm that lasts. You got the point perfectly.
Love your analysis, Konstrakta rocks!
This song is about obsession with physical health, serbian health insurance struggles and overall mental health.
The washing of the hands reminds me of the italian phrase "lavarsene le mani come Ponzio Pilato" which translates as "washing your hands about it like Pontius Pilato did (with Jesus)". "It" is usually a situation/an issue you want to ignore: in this case it could be the struggle of some people that cannot have health insurance who are ignored by their own government (my interpretation).
Also using latin is genious: not only it is the language of medicine and science (health stuff), but also of religion. This emphasizes the "culty" flair give to the obsession with health, that we religiously chase.
Lastly, Konstrakta is clearly quoting serbian artist Marina Abramovich and her performative art mastery.
To conclude, your Honour, this should be at LEAST top 5 in the overall
We are not talking about the fight for health insurance in Serbia at all, because in Serbia everyone can have a health card with which they can be treated in all state clinics in Serbia. So, Serbia is ahead of much richer people, and Konstrakta talks about the global problem of the whole world.
Great composition and arrangement analysis! This is the deepest and most detailed overview of the musicality behind the song on the YT. However, the star of the show is the lyrical content, but as for the beat during the verses, it is actually resembling a heartbeat and it only stops at the moment she says “I don’t have health insurance”!
... and getting faster and faster in beats at the very end cause of fear and uncertain future ...
Thanks for this information (i dont't know Serbian) That's important!
It's magic 💫Konstrakta is No 1 💌☮ HIT 2022👍
It’s like an art / music installation
I like your coments.BRAVO🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸👍👍👍
Fenomenalno 👏👏👏
You didn't made a mistake !
This is masterpiece...
Biti zdrava bit bit bit ❤❤❤🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵
I am still listening this master piece
The meaning of the song is very deep: There are several messages:
1. In the time of COVID everybody is brainwashed that they have to do this, that,to stay physically healthy…. And what about mental health after all that?
2. She wears a medical uniform and washes her hands: this is how she describes medical person when someone without a health card comes for treatment ( they wash their hands of that person, it doesn’t exist)
3. People who do not have free health care , and they do not have money , can die freely without a guilty conscience
4. The people around her in back looks to me like rippers, just waiting for those who can’t afford treatment or they could be priests cause there is only left to pray when u can’t afford the treatment or health insurance
5. The general opinion that one must be beautiful, and in order to be beautiful one must be physically healthy. No once cares about mental health anymore, which is also important
6. She is also like a fortune teller looking at her hands trying to figure out why she is sick and what symptoms does she have cuz she can’t afford health care insurance
7. Artists in Serbia don’t have Heath care insurance and her friend died of cancer because of that
8. Obsession with a healthy body while the mind is desperate sick sad and frightened
No 7. In Serbia, everyone has insurance, the unemployed can do it through the national employment service. You don't get the point.
wow...you start off with ahhhh, after watching video ...I WANT MORE !!!
Your analysis based on the music (I also mean the rhythm) is great and even more important considering that you don't understand the lyrics. For all these nice words, I would immediately give you Serbian citizenship! Congratulations and thanks!
THIS PERFORMANCE IS A BURNER AND MORE........a WINNER.....for me!!!!!!!!
Loved ypur reaction - have seen hunderds but yours is different and song is great- the only thing that I kept asking myself during your reaction was why don't you read the lyrics if u have them in front of you cause they r the best thing about this entry
Zastrasujuce dobra - sjajan neocekivan odgovor . Zadivljujuci su i brojni komentari svih na drustvenim mrezama.
You analysis are always incredible
Winner ALERTTTTT
Loved it!
Lets vot for this smart and mistic lady! Bravo
She is a true Icon
Very good analysis, studiously done. What you don't know is that this video of yours will have a lot of views, maybe mostly on your channel. Every video with her is the most watched.
Epic.
Last year, for me, was the year of Ukraine and Go_a (and the lovely Kateryna Pavlenko) with their magnificent ""shum"".
This year, for me, is the year of Konstrakta.
I was hooked even before understanding the lyrics. This song is so incredibly powerful and I could immediately appreciate the constrast between Konstrakta's Sprechgesang and the pseudo-orthodox chanting of the choir. Besides, Konstrakta really has a presence to her that pierces the screen.
""In corpore sano"" is part of a trilogy called ""triptih"" which is available on TH-cam in the channel of Konstrakta's band, Zemlja Gruva. The three songs deal with relevant modern social issues and the video is integral to the meaning of the trilogy. When listening only to "In corpore sano", as we are bound to do, I feel it is much, much better to stick to this live performance because it is simpler and more effective.
The video of ""triptih"", though, has English subtitles and it is very well worth a good watch.
I doubt she will win, but she is certainly among my personal favourites, probably just below Italy.
I have no reason to think she won't put on a great performance at Eurovision and I hope she will get the recognition she deserves.
I’m with you on this! Shum was my favourite last year. This is my fav/second fav (still undecided until I see the lives) this year!
Serbia wins! Vote for Serbia!
So glad you said,i didn't like anything from Serbia for years,neither am i and finally we send a great song
Lyrics may seem a bit silly at first, they are actually dead serious. There are so many layers to the song and a lot of space for different interpretations:
The name of the song "In corpore sano" is in Latin and means "In a healthy body". It’s referring to the Latin saying "Mens sana in corpore sano" meaning "A healthy mind in a healthy body".
- First: What is the secret to Meghan Markle's healthy hair? This is a reference to modern society's obsession with beauty! That's what beauty magazines do/they create insecurities about your hair, skin, weight, etc., and then advertise products that promise to change that. That's what the second line of the song is about "I think that the secret is in deep hydration"
- Second: Konstrakta talks about how our skin and hair often signal some health issues, for example, liver and spleen problems. The reason she is thinking this is because she's worried about her own health, she can't visit a doctor for a check-up or get treatment because she doesn't have insurance, this is so important because independent artists in Serbia don't have health insurance.
- Third: Then we hear her saying how an artist must be healthy, a reference to Marina Abramovic’s (internationally known Serbian performance artist) performances called “Art must be pretty, an artist must be pretty” where she sits for hours combing her hair while repeating that cause she realized people focused a lot on her looks and her hair being messy and prioritized that over her art, and the reason she needs to be healthy is that she can't afford to get treatment.
- Fourth: the "Autonomic nervous system" part talks about how we don't need to control our own heartbeats. She describes how she walks her dog, on a beautiful summer day, her heart beats on its own, it doesn't need to get any better. She just puts her trust in her heart hoping it won't fail her (if it does fail her then that's it, the doctors won't help her and she made peace with that), and that's why she prays to God, "God give us health".
- Fifth: She then says "I DON'T HAVE THE HEALTH INSURANCE!" (Even with "free" health insurance we are still paying a lot for medications, fees, etc. We are always paying insurance through salaries, for both employed and unemployed, and if you don't have "free" health insurance, you are paying way more, which is a situation with independent artists in Serbia.)
- Sixth: Phrase "Boze zdravlja"/"God grant us health". This is a common saying, we use it all the time, and you will always hear people wishing other people good health (for their birthday, or really any holiday) because everything else (money, fame, love...) becomes meaningless if you are ill and in pain. She then says, the artist (she) is invisible, you can't see me, it's magic because she is invisible to health care, they won't treat her!
- Seventh: Now, last part, it's basically the old Latin saying: Mens sana in corpore sano (A healthy mind in a healthy body), except that Konstrakta makes it clear that only the body is healthy, the soul inside is desperate, we are all obsessed with improving our health, we try to eat better, be more active, take all those expensive drugs and supplements, but what about our mind?
Mens infirma in corpore sano - Weak mind in a healthy body
Animus tristis in corpore sano - A sad soul in a healthy body
Mens desperata in corpore sano - Desperate mind in a healthy body
Mens conterrita in corpore sano - A frightened mind in a healthy body
The endless chanting of the mantra about a healthy body is destroyed by enumerating the weaknesses of the mind and soul from which no health can be born. The final verse of the song "and what are we going to do now" is a jargon of common sense cold shower which was poured over the mass media propaganda about a healthy body without a healthy mind and soul, after making that clear she asks us - So what do we do now?
Now about the handwashing:
1) She is dressed in white, she symbolizes the health care system (she reminds us of a nurse for example) and she is washing her hands. Why? Because of covid? NO! It is a metaphor about how health care workers need to "wash their hands off" meaning clear their conscience when they refuse to treat you because you don't have insurance. Just like when Pontius Pilate washed his hands before the crucifixion of Jesus - he tried to clear his conscience and make it clear that he wasn't the one who killed Jesus - it was the Law. In the same way, many people in the government or in positions are washing their hands off and can't help you because of the Law.
2) People standing behind her can be priests that pray for her health and/or are getting ready for her to die.
Excellent observation. And don't worry, I don't like Serbian songs too and I'm from Serbia. Konstrakta gave as a hope in better tommorow. Are you familiar with the art of Marina Abramovic?
Really good comment. Only you must watch this with lyrics. You will enjoy more...
You first reaction was on point and great. As a Serbian I didn't get it at first. My first reaction was negative, I was upset for Serbia for sending this. It took me few listening to like it. You should check runners up Sara Jo "Muškarčina" (Alphaman) and Zorja "Zorja". Both songs were also great.
Србија 🇷🇸
.....have the lyrics and meanings first, than judge , the superbeat in here just makes it better-
the song has so many brilliant turns, ideas, is deeply physophical plus truly super performed!
And after all - it's also a protest song against not existing health insuance for artists in Serbia!
🙌🇷🇸💜🇽🇰
In corpore sano isn't Serbian, it's Latin, kids here know that.
Nemojte vređati ljude, šta time dobijate.
@@belosevickris3379 Nije uvreda, u mnogim salama za fizicko stoji natpis Mens sana in corpore sano! Nikakva uvreda!
@@tanjai2854 Pa kod nas da, pitanje je kako to izgleda u svetu. S obzirom da većina ne može ni da prepozna latinski uopšte, po sluhu, rekla bih da se nikada nisu sreli sa tim jezikom
@@belosevickris3379 Са много чиме
се они током школовања нису
срели,а тек са латинским!🤣
Fantastic reaction! Love your video so much!
And here's another amazing performance you can react to:
th-cam.com/video/26FFlAVWNdE/w-d-xo.html
The song is called "The Train To Spring" and is mixed with the famous song "Kiss from a Rose". It is performed by the famous R&B artist Tia Ray from China. She stands out for her AMAZING vocal skills and emotional voice. I STRONGLY recommend it for you! Hope for your next amazing reaction for this!
Ma "pokidala" je. Bravo Konstrakta, bravo Srbija.
Serbia always ploughs its own furrow - sometimes disastrously, sometimes most intriguingly.
Those who are confused why is she talking about the spleen, think for a second: You open a random woman's magazine, what will you find in there? There'll be an article title "What's the secret of (enter random celebrity name) good healt?", followed by countless "health" advices, diets that are often claiming that your surface imperfections are coming from one of your organ's healthy. Sometimes it's the liver, sometimes your gut, and sometimes the spleen.
This song is absolutely brilliant. There are some claiming that a bit where she is saying that she doesn't have health insurance, and "others" can't follow her has an antivax vibe, but that's nonsense. That part in my opinion, really hits the spot, because after years of hearing countless health advices you become paranoid, and that song bit illustrates middle age paranoia. Someone is following you, countless targeted ads are recommending this and that, why can't you be left alone? That's really the point.
The ending in Latin is pretty clear: After following and adhering every advice you found, followed with paranoia to always be "germless" (hence the hand washing), you are now perfectly healthy. But what about you mental health?
So much depth in just 3 minutes. Truly a masterpiece.
PS: To understand even more from this song, listen to triptih. This song is the second of the three. First song talks about mediocre life, obsessed with labels and lifestyle people are following i.e study foreign language, know everything about remote places that you never visited and read a woman magazine where a famous actress is as ordinary as you, second song (this one) is about obsession with health and the final song is about "acting" to be a part of intellectual elite in the society, while actually you are just stuck deep in the comfort zone and your soul is just dying out.
It's so funny and sad how Konstrakta has 0 expectations from the contest. She went to Serbian contest as a joke. Was convinced she'd be dead last. When she won she said: "My name is Konstrakta, and I did not expect the victory" - a quote everyone is now repeating in Serbia. When she was up for Turin she was very worried about carrying her message to European listeners and her first couple of performances in Israel and Croatia were a bit insecure. Even for the semifinal, she insisted on subtitling the song with Eurovision organizers, and in the end they did do something, but ended up being awkward a bit.
All in all, you have an outstanding artist, who's been creating songs with powerful messages for 20 years that very few in Serbia listen to due to its "alternative" nature. She's a mother of two, well educated (architecture degree) and self aware woman who does not need to get naked to grab everyone's attention. She carries a powerful message in mindblowing lyrics (that she wrote herself) and is by far the most intelligent entry in this contest. No one comes close by a mile.
I am only sad that she feels insecure and does not believe in herself and her chances in the contest. Her body language and attitude towards the contest was a bit uptight and meek. She still doesn't believe she could win and even semifinal performance was less impactful than Belgrade one. They did not change much in song staging, but it looks much poorer than in Belgrade. I really hope she gains some confidence and somehow improve the staging (nothing wrong with it, but in Belgrade, it was much better).
PS: I am sure fans saw many analysis of the song in lyrics, but I noticed one important thing is missed in all that I found. Do you know what a hand gesture she's making means? Not the clapping, but raising hand and twisting the palm? In Serbia, it's what people do to express that someone's mind is not in a right place. In sense, that person is crazy, or something is wrong in their hand.
That gesture really makes the performance even stronger for Serbian watchers. It's like famous hand opening Italians do, but Serbian one is not that famous.
Ljudi sano treba da shvate tekst... Pobednica 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Генијална је.Ама све,све је
дотакла у својим стиховима.
that part at 4:18 "le-pa" (preety) is highly sarcastic by her tone
Konstrakta 💖
Excellent analysis! I really appreciate it because it comes from a musician. You only need to learn a bit of Latin, hahaha! Greetings from Serbia!
Haha thanks! I’ll get on to enrolling into those Latin classes! 😆
@@TheMuserResolute We learn it for 2 years in language section of the highschool (grammar school), that's why many people know some of it.
Mentioning Megan's hair is a parody of the daily tabloid articles on such and similar topics and it is not his name the world deals with while on the other hand we have much bigger problems among which is the problem of a huge number of people in the world who do not have adequate health care. Our Serbia has good health care, and the song is about a global problem, so it has a message. Greetings from Serbia ❤🇷🇸
i'm serbian, i'm working as sound engineer, honestly first few time i didn't like it, but maybe coz i've paide not enought attencion. but hey she rullez!
Check her other two songs, as this is actually a triptych, so good!
Our lady Gaga, Konstrakta 😀❣️
The very opening phrase is in fact the Latin phrase "mens sana in corpore sano " chanted BACKWARDS
I had to listen like 10 times to understand it, was like - It is Definitely not about what she is saying.. What is it about? But I am used to Dakh Sisters performance..
A sick mind in a healthy body
A sad soul in a healthy body
A desperate mind in a healthy body
A terrified mind in a healthy body
So now what?
Checkout Floor Jansen sings Euphoria live, epic🤘🤘🤘: th-cam.com/video/fsmS0vmbNTw/w-d-xo.html
Omg I forgot about this!!
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So you do not recognize the Latin language and a proverb In Corpore Sano, I mean come on man! Did you go to school? In Corpore Sano - In a healthy body is a healthy spirit. Also, Kontrakta sings about the fact that in Serbia artists do not have health insurance, and the song was written as her reaction for losing her friend who died from Korona because he did not have Health insurance and could not be treated by the medical team in Serbia ( something like that).
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Wow thank you for this review, I liked it very much! Yup, one of the themes is the mental health! Thank you for pointing out the contrasting moments in terms of the composition, I had no idea about that and I find that really interesting! Btw, Konstrakta couldn't be more surprised that she won in Belgrade among other amazing Serbian singers. In my opinion this whole performance was just something authentic to her and her team. I have just started listening to her other songs, and there is a really unusual one - "Neam samana". The lyrics are what I adore there but I would really love to hear what a Music Teacher would have to say about its composition!
Very strange song, catchy horus though. It may win!
it looks like some coult istg
Being from AUS you are completely removed from all this political stuff ?! Yet your country literally deported Novak Djokovic from Aussie Open because he wasn't vaccinated even though he was perfectly healthy! Tortured that man for weeks, threatened him jail time and deported him like he is some kind of criminal... Literally the opposite of what you just said. ALSO, does it feel good to compete in EUROPEAN Song Contest when you are from whole another continent ?! :D It's all politics, don't lie :D
Argh! I completely forgot about all that. I retract my positive statements of this song. I should rightfully, and politically not like it.
Thanks for taking the time to help me work through this 😊
Latin!!!
Bas su se Stranci lozaja na kontrenku
Konstrakta, as far as I'm aware, with this song is attacking the Serbian health system that doesn't support artists that well. The last few lines then are about mental health, saying even if physical health is cared for there I'd still more to do.
Song us great but f..k you treebam ti ja objasnjavat i prevodit
Not really a song. I tried to listen to it, didnt understand a thing, moved on. UK and Sweden and great songs i understood the lyrics and the message. With all due respects :(
Look PZE 2022 zorja,sara jo 👋
Koga više zabole za naše dolole i mrdanje guzovima
ZVastika! She supports Russian aggression. We want her to win. Russians and Serbs are one people.🇷🇺✊🇷🇸
Oh that is so not true!
Глупост!
It’s stupid
Sta schifezza la chiamate musica..ma per piacere andate a quel paese..!! 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
this song is really bad
Konstrakta is brilliant. Dares to be totally different in comparison to the other contestants. Her performance is avant-garde art and the song has many powerful messages left for each person to decipher. I wish her all the best and hopefully a top position. Love it. ❤️ 🥰👏👏👏👍
As it's been explained to me, Serbia has a national healthcare system, but artists are excluded for it. This resulted in one of Konstrakta's friends passing away of cancer without receiving any treatment. Among the messages of this song, one of them is a critique of that system. 'Boze Zdravlja' translates to 'God give us health'. This is followed by 'Nemam Knjizicu' which, IIRC, literally translates to 'I don't have the card', referring to the card required to access the health insurance system. Basically lining those two up as a 'God give us health, because the health care system won't' message.
But outside of that, I think there's also a message about the entanglement of beauty and health (Koja li je tajna zdrave kose meghan markle? - What could be the secret to Meghan Markle's healthy hair?), the uncertainty she faces when self-diagnosing ('Dark circles around eyes can point to liver problems'), the impact that stressing over health can have on mental health ('Summer days, my dog and I, we go for a walk, and that's it. It doesn't have to be more than that.' + the closing, latin chants translating to 'an ailing mind, sad soul, despairing mind, terrified mind in a healthy body') and the staging seems to lean into a message about deification of health, to the point of cult-like behaviour. ('U ime zdralvja' - All in the name of health)
The cohesiveness of the entire performance is what's been keeping my mind occupied in the run-up to this Eurovision, and reminds me somewhat of Latvia 2015. Every single part of it underlines the message and serves the theme. Even the hand-clapping rhythm, and the physical motion with which they clap their hands, is reminiscent of someone repeatedly beating you over the head (Figuratively) with a message, in this case: 'Biti Zdrava' - To be healthy.
It's art, and it's my number 1 for Eurovision 2022.
This is an exceptional composition. I usually have so many problems understanding lyrics and meaning, but how you’ve explained it really helps here. In my opinion, this is the best written composition this year.
U Srbiji moze svako da se leči, nije tacno da neko nema pravo na knjizicu, svi mogu da je imaju. SVI
@@TheMuserResolute Simply the best one this year! 🥇👑🥇
@@stojanovickas8873 nije baš tako, samo u teoriji, ali u praksi gotovo svi slobodni umetnici imaju problem da overe knjižicu jer lokalne samouprave, koje bi trebalo da uplaćuju doprinose za njih uvek kasne tako da umetnici em ne mogu da overe knjižicu em dobijaju račune zateznih kamata, pa ako ne (mogu da) plate eto izvršitelja da im blokiraju račune itd. tako da se zbog toga mnogi odriču zdravstvenog osiguranja. Znam, jer imam prijatelje slobodne umetnike.
@@majdavojnikovic Stojanovicka to svakako zna ali se pravi blesava, da li iz zabave ili iz koristi, ne znam i ne zanima me.
Thank you.We are really happy because we are sending her to ESC.Greetings from Serbia.🥰🇷🇸
My favourite ❤️