Gonna take that as approval!!

(I have no idea who my fave is in this group, opps - it's probably Taeyong, maybe, idk)

BJSC 120: Tiffany Young - Magnetic Moon

Taming a wild heart
Taking a free spirit
Running on empty
Chasing the heat of the night

Up on the roof
Dancing for you
Under a million stars
Magnetic moon
Pulls me to you
With your ocean arms

We managed to host BJSC 119 successfully without any huge faults, yay ~
While we did not set the scoreboard on fire with NCT U, we did have lots of fun hosting the semis and the final. Now, for the last contest of the year we are sending Tiffany Young, known from Girls' Generation, with her song "Magnetic Moon".

Christmas III: Eva Weel Skram - Selmas Sang

Regndråper faller og faller tar fargene bort
Du er uendelig liten men håpet er stort
Eg høyrer til deg og sånn vil det alltid bli
Eg drøymer at snart er du her og legg handa di trygt i mi

Result: 18/28 (25 points)

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BJSC 121: Nuages - Dreams

If you awaken from this illusion
And you understand that black implies white
Self implies other, life implies death
You can feel yourself
Not as a stranger in the world
Not as something here on probation
Not as something that has arrived here by fluke
But you can begin to feel your own existence as absolutely fundamental

This is probably going to be a bit to monotonous for someone, but I just find this so relaxing? There is something very soothing about this - and this type of genre is rarely my thing. Anyway, this has been sitting on my to-send list for far too long, and starting the new year with "Dreams" feels right. Hope some of you enjoy the (re)discovery!

This is wonderful. I had already come across this in 2018 whilst looking for potentials but never really decided to send it. Hope this does very well!

This is wonderful. I had already come across this in 2018 whilst looking for potentials but never really decided to send it. Hope this does very well!

 

Ohh what a coincidence, I also stumbled over this in 2018. I hope this does well too, but one does never really know what to expect from this contest :lol:

BJSC 122: Susanne Sundfør - When The Lord

Let me go back
To when I was young
Here I was born
And here I will die lonesome

Let there be light
And let there be love
Hear the bells
Ring our song

Wake me
Wake me up my darling
When the Lord has descended on us
All the worries
That you carried with you
They are lost in a warm embrace
Timelessness

An ethereal beauty.

BJSC 123: Bích Phương - Bùa Yêu

Hey, don't you know

That time waits for no one

And we need each other

To share every moment of life

Baby, tell me that you love me too

 

So what was your first choice Nocheluna?

 

EDIT:

 

Nevermind I found out it was Mirei.

Edited March 27, 20205 yr by isolAddy!

Yup, it was Mirei!

Did not realise that it had already been revealed until saw the showcase thread earlier today :lol:

BJSC 124: Sa Dingding - Upwards To The Moon

Left hand upwards to the moon

Right hand on a red thread

To give you and me

Our predestined love

In the moonlight

You and I

 

Left hand becomes feathers

Right hand turns into scales

Some lifetimes are in the clouds

Some lifetimes are in the forest

Willing to turn into a grain of dust

And follow you

To emerge in the mortal realm

 

Left hand picks you up

Right hand lets you go

When I clasp my hands

You're back in my heart

 

Moving on from Vietnam, Lotunia is this time sending Chinese artist Sa Dingding. Taken from the soundtrack of Ashes of Love, we present you "Upwards To The Moon".

BJSC 125: Band Of Gold - I Wanna Dance With You Again

There is a hand around my heart
And its tearing my apart
I see you wave across the room
I see you twirl across the room

Last contest we managed to grab enough Points to get 22nd in the final, ty to everyone that voted for us. We are moving away from Asia for this round and straight back to Norway. I introduce to you Band Of Gold with their song "I Wanna Dance With You Again".

Hey! Just to say I really enjoyed your entry this month, a great discovery, and it deserved more than it got! :cry:

Hey! Just to say I really enjoyed your entry this month, a great discovery, and it deserved more than it got! :cry:

I’m glad you enjoyed the song, knowing that someone has made a discovery out of it is far more worth to me then making the final! ☺️

Veto: Sunmi - Pporappippam

I wonder if this is a dream
But then I think of you
And that night was real
I’m sure of it
Purple night

I got vetoed. The fact that i could have potentially sent three popjustice winners in a row amuses me - I guess my taste might somewhat align with theirs :lol:

! lmao it didn't even occur to me that this was a third consecutive PJSC winner that you confirmed haha (the last contest feels like too long ago)

Worldvision V: Marcela Morelo - Luna Bonita

Dime luna bonita porque siento tanto miedo
Dime luna bonita que inocente es este juego
Quiero mirar sus ojos toda la noche entera
Y despertar sin prisa, sin soledad, sin pena

Cuéntame luna bonita tú que sabes de pasión
Si se enciende la llama en mi, la llama del amor

Result: 03/38 (204 Points)

Thrilled with third for Marcela Morelo! thanks for all the points. I have a few other songs by her that I like, so she might make an appearance in the main contest at some point in the future.

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BJSC 126: Masaru Yokoyama - Uso To Honto

"What did you have in your heart?"
"I had you"

So, the confirmation period has been a little bit of a ride. Our first and second choice had already been vetoed. Which brought us to Masaru Yokoyama's "Uso To Honto" ("Lie & Truth"). This violin-piano piece is a little bit under 3 minutes, and has been taken from the anime Your Lie In April, a story that follows two young musicians. Quite honestly I think this is one of my three favorites this year that I have sent to the main conest, and it will probably remain so by the end of the year. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy the discovery!

! lmao it didn't even occur to me that this was a third consecutive PJSC winner that you confirmed haha (the last contest feels like too long ago)

In hindsight i'm kinda glad i got blocked by that veto. Atleast i have a candidate for the anniversary thing, if I stay that long that is :lol:

Beautiful entry :heart: hope it will sail through to the final!

Beautiful entry :heart: hope it will sail through to the final!

Glad to see you like it, Jade ^_^ thought this one might resonate with you (and a few others) when I confirmed it.

BJSC 127: Sulli - Dorothy

It didn't mean anything
I held onto hope
At the edge of my imagination
Buried in the world
The air is empty

Sulli (Choi Jinri), former member of the group f(x). Released what was for me one of the best EP’s last year. Somehow “Dorothy” became one of my most played songs that year, and I think the reason for that is that the song brought out a sense of peace and serenity that I sorely needed at the time. I won't go into much detail about that here, but let's just say that I was at a bad place mentally duo to certain things that happened in my real life. While her death was sad, and it left many people in grief (and it still hurts), I can't help but hope that she has found eternal peace. Wherever she is, I hope she is happy. Please, take a listen and enjoy.

This is a beautiful song, one of the few strong highlights that I'm sad I can't support from the other semi - I'd not heard any of her solo work before, tragic that we won't hear any more music from her when this song shows such clear potential for her to have been one of the most standout names in the genre. </3