Bambie Thug onstage through the London Eurovision Celebration 2024 at Outernet London in April (Getty)
Eire’s Eurovision entrant Bambie Thug is a self-described “Ouija-pop” singer; individuals at the moment are speculating that they’re making an attempt to “hex” viewers – or presumably simply a person – with their catchy entry “Doomsday Blue”.
After successful Eire’s nationwide choice contest, Eurosong, in January with their genre-defying tune, the singer-songwriter grew to become the first non-binary artist to symbolize the nation on the contest. Final night time, Bambie Thug smashed it out of the park within the semis and formally certified for the Eurovision grand remaining.
They subsequently claimed that the European Broadcasting Union made them take away messages in solidarity with Palestine shortly earlier than their semi-final efficiency.
Bambie Thug’s music has been impressed by varied topics, together with witchcraft, and drug dependancy. A “hex” is one other phrase for a magic curse: an evil spell that brings dangerous luck and hassle, in different phrases.
This – mixed with the truth that Bambie Thug is non-binary, led president of the far-right Irish Freedom Celebration Hermann Kelly to complain, tweeting: “Bambie Thug should be the most important turkey since Dustin the Turkey. Appears celebrating satanism and ‘non-binary’ Woke nonsense is the style of the Irish Institution”.
A petition was then launched demanding that Bambie Thug be disqualified from Eurovision. In response, they launched an announcement that stated: “If you happen to don’t wish to be a part of the Haus Of Thug you aren’t obligated to come back on this journey with me… don’t waste your life hung up [on] hate.”
The topic of hexes in Bambie Thug’s Eurovision music got here up on Reddit lately, with one consumer writing: “I lately got here throughout a remark the place the commenter stated after they listened to ‘Doomsday Blue’, they knew Bambie Thug positioned a hex within the lyrics.
“After I checked out Bambie Thug’s Wikipedia article, it did point out that quite a few spells and hexes are included in varied songs they’ve created.
“So it obtained me curious and considering what the Eurovision followers’ (those that are non secular and/or spiritual and those that aren’t) opinions on this? If there was a hex or a spell positioned on the music does it change anybody’s ideas and emotions on it? How do you’re feeling a couple of hex or spell… being positioned on the music?”
The commenters didn’t appear too phased concerning the alleged “hex”, with one writing: “I’d really feel honoured to be hexed by Bambie.”
One other quipped: “It rattling effectively higher have a spell in it or I’ve been sacrificing all these youngsters for nothing.”
A 3rd stated: “I’m somebody who occurs to know a s**t ton of witches and infrequently dabbles with them (I don’t imagine in magic however rituals are enjoyable and I’ve realized a ton by osmosis). If there’s a hex within the music, will probably be focusing on one single one who most likely isn’t you.”
Funnily sufficient, “Doomsday Blue” really begins with a Harry Potter quote: “Avada Kedavra, I communicate to destroy.” Avada Kedavra was the so-called “killing curse” in JK Rowling’s sequence of fantasy novels.
As Bambie Thug is non-binary, and Harry Potter creator JK Rowling is famously outspoken about trans and non-binary rights, typically criticising gender-neutral language and advocating for cisgender-women-only areas, it’s actually an attention-grabbing selection of opening line.
“Doomsday Blue” lyrics
The music begins: “Avada Kedavra, I communicate to destroy / The sentiments I’ve, I can’t keep away from / By twisted tongues, a hex deployed on you / That every one the pretties in your mattress / Escape your arms and make you unhappy
/ And all of the stuff you want you had you’d lose.”
You possibly can learn the remainder of the lyrics right here.
The 2024 Eurovision Music Contest Grand Ultimate will happen on Saturday 11 Might.