Just about a thirty day period back, the singer Ana Djuric, acknowledged as Konstrakta, was only known to enthusiasts of the substitute tunes scene outdoors the Serbian borders. Now the 43-yr-previous is not only becoming celebrated as “Serbia’s Woman Gaga” in the ex-Yugoslav states: the variety of YouTube clicks for her Eurovision contribution “In Corpore Sano” has already achieved far more than 15 million in Serbia’s populace in just a number of weeks surpassed by far more than two times. She is considered a starter with great prospects at the music contest on Could 14 in Turin.
In fact, the previous singer of Belgrade indie pop bands this sort of as “MistakeMistake” or “Zemlja Gruva” was only hoping for some publicity for her new “Triptih” (triptych) video clip from her effectiveness at the Serbian preliminary round: The general performance, consisting of 3 tracks, will take underlying social norms this sort of as the excellent of everlasting youth, the taboo of ageing, the obsession with splendor and well being or the hunt for income, energy and status. The Belgrade newspaper Danas describes the contribution “In Corpore Sano” as a “song that was not created to please the Eurovision audience”. Shockingly, through the Serbian preliminary spherical in March, the chanting was unanimously voted the very clear winner by both of those the qualified jury and the viewers.
No Balkan goldthroat with tearjerkers in skimpy dresses, but a researched architect and mother with profound messages published by herself: Instead of swaying her hips, Konstrakta is sitting down and in white medical garments inquiring herself what the “secret powering the nutritious hair of Meghan Markle”.
Regularly washing her fingers in a washtub, the singer, towel in excess of her shoulder, philosophizes about the connection among dark circles below her eyes and liver complications, moles and an enlarged spleen. God gave her wellbeing, “but I do not have well being insurance coverage,” states Konstrakta, who sings about ill, sad and desperate souls in healthful bodies.
The hypnotic chorus “the artist have to be nutritious, be healthier, be healthy” appears to be to at the very least hit the mind-set to life of her compatriots in Corona instances. But the singer and composer can not really make clear her career results, which was as sudden as it was late. “Image and sound” would have been just suitable in the preliminary spherical in Belgrade: “It clicked in the audience and then it went by itself.”
Numerous levels
The specific analyzes of her texts printed in the regional push are now considerably longer in duration. Some audio critics really feel reminded of Balkan politicians who like to continually clean their hands in innocence in the course of their hand washing efficiency. Others feeling harsh criticism of the condition of the overall health program, the “sick” modern society or the bad social safety of freelance artists in their song. The lyrics of her tracks have “many layers” and “a million sub-themes,” suggests the singer herself: “Everyone should really pick out for themselves what they like to hear.”
Her astonishing freestyle as Serbia’s Eurovision hopeful has weighed seriously on the interpreter’s acclaimed appearances abroad in new weeks, from Israel to Croatia. Neighborhood bookmakers are now even attributing escalating outsider chances to Konstrakta guiding the favorites from Ukraine and Italy. But her contribution just appears way too unorthodox for a surprise success at Europe’s singing opposition. Konstrakta does not look to have any ambitions to earn both. Over all, she is pleased about her accomplishment so significantly: “It shows that there is the capacity to listen.”
