When I heard the songs from Festival da canção 2021, I liked a lot of them but the one I fell in love with immediately was the one from our next guests, here are the answers from the guys of Karetus:
Name: Carlos Alexandre Teixeira da Silva
Birthday: 27/01/1985
Height: 1,88
Favorite color: Blue
What’s your strangest talent? Give a good massage
What is the strangest thing you have in your room? Puppet of myself
What are you really good at? Diabolo
What are you really bad at? Quitting
Childhood memory: Get lost ahah
Celebrity crush: Ana Malhoa
Who would you cast to play you in a movie about your life? Jim Carrey
What would the title of that movie be? El Camaron
Favorite movie: Jurassic Park
Favorite TV series: Rick and Morty
Dish/Snack/Beverage/Candy we should try if we ever visit Portugal: Francesinha /Pastel de nata / Sagres
What is your guilty pleasure? ASMR
Can you recommend us a song (old or new) from a Portuguese artist? Madredeus - O Pastor
Name: André Lívio Pinto Reis
Birthday: 03/08/1988
Height: 1,73
Favorite color: Red
What’s your strangest talent? Hear music in every sound
What is the strangest thing you have in your room? Myself
What are you really good at? Making music (i hope)
What are you really bad at? Organizing
Childhood memory: First time I made a beat
Celebrity crush: Rosalia
Who would you cast to play you in a movie about your life? Johnny Depp
What would the title of that movie be? WOW I’m Johnny Depp!
Favorite movie: Matrix
Favorite TV series: The Office
Dish/Snack/Beverage/Candy we should try if we ever visit Portugal: Bacalhau à Brás / Caracois / Ginja / Pastel de nata
What is your guilty pleasure? Watching videos with people eating
Can you teach us some interesting words in Portuguese? Saudade (feeling when u miss a good thing)
Hi guys, welcome to the Eurovision universe. How are you doing?
Hi there, we feeling great :)
How would you describe the sound of Karetus?
We fuse all genres of music, creating a movement we call "Full Flavor"
You were one of the composers that RTP invited to take part in FDC 2021. How did it all begin?
We had the honor of being invited by rtp, and we were immediately anxious to enter the stage, online we already had people asking us to be one of the competitors so it made perfect sense in our heads.
"Saudade” is the title of your song, what's the story behind it?
Saudade is a theme where electronic music and fado come together to “tear the mask that suffocated”. Portuguese soul with the voice of an Azorean from São Miguel (Romeu Bairos) where the chords of the viola da terra are felt. A “back and forth” where tradition and modernity come together, the word itself Saudade meaning is a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one cares for and/or loves.
The lyrics of the song talk about this Saudade mainly for everything the world goes through with the pandemic but nostalgic with a looking forward into the future.
What was the process of selecting which song to submit like? What made you pick Saudade?
Saudade is part of an album that we are working on, which gives priority to the sounds of Portugal, to our culture and tradition, together with electronic music. As if a union of the past and the present. And it made total sense to use this song in Festival da Canção
How do you feel about the reaction your song has been getting from the fans?
The feedback so far has been amazing, we didn’t expect much love from Portugal and all over the world, we appreciate it. Thank you all
What can we expect to see on stage for the performance?
We recently made 10 years of career and for those who know us know that our live performance is very important for us, we promise to give our best, we want to surprise you
Have you heard any of the other songs in the competition? Any favorite?
From the ones we heard, we liked these 3 “mema. - Claro Como Água”, “ EU.CLIDES - VOLTE-FACE” and “Miguel Marôco - Girassol” but overall all the songs in the contest have amazing quality
The use of prerecorded backing vocals in the Eurovision performances will be allowed this year and that has set some kind of debate since some find it great but others think it could hurt the contest, as a singer what are your thoughts on this topic?
We think it is great, if used well.
What do you like about Eurovision?
The gathering of people with different ethnicities. Different backgrounds and different histories from around the world in favor of music and love.
What do you dislike about Eurovision?
With the pros and cons at the end of the day music is not a competition.
Tell me the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word:
Countryside: Calm
Pleasure: Music
Bones: Cracking
Toxic: Don´t care
Live music: Amazing
Thanks to Karetus for the interview!
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