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Sámi soga lávlla (English: Song of the Sami Family/People) is the anthem of the Sámi people.The text was written by Isak Saba, and Arne Sørli composed the music.. Originally a poem, it was first published in the Sámi newspaper SaÇ¥ai Muittalægje on 1 Apr
The song was inspired by the autonomy movement among the Sami people of northern Norway, with the duo singing that the demand for autonomy was made in a very subdued manner. Mention is also made of the traditional music of the region, the yoik, which is described as being "stronger than gunpowder" in the lyrics.
Highly spiritual songs called joiks (Northern Sami: luohti; Southern Sami: vuolle) are the most characteristic song type. (The same word sometimes refers to lavlu or vuelie songs, though this is technically incorrect.) Joiks may have few or no lyrics, do not rhyme, and have no definite structure.
The Sami verb for presenting a joik (e.g. Northern Sami juoigat) is a transitive verb, which is often interpreted as indicating that a joik is not a song about the person or place, but that the joiker is attempting to evoke or depict that person or place through song – one joiks one's friend, not about one's friend (similarly to how one doesn ...
Boine's songs are strongly rooted in her experience of being in a despised minority. For example, the song "Oppskrift for Herrefolk" ("Recipe for a Master Race") on her breakthrough CD Gula Gula, sung in Norwegian unlike the rest of the songs which are in Northern Sámi, speaks directly of "discrimination and hate", and recommends ways of oppressing a minority: "Use bible and booze and bayonet ...
"Bam Yang Gang" is a "breezy song with a touch of waltz" written by singer-songwriter Chang Ki-ha. It depicts memories of past love. Through the lyrics, Bibi says that what she expected from her ex-boyfriend was not a grand feast but rather a traditional Korean treat "bamyanggaeng," or sweet chestnut red bean jelly, a metaphor for "simple yet authentic love".
Critics of Music Y rated the song 3.5 out of 5 stars. Kim Seong-hwan praised Bibi's vocal sense that is not "weighed down by the trendy sound". [4] Critics of Tonplein picked the song as one of the best R&B tracks of 2020. Cho Ji-hwan noted that the unique charm of the song comes from its bridge. [5]
In 2003, the musicologist Olle Edström called the album's lyrics "still highly political", but noted that the music had moved away from the traditional Sámi sound of her first album (After Stillness), with folk musicians from Sweden, Peru and elsewhere, making the album "World music", or more precisely in Edström's characterisation "a ...