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Estonia
Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato
There are novelty entries, and then there’s whatever Espresso Macchiato is trying to be. Tommy Cash, Estonia’s resident agent of performance-art anarchy, serves up a track that feels less like a song and more like an endurance test in irony. It’s hard to tell if the intention is satire, self-sabotage, or just a particularly niche in-joke. The result is what you might get if an algorithm trained on Italian stereotypes wrote a jingle for a Milanese toilet cleaner.
Lyrically baffling, vocally sneering, and musically one long wink to camera, it lurches between faux-Italo disco and low-budget cabaret. And yet, amidst the noise, there are fleeting moments of musical competence—just enough to be frustrating. The whole thing feels like the punchline to a joke only Tommy understands, and one that Estonia might end up paying the price for.
Performance art? Possibly. Eurovision finalist? Let’s hope not.
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