The Wiwi Jury — our in-house team of music unprofessionals — is reviewing and rating the 37 competing songs in Eurovision 2024. Next we review Austria, who have chosen Kaleen with “We Will Rave”.
Do we have our glowsticks at the ready? Read on to find out!
Kaleen – “We Will Rave” (Austria Eurovision 2024)
Review: Kaleen – “We Will Rave”
Jonathan: Minus one point for being a few decades late. But otherwise, this is glorious! Enticing the listener with a soft opening, then building in the electronic beats towards a kick-ass chorus, “We Will Rave” instantly grabs you and proceeds to send you full throttle on the dancing journey of a lifetime. This is set to raise the roof off the Malmö arena and get the party started in every household across Europe, Australia, and the world. I’ve never been to a rave before, but you can consider me a convert if this is what they’re playing.
Score: 9
Lucy: Bringing the rave to Eurovision 2024 is Austria’s Kaleen. To many this would be a typically dance-y Eurovision number, however it harks back to 90’s rave so well it can’t be ignored. It truly gives us some highlights of Gatecrasher, Creamfields and God’s Kitchen in the space of three minutes. Kaleen is an incredible performer, and has some of the best choreo skills in the contest this year. Something about this doesn’t quite strike my soul to set it on fire, but it’s still some bloody good fun.
Score: 7
Scarlett: How many songs about leaving your broken heart on the dancefloor are out there? “We Will Rave” is yet another take on the “I’m gonna dance my pain away” theme often found in dance music. The trance-inspired instrumentals bring a dose of nostalgia that may or may not be welcome depending on the listener, while the drum and bass rhythms towards the end are a highlight – though the song never quite hits a climax. “We Will Rave” is a neat little pop song that lacks the grittiness of a full-on rave. Then again, it doesn’t claim to be one.
Score: 5
William: Raves are about music, dance and feeling the rhythm. But they’re also about freedom and letting yourself go. And when Kaleen performs “We Will Rave” that’s exactly what I want to do — lose myself to the music! Sick choreography, devil-may-care freedom, sensuality oozing from hips, hair whips that would leave Beyoncé blushing — Kaleen is giving the gays everything they want. Some have said this sounds “dated.” Well the ’90s are having a resurgence so that’s probably a good thing. Easily my favourite dance song of the year!
Score: 9
Austria Eurovision 2024 ranking
In the Eurovision 2024 Wiwi Jury, we have 17 jurors but only have room for four reviews. The remaining scores are below:
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Antranig: 8.5 Cinan: 10 Deban: 6 Georgia: 7.5 Pablo: 8 Ron: 6.5 Ruxandra: 8.5 |
Sebastian: 9.5 Simon: 7 Suzanne: 6.5 Tom: 7 Tomas: 7 Youyou: 8.5 |
We have removed the highest and lowest scores prior to calculating the average. This is to remove outliers and potential bias. We have removed a low of 5 and a high of 10.
Wiwi Jury verdict: 7.70/10
What do you think of Austria’s Eurovision 2024 entry? Share your own score and review for Kaleen’s “We Will Rave” below!
