Good Lord, I love this song so much. The Nordic countries do pop well, but their ballads are even better! I love his look. He looks big and tough, but the vulnerability he displays in this performance is so unreal. It destroys the idea that guys have to be all tough all the time. The music video is also really good!

@JakesFaceReacts

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I have to check the music video out. This was such an unexpectedly beautiful and real song by a phenomenal vocalist.

@hotsummernights

3 жыл бұрын

He is a bouncer😅

My all time favourite eurovison song. Deserved 1st place. So proud of my country❤

My mother passed away when I was 12 after a battle with cancer and was after that growing up with a stepmother who psychologically tormented me which has today caused me to deal with ptsd and anxiety issues. I've tried ending my life numerous times and been homeless three times but I keep fighting and fighting to get to the point in life where I want to be, this song just reminds me so much of the struggle and hardships I've faced and still am facing in my day-to-day life and it makes me feel happy and lucky at the same time because if one of my suicide attempts were successful I wouldn't be alive to this day to make my mom up in the heaven's proud of me and show her I am not going down so easily. I'm on my way to becoming a chef as food has always been a big passion of mine and it's my drive to make her proud that also keeps me fighting and battling my inner demons (as I call them) to reach the top.

@JakesFaceReacts

6 жыл бұрын

We all have inner demons trying to destroy us. Just know you’re never alone. It sounds like you’re on the right path now. After all you’ve been through, you chose to stay and the world is so much better because your story can now help others. That’s what this life is all about.💚

Such a contrast to Denmark's song. This one is absolutely amazing and deserved to be top 3. It still gives me chills.

@cxnfusionspxll870

6 жыл бұрын

You wrote wrong? You mean Norway?

@mirroroffthewall5932

6 жыл бұрын

Filip Åström I was comparing Norway’s song to Denmark’s song. I love Silent Storm and hate Cliche Love Song.

@nilerra8181

6 жыл бұрын

Mirror Onthewall I love both 😅

One of the best ballads ever. The piano combined with his voice... It's too much, I have to cry. And you (maybe?) trying not to cry... Now everybody, let's cry together. I feel like I've heard it in a movie. Deserved top 2. I can't die before getting to hug you.

@JakesFaceReacts

6 жыл бұрын

Come on Luke. I could use a hug after this video.

@OshawottLuke

6 жыл бұрын

I'll swim, a river just appeared around me.

@andimusicjunkie3990

6 жыл бұрын

I've already heard it as a background song in TV....

His cousin, Josefin Winther, wrote this song, and their perfomance of the song together in the Norwegian NF the year after, was even better. Thanx Jake for your reaction to this amazing song.

GDI Jake! DON'T BE SORRY for your REACTION... that's part of makes me/us watch these videos. Because you, like Carl Espen, dare to express some of those feelings. Let us see some of your heart and soul, so I/we can recognize the same in ourselves and be our mirrors. THANK you again for this. And thank you AGAIN for doing this, Jake. I don't think you know how much you help me/us. We never know whos's in the audience, whom we'll touch by our words and actions. So, THANK YOU, again Jake. And thanks to Carl Espen, who made this possible. SUCH A GEM! I actually had forgotten HOW GOOD this is. SO PROUD of what we were able to send to ESC that year. Such a healing piece of music, and with such an authenticity. Made me cry... again. Just what I needed today, and amplified by your reaction. What also makes it such a good entry for me, is that Carl Espen's "just" an ordinary man, with no professional or classical music training, .

We were sooooo proud of him in 🇩🇰🇳🇴

Your reaction to this, is why I and I think many other people love your reaction videos. You are just a wonderful person and it shows.

@JakesFaceReacts

3 жыл бұрын

You made my night with your comment.💚✌️

I was waiting for this one, Jake. 😃Absolutely beautiful, Norway. The “bruises” Carl sings about don’t always have to be physical or tangible. Sometimes they’re on the inside. Your personal experiences, and how someone goes their whole life to seek love, and acceptance, as well as what they’ve done to overcome their own silent storm. I think he sings about wanting to find love and acceptance in life, whether it be from a romantic partner, family, or even just enough acceptance to make a friend, it does transcend and it makes you remember that you’re not alone; that people experience and feel the same way and the same things you do. The first time I heard this song, I bawled like a baby, because it made me feel like I wasn’t alone in the world, and that with time, things will get better. It’s about hope and just believing in yourself. I do agree, the message of the song is so personal, it’s like he’s speaking to you directly instead of at you and the whole arena of spectators.

@JakesFaceReacts

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! And it doesn’t matter to me what place it finished in. It changed lives...it changed mine...that’s worth so much more than a placement.

So beautiful, deserved Top 5

@JakesFaceReacts

6 жыл бұрын

Honestly, when performances touch my heart like this, I don’t care what place they finished in. It should have been higher for sure, but I think the lives that he changed with this song will live much longer in history than the placement.

@MemoBosqueVEVO

6 жыл бұрын

True that, thanks for reminding me that Jake :)

Wow I forgot how good this one was, the moment near the end when it all stops suddenly for a second is perfect.

Don't be sorry for being emotional while reacting to the songs, feel free to cry, laugh, sing along, whistle, do whatever you feel, it's your channel, your home, and you invite us to share it with you. I must confess that this song - like Armenia - took me a few listens to get to me, but once it did, wow. As for songs with message: Hungary. Both the lyrics and the staging tell us a story.

MY FAVORITE in 2014 I usually love the norwegian entries, allthough I am Danish Norway always delivers ( almost always) I had the chance to meet Carl Espen in 2019 in Oslo. He is so nice and polite and he told me about his performance. It took a lot of guts for him to perform and imo he should have won. I love this song so much, and you analized it spot on. Much love to you from Denmark ❤️ the country with all the awful songs recently, besides from 2018 and 2011 I am soooooo embarrased when you sit there in the arena, and everybody asks about the danish entry 🙄

I love this song, I voted for it. Such a wonderful and emotional song.

Never apologize for being emotional...

One of my favourite Eurovision songs of all time!

Hi, Jake. You can see, that year... Not only beautiful songs, a lot of them had deep messages. I prefer this. Of course Ruth was my favorite, but he made a difference with that, I love this song.

One of the best songs ever from Norway

I had the same reaction with this song and with "A monster like me". This was so honest, so raw, so emotional!

You don't have to apologize for getting emotional, we're here to see your reaction and being like this is more impactful to see than when you're just staring st the screen.

Omg back to back!!! The lyrics is probably the best from 2014. I wish it finished higher but 6 of the Top 7 deserved it. Sadly, the next entry rely solely on staging. Twins. Seasaw. Braid.Russia. Next

I love this song! I turn on the volume everytime i listen to it! The melody, the performance, the staging, the sadness, the melancholy! Thank you for reacting to this!

No need to apologise for the tears, Jake, I love when you express emotion to the songs! I was waiting for your reaction of this and I just knew it would touch you in the way it touched so many of us! This is always on my Eurovision song playlists and one I return to quite often, I feel it deserved a top 3 place at least. I just love this universal message he sings of, because so many of us are in our own silent storms, so to speak, and we're all trying to find our place in this world. I'm glad this and the winners song had similar messages, albeit with very different tones, about the desire to break free from struggle - it was a good and memorable ESC year!

I remember when he was selected to represent Norway, I was skeptical of how well we were gonna do in the contest considering it's a low-key ballad. Luckily, the juries saved us and got us in the top 10, which was a happy surprise and well-deserved in my opinion. It is a simple ballad on the surface, but the way he sang it was so emotional it still touches me to this day whenever I go back and listen to it. Glad you liked it and connected with his message!

Such a beautiful song

@JustEdgeOfficial

5 жыл бұрын

I was one of the Dutchies that voted. This song is definitely in my top 5 favorite Eurovision songs ever.

I have been waiting for your reaction to this song since you started reacting to 2014. This is my winner. One of my all time favorites!! I This should have been Norway's 4th win. The other songs can't even compete to this masterpiece !!!!

Im so glad that you loved it as much as i do. One of the best songs ever in Eurovision history. I cryed too listening to it again.

This performance was absolutely breathtaking!! The song itself is very simple and beautiful, but it just shines on a whole other level on the stage with his amazing voice and emotion😍😍

This is my go-to sad song. If I'm ever down or in the mood for a ballad that truly speaks to me, I go to this. Perfection.

This is absolutelly beatiful song, one of my favourites and I agree with everything you said about it This song and Carl deserve so much more attention and love

You are amazing ! Love your videos and your real reactions!!! I feel you ! Love from Norway!

@JakesFaceReacts

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Lots of love to Norway.💚✌️

@mailinnskaftun

5 жыл бұрын

​@@JakesFaceReacts Omg, now you make me starstrucked

My all-time favourite song in Eurovision ever. Very proud to be Norwegian when I saw him on stage. Should've gone higher than it did.

Jake, thank you for this song and this reaction. And all of us reminds why we are here with you, on your channel...

I can't express how much I love this. My winner that year and one of my all time faves!

I'm so happy that there is still songs with acoustic accompaniment. It's cool that electronic music hasn't taken over all musical market.

Love your videos and comments. Keep up the good work! :)

omg i totaly forgot this song... thank you for remind me... so beautiful...

Ah yes, beautiful one. My runner-up that year, behind The Netherlands. These two are the diamonds of 2014 for me and the only songs from 2014 I go back to.

Your best review yet. There was a universal message and as you say amongst all the razamataz it left it's mark

I totally knew you'd love this song when you got to it. That was my mom's favorite that year after Conchita of course.

as a norwegian im so proud this song represented my country in 2014! i do think it deserved to go even higher, but im content with an 8th place and this will still forever be one of my favorite eurovision songs

Raw emotional honesty. Of the heart touches all.

My father was terminaly ill during when this song came. It was our «keep it together song» the 3 years We waited for him to pass on. We, out family, had this song during the funeral All the others songs he got his wishes; mostly Frank Sinatra, in our father spirit. He died of Lewy Body, the worst form of dementia This song kept out shit together and made us think of how wonderful and strong He was So whenever listening to Silent storm, I remember the storm in us saying goodbye ...and the storm He went through because of this hiddious sickness

The first time I cried watching a live performance, it was this song. So moving, so simple, yet powerful, it was really magical. You don't have to apologize for being emotional. I think this is my favorite entry from Norway.

god this is one of my favourite eurovision songs ever and staging was perfect too

My number 1 in 2014

He was my favorite ballad that year... love, love it!

my number 1 from 2014, and one of the best ESC songs ever. so powerful... it really makes u think. i'm glad you liked it as much as I did, Jake!

This song is in my top 5 favorite Eurovision songs, along with Waterloo, Euphoria, Higher Ground and Fairytale. God, it's so GOOD! Just the raw emotion in his voice and the message that goes with the song, just the entire thing and it's production is so well thought-out and it deserved FAR more than it was given.

still chills from this song

This is my winner of that year and one of my all time favourites. I have always had trouble finding my place and feeling like I belong, so this song really spoke to me and described what is going on inside my head perfectly. I have a love-hate relationship with lonelyness. There are days when I love who I am and my differences, but very often I want to be a simple person and part of the "sheep herd" because then I wouldn't have to worry about finding a place. This song is really sad for me, but it makes me want to be myself.

the crescendo vocals are wonderful and the song has such passion. I'm a silent storm too so i identify

I love this song since the first time I heard it 😍 Thank god the juries helped him achieve a top 10 because televoters only put him in 16th (39 points)

@nilerra8181

6 жыл бұрын

ESC HK On average rank (which is what matters to create the combine final voting) televoters had it 12th ... Also Norway performed so early which is hard for these kind of songs.. DR and EBU prefered to helped Sweden over Norway that year xd

My all time favourite

I freaking loved this song!! And the flag he made in the postcard was pretty cool too!

@lindakristinekjlibraten757

6 жыл бұрын

He said he would react to the flags after the songs are over. He has already reacted to the top 3 I think, so maybe only 4 songs left now. Yes, the postcards were some original ones! LOL.

This is one of the first Eurovision songs I’ve heard and it is still one of my favorites of all time

I love this song, very classy and totally deserved top 10.

never fail to cry at this performance

He looks like night club bouncer (and he actually is) but you are blown away by his voice and gentle and sensitive soul. This was one of my favorites that year and I am still listening to this song. One of the best Eurovision ballads ever!

So beautiful

One of the most powerful songs to be seen in the contest. I wish it finished a little higher, though. Great stuff from Norway.

My second favorite song that year :)

It's beautiful, Carl is a fantastic singer.

It's ok...i cried and was so moved by this song the first time i ever heard it. it still moves me.

Great song, should have placed higher to me. And Jake, dont apologize for getting emotional its a great thing what music can do to us.

I love this so so much my second after Spain

@JakesFaceReacts

6 жыл бұрын

Such a real and raw song and performance in a contest that can be full glitz and pyro. I’ll take this any day.

One of the best songs ever, my second place that year

I'm Norwegian, and we are always very proud when we end up in the top 10. Every year i just hope that we end up on the left side of the scoreboard :p

Very beautiful

WOW, really beautiful sung 😉

It is a personal song written to him by his cousin. Personal in a way one can recognize if experienced grief, sickness, life changing negative events . For me the song is about these feeling's one is left with after this type of tragedy. Powerful, sad, yet beautiful performance.

I love this song but I must confess when I heard this song for the first time at ESC I did not like it so much but this song grew in me and now I love this song.

Head to toes Flesh and bones Should feel whole But the void A silent storm I'm here to use my heart and my hands Somehow the bruises changed my plans And there's silent storm inside me Looking for a home I hope that someone's gonna find me And say that I belong I'll wait forever and a lifetime To find I'm not alone There's a silent storm inside me Some day I'll be calm Some day I'll be calm Ask myself What comes next Will I fly? Will I fall? My silent storm I'm here to use my heart and my hands Somehow the bruises changed my plans And there's silent storm inside me Looking for a home I hope that someone's gonna find me And say that I belong I'll wait forever and a lifetime To find I'm not alone There's a silent storm inside me Some day I'll be calm Some day I'll be calm

Ahh beautiful Norway!

Josefin Winther wrote this song and her cousin is singing- Josefin writes amazing lyrics

I was crying along too ☺️

Looking forward to your reaction to Armenia. Silent storm was fantastic, but Armenia won my ❤ in 2014.

it is one of the best songs in Eurovision :)

I knew it Jake, silent storm would make you cry.

dont apologize

It's one of the best ESC performances I've ever seen, too. If we speak about Norway, then only 2009 and 2015 are better. P. S. You don't have to apologize for showing your emotions. It's OK. Especially in case of this song.

It's a constant discusson about Eurovision that the best art very rarely actually wins this competiton. Sometimes maybe it does, but the common denominator between so many people are rarely the music that touches someone deepest. How could it be... but all performances are winners in that they are performed in front of the enormous international audience, even the songs that don't make it to the final round.

Tnx for so nice comments!

You must not appologize for getting emotinal by songs. Remember: This is JAKE'S FACE REACTS! And emotions are also REACTIONS! So share a tear or two when you feel it! Thanks for your words! It's a strong song!

In 2013-2015 Norway gave us amazing songs, which I love a lot! Unlike this year...

@catrionacolville2192

6 жыл бұрын

I loved their song this year as well, and It would have been a far better winner than "Toy".

@patrickm4349

6 жыл бұрын

2016 and 2017 were also good!

@catrionacolville2192

6 жыл бұрын

@@patrickm4349 2016 definitely wasn't. A real low point for Norway.

@patrickm4349

6 жыл бұрын

Catriona Colville well it was kinda weird. I really enjoyed it tho

Tatu 2003 please🙏 The 3rd place

I do like this......i did at the time and still do......a magnificent vocalist and moody song.....i do like this but.......did i download this at the time?.....no!.........8th?.....about right!!....well done Norway, rarely let me down!👏👏

@lindakristinekjlibraten757

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks from Norway.

@johnmoynahan874

6 жыл бұрын

@@lindakristinekjlibraten757 you're more than welcome.....Norway very rarely disappoints me......Morland, Stella, Margaret Berger, Jowst......some of favourite all-time👍👍 ......not this year though! Such a silly, childish song from Alexander😢

You can make your number top reaction when this year over

the amaizing thing is that his sister write the song

@lindakristinekjlibraten757

6 жыл бұрын

No it's his cousin!

@hangrybeef9281

6 жыл бұрын

my bad then..

Please don't apologize for your emotions.

Even though I’m crying I still prefer Dancing in the rain

As far as I am aware the song was written by his sister

@abcabcboy

6 жыл бұрын

Cousin...

@difcymru

6 жыл бұрын

abcabcboy my mistake

I love Carl 😍💍

Can you do a reaction video to my music Brodie ?

Jake i've been begging for this for months, please, please, PLEASE react to Shiri Maymon - Hasheket Shenishaar (Israel - 2005). PLEASE MAN.

@lindakristinekjlibraten757

6 жыл бұрын

He has a whole a lot of instant request in store. So, hold on be strong! I have a lot of requests myself, so far none of them have been brought up, but we have to be patient and wait and see. Let him finish this year first and the flags and he will go back to that lot he has sooner or later. If you have begged for this for months, I am sure he has noticed it and written it down!!!

Placed there only because of the juries

Bruno Mars (American) = Good, Basim (Europe) = Weak. Sorry Jake you dont like Europe music only pop american songs its true :)

overrated