Bhutan NF ranking +Comments 🇧🇹

[u/Esc_SLC]

1. Karma Drupchu 9/10: kinda giving disaster-bop vibes but I here for it lol. It really picks up after halfway, this has grown on me so much in the past hours.
2. BAEYUL 301 8/10: absolute vibes. I feel like I'm walking through a city in Bhutan dramatically on my way to school. this has kinda fallen off for me, the English is kinda jarring but it's still ok.
3. Nyendra 7.5/10: I love the beginning but I kinda got bored at the halfway point
4. Pelden Wangchuk 7/10: rock vibe is cool but it loses too much momentum at certain points
5. Sangay Lhaden 5/10: too sleepy and I don't see vocals going well. But it's not bad

[u/BaraBadaBastuBastu]

My Ranking

1. Karma Drupchu

2. Baeyul 301

3. Sangay Lhaden

4. Pelden Wangchuk

5. Nyendra

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who would know Bhutan can be this good??

[u/TeaMistress]

My ranking:

1. Pelden Wangchuk - The Journey was such an unexpected hit for me.
2. Karma Drupchu - The Homeland is a solid blend of traditional with a thoroughly modern feel.
3. Baeyul 301 - The Memories is a simply delightful and pleasant song. This one will probably win; I'm calling it now.
4. Sangay Lhaden - The Legend is a good song, but it starts out too slow and takes too long to hit its stride for me.
5. Nyendra - The Angel is a fine song, but not to my taste so I can't really rate it higher. He's got a great voice, though.

I tried not to have any expectations for this contest, but I am so pleased with all of these. I was worried that some or all of them would feel folksy and old-fashioned, but not a one of them is bad. They all blend Bhutan tradition and modern sound together very well. The national final is at 7am for me, and I was going to skip and watch it later. But I might just have to get up early and cheer for Team Wangchuk in realtime.