Michael Rice’s song “Bigger Than Us” has attracted the attention of many viewers of the European Song Contest 2019 – and not only because of how it has been performed, the music or the lyrics. Many social media users across the world took to Twitter to express without any doubt the song is not a ballad speaking about lost love but hides a “pro-EU” message.
One social media user wrote as the song was being broadcasted during the final: “Michael Rice is singing a pro-EU song and you can’t convince me otherwise. ‘It’s bigger than us.’ #GBR #Eurovision”
Another lashed out at the song before adding he believed there was a political message behind the lyrics.
They wrote: “I’m sure I’ve written this English entry in 2017 #eurovision – kick = too quiet 4/10 snare? It’s clap = 4/10 – also too quiet. Also it’s about Brexit ‘it’s bigger than us’ – quite…”
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And a third simply wrote: “Next. Brexit. #Eurovision”
Social media users have been arguing for days over whether ‘Bigger Than Us’ actually carries a Remainer message.
One Twitter user wrote: “Is anyone not picking up the content of these songs? ‘Sweet lies’ ‘we’re the freaks, land of the lost an lonely’, ‘bigger than us’!
“Is the UK sending a message post Brexit?! #EurovisionYouDecide”
While another said: “Just heard the new song for the Eurovision Song Contest, named ‘It’s bigger than us’.
“Is this a referral to the European Union? Let’s face it we are an incredibly small cog in a bloody big wheel. Bloody Bu**ery Brexit.”
Michael Rice’s chances of winning the contest this year look rather slim, according to punters.
Spread betting firm StarSpreads.com factored in variables such as past performances, voting patterns and critical reception to make predictions regarding tonight’s winner – and they revealed they have “grim reading” for the UK.
A StarSpreads.com spokesman said: “Our calculations make for grim reading for the UK and it looks a certainty that the wait for not only victory but a respectable finish goes on.
“Unless there’s to be a huge shock on the night, a score of 75 points leaves Rice in real danger of finishing in the bottom five again, with the threat of another wooden spoon looming large.
“Our Eurovision forecasting algorithm factors in a range of variables and on every single one of them the UK scores amongst the most poorly in the competition, in keeping with our current relationship with Europe.
“As far as the prediction is concerned, sadly it’s more a case of who’ll be badder than us, not bigger than us.”
They then put Michael Rice’s chances of winning at 0.5 per cent, and his chance of finishing bottom at 25 per cent.