Loituma - Ievan Polkka (cover) | Lorelai

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I dedicate this very silly song to my sister, without who I'd never have learned it, and to Karki, my favourite Finn! PSA: NOT A TWIN. IT'S JUST ME. ONE GIRL AND VIDEO EFFECTS.


Music: Traditional
Lyrics: Eino Kettunen
Arrangement & new lyric parts by LOITUMA (Hanni Autere, Sari Kauranen, Anita Lehtola-Tollin, Timo Väänänen)
Publisher: Warner Chappell Music Finland
Check out Hanni's channel here! https://www.youtube.com/c/HanniAutere/featured

A long long time ago, me and my sister discovered this silly finnish song. As our usual custom dictated, we proceeded to learn the lyrics by heart and sang it together a lot.

But only now, that I decided to make a silly cover, it clicked in my head that the background vocals actually spell pol-ka pol-ka pol-ka. Never realized it before. :D

It was also one of my simplest and fastest projects. I recorded 6 vocal lines, 2 guitar tracks and some simple percussion. It was all finished and edited in a day and half. And I shot the video in front of my brand new wall painting in my room that I painted myself, as a form of psychohygiene after my uni finals. :)

(before anyone asks, no, I won't paint the wall in your room. I don't want to see any paintbrushes for at least a year :D)