Homesickness. "Deslocado" by NAPA

One feeling often overwhelms us is nostalgia, the memory of something we miss. This is what the Portuguese group NAPA expresses with their new song "Deslocado," which they used to participate in the famous Eurovision song contest, where they placed 21st, but which has managed to reach every corner of the planet thanks to its aesthetic.

The video was filmed in Lisbon, Portugal, where the artists simulate an airport setting and talk about their longing for their homeland, the Portuguese island of Madeira. They describe how everything is different back home: how different things are compared to the big city, the crowded world, the tall buildings, and so on.

The lyrics, written by Guilherme Gomes, narrate all his feelings and express in words the nostalgia, the feeling of home he feels for his island.

Throughout the song, sequences of images are shown in a black room with screens, showing memories of the singer's experiences, as if we were inside the singer's head. These can also be seen in a metal suitcase, referring to how he drags those memories with him. At the same time, images of an airport are interspersed, where people pass by, as if the artists were not in the middle, where they stop, observe the moments with the people, the farewells.

This song, together with its video clip, manages to reflect and make the spectator feel the same feeling that the authors narrate.

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Credits.-

Music by.-

Music.- NAPA and André Santos.
Lyrics.- Guilherme Gomes.
Mixing and mastering.- Pedro Joaquim Borges.
Production.- Luís ‘Twins’ Pereira and André Santos.

Creativity by.-

Studio.- Stud.yu.
Creative direction.- Lucas Yu, Hernâni Correia.
Project management.- Manel Menezes.

Video by.-

Production.- ACI, Appearance.- Good, pro(u)d, TBWA.
Executive producer.- Inês Ferreira.
Director.- António Amaral & Gattopardo.
Production manager.- Manuel Barbosa.
Production coordinator.- Catarina Matias.
Production assistant.- Afonso Ferreira, António Zarco.
Creative assistant.- Carolina Gonçalves.
Director of photography.- Bernardo Infante.
Image assistant.- João Pinheiro, Francisco, Alexandre, Luísa Cardoso.
Lighting manager.- Ricardo Giglio.
Lighting assistants.- Dan Ico, Ricardo Oliveira.
In charge of the machinery.- Marco Paulo.
Assistant directors.- Rui Martins, Francisco Pereira, Sérgio Salto, Hugo Nunes, Luís Avelar, Armano Chouriço.
Art director.- Margarida Dias.
Art assistant.- Vitor Serrano, Silvia Dias.
Assistant director.- Nuno Dray.
Second assistant director.- Duarte Lima.
Editor.- António Amaral, Gattopardo.
Costumes.- Carlos Soares and Lisa Spinola.
Make-up.- Filipe Silva, Semirades.
Grading.- Tribo.
Image post-production.- Tribo.
Sound post-production.- Som de Lisboa.

Lyrics.-

Conto os dias para mim
Com a mala arrumada
Já quase não cabia
A saudade acumulada
do azul, vejo o jardim
Mesmo por trás da asa
Mãe olha à janela
Que eu 'tou a chegar a casa
Que eu 'tou a chegar a casa
Que eu 'tou a chegar a casa
Que eu 'tou a chegar a casa
Por mais que possa parecer
Eu nunca vou pertencer àquela cidade
O mar de gente, o Sol diferente
O monte de betão não me provoca nada
Não me convoca casa
Porque eu vim de longe
Eu vim do meio do mar
Do coração do oceano
Eu tenho a minha vida inteira
O meu caminho eu faço a pensar em regressar
À minha casa, é ilha, paz, Madeira
Se eu te explicar, palavra a palavra
Nunca vais entender a dor que me cala
A solidão que assombra a hora da partida
Carrego o sossego de poder voltar
Mãe olha à janela que eu 'tou a chegar
Por mais que possa parecer
Eu nunca vou pertencer àquela cidade
O mar de gente, o Sol diferente
O monte de betão não me provoca nada
Não me convo' ah ah ah ah ah ahh uh uh uh
O mar de gente, o Sol diferente
O monte de betão não me provoca nada
Não me convoca casa