"Ich komme" (German: [ˈɪç ˈkɔmə]; transl. "I'm coming") is a song by Finnish singer Erika Vikman, and was written and produced by Christel Roosberg and Jori Roosberg (Roos Berg). The song was released through Warner Music Finland and Mökkitie Records on 16 January 2025 and will represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. It reached number two on the Finnish Singles Chart.
Background and composition
Finland's broadcaster Yleisradio Oy (Yle) organized Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025, a seven-entry competition broadcast on 8 February 2025. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 comprised a singular grand final to select its entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, set to take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. The 2025 editions were the 14th iteration of the former and the 69th edition of the latter. Vikman was announced to competed in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 on 8 January 2025, while her music video was released on 17 January. The winner of the final was selected by a 75/25 combination vote of televoting and juries and became "Ich komme".
"Ich komme" was written and produced by Christel Roosberg and Jori Roosberg (Roos Berg). and combines Finnish disco and electronic music. The lyrics reflect "the joyous message of pleasure, ecstasy and a state of trance" and its structure reflects sexual pleasure and reaching orgasm. It was one of two songs in the contest to be about ejaculating, the other being "Milkshake Man" by Australia's Go-Jo, and was described by PinkNews as one of "several" to be "laden thick with double entendre" including Miriana Conte's "Kant", which had to be reworked to eschew the phrase "serving cunt".
Promotion
To promote "Ich komme" before the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Vikman announced her intent to participate in various Eurovision pre-parties. It was first announced that she will be performing at the London Eurovision Party 2025 on 13 April 2025 to be held at Here at Outernet. Further, Vikman performed at Eurovision in Concert 2025 held at AFAS Live Arena in Amsterdam on 5 April 2025. She also confirmed to be participating at PrePartyES 2025 on 19 April 2025 to be held at Sala La Riviera in Madrid.
In addition, Vikman is conducting a promotional tour for her participation in the contest, having done press events in Sweden in March and Italy in April. She also performed the song on the Dutch television show Eva the day after her promotion in Italy.
Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is set to consist of two semi-finals held on 13 and 15 May and a final broadcast on 17 May 2025. During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the second half of the show. Vikman was later drawn to close the semi-final.
During a joint Instagram Live in March with Conte, Vikman stated that the European Broadcasting Union felt her performance carried too many sexual connotations and that she expected to have to tone it down.
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