MAYSA - Shine A Light
Tune: NIKI - Lose
m & l: Maysa Charanachitta, Oliver Vosumagi
The stage is dark, awash with blinding, suffocating void of black, before the stage lits up, revealing two violinists sitting in the front part of the stage, acting as a "gate" that slowly opens, revealing a dark, shadowy figure, before the stage fully lights up, revealing Maysa, wearing a brown-colored parang batik cape covering the entirety of her outfit, her face seemingly disheveled, probably from the thoughts of her loved one haunting herself all day, however, she carried on, singing with a calm demeanor. The stage seemingly understands her emotions that she went through, being mostly awash with smoke effects and soft white strobelights, with the LED screen turned off for most of the performance.
The camera is purposefully shooting her in black-and-white, eliminating every sign of bright colours true to the sad, almost depressing mood of the performance, in addition, the TV audience can see that the aspect ratio is somewhat different from the rest of the WorldVision entrants, having visible black bars on top and bottom of the screen, enhancing the somber mood of the song is the camera angles, who would shoot Maysa from a comfortable angle through several medium close-up shots, ranging from her right side, left side or the front, most of them shot from waist-up, while several alternating zoom out and far away shots complement the performance.
Everything feels like it’s so normal
The usual, but then things changed
All your laugh have lessened down
Replaced by endless frowns
The laughs that we shared before
Now becomes a breakdown
The pain that you have, i want to know why
I want to know how
Your warm smiles becomes this
And maybe i would understand
Why it happens so sudden
But i ain’t gonna stay silent
I’ll do the best that i could
I know,
There's still a spark left in your heart
Soon after, the black bars disappeared, and the black-and-white is then replaced with Maysa in glorious full color, heightening up the mood of her performance, still awash in an array of soft white light and smoke effects, Maysa continues on singing towards a somber, socially-distanced crowd, lots of them can be seen waving their phone lights. Maysa seems unfazed, however, as her voice, complimented with beautifully arranged strings and piano notes, thanks to the Todlichebujoki musicians that appear on stage as accompaniments, soar towards the entire crowd, highlighting her own thoughts toward her loved one, who can seemingly go away from this world anytime now.
Everytime you have slept
Or when you just wept
Stripping your armor away
Everytime you have slept
Or when you just wept, oh
I'll always shine my light on you
Mm
After several vocalizations, a dancer then comes in (the appearance completely up to your imagination), wearing an all white outfit, moving in rhythm to the song in a somber, almost tear-jerking manner next to Maysa, however, Maysa doesn't care, or rather, doesn't understand the situation that is happening around her, letting her voice becoming rough and rough as the song progressed, a probable sign that she simply cannot comprehend this situation anymore, holding on to her brown cape as if the cape is the only source of nourishment and protection for her own fragile self.
During the bridge part (I'm afraid.. onwards), Maysa then walks more towards the front part of the stage, embracing what she will become and how her fate will be, as if letting the audience see her upcoming fate, Maysa un-adjusts her cape in the process, and during this time, she finally noticed the presence of a backup dancer beside her and tried to reach out her hand, as if she is pleading for help, but it's too late, as he backup dancer has walked away from stage, disappearing like a speck of dust.
But your days feels like nights
That's dark and stormy
Dark clouds that's gloomy
Covering up your smile
Yeah, No matter how much i try
Every help, i would do
But you have locked yourself away
In your own, plexiglass barrier
I try to barge in
But you always said, “Please, just leave me alone”
Got my defense that i have
Crashing down the stairs
You always kept me restless
E-ve-ry-day, every night
With all the screams that you can’t shout
But the signs are clear as the sky
I'm afraid
Of losing you always
But i know, there's a spark in your heart
In your heart
Maysa then drops the cape to the stage floor, revealing a modest, somewhat old-fashioned maxi dress that she has wore underneath, stained with tear marks and smudged makeup patches. The stage then finally lights up in a dark, purple color, with the LED screen finally showing an image of a purple-lit glass surface, covered in water vapors. Maysa seemingly understood what just happened, and finally unleashed her voice in full capability, letting the audience know the sufferings that she went through because of her loved one, before slowly dying down, dying down.. and dying down, to a very somber vocalization of "mmm..", as if losing it. Slowly, yet steadily, the light darkens, engulfing the onstage Todlichebujoki musicians and turning them into just several silhouettes, yet several lights still shone on Maysa...
Everytime you have slept
Or when you just wept
Stripping your armor away
I'll always do my best
To make you feel safe
When you can't win anything at all
Mm, mm, mm...
Maysa, now finally alone in an endless void, drops down through the now smoke-less stage floor, and wept silently, before finally standing up to a thunderous applause from the audience, she then bowed down and said, "Thank You, Todichebujoku! Thank you, WorldVision!" before picking up her cape from the floor and walking backstage.