There it was, San Marino's song, The Social Network Song by Valentina Monetta. Among all the 2012 songs, the different languages and genres, among the discoveries of Facebook groups and pages about Eurovision online, here was a song about Facebook from one of my favorite countries. Except...
Why was this cute song getting blasted online? ESC fans made fun of it and Valentina, saying she was using autotune and how silly this song was. This was no sillier than other kitschy ESC songs. Besides, the music video has Alessandro Moreno as one of her Facebook friends- a total doppelganger for Patch of Days Of Our Lives. No one else noticed that? The official video is so Facebook. It matches the cute upbeat song, the ridiculous meaningless lyrics. I waste 12 hours a day on Facebook. Why not waste 3 or 12 minutes on repeat for a song about it?
The randomness of the backups in their costumes with Valentina in the live performance made way more sense than people realize. Who remembers how you know all those random people in your friends list? Valentina did amazingly well vocally, proving she didn't need autotune, and she was a natural on stage. She posted an incredible jazz version on YouTube later.
Ultimately, the lyrics of the song did come true. If you wanna come to her house, then click her with your mouse - she had her place up on AirBnb to rent out for a time.