Eurovision Finland 2025: Listen To The Seventh Song for UMK 2025

The last song for Yle’s 2025 Contest for New Music UMK have been released. Listen to Erika Vikman‘s song  “ICH KOMME”

One of the brightest stars in the Finnish pop world, Erika Vikman, started her career in the entertainment industry at a very young age. In the early stages of her career, she performed at summer theatres and various TV programmes and, in 2016, Vikman became famous among Finnish people by winning the popular Tangomarkkinat festival. In 2019, Vikman signed a recording agreement with Warner Music and Mökkitie Records. In 2020, she participated in the Contest for New Music (UMK) with the song Cicciolina, and the following year, she released the Erika Vikman album, which reached the top of the Finnish album charts.

“Cicciolina encouraged female artists to be bolder. Female artists tend to be put inside a certain mould. You must not reveal too much, otherwise you get labelled a whore. Someone had to pop the cork to let the champagne flow!” Vikman says. 

Vikman’s music resonates with many Finns, and her fans are all across the country, from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area to small municipalities. The message inside her music is clear. 

“People should be loved exactly as they are. When people are allowed to be themselves, they are free and happy,” says Vikman. 

Vikman and UMK have a long history together. In 2020, she came second with her performance of Cicciolina. The following year, she performed UMK’s opening number together with Antti Tuisku. At last year’s UMK, Vikman and Käärijä performed their duet Ruoska during the intermission. 

Vikman had initially thought that she would not return to the UMK stage as a contestant. However, the plans changed when she made a song wish when working on her next album with producers Chisu and Jori Roosberg. That was how the UMK song ICH KOMME was born.

“I asked Chisu and Jori to make a Eurovision-type song for me. They asked me directly if I wanted to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. That’s where it all started.”

UMK expert jury: “ICH KOMME feels like a piece of art that takes Erika Vikman to a new level. The song combines traditional Finnish disco with a remarkable composition and lyrics, wrapping it up with the rave aesthetic of electronic music. The song is original and so approachable that the lyrics of the chorus will surely catch you at the first listening. The climax, pun intended, of the song is one of the most exciting in UMK’s history.”  

LYRICS “Ich komme” by Erika Vikman

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Marina Guskov

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