Käärijä
1 upcoming show.
Käärijä (real name Jere Pöyhönen, born 1993) is a Finnish singer, rapper and songwriter whose music mixes pop, rap, metal and electronic styles. He placed second at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with "Cha Cha Cha", after winning Finland's UMK preselection. His live shows are known for cartoonish outfits, a bandless electronic setup, and a stage partner, Häärijä, who performs as a doppelgänger.
Reviews & press
- concertsremembered.app ↗ — “A shirtless Finnish rapper with no band, a yellow lookalike on roller skates, and a room dressed in Eurovision green”
- concertsremembered.app (quoting a Bandsintown fan review) ↗ — “If you never go to a Käärijä gig then you have done something wrong with your life.”