Eurovision songs often feature winking sexual innuendo. But Erika Vikman, representing Finland, doesn’t rely on hidden meanings in “Ich Komme,” a bombastic track mixing U2-style rock with pounding beats. During the chorus, Vikman repeatedly sings the German words for “I’m coming,” sometimes while straddling a microphone stand.

During a recent interview, Vikman, 32, said that the song was, quite clearly, about having orgasms.

With the track, Vikman said, she wanted to “express myself as a female, and show my sexual power.” Women should be free to be open about their sex lives, she added.

Vikman is a star in Finland, having started her career making tango music — a much-loved music genre there — before switching to pop. Yet not all of her compatriots think she should be representing Finland tonight. In February, a youth arm of Finland’s governing National Coalition Party said in a news release that “Ich Komme” turned women into sex objects. “This way of presenting the Finnish woman in the world’s most famous singing competition is not appropriate,” the statement said.

The pages of Finland’s major newspapers have featured correspondence about the song, with some writers comparing Vikman’s lascivious performance to pornography and others calling Vikman an inspiration to women.

Vikman said she had found the debate unsurprising. “People always find it very scary when a woman appears who’s strong, knows what’s she’s doing, and does it in a sexual and flirty way,” Vikman said, adding, “The world needs women like me.”

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