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Solution to ❤️ & ☮️

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Answer: PERFORM A EUROVISION SONG PASTICHE
by Ben Smith

The video contains clips from 15 Eurovision performances in alphabetical order by title. Each clip varies in length, and two words from each of the clips have been replaced by a low tone and a high tone.

TrackSongArtist
1Apricot StoneEva Rivas
2BelieveDima Bilan
3EuphoriaLoreen
4FairytaleAlexander Rybak
5Hard Rock HallelujahLordi
6I Am YoursThe Makemakes
7In a Moment Like ThisChanee & N'Evergreen
8InvincibleCarola
9My SlowianieCleo & Donatan
10Only Love SurvivesRyan Dolan
11Party for EverybodyBuranovskiye Babushki
12Take Me To Your HeavenCharlotte Nilsson
13This is the NightKurt Calleja
14Tick-TockMariya Yaremchuk
15Wild DancesRuslana

The coded text below the video spells out various lyrics from the Eurovision pastiche "Love Love Peace Peace" (see author's note below) with ❤️ for consonants and ☮️ for vowels. "Love Love Peace Peace" is a pastiche of various Eurovision performance elements, each of which can be linked with one of the full performances from the clips in the video.

Watching LLPP and the original performances of these songs can be used to link an element with its song

LLPP ElementSongReference
1GORGEOUS TOPLESS MENOnly Love SurvivesRyan Dolan's backing dancers
2A BATTLE HORN OF SOME KIND?Wild DancesThe opening of "Wild Dances" is a triumphant battle horn blowing.
3A RUSSIAN MAN ON SKATESBelieveEvgeni Plushenko skates during the performance.
4OLD WOMEN BAKING BREADParty for EverybodyAn oven for baking bread is on stage during the song.
5A BURNING FAKE PIANOI Am YoursThe piano is lit on fire during verse 2.
6OUR HANDS WILL TOUCHIn A Moment Like ThisThe singers dramatically touch hands throughout the song
7TRUST US -- BRING A VIOLINFairytaleAlexander Rybak plays violin throughout "Fairytale"
8A MAN IN A HAMSTER WHEELTick-TockUkraine's backing dancer spins in a person-sized hamster wheel throughout the song.
9DANCERS WILL JOIN USInvinciblea group of dancers with flags similar to the ones in LLPP join during the second chorus
10YOU WILL BE THE BESTHard Rock HallelujahLordi appear on screen during the LLPP performance at these lyrics.
11IT BEGINS TO SNOWEuphoria
12A DJ WHO PRETENDS TO SCRATCHThis is the NightCheck the background performer of Malta's performance.
13GO WITH AN OLD MAN INSTEADApricot StoneAn old man performing a traditional Armenian horn accompanies the song
14IT'LL BE INCREDIBLEMy SlowianieA butter churner in "traditional" Polish dress appears onscreen during these lyrics
15OH! PERFECT!Take Me To Your HeavenPetra Mede's outfit reveal at this line is a replica of the 1999 winner's outfit

Each Eurovision performance clip contains the same number of words in its lyrics as the number of letters in the LLPP element. As suggested by the flavortext, you can "count on" the position of the high chime, then the low chime, into each of these elements:

LLPP Element in EmojisSongLyrics from Clip
GORGEOUS TOPLESS MENONLY LOVE SURVIVESBut in our darkest hour right before the dawn the old world dies the new day is born
A BATTLE HORN OF SOME KIND?WILD DANCESDance forever come and be mine Dance together til the end of time Dance together go go go / Day-na-day-na wanna be
A RUSSIAN MAN ON SKATESBELIEVEeven when the world tries to pull me down tell me that I can't try to turn me around
OLD WOMEN BAKING BREADPARTY FOR EVERYBODYcome on and dance come on and dance come on and party for everybody dance come on and dance
A BURNING FAKE PIANOI AM YOURSIf you're hoping for second chances of stolen kisses I got the answer Don't you know anytime
OUR HANDS WILL TOUCHIN A MOMENT LIKE THISI'm lost and I don't know where am I supposed to go I still miss you so
TRUST US - BRING A VIOLINFAIRYTALENo one else could make me sadder but no one else could lift me high above I don't know
A MAN IN A HAMSTER WHEELTICK-TOCKkiss and kiss me til I drop my heart is like a clock you wind it with your love
DANCERS WILL JOIN USINVINCIBLELove is like a miracle invading your heart and when it strikes it hits you hard whoa
YOU WILL BE THE BESTHARD ROCK HALLELUJAHNot quite an angel or the one that fell now choose to join us or go
IT BEGINS TO SNOWEUPHORIAan everlasting piece of art a beating love within my heart we're going up
A DJ WHO PRETENDS TO SCRATCHTHIS IS THE NIGHTHey I believe you and me We are meant to be I can't set you free can't you see this is killing me
GO WITH AN OLD MAN INSTEADAPRICOT STONEour world is cruel and wild but to make your way through cold and heat love is all that you need
IT'LL BE INCREDIBLEMY SLOWIANIEWe prepare for you delicious food Our beauty's famous all over the world You've gotta see
OH! PERFECT!TAKE ME TO YOUR HEAVENKnowing we will meet before the night is over

high tone is in light blue, low tone is in yellow.

LLPP Element in EmojisSongHighH LTRLowL LTR
1GORGEOUS TOPLESS MENONLY LOVE SURVIVES11P5E
2A BATTLE HORN OF SOME KIND?WILD DANCES10R13F
3A RUSSIAN MAN ON SKATESBELIEVE12O2R
4OLD WOMEN BAKING BREADPARTY FOR EVERYBODY6M18A
5A BURNING FAKE PIANOI AM YOURS12E3U
6OUR HANDS WILL TOUCHIN A MOMENT LIKE THIS3R14O
7TRUST US - BRING A VIOLINFAIRYTALE14V15I
8A MAN IN A HAMSTER WHEELTICK-TOCK11S5I
9DANCERS WILL JOIN USINVINCIBLE13O15N
10YOU WILL BE THE BESTHARD ROCK HALLELUJAH15S2O
11IT BEGINS TO SNOWEUPHORIA12N5G
12A DJ WHO PRETENDS TO SCRATCHTHIS IS THE NIGHT7P20A
13GO WITH AN OLD MAN INSTEADAPRICOT STONE17S18T
14IT'LL BE INCREDIBLEMY SLOWIANIE13I9C
15OH! PERFECT!TAKE ME TO YOUR HEAVEN2H7E

Taking each pair of letters in order, this spells out the final answer, PERFORM A EUROVISION SONG PASTICHE.

Author's Note

I've wanted to write a pure Eurovision puzzle for Hunt for Y E A R S. It's a 65-year dataset with plenty of angles for puzzle-writing.

Once we decided that we wanted teams to write Eurovision pastiches as part of the Self-Help tasks, I knew I wanted to make sure teams had seen "Love Love Peace Peace" so they knew what that should look like:

Once that was the starting point, the rest of the puzzle came together quickly, pulling in as many of the songs LLPP references as I could.