Years & Years returns as solo act with fabulous new single ‘Starstruck’Years & Years is back, but they are no longer a trio. The band announced earlier this year that from now on, Years & Years is Olly Alexander’s solo project as the upcoming album is his endeavor. This should not have come as a surprise for those who followed their career closely, as their most recent album Palo Santo (released in 2018) was mostly Olly’s work with other songwriters too. Now that we have that all sorted out, Olly is ready to do it all on his own with the new single ‘Starstruck’ and an album later ..read more

Olivia Rodrigo is on to another big hit with second single ‘deja vu’2021 might not yet have brought us a lot that we want to remember in a few years from now, but the meteoric rise of Olivia Rodrigo as a pop star is one of the few exciting things to happen. The Disney actress turned artist surprised the whole world right at the start of the year when her debut single ‘drivers license’ started to break records on streaming services and reached number 1 in almost all parts of the world. She has now announced that her debut album will be out in May and ‘deja vu’ is the second single taken from t ..read more

VICTORIA chooses ‘growing up is getting old’ for Eurovision 2021If it wasn’t for the coronavirus, VICTORIA would have represented her home country Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest last year. Her song ‘Tears Getting Sober’ was one of the favorites for the win (and this blogs number 1) and although she sadly isn’t allowed to use this song again this year, the Bulgarian broadcaster decided to ask her back for 2021. She continued to put out excellent pop music and used her debut EP a little dramatic to select her entry for this year’s Eurovision. She asked exp ..read more

Montaigne brings ‘Technicolour’ to the Eurovision stageSince Australia joined Eurovision back in 2015, they have never missed the final and only once finished outside of the top 10. Last year, they selected Montaigne and her dramatic pop song ‘Don’t Break Me’ in a national final. Although there were already plans to host another national selection in 2021, the Australian broadcaster changed their mind after the 2020 contest got cancelled. They decided to give Montaigne another shot and let her select her song internally. And so she did with the track ‘Technicolour’. Montaigne wrote ‘Technicol ..read more

Roxen brings a modern pop number to Eurovision representing Romania Romania was planning on sending young pop talent Roxen to Eurovision last year and was one of the first countries to ask their representative to try again in 2021 after the cancellation of the contest. Her ballad ‘Alcohol You’ ended up in the top 10 of my ranking of last year’s participating songs and was considered to be a favorite to qualify for the big final in its semi final. Will she be able to actually do it this year with her new song ‘Amnesia’? ‘Amnesia’ is a midtempo pop song written by songwriters Adelina Stinga and ..read more

Hooverphonic switched singers but still goes to Eurovision with ‘The Wrong Place’ After last year’s cancellation of Eurovision, a lot of countries opted to keep the same artist for 2021. In Belgium, they gave the band Hooverphonic another shot, but founding members Alex Callier and Raymond Geerts decided to change singers. 20-year-old Luka Cruysberghs, who was supposed to sing last year’s Eurovision entry ‘Release Me‘, saw her chances of performing at the contest vanish into thin air, when she was replaced by Geike Arnaert, who was the band’s lead singer from 1997 to 2008. With Arnaert on voc ..read more

Scroll naar beneden voor Nederlands. Jeangu Macrooy represents host country The Netherlands with ‘Birth Of A New Age’ The Netherlands was supposed to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020 after winning in 2019, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole thing got cancelled. Host city Rotterdam gets another chance in 2021 and so does Jeangu Macrooy, who was supposed to represent the host country last year with his ballad ‘Grow’. This year, he will do so with the upbeat anthem ‘Birth Of A New Age’. Like with last year’s ‘Grow’, Jeangu Macrooy worked on ‘Birth Of A New Age’ with producer ..read more

Eric Saade returns to Melodifestivalen and is in it to win it This year marks the tenth anniversary of Eric Saade’s victory in Melodifestivalen (Sweden’s biggest annual music event and preselection for Eurovision). In 2011, he represented his country at Eurovision with the song ‘Popular‘ and finished in third place. In 2021, he is onto his fourth participation in Melfest (he also finished 3rd in 2010 with ‘Manboy‘ and 5th with ‘Sting‘ in 2015) with his brand new single ‘Every Minute’. Saade is in it to win it once more! In past years, Saade mostly released music in Swedish, but for Melodifest ..read more

Conan Gray gives fans something to escape reality with on ‘Overdrive’Conan Gray was brave enough to drop his debut album in March last year, just as the Covid-19 pandemic was taking over the world. This unfortunately prevented him from going on a proper international tour with the record, but at least his singles ‘Maniac’ and ‘Heather’ enjoyed success and now he already finished some brand new material. His first single released after the album Kid Krow is titled ‘Overdrive’ and it’s a sure fire hit! “Wanted to start the year off with a song to escape from reality for a little bit with. Somet ..read more

Cyprus chooses a female fronted pop banger once more Cyprus came dangerously close to winning the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2018, when Eleni Foureira finished in second place with ‘Fuego’. The year after, they tried a similar formula with another uptempo pop track performed by a female artist, Tamta’s ‘Replay’, finishing 13th. Last year they wanted to send male artist Sandro with dance infused tune ‘Running’, but he did not get another try after the contest was cancelled. This year, they try the upbeat, female fronted pop formula again with Elena Tsagrinou and the song ‘El Diablo’. ‘El ..read more