Olly Alexander has unveiled his new single Dizzy – which is the UK’s entry for this yr’s Eurovision Song Contest.
The Years & Years singer will carry out the observe on the annual competitors in Malmo, Sweden, in May, following their victory on the 2023 occasion with Loreen’s music Tattoo.
Alexander penned Dizzy with British producer Danny L Harle they usually have been impressed by Nineteen Eighties acts together with Erasure, the Pet Shop Boys and DJ Adamski.
He has described the music as being “about feeling such an intense swell of emotion for someone they totally turn your world upside down and inside out”.
“We took the feeling of dizziness and put that into the production, so there’s a lot of undulating arpeggios, lilting harmonies and counter rhythms in the backing vocals.”
The theme can be clear within the head-spinning music video, which was launched on Friday morning.
Alexander will likely be hoping to do higher at Eurovision than final yr’s UK entry Mae Muller, who completed second-to-last with I Wrote A Song.
Muller was representing the UK on dwelling turf, with the competition going down in Liverpool because the UK hosted on behalf of winners Ukraine.
Sam Ryder, together with his music Spaceman, had completed in second place in 2022.
While Muller and Ryder are acts who discovered fame via Eurovision, Alexander is already a chart-topping star.
He beforehand scored 5 prime 10 UK singles, two primary albums and 6 Brit Award nominations with Years & Years.
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Alexander has additionally starred in TV exhibits comparable to Skins and celebrated drama It’s A Sin, which earned him a BAFTA nomination.
It’s not unusual for collaborating nations to enter with established stars and Loreen’s 2023 win was her second Eurovision victory, following her 2012 triumph with Euphoria.
The UK has tried this method earlier than, most just lately with the X Factor’s Lucie Jones and Bonnie Tyler, in 2017 and 2013 respectively.
This yr’s Eurovision semi-finals will happen on 7 and 9 May. The grand remaining is on 11 May.
Source: information.sky.com”