Olly Alexander has unveiled his new single Dizzy – which is the UK’s entry for this yr’s Eurovision Track Contest.
The Years & Years singer will carry out the observe on the annual competitors in Malmo, Sweden, in Might, following their victory on the 2023 occasion with Loreen’s tune Tattoo.
Alexander penned Dizzy with British producer Danny L Harle they usually had been impressed by Nineteen Eighties acts together with Erasure, the Pet Store Boys and DJ Adamski.
He has described the tune as being “about feeling such an intense swell of emotion for somebody they completely flip your world the wrong way up and inside out”.
“We took the sensation of dizziness and put that into the manufacturing, so there’s loads of undulating arpeggios, lilting harmonies and counter rhythms within the backing vocals.”
The theme can also be clear within the head-spinning music video, which was launched on Friday morning.
Alexander shall be hoping to do higher at Eurovision than final yr’s UK entry Mae Muller, who completed second-to-last with I Wrote A Track.
Muller was representing the UK on house turf, with the competition happening in Liverpool because the UK hosted on behalf of winners Ukraine.
Sam Ryder, along with his tune Spaceman, had completed in second place in 2022.
Whereas Muller and Ryder are acts who discovered fame by means of 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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Mae Muller’s 2023 efficiency did not impress voters throughout Europe. Pic: Reuters/Phil Noble
Alexander has additionally starred in TV exhibits comparable to Skins and celebrated drama It is A Sin, which earned him a BAFTA nomination.
It isn’t unusual for taking part 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 strategy earlier than, most lately with the X Issue’s Lucie Jones and Bonnie Tyler, in 2017 and 2013 respectively.
This yr’s Eurovision semi-finals will happen on 7 and 9 Might. The grand last is on 11 Might.
