Consider it or not, when running a blog for EQ Music Weblog for a few years, I’ve but to submit about any UK entry at Eurovision. That is loopy… proper? Nonetheless, if I have been to share the UK individuals in latest reminiscence that I used to be most invested in. We have to return to 2011 when Blue flew the flag for the UK with “I Can,” the competition was hosted in Düsseldorf, Germany. Apparently, Blue have been the primary UK entry that was determined internally by the BBC. Allowing for, in the previous couple of years, the UK has once more used this course of to pick out its individuals. I really feel there must be some kismet occurring that in flip landed the honour with Olly Alexander (ex-Years & Years) this yr.

When Years & Years burst onto the music scene in 2014 with “Take Shelter,” I used to be immediately received over as a fan. Quick-forward to 2024, the previous band, frontman Olly Alexander is representing the UK at Eurovision. When taking a better look, Olly’s entry is just like when Blue took half in ESC 2011. In that, “Dizzy” got here out of Olly’s writing periods for his upcoming album and never deliberately written with Eurovision in thoughts.

Written with and produced by Danny L Harle, “Dizzy” interprets the intoxicating feelings felt when assembly somebody new. That they completely flip our world the wrong way up. In a musical sense, the observe is harking back to Steps meets with the Pet Store Boys. An intentional transfer, since Olly states on the making of “Dizzy,”…

“we have been impressed by quite a lot of music we love from the 80s like Inventory Aitken and Waterman, Erasure, Adamski and naturally, Pet Store Boys.” says, Olly

The music video, directed by Colin Solal Cardo, conveys the feeling of disorientation and dizziness in a trendy method. The clip is exactly what we’ve come to anticipate of an Olly Alexander undertaking.

I do, in fact, want Olly all the very best at Eurovision. But, I additionally hope a sample I seen doesn’t emerge. The sample is that this…, Blue have been the UK’s entry in 2011 and completed eleventh place. It’s 2024, and Olly is our Eurovision hopeful. Presumably, with out me spelling it out, pricey reader, you may have labored out the place I’m going with this? And twenty-six finalists within the competitors, as properly. I’ll say not more than that however proceed to get pleasure from watching the video and naturally, tune into the ESC closing on the eleventh of Might to seek out out the end result of Olly Alexander’s bid for the UK for Eurovision glory with “Dizzy“.

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