The conversation went on to her new song, also somewhat 80s-themed, “Typical Love Song”. “We as Danes think is super fun, but I think the Eurovision crowd, maybe, didn’t like it.” And what about her hopes for Denmark’s Eurovision future? “I would love to see songs that we see more of in Melodifestivalen, in Sweden.” She also said that the genre of the retro-themed “Øve os på hinanden” may have hurt its chances. “I’m sorry, you guys,” she added jokingly in a nod to Danish viewers. “Danish is not Portuguese or French or Italian it’s not as pretty to sing in,” she stated. Speaking of Fyr og Flamme, Emmelie gave her assessment of Denmark’s non-qualification in Rotterdam.
“Eurovision is its own world in a kind of way compared to the rest of the music business.” “If you want to cross over to mainstream radio it can be difficult,” she says. But what I wanted was to make a living from music and do that full-time, and I have been able to do that for eight years”.īut make no mistake: winning Eurovision doesn’t automatically turn you into ABBA or Celine Dion. And what a payoff it was, as German Eurofans could finally come together to see the likes of Daniel Schuhmacher, Justs Sirmais, and, perhaps the main event, Emmelie de Forest.Īsked about the impact that winning Eurovision had on her career, Emmelie had a simple answer: “I think it’s hard to say what I would’ve done if I hadn’t won. But as these plans fell through, its organisers postponed the event until October 2021. The original plan was to hold Eurovision Weekend in Summer 2020.
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