These veterans worked together on the track with the latest crop of songwriting talent. That song was written together with Thomas G:Son, the new Melodifestivalen Hall of Fame member with 69 Melodifestivalen songs behind him including three winners. Peter Boström has 24 entries to his name of which six placed on the podium, including Loreen’s Eurovision winner ‘ Euphoria’. That song was created by a list of Melodifestivalen composers of the highest order. I just felt something before I heard the song, I pressed play and it was a very special feeling, almost like falling in love.” “I remember very clearly it was about 10 in the evening. While Loreen is named as one of the songwriters of this track, she didn’t come into the picture until later, and the song was already an “embryo” when ‘Tattoo’ landed in her inbox. Those are the words of Loreen speaking to The EuroTrip podcast prior to this week’s heat of Melodifestivalen. “Well let me start by saying it is the song, I fell in love with the song, that’s where we started.” Loreen admitted that her ego was hit from that, but also that it was good that “sometimes you land back on Earth.” Many would imagine that, after falling from such high expectations to not even reach the final, Loreen might never return to competitive song action. That song ‘ Statements’ was a “counter reaction against the political system”, in particular the rise of the Swedish Democrats to be Sweden’s second largest party. Loreen reflected on that performance with Schlagerprofilerna this week, commenting on her “very frustrated, angry energy” that came across in the performance. 2017 is a year where many Loreen fans were left dumbfounded, when the Eurovision winner returned to compete and yet failed to progress to the Melodifestivalen final, losing out to Anton Hagman’s guitar track in a head-to-head battle to qualify. However the next year came ‘ Euphoria’ and a victory with juries and televoters both at Melodifestivalen but also in the Eurovision Song Contest to win by 123 points.Īfter that date, Loreen has released two albums, in 20. In 2011 she came with the song ‘ My Heart Is Refusing Me’, ending up knocked out in the Andra Chansen duel against Sara Varge.

We in the Eurovision community were first introduced to Loreen through Melodifestivalen. There was music after Idol, but Loreen’s career moved more into TV, working as a producer and director for SVT show Frufritt but also for commercial channels TV3 and TV4. Idol was her breakthrough into the Swedish music scene, finishing 4th in a year where Darin (of Eurovision 2013 interval act fame, amongst being a huge star outright in Sweden), went on to win. The 39-year-old was born to Moroccon Berber parents in Stockholm but spent most of her time growing up an hour away in Västerås, on the banks of Lake Mälaren. Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui, better known simply as Loreen, is the most hotly anticipated artist in this year’s 28-strong Melodifestivalen line up.

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