Jeangu Macrooy "Birth of a New Age" | The Netherlands Eurovision 2021 Interview

Опубликовано 21 апреля 2021, 19:00

Jeangu Macrooy — The Netherlands' Eurovision 2021 singer — chats with us on Zoom about his song "Birth of a New Age". Born in Suriname and now a star in The Netherlands, he is a citizen of the world. Following the cancellation of Eurovision 2020, as the world went into lockdown, he faced a bit of a creative dilemma. "I didn't write any new songs for a good three or four months because the world was so different," he says. "I usually get my inspiration from going to the theatre, to plays, to movies, meeting friends randomly...and I had to sit inside and there was nothing happening."

He left the songwriting process a big late and hit the studio in December. "I was working on the lyrics a few days before the studio session. I was thinking it has to be about resilience and surviving something and celebrating your strength. I was thinking about my heritage and the place, the country that is my foundation of who I am as a person. I remembered this old saying which literally means, 'I'm half a cent, you can't break me. It's a way of saying you may underestimate me, but I know my own worth, I know my own strength. That will keep me going. It just naturally flowed within the creation process."

He also relives how his family in Suriname got to watch his debut performance. "I do have moments when I'm a bit sad I don't get to share all these big moments. I'm praying that they'll get here in Rotterdam in Ahoy. Those are the people who the first time I picked up a guitar I played it for."

We also discuss his music video, his live-on-tape performance, the use of a choir and whether he'll use pre-recorded backing vocalists, live backing or both.

Interviewer: William: instagram.com/williamleeadams

Video Editor:
Oranie - instagram.com/oranie.tv

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