Rafał Brzozowski "The Ride" | Poland Eurovision 2021 Interview

Опубликовано 29 апреля 2021, 19:00

Poland's Eurovision 2021 singer Rafał Brzozowski chats with us about his song "The Ride". He says that he came across the song while working on his forthcoming album, which will celebrate his 10th year in the music industry as a solo performer. "I love the sound of retro and 80s, and the Weeknd or Dua Lipa, so I tried to call all of my friends." Among them was the Swedish songwriter Thomas Karlsson, who happened to have "The Ride" (demoed by co-writer Clara Rubensson). Later, when TVP put out a request to a select few artists for an energetic song, Rafał took his chance. "They called me back in two days and said, 'We love this song and The Ride is the one!'"

Rafał says the song, which is about perseverance and picking yourself up, is weirdly reflective of his current situation following his split with Anną Tarnowską — his fiancé of eight years — despite being written by someone else with their own story. "The song is about what's in my life. This is really strange. I know this text, but it's about me right now and about what's going on in my private life — and everything is going crazy."

"I started to sing this song and everything changed with my life. I need to go right now for the gold and never touch the ground and go high and have the ride of my life. That's a really tough situation right now, and I think the song really is for me. It was not on purpose to write a song for me, but now I can say the song was waiting for me. For sure. 100%."

We also discuss the music video, which was filmed at the Neon Museum, located in Warsaw; his first live performance of the song on The Voice Kids of Poland; what it's like hosting Koło Fortuny (Wheel of Fortune) and Jaka to melodia? (Name That Tune); and his time as a wrestler (and why he chose music and entertainment instead).

Interviewer
William: instagram.com/williamleeadams

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

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