Yahoo News Olly Alexander unveils UK's 2024 Eurovision song
Olly Alexander's entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest has been unveiled.
The Years & Years star was announced as the United Kingdom's latest representative at the musical extravaganza back in December, with the 68th edition of Eurovision set to unfold in the Swedish city of Malmö in May.
'Dizzy' is the title of the track – you can watch the official music video below – and Alexander has opened up about the many inspirations behind it.
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"I wrote the song last summer with Danny L Harle, we started off with the word 'Dizzy' because it just popped into my head and I liked it," he said.
"I was thinking about fun things that could make you dizzy and I remember saying 'dizzy from your kisses', so the song is about feeling such an intense swell of emotion for someone they totally turn your world upside down and inside out."
Alexander added: "Danny and I believe music should transport you somewhere magical and we wanted to describe this magical place in the song; a place of beautiful gardens, eternal flowers and time turning endlessly in an ecstatic loop.
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"We took the feeling of dizziness and put that into the production, so there's a lot of undulating arpeggios, lilting harmonies and counter rhythms in the backing vocals.
"We were inspired by a lot of music we love from the 80's like Erasure, Adamski and of course Pet Shop Boys."
The single's release will be accompanied by a BBC One special at 10.40pm tonight (March 1), Eurovision 2024: Graham Meets Olly, where Eurovision favourite Graham Norton sits down with the popstar to discuss the forthcoming show.
The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals begin on Tuesday, May 7.
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