Linnea Deb og Melanie Wehbe er en del af sangskriverteamet bag Danmarks Eurovision-bidrag “Hallucinate”, og i dette interview deler de historien bag sangen. Hvordan opstod idéen, og hvornår vidste de, at den havde vinderpotentiale?
Vi har mødt de to legendariske sangskrivere under prøverne i Melodifestivalens finaleuge i Stockholm.
Linnea Deb og Melanie Wehbe var mentorer i en spngwriting camp, hvor “Hallucinate” blev skabt. “We were invited to be coaches and mentors for these upcoming amazing songwriters, and in one room ‘Hallucination’ was written. We walked in and just heard this idea, and I think we all immediately felt that this is something special.”
Hvorfor var Sissal den rette sanger til sangen?
Linnea og Melanie beskriver, hvordan de arbejdede med sangen i campen og udfordrede sangskriverne til at tænke nyt:
“We pushed everyone, every room, we wanted them to push the limits a little more, go out of the box, try new things.”
Om hvorfor Sissal måtte synge netop denne sang, siger Linnea: “Without Sissal’s voice, it wouldn’t have been what it is because she’s such an amazing singer.”
De fremhæver hendes unikke evne til at levere sangen live: “If she can pull this off live, this has so much potential.”
Hvordan skiller “Hallucinate” sig ud i årets konkurrence?
De bemærker, at mange sange i år har gimmicks, men at “Hallucinate” skiller sig ud med sin rå musikalske kvalitet:
“It’s just good vocals, her being there on stage. I mean, she’s got this presence that I think everybody feels.”
Linnea og Melanie er begge fulde af optimisme og glæder sig til at følge Danmarks rejse mod Eurovision i Malmø.
De afslutter med en opfordring til Sissal og teamet: “All I can say to Sissal is just be you. Don’t change whoever you are, what you do performance-wise, because it spoke to everyone, and that’s why she won.”
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