Duncan de Moor, known professionally as Duncan Laurence has finally revealed the music video for his single “Arcade”. The singer-songwriter is set to represent the Netherlands at Eurovision Song Content 2019.
On March 7th, Laurence released an exquisite music video for his representative single. Written and composed in collaboration with Joel Sjöö and Wouter Hardy, “Arcade” has already garnered over 3.3 Million views on YouTube.
The heart wrenching single narrates the story of unrequited love and depicts the emptiness loneliness brings. Comparing the emotion of love with the game of the arcade, Laurence showcases how harmfully addictive love can be. But at the same time, he also shares the belief that if one is hopeful, they will eventually find their true love.
Talking about the single, Duncan said: “I’m always inspired by stories that move me, real personal experiences from my own life or someone else’s. Arcade was inspired by the story of someone I loved deeply, who died at a young age. The words, chords and melodies came to me automatically as if they fell from the sky. When Joel Sjöö and Wouter Hardy helped me finish the song it got a much larger scope. It changed from a very personal story to a story that everyone can connect to. Arcade is a song about longing… longing for love… longing for something that seems out of reach. And it speaks of hope. Hope, that you will find what you need in life.”
In terms of musicality, this ballad creates a contrast with a lot of singles competing in the competition. Grounding his concept and narrative on “simplicity”, the artist has focused on enhancing the visibility of his vocal prowess and the intensity of the background, giving his single a much needed emotional depth.
All acts of the acts have now been announced, they are Srbuk for Armenia, Tamta for Cyprus, Jonida Maliqi for Albania, Eliot for Belgium, Miki for Spain, Serhat for San Marino, Duncan Laurence for The Netherlands, Tamara Todevska for North Macedonia, Michela Pace for Malta, Bilal Hassani for France, Lake Malawi for the Czech Republic, PÆNDA for Austria, Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman for Finland. Michael Rice for the United Kingdom, Sergey Lazarev for Russia, Mahmood for Italy, Kate Miller-Heidke for Australia, D-Moll for Montenegro, Kobi Marimi for Israel, Katerine Duska for Greece, Joci Pápai for Hungary, Jurijus for Lithuania, Leonora for Denmark, S!sters for Germany, Ester Peony for Romania, Victor Crone for Estonia, Roko for Croatia, Carousel for Latvia, Tulia for Poland, Hatari for Iceland, Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl for Slovenia, KEiiNO for Norway, Nevena Bozovic for Serbia, Conan Osíris for Portugal, Oto Nemsadze for Georgia, Anna Odobescu for Moldova, Luca Hänni for Switzerland, John Lundvik for Sweden, Zena for Belarus, Sarah McTernan for Ireland, and Chingiz for Azerbaijan.
The 2019 Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted at the Expo Tel Aviv in Israel after Netta won last year with the song “Toy”. The two Semi-Finals will take place on 14 May and 16 May with the Grand Final taking place on 18 May. A total of 41 countries will compete in the contest.
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