Friday, January 21, 2022

Serbia - Hurricane - Loco Loco

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15 - 102 pts / 8 - 124 in semi 2
Trio Hurricane will represent Serbia in the 2021 contest.
In 2020 they won Beovizija 2020 and would have represented Serbia with the song Hasta La Vista.
This year they're back with Loco Loco, written by Darko Dimitrov, Nemanja Antonić and Hurricane member Sanja Vučić.
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This year there was to be an all Hurricane  preselection (Beovizija) but it in the end the song was chosen internally.
The official single along with karaoke and instrumental was released on March 11

The Acoustic version was released on a single titled "2021"which also includes a coverversion of Ruslana's Wild Dances (cheekily using Ruslana's backing track)
The English version of Loco Loco was released on May 2, the video is here.
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The "2021" single

A promo cds was issued including five versions of Loco Loco and two of the 2020 song Hasta La Vista
1. Loco Loco - official audio
2. Loco Loco - karaoke
3. Loco Loco - acoustic
4. Loco Loco - English version
5. Loco Loco - instrumental
6. Hasta La Vista - official audio
7. Hasta La Vista - English version

Hurricane are Sanja Vučić, Ivana Nikolić en Ksenija Knežević.

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The girls got together in 2017 and have released some successful songs since then.
Their Favorito clocked over 75.000.000 youtube views.
The mainly perform and record in Serbian and English. Their 2020 single Caje is in Romani.
We know Sanja Vučić from the 2016 contest when she finished 18th in the final with Goodbye (Shelter).
Ksenija Knežević also has a little Eurovision experience, she was a backing vocalist for her dad, Knez, who finished 13th for Montenegro in 2015.

Music Week Live
A digital live album recorded at the Belgrade Music Festival (august 2021) was released on Januari 18, 2022. It features Loco Loco in a medley with Čaje Šukarije, a traditional song made famous by Esma Redzepova (ESC 2013).
The album also includes a live version of Hasta La Vista, the song intended for 2020.

English version
Versions
Loco Loco
- digital 10-3, Rotterdam 2CD
Loco Loco - karaoke
Loco Loco - instrumental
- digital releases 11-3, karaoke also on the official karaoke album (digital)
Loco Loco - Acoustic
- digital release on single "2021", 
Loco Loco - English
- digital 2-5, video is here re-digital 15-05
Loco Loco / Čaje Šukarije (live)
- digital album Music Week Live
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2nd English version

Links and sources
RTS Eurovision pagesFB
Hurricane  WebsiteFB, 2020


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