Ireland’s Eurovision performance will be “big and bold”, Wild Youth lead singer Conor O’Donohoe has promised.
The group will represent Ireland in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool on May 9 with their song, We Are One. O’Donohoe said he believes the song lives up to the size and stature of the contest, adding he is undergoing a training regime to get ready.
“We’re definitely not taking any shortcuts, and it will definitely be as big and bold as you think it’s going to be,” the singer said. I don’t want to give anything away. It’s all very, very cool.”
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O’Donohoe revealed the creative process for writing the song, which focuses on unity and togetherness. "I just wanted to write a good song and have it at the Eurovision,” he added.
“But the Eurovision for me is also such a big stage, I wanted to write a song that could live up to the stature and the size of the stage and the arena.”
The singer said it wasn’t difficult to get the other band members, Callum McAdam, Ed Porter and David Whelan, on board for the bid. “I think David’s as big a Eurovision fan as I am; Cal just loves playing the drums so once he’s on a stage and he’s playing the drums he’s happy, and Ed totally bought in and believed in the vision too.”
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