After announcing the Eurovision re-election again, The Roop frontman barely quenched the excitement – we will definitely carry the Lithuanian flag.

Emotions were not lacking here on Saturday night: one of the competition participants, Audrius Petrauskas-Gebrasy, presented her song, could not resist the tension and got off the stage. It was not in vain that he poured out these emotions: during the selection he was called the greatest opponent of the group “The Roop”. He finished second in the selection. The audience and commission votes, summarized below, were distributed as follows: third place went to Voldemars Petersons-Kupid, fourth place went to Martyna Jezepčikaitė, fifth place to Evita Cololo and sixth place for Titas and Ben.

The winners of The Roop were invited to take the stage again and play their Eurovision Discoteque song. But before that, it’s an exciting speech from the group leader.

At first, Valiukevičius didn’t find it easy to collect words, jokingly, “Is it really necessary? I wasn’t ready, I didn’t see the script. ”But then, without hiding his triumphant emotion, he thanked his native for his support.

“It just came to our notice then. I just want to thank everyone who voted a lot, both the commission and the audience. Viewers, wow, they’re amazing. At first I thought when I saw the results that they voted 7400. But I heard someone say : “No, no, 74 thousand”. This is something incredible, I have very few words, I am not ready to speak. But our group is extremely grateful. We will definitely continue to carry the Lithuanian flag, “said V. Valiukevičius.

The Roop, which lost its chance to appear on the world’s most popular show last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, released another surprising song, Discoteque, this year. As this group received a lot of attention and significantly surpassed second place in last year’s online voting according to the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest, the debate began, maybe stop thinking and send them to the postponed show until 2021? ? This would measure the group’s performance, financial costs, and other efforts. However, after all the discussions, The Roop received only one benefit: they made it to the final of the selection immediately, so they did not have to appear in the selections with other “Try Again” contestants.

Although The Roop did not appear on either the first or the second release, the band’s Eurovision song and video, Discoteque, were featured on the second broadcast. This work caused a real storm on the Internet as early as the morning of the day, when it had been illegally distributed ahead of time. Even before reaching the semi-finals, The Roop is boldly called out as the strongest candidates to win a Eurovision ticket. Music commentators across Europe are also predicting success for them.

The Roop, who appeared in the selection for the first time this year, also performed a synchronous dance on Saturday, so they still had a hard time breathing off stage. Group leader Vaidotas Valiukevičius invited people to vote not only on their thoughts for the performances they liked.

“This has happened more than once in the history of Lithuania, both in politics and everywhere. I invite you to support your favorite participants with calls,” Vaidotas said.

When asked what comments he received from the public in preparation for the final, V. Valiukevičius was satisfied with the interest.

“A lot of people got involved in our program, they advised to do it in one way or another. But the most important thing is to understand what we want ourselves. That is what we lead, ”said the group leader.

The Commission unanimously rated The Roop as the strongest in this year’s selection.

“It is very pleasing to both the eye and the ear. It is good to see such an elegant and conceptually accomplished performance,” commented I. Narkutė.

“This song seems to me the most valuable trip to Rotterdam,” Zilnys said.

“This show has it all: great idea, song, dance and energy, so even the TV screen doesn’t interfere,” commented G. Griniūtė.

The song was released with one of the largest record companies in the world.

The members of The Roop say they wrote a song full of nostalgic sound, thinking about dance and inner liberation. These two elements perfectly describe all the group’s works: their unique sound and style. The song was released by Warner Music Group, one of the largest record companies in the world, with a division in the Baltic countries.

On Fire has demonstrated the power with which music and dance affect people. This combination liberates. There is no man who does not know how to dance, he is innate. Dancing is also a tool that heals wounds. Even nodding is already a dance, – says Vaidotas Valiukevičius, the leader of The Roop, with a smile.

At Discoteque we are talking about inner liberation. We often say that we are free and we live in a free world. But we have most of the limitations within us. So with this song and move, we want to shake the fear out of everyone inside who has too much criticism to look weird. Sometimes we don’t want to accept our body, we even compete for our attractiveness. “

The uniqueness of the song is also revealed by the somewhat unusual lead line of the melody. It is reminiscent of the old Lithuanian folk songs. “We interpreted the suffix of the piece in staccato form, if we changed it to legato, the motif of the traditional songs would be very clear. We have adapted the sound of folk music to modern taste, ”says V. Valiukevičius about the structure of the song.

Listening to the piece, listeners will notice that Discoteque not only has a light side, but also a dark side. The dark sound of the song not only gives it depth but also brings it closer to the listeners.

“It just came to our knowledge then. If you don’t see your shadow, it means you don’t stand in the light,” says Vaidotas.

Lauras Lučiūnas, producer of The Roop, says that the still green version of Discoteque became a promising piece in Helsinki, when The Roop recorded songs in the studios of the Finnish division of Warner Music Group: “When we fly, we first think about the recordings of other songs. This piece was the coolest. But after the first day’s recordings, we sat down to discuss them and Vaidotas showed the Disco.

The decision to participate in the Eurovision national team has yet to be made. But that night, it became clear that we had a song worth presenting to listeners. His first recordings took place in Helsinki and the final result has already been achieved in Lithuania. “

The original music video for the Eurovision song Discoteque was also filmed in Vilnius. Its director became film director Saulius Baradinskas. This was the first joint work of the group and the director. Saul’s name is heard at film festivals and video awards, and laurel’s latest short film Golden Minutes intrigues the director’s work with Scottish actor Billy Boyd, known for the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The Roop says the Discoteque video is like a return to childhood. In it, the viewer moves to the eighties and nineties. Allusions from the movie “Alice in Wonderland”, the “Twin Peace” series come to life on screen.

“The whole clip permeates the stylistics and mood of that time. Starting with the visuals, the clothes, the colors and ending with the movements that come from our childhood. We remember the first haircuts, how we danced alone at home when no one could see. We even borrowed a movement from Arvydas Sabonis: it is his legendary duck gesture, which we all remember, “reveals V. Valiukevičius.