The Belgian participant, Eliot, released his song “Wake Up” on February 28. Once again the Walloon broadcaster RTBF has managed to bring a unique song to the Eurovision Song Contest. Following the release, our Belgian wiwiblogger Jacintha sat down with Eliot for the second time to interview him.
Eliot —”Wake Up” interview
Eliot released his song at the end of February. Every Eurovision participant receives lots of reactions following their song release and Eliot is no different. He was pleased with the positive feedback he received following the song release.
“Well I was very happy with the reactions and the comments,” Eliot tells us. “I feel supported and that is really important for an artist.”
The song has a very deep meaning. The song was written by Pierre Dumoulin, who was also part of the team behind Blanche’s “City Lights” two years ago. However, “Wake Up” is not as dark as his previous attempt, nor as avant-garde as “Rhythm Inside“. “Wake Up” is a great song in its own right, bringing a level of class far removed from the average songs Belgium sent in their run of poor results prior to Loïc Nottet.
“So in the song the world has fallen asleep and we have to be there to make things move. The young generation needs to move things. And we have have to wake up the world so the title is “Wake Up”,” Eliot explains. Just like in several other countries, Belgium has had several climate change protests recently, which “Wake Up” may allude to. Eliot continues, “It is funny because we got caught up by actuality. We wrote the lyrics before all the stories about the climate but it is a really good coincidence. We wrote the song to be more general.”
The song’s music video conveys a sense of darkness before the walls break down and Eliot wakes up the masses. When we spoke to Eliot the first time after the press conference, he could not tell us much about the staging and the decision-making process behind the staging. However, Eliot was more willing to give out some information this time.
“I can tell you something more than what I said last time,” Eliot reveals. “We do not want to have a stage in the same atmosphere as the video. We want to have more hope in our stage. Something less dark than the video. Sony and the RTBF really care about what I want to. It is true that I am new so I listen to the advisers. But I also have a word to say.”
What do you think of “Wake Up” and Eliot’s interview? Is it important for a song to have a special message? How will Eliot fare in Tel Aviv? Let us know in the comments section below.
idk, maybe because I’m Stranger Things fan, I really like this song, it’s beautiful 🙂
Belguim is not going to final this year
I am 100% certain a country called Belguim isn’t going to qualify. 🙂
I like it very much. Belgium is excellent this year.
I’m not really into this song and don’t think the staging could change something.
Possible ‘shocking non-qialifier’ for me.
Quite opposite by my opinion. This is very interesting song with great vocal and modern sound. Good luck.
Definitely Q!
Yes it is very interesting. At least it caught my attention. 😉
It’s my favorite this year
My god, his look in that shot is so hot.
‘Hot’? 🙂
Can I ask you how old are you, your sex and sexual orientation, if possible)
I’m just so curious about who whould consider this kawaii boy to be ‘hot’ ??
lol
It defo is! ^^ Eliot is soooo beautiful *_*
Actually I like his song WAKE UP but the interview was very slow and boring for me…it was too long and too slow
“Is he waking you up?”
The answer is no, he bores me to death.
Love this entry, let’s hope for a good staging, i think this will do better than a lot of people expect..