On Saturday he won Latvia’s Supernova 2024 and with it the ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest. And on Tuesday afternoon Dons made some time to give us his first English-language interview following his win.
The 39-year-old starts by describing the intense emotions he portrays in “Hollow.” “In our lives there are moments where you feel like a hostage to your own insecurities, demons, inner feelings, relationships, and views,” he says. “There’s so many truths and so many opinions about how you have to live your life instead of your own.” Will he include Latvian lyrics on stage at Eurovision? What stage concept will he pursue? And how did he learn to make such a delicious lasagne? Listen to find out. Our interview premieres tonight at 19:30 CET. See y’all there!
I like this interview very much. Dons is very sympathetic. I love his song and I will vote for him in the 2th semifinal. I wish him good luck.
This is a top 5 with juries material, pretty much like Alika’s “Bridges” for Estonia last year. It hasn’t grown for me yet but it’s very solid and Dons is a very capable performer. It will be a shame if it doesn’t manage to make the final, first time for Latvia since 2016!
Of course he will make it!
I love his voice, I love his look, I love everything about him, He is cute!
And if we talking about hostages so… #BringBackTheIsraeliHostagesASAP!
Stop il Genocidio!
20.000 unarmed innocent dead Palestinian but I guess priorities, right?
This could be one to watch and it will be great to see Latvia and Ireland back in final. Probably my top for now (the song, not Dons)
It’s growing on me! I think it could end up in my top five by Malmo time! The lyrics are very though provoking and so is Dons, who is clearly very entrenched in his own thoughts as I am.
I think this could be very popular with the juries! The melody makes some interesting shifts which makes it stand out from just being «another ballad». Good luck!
Its a lovely ballad
What I find really strong about this is the beautiful piano intro. Aside from that, it’s a pretty regular ballad by numbers with shallow lyrics imo.
Potential winner 🙂
They did the best choice i love the song .. and i could remeber it quite some time after.that’s a good sign. The staging could give it a bigger impact though. I agree with william : it should focus on his expressions like in the music video, he’s charismatic.
I’m not sure I understand this song. “Everybody pretending they’re preachers” sounds like it could be about politics, not personal insecurities. “I’d rather them dig my grave shallow, instead of selling out for something so hollow” sounds like something Mitt Romney or Liz Cheney might say with regard to MAGA. To give an American example.
My conclusion : it’s about personal integrity.
How you gonna tell an artist what his own song is abt
As a follower of what is going on with MAGA, that’s quite interesting that you chose Romney and Cheney particularly since they aren’t populists and aren’t part of the MAGA vision….
That’s my point. They did not fall in line with the cult of Trump, they kept their integrity and paid the price for it.
You have got to be kidding. The monster daughter of a monster has integrity? That’s rich.
She kept HER integrity, which I assure you is very different from MY integrity.
Her integrity as a monster? Sure lol
Monsters can have integrity.
I suppose. I’m sure she’ll make whoever is digging her shallow grave very happy once it’s time.
Margaret Thatcher was a monster with integrity. She stuck to her core beliefs, repellent as they were. She didn’t pander. She was consistently monstrous.
“The lady’s not for turning”
Whereas Boris Johnson has zero integrity, and just says whatever he thinks is useful to him. He would hop on any bus he thought would bring him to number 10.
There’s a good song in there somewhere. Titled either “zero integrity” or “number 10”.
Kate Miller Heidke, with Sarah McTernan.
Get to work. Deadline is September 1st.
On it.
OMG I’m writing this song and sending it to Kate, ahaha!
It does sound a bit like Take Me To Church. That’s not a bad thing.
Totally agree. But it is still original in itself