The worst kept secret of this year’s selection season is now out there. Remember Monday have officially been confirmed as the UK’s act for Eurovision 2025, where they will perform the entry “What The Hell Just Happened?”
The official announcement and first play of the song was made by Scot Mills on the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.
Remember Monday – “What The Hell Just Happened?” (UK Eurovision 2025)
Remember Monday are a trio comprised of Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull, and Charlotte Steele.
They met when they were still at school and started making music together every Monday. In 2019 they competed on the U.K. edition of The Voice, where they were coached by Jennifer Hudson.
Although the group have previously focused on country-pop, their Eurovision entry swerves away from this. “What The Hell Just Happened?” is an amalgamation of multiple styles and tempos, combining upbeat verses with a slower anthemic chorus to showcase Remember Monday’s vocal harmonies.
Some fans have compared the song to Queen’s iconic “Bohemian Rhapsody” due to the way that it continuously mixes things up. Others have questioned its cohesion and lack of a solid hook.
The official announcement comes after multiple weeks of speculation. British tabloid The Sun previously broke the news of Remember Monday’s Eurovision participation at the start of February.
Snippets of “What The Hell Just Happened?” then began appearing on the internet during the days ahead of the BBC Radio 2 reveal.
Are you excited to finally have the UK act confirmed? What do you think of Remember Monday’s “What The Hell Just Happened?” Let us know in the comments below.
I like it, it’s a bit different though, but still very charming; good luck!
Not keen on this as it seems a mess and not much of a tune. Voices may be good but the song needs to be as well.
your description could be applied to a least half of this years entries
ep listening to the UK entry – way ahead of the rest this year! Love it wholeheartedly – immediately got the Suisse feeling of last year! 12 points!
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Keep listening to the UK entry – way ahead of the rest this year! Love it wholeheartedly – immediately got the Suisse feeling of last year! 12 points!
My very first impressions were “Damn there are a lot of voices singing backup” and “And they are still being drowned out by the music in places”.
As others have said, they can sing live – if they do it competently without depending an all this engineering and over-production, they could do alright.
Can they sing live though, they said that about James, Mae and Olly? They ended up miming on UK TV shows and underwhelming at pre-parties.
They are all west end stars so sing live day in day out. Plenty online of them singing very competently live.
I really think this will place in the Top 10. It’s a very catchy tune, and the competition is exceedingly weak this year.
What Happened to Monday is a 2017 dystopian science-fiction action thriller film directed by Tommy Wirkola
I love Noomi ans sci fi in general, but that wasn’t all that great.
Why do I love this so much, I’m so proud that this is my countries entree, its my new number 1, even if it comes dead last again with nil points I still love it and our best entree for a while.
I still want to know what the hell happened on Monday.
Deban Aderemiatwiwiblogsdotcom and me on the same page on this one! (and Molly Smitten Downes hunty!!)
Remember Monday’s singers can sing live like SAM which is a bonus. James, Mae & Olly couldn’t sing live on the night, James was stiff couldn’t sing & those hanging Trumpets, embarrassing, Why ? SAM the result speaks for itself, Mae, vocal was weak, too weak, Olly, vocal was very poor & off key in places, he was out of breath most of the time, the new arrangement didn’t work & the staging concept was different but too homo erotic which cost the UK in the public vote. I can’t fault the BBC in the way they choose their representative… Read more »
The same amount of str8 erotica would have tanked any entry. Imagine muscular dudes dry-humping a barely legal little girl on stage as a part of someone’s “artistic vision” of haow to make a song work better on stage…
The harmonies are gorgeous. If harmonies could pay rent, these ones would live in a penthouse with a private elevator. But here’s the thing: they’re working overtime to carry a song that never quite decides if it wants to be exciting or just pleasantly inoffensive.
Make the staging big and theatrical like Six does Bridgerton, a massive chandelier, they swing in on, someone drinking champagne in the bath, someone snoozing at a writing desk – references to Jane Austen, Bridget Jones, Saltburn and the fantasy and romanticism of “britishness”. Make it fun, camp, embracing the maximum theatricalness of it all, and lastly a big guitar Queen section, to just put the cherry on the cake!
Recreate the bath scene from Saltburn perhaps…?
They can call in Jonkonfui for the Barry Keoghan strut, we all know his qualifications…
I so agree – I think it would be campy and fun and bring out all the fun sides of traditionally British things. Maybe like start with a full high tea that ends up smashed to bits just as a bit of fun.
What the hell did I jus… Nah, too easy!
Nope. Jarring and way too musical theater.
It sounds very 2011, but in a good, nostalgic way. I think this will actually do decently.
Mariana Conte about to appear on Newsnight, BBC2 in UK
She brazened it out but did not convince the in studio “panel”. But more coverage in UK than for the UK entry.
Yeah, I suppose lack of coverage of the UK entry tonight was because it’s not actually news any more. Seriously, there were so many leaks this year, I think it was already news 2 months ago.
Indeed, there are interesting things to note here.
BBC Newsnight transmitted the controversial parts of the song twice, though it was well after the watershed and was prefaced. (Let’s see how Ofcom reacts.)
Miriana herself gave an interview to Newsnight, which was brave. She says she didn’t expect such a big reaction. But after the interview finished airing, the show’s guests effectively called Mariana a liar, and one of them even called out Europe as a whole for “seediness”.
And do you think she was lying Purple? Apparently Maltese broadcaster is considering “legal action”.
That’s not a question I’d ever try to answer; I’d just direct you to ask Mariana instead. Actually I’m disappointed about what happened with the Newsnight panel for different reasons, because to me it did not provide a journalistic balance of views. I know it’s not always possible to get that balance right with every edition; I guess I just expected to hear more varying opinions about a Eurovision song.
Miriana, boys, not Mariana…! 🙂
I know. Sorry!
Yeah, I thought I typed Miriana, hmmm
I was dreading this when I heard who the BBC had chosen, but i have been surprised that I actually like it, its no winner but I don’t think we will be embarrassed on the night and we have not always been able to say that over the years.
Are u British?
With this song, I love how the chromatic line keeps lifting my spirits up, and the vocal harmonies are all pretty much consonant throughout. The effect that creates equals three minutes of musical joy for me.
Interestingly, this song is almost the complete musical opposite to Malta’s entry this year, which instead features descending chromatic lines stomping the listener down, and focuses on one voice that frequently abandons the melody and harmony altogether. (It’s okay to like them both of course, I just find the differences in music fascinating this year.)
The chromatic line? What the hell is that? And I thought i was drunk.
It’s okay. You might not even remember this tomorrow, and you may wonder… WTHJH?
Isn’t that how you get to Penge East from Theydon Bois?
What is that?
I heard the leak earlier this week and was reluctant bc of the UK’s track record, but I’m happy that this turned out to be the real deal!
This is great! Love it!
And I love you. And I am gay. And i have a huge thingy.
LOL
I get downvoted because I have a huge thingy (and that IS a first) by the same people Who cry over the girl not being allowed to serve them KANT… Gay people are a bit Lost these days.
It’d be nice to know who the songwriters are, please. They’re usually not mentioned in articles like this. 🙁
Why are they so invisible?
Who gives a sh!t about that?
But all my respects to the writers
I have seen some of the usual Swedish names…..
Not in Andrews list below. Six Brits, two Danes. No Swedes!
Sorry J, saw Scandinavian names and assumed the worst
U r a racist. Scandinavians are sometimes ok also.. a bit too pale asess but building Bridges
Charlotte Steele
Holly-Anne Hull
Lauren Byrne
Kes Kamara
Julie Aagaard:
We will Rave
Samuel Brennan:
Embers
Thomas Stengaard:
We will Rave
Break a Broken Heart
Fade To Black
El Diablo Adrenalina
Sister
You Let Me Walk Alone
Only Teardrops
Tom Hollings:
Embers
Thank you.
I will feel bad for Samuel and Tom if this too gets zero points.
Not that I expect it to, but you never know
Embers was a bop but the “performer” not up to it
That IS an orgy. Love it.
Duh! The song writers are listed on Spotify
Love them , love the song!
If you look up “safe” in the dictionary you’ll find this song as the definition.
U’ll probably get the picture of a condom
where exactly is the “safe” part in this song?
I am terrible sorry for my UK Friends (I dont have UK Friends anyway) but on Monday Spain Will release the new version of the song winning ESC 2025. So the best position you can get IS a second place.
But I love this song so much that I am getting drunk now. When I wake Up tomorrow with 5 bodybuilders in my bed i Will Sing your song.
I love bodybuilders so much.
have fun amigo
As a Matter of fact i think I have one UK friend… I really Hope to meet/fVcq him again
LOL. 5 bodybuilders is very greedy. Also, don’t they tend to have small willies? Do correct me if I am mistaken!
Yes small thingies and very tight rears. But I have lots of cream. Too lazy to open holes.
But anyway the only Willy that matters here IS mine.
TMI
What does tmi mean? I am fully vaccinated.
Is vaccinated a Word in English?
Thick Mickey Ireland
Thick Mickey Ireland?? What IS that? 24 cms here. IS that thick Mickey Ireland? I could be an escort.
Cool, see you in Amsterdam on April 05 and I will confirm or otherwise
I lived in Amsterdam some years ago. U r weird but nice asses. Are you tall?
The most unintentionally hilarious reply I’ve seen in a while!!
What the hell just happened…
24 cms y mean? U British only understand normal measures when It is about d!cks. De
Jesus Maria
Don’t blaspheme.. IS “to blaspheme” even a verb in f#ck!ng English?
How much have you had to drink??
Lots.
My 24 cms are now just 20.
Put the knife down then!!!
I blame Remember Monday. What a terrible influence they are.
“You should try it too”, they sing.
I am really a Horse man. Do u know how difficult It is to have a huge Winnie or Willy or whatever, to be a Eurovision fan and find real gay love? No u don’t bc your Winnies or willies are just average
Bing bong. Staff call. Moderators to aisle six, please. Spillage.
It is not my fault that i am gay and I have a huge thingy. Do wiwi gays need to have small ones?
I am not a Eurovision fan as in Eurofans (they are just a bunch of gays Who don’t fvck) i am a gay man Who loves Eurovision since 1974.
You will get your Waterloo shortly
I dont understand that… My waterloo? What IS that? I dont pee in mouths sorry.
Need to check that wolf’s banana and milkshake
omaigá
What the hell
We Horse dick gays also suffer
How’s your head?
I’ve been critical about anti-fan behavior in the past, and today is no different. I can see “What the Hell Just Happened?” become a hit in the United States, since there’s plenty of British recording artists with non-British fans. (e.g. Adele, Coldplay, Def Leppard, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Lewis Capaldi, Little Mix, Phil Collins, the Proclaimers, and Whitesnake)
Perfectly inoffensive yet intriguing. Much better than “Dizzy” last year and it’s also quite wholesome, I don’t love it but I really vibe with it. It MUST close the Grand Final.
By this point I always look forward to the UK dropping their song because the same people just enjoy 5h1tt1ng all over it year after year, and it’s quite comical to see. Sweden & the UK seem to be the favoured targets too. Sad to see just how vile the fandom have become. These pages have become a lot like the toxic Drag Race forums on Reddit. Just remember, pointlessly hating on a song or singer isn’t going to persuade a casual eurovision watcher to turn against it. Your just wasting your time. The song will either do well because… Read more »
Plenty of talented singers have crashed out of ESC when the song did not match or showcase their talents appropriately…success is a recipe of many things…excelling at one, live singing, is unfortunately not enough.
For example Glennis Grace in 2005 when semis were 100% public
These people are stuck in their own cycles of karma, which go on for life times if they don’t attempt to get out
This is a fun and crazy song that has stuck in my head for maaany hours. It’s a journey! Their vocals are divine which is great news after the last two disappointing UK performances.
If they nail the staging, the UK should do well. Please give us sass, colours, props and vocals!
I don’t see the song as jury-friendly or televoting-friendly, but this isn’t a zero-points entry either.
This gives me Reddi’s “The Show” vibes
At least one of song’s tempos (there’s way too many of them for 1 song)
And we all know how that turned out
The most positive thing I can say about this is that the UK will be represented by the only female trio of ESC2025. Melfest this year just missed out on producing a perfect final full of quality songs…why? Dolly Style snuck in the back door when half a dozen more worthy were shunted aside. Well surprise surprise, their cousins from the UK, Remember Monday, are about to foist themselves on the ESC final…with similar spoiling effects. This song is more than forgettable and the video gives me fake cheap vibes that make me cringe…this song only makes me remember how… Read more »
I just checked out Remember Monday’s live vocals on YouTube and they can really sing and are quite engaging…My comments above refer to the song (poor) and video (beneath their talent level)…is the BBC really the problem here?
Sooo BBC and the moral police are totally fine with sending a song about being so drunk that you don’t remember last night??? I kan’t believe it!
Are you 10 years old?
Oh jeez did you actually type that or were you hacked?
I just think it’s so funny and hipocrytical that the BBC pushed to disqualify Malta over their song while sending a song about drinking until you pass out (binge drinking). Because that’s literally what the song is about, if you don’t get it.
No one pushed to disqualify Malta. Are you really an adult?
Your narrative is skewed. No need to make yourself so angry that you become bitter over nothing.
Also, Kant does sound very similar to a derogatory word so I don’t know what the Maltese were thinking when they selected their song. Did they think they were being edgy?
It’s been stated today it wasn’t the BBC who complained!
It was the BBC and Mariana was on their Newsnight defending herself.
Not really serving KANT, oh well.
Thankfully they don’t serve basic.
(I’m actually enjoying the song btw, but the BBC can leave)
A gay man saying “serving Kant”… How original we are. Grow Up and enjoy your holes.
Youre my new favourite poster LOL
The only thing that maltese harlot is serving is deep fried butter
I don’t know how to feel about this. It sounds quite disjointed, and all I remember after watching it for the first time it’s the line “what the hell just happened” repeated multiple times. There’s no melody, or structure, or even a storyline behind this song. So yeah what the hell just happened UK? Are you still joining Eurovision this year?
I agree. The song feels like 4 short same songs in one.
People said the same thing about Bohemian Rhapsody, and look at how that turned out.
Songs don’t have to have a familiar structure. I personally feel that this is a fun, chaotic Anthem which will do okay at the competition.
If you’re comparing *this* to “Bohemian Rhapsody” I don’t think I can continue this conversation. I wasn’t born in 1975 anyway so I don’t know what people said back then, so I’ll take your word if you were around and remember that.
I think that’s what the word “rhapsody” actually means – musically not adhering to traditional structures, free forming your own story.
That’s not completely accurate but you’re not very far either – it’s an ancient Greek word that means a song (rather a poem, usually an epic one) that’s “woven”, ie new elements can be added and make the story longer and longer, see Odyssey for example. I guess in modern times it represents any music piece that can consist of multiple parts not following any classical structure but there’s still a story being told. “Bohemian Rhapsody” has still a very obvious storyline and a central idea around which the song is woven, and it’s a very dramatic one. What the… Read more »
Oh, thanks for that. I didn’t realise story was so integral. When I hear the word, I mostly think of Bohemian Rhapsody. Which I wouldn’t say had an obvious storyline – in fact I have no clue what that song is about. Or Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue which I guess tells a tale through sound alone.
I mean storyline is important at least for epic poetry. You need a protagonist and the story narrates their adventures. The story-tellers would add more and more adventures to make the story more exciting and they often did that in a very liberal way but there’s still some cohesion. I guess the term rhapsody cannot apply to something that isn’t coherent, but rather to something that has unpredictable variations on a theme.
The comparison I’m making is based on the disjointed nature of Bohemian Rhapsody sonically. The fact it is made up of segments that are all unique and different but gradyed on to one another to create an outstanding song.
With WTHJH, it’s quite similar in terms of the way the song is structure sonically. The slow bits, the fast bits, the pop bits, the rock bits, the nonsense bits….all totally grafted together to master a song that stands out for being so chaotic and disjointed but somehow working.
I hope that clears up any misunderstanding
The comparison I’m making is based on the disjointed nature of Bohemian Rhapsody sonically. The fact it is made up of segments that are all unique and different but grafted on to one another to create an outstanding song.
With Remember Mondays, it’s quite similar in terms of the way the song is structure sonically. The slow bits, the fast bits, the pop bits, the rock bits, the non-5ense bits….all totally grafted together to master a song that stands out for being so chaotic and disjointed but somehow working.
I hope that clears up any misunderstanding
Are you seriously comparing this to Bohemian Rhapsody? There is no way this is in the same league as that situation. This is formulaic, repetitive mid pop.
Im a bit confused by the musical composition itself. The way it hits peak and it drops back to beginning and then builds up again then drops back. Its like songs beginning 4 times. Idk…
You’ll get it when you watch the live performance. This has the potential to VERY epic!!
Right…. As UK gave us INCREDIBLE live performances in the past… lol. Gurl…
It’s a cute song – fun without being a joke. I’m not a huge fan of Musical Theatre songs but I have to admit that if staged properly, I do enjoy them live. Their vocals seem solid – those harmonies! Wow!
The song somehow stands out this (weak) year – quite male dominated, and the more uptempo female-led acts feel quite… heavy or dense in a way. In comparison, this one feels light, effortless and easygoing.
Is it a winner? Nope. But if the live performance is good, it can end up having a decent score.
You are not a huge fan of musical theater?? Are u straight?
There are many types of musical theatre in all styles
This is so cheap and oversinging something rather nothing, someone please tell these bimbows Switzerland last year wasn’t just screaming, what disaster UK sending this year
Why just go way
Now, try to say It in English
Firstly, if you’re going to use the word ‘bimbos’, at least spell it right. Secondly, why get personal and rude? I dislike the song too, but I would never think to call these girls ‘bimbos’. Says a lot about you.
they don’t come across like that at all, more like posh, playing a nice stereotypical average posh british woman
Yep very misogynistic and demeaning towards women
The only thing cheap here is the shots you’re taking at 3 young girls who have more talent in one hair folical than you will like have in your entire existence.
Three young girls?
Three experienced women, you mean. They have a long list of credits, and are in their 30s. Lauren has been in West End musicals such as Six, and Matilda, where she played Miss Honey. Holly has been in Les Mis, and played the lead female role in Phantom of the Opera. Charlotte is Deputy Head of a performing arts college.
They are NOT young girls.
1) There seems to be a marmite reaction to this song and we have to remember that’s a good thing. There are people who love this, myself included, and that does mean votes. 2) It’s musically interesting and I think the juries will appreciate that and their great vocal harmonies. 3) They’re seasoned performers and I know that they will slay live. 4) The toxicity towards the UK act (a significant proportion of which are UK fans) is becoming really tiresome. How anyone expects any British artist to want to compete when every year they get nothing but vitriol is… Read more »
Maybe UK can send better songs?
Whilst I can’t support genuine ‘toxicity’, particularly if comments are genuinely insulting towards the UK artists, there are a lot of people, including UK natives like myself, who are simply tired of the mediocrity of our entries, save for the once in a blue moon gems. There is nothing wrong with criticizing a song if it’s poor, as long as it doesn’t become personal. We have one of the greatest music industries and some of the best songwriters in the world in the UK, yet we seem to consistently send mid-level songs that, whilst not necessarily absolutely awful, are so… Read more »
But this song is not poor. Maybe your taste is. You cannot say I dont like It, It is poor.
It’s certainly not the worst this season, but it’s repetitive, with little dynamism or growth. A perfectly mid pop song with light pop-punk and some light 70s prog rock ala ‘ELO/ Queen’ vibes. After 3 minutes, all I remember is the repetitive chorus. It just screams ‘forgotten’ in the grand final unless some seriously standout staging and killer vocals are presented. You’re only calling my taste poor because you can’t handle someone criticising a song you like. Also, if you think my taste is poor, then what makes your opinion that its good any more relevant or truthful?
Well they wouldn’t be met with such toxicity if they actually did their homework and sent something that would finish on the left hand side of the scoreboard.
There’s no excuse for toxicity. No-one expects the people to like every song but these girls were getting abuse before their song had even been released. It’s vile and completely unnecessary.
I couldn’t agree more….even if Adele, Ed Sheeran or Elton John were competing they’d get the same bitter, toxic abuse just because it’s the UK! I think the girls are great, fresh and have something different to what’s on offer at the moment. Thank god we don’t have generic, text book Eurovision on offer, like from Denmark, Norway, Ireland and potentially Sweden if Mans wins. Would I swap Remember Monday for them ….no!
They have great voices, byt the song itself gives me nothing.
Feels like a song I’d listen to on Broadway. I like it!
What the hell have i just listened to lol
The winning song of esc 2025. There I said it!
Slop
You don’t seem to like anything about Eurovision, why are you even commenting??
I’m not obliged to like every song that comes out of Eurovision. Don’t know what is wrong with that.
Nothing wrong with it at all. But to just comment “slop” seems so miserable and silly. Why not go and comment on the songs you do like? (If there are any)
Why would I go and comment on old news?
Ok don’t 😉
As if your comments are different than this user. You almost po*ping any song you hate. If that’s the case everyone has a right to express their opinion. At least, they aren’t p*oping on the things they don’t like… It’s better to look in the mirror before projecting something to somebody.
Um, ok, but you are 100% mistaken. You won’t find me “p*oping” anything actually. I’m certainly not mean about ANY song I dislike. In fact, I tend to simply not comment if I really dislike a song.
Do you need a laxative?
To make Eurovision better, obviously.
Now it’s official: the UK learnt absolutely nothing from Sam Ryder’s success. If they’re lucky, they can narrowly avoid the Bottom 5.
y’all slated Sam Ryder too
I didn’t. Even liked both James Newman’s songs, too.
If you follow Remember Monday on insta, you will see amusing clips where they sing back some of the negative or strange comments posted about them on socials. They’d have great fun with the comments on this thread. They clearly don’t take themselves seriously and clearly can sing!
Haha love it! The negative comments on here are ridiculous
Are they able to deliver live? That’s the quiestion…
I LOVE Dizzy (studio version) but Olly was’nt able to sing on stage like at all, poor soul (
Ditto for Mae Muller and James Newman. We’ll soon see at the pre-parties
Hopefully the staging will be in a bordello with scanty outfits and businessman stripping off. Fingers crossed Olly’s choreographer is available.
They are excellent live vocalists…however I’ve only see videos where they stand still behind a mike stand…that’s not going to work for ESC in this century.
A disjointed entry with a mix of genres and keys with possibly some if not the worst lyrical value in the past decade to say least. Lyrics sound like tablo i d hea dlines / ag ony aunt questions and an swers. And it represents the UK of all places. Eight people listed as songwriters for this monumental di sa ster. The s h oc k factor is all their is re: the UK in Eurovision but that does not seem unusual or ac cid ental. It’s very bad. Severely flawed.
have you heard any of the other countries entries? tis is positively formulaic in comparison
What gives you lyrical value then?
Serving Kant maybe… Some people are just completely iliterates… This is the only song with lyrics in English that makes sense. The other ones are just a bunch of words put together.
Worst lyrical value? But if this is the only song in English that makes sense… If you don’t like It, It is completely fine, It is your opinion and taste but to say It has “the worst lyrical value” means you dont have any idea of what you are saying…
Oh yeah because you idea of lyrical geniusness is probably ‘Serving Kant’, or ‘Laika Party’ lol
Cero points!!!
It is something you would hear on British radio but it feels messy. I like the verses, but the chorus is a bit all over the place. Probably bottom 5 again
I guess Portugal, Faance end Switzerland are the last ones who can still save this season 🙂
Cyprus, Georgia could too but I don’t feel this season has to be saved personally, there are already great songs and singers in the lineup for me.
An excellent song with beautiful voices. It gives me Sam Ryder’s ‘Spaceman’ vibes—I think it will do well with the juries.