ROMANIA – Romanian chart-topper ROXEN will perform ‘Amnesia’ at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.
ROXEN STATED
“The last year was a bit of a rollercoaster, filled with really good moments and some low points also. In the end, what kept me going the most was that I had some really great projects. Amnesia somehow manages to give a voice to all repressed feelings and to the people whose voices haven’t been heard, in a way that for me is incredibly pure. I would like to thank everyone who has been by my side all this time and has offered me all the support that I needed. ROXEN is made up of pieces from each and every one of you.”
The Cluj-Napoca chanteuse worked with songwriters and producers Adelina Stinga and Victor Bourosu on the track that she will perform in the second half of the first Semi-Final on 18 May in Rotterdam.
ABOUT ROXEN
Back in 2020, ROXEN became Romania’s Eurovision representative via a songwriting camp that public broadcaster TVR organised in collaboration with the music label Global Records.
Her popularity grew and in advance of the cancelled Contest, she was the 3rd most-played artist on Romanian radio with a duo of tracks in airplay charts: You Don’t Love Me (with 8 million views on YouTube) and Ce-ti Canta Dragostea (further 9 million views and the most ‘Shazamed’ Romanian song).
ROMANIA IN EUROVISION
Romania joined the competition in 1994 and though they’ve yet to score the first victory they have finished in the top 5 on 3 occasions. Their best results saw the country finish third with Luminița Anghel and Sistem’s Let Me Try (2005) and Paula Seling and Ovi’s Playing With Fire (2010)
LYRICS
Once upon a time I used to know a girl
Ripped jeans, messy hair, shinin’ like a pearl
I guess I’m a day sick, I push the night so far away
If you feel what I feel, see what I see
Don’t bring yourself down
You are not alone, not alone now
Oh, I lost myself tryna have it all
This world view’s in a rush and they say they know it all
Oh, I lost myself tryna have it all
Self love amnesia, don’t worry if it got you
‘Cause you’re not alone, not alone
I try to fight but it’s getting strong, getting strong, getting strong
Oh, I lost myself tryna have it all
Self love amnesia, don’t worry if it got you
‘Cause you’re not alone
Giving all they want might make you lose control
Take it, breathe in the words like I should know
People always say, “Be careful what you wishin’ for”
If you feel what I feel, see what I see
Don’t bring yourself down
You are not alone, not alone now
Oh, I lost myself tryna have it all
This world view’s in a rush and they say they know it all
Oh, I lost myself tryna have it all
Self love amnesia, don’t worry if it got you
‘Cause you’re not alone, not alone
I try to fight but it’s getting strong, getting strong, getting strong
Oh, I lost myself tryna have it all
Self love amnesia, don’t worry if it got you
Self love (Self love) is never gone
Self love (Self love), put it back on
Oh, self love, self love, you’re not alone
Not alone, not alone, self love amnesia
I lost myself tryna have it all
This world view’s in a rush and they say they know it all
Oh, I lost myself tryna have it all
Self love amnesia, don’t worry if it got you
‘Cause you’re not alone, not alone
I try to fight but it’s getting strong, getting strong, getting strong
Oh, I lost myself tryna have it all
Self love amnesia, don’t worry if it got you
‘Cause you’re not alone
