THE NETHERLANDS – Jeangu Macrooy will represent his country in May in Rotterdam. So today we had the revelations of the participation of the host Netherlands.
Jeangu Macrooy will perform “Birth Of A New Age” on the stage of Ahoy Rotterdam!
The Netherlands again this year chose to participate directly.
A committee set up for this purpose by the country’s public television was in charge of this burden. In addition to the 27-year-old singer, the committee also included:
- Coen Swijnenberg – DJ
- Sander Lantinga – DJ
- Joyce Hoydelmans – Member of the mission in the competition since 2014
- Eric Van Stade – General Manager of AVROTROS
- Cornald Maas – Commentator on the competition
- Jan Smit – Contest commentator and presenter of Eurovision 2021
The leaders of the Dutch mission have high aspirations for the event that they are going to host in two months.
The director of AVROTROS himself believes that they can win for the second time in a row!
ABOUT THE ARTIST
The seeds of Jeangu’s musical journey were first planted when he received a guitar from his parents for his 13th birthday. Together with his twin brother Xillan, he formed a musical duo. His artistic ambitions, however, proved bigger than the scene in his native Surinam and he moved to the Netherlands at the age of 20.
In the Netherlands, Jeangu enrolled in music college where he began collaborating with producer Perquisite. Jeangu’s soulful debut album, High On You, was nominated for an Edison Pop Award and he has since performed at prominent festivals such as Lowlands, North Sea Jazz and Eurosonic Noorderslag.
His second album, 2019’s Horizon, is critically acclaimed by both press and public and preceded international headline tours and frequent appearances on national TV and radio.
LYRICS
Skin as rich as the starlit night
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion (Oh-oh)
Deep currents running in the rivers of your eyes
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion (Oh-oh)
They spat on your crown and they poisoned your ground
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion (Oh-oh)
They burned your heroes at the stake
But your voice will echo all their names
This ain’t the end, no
It’s the birth of a new age
Yu no man broko mi
Yu no man broko mi
Yu no man broko, broko mi
Yu no man broko mi
Yu no man broko mi
Yu no man broko, broko mi (Oh-oh)
Soul blazin’ like a hurricane
Your rhythm is rebellion (Mmm-mhm), your rhythm is rebellion (Oh-oh)
Spirit roaring wild like untamed flames
Your rhythm is rebellion (Oh yeah), your rhythm is rebellion (Oh-oh)
They buried your guts, they imprisoned your thoughts
Your rhythm is rebellion, your rhythm is rebellion (Oh-oh)
They tried to drain you off your faith
But you are the rage that melts the chains
This ain’t the end, no
It’s the birth of a new age
