LITHUANIA – It is no secret that the Baltic countries are totally against Russia and were standing in support of Ukraine from the first day of the invasion. The 2020/2021 Lithuanian entrants THE ROOP BAND, released a new song and music video in support of the Ukrainian people. LOVE IS ALL WE GOT is the title and we can’t stop listening to it. It is within the music sounds we got used from the band but with a clear feeling of sadness. Here’s what the band says about the song:
We filmed the music video for โLove Is All We Gotโ at the end of October 2021. We, Lithuanians, have a painful collective memory and it kept whispering that the tension and disturbance in the world were rising. But not even in the worst nightmare could we dream of a war starting in its roughest form. While editing the video now we added additional images of people gatherings, support and protest activities from Lithuania and around the world. It is important for Ukrainian people to see us all who see, feel and support.
Blooming flowers symbolise hope and desire for peace. After all, flowers can break through concrete – such a superpower of life lies within the spirit of Ukrainians while fighting the invader. The dominating green colour in the music video encodes revival, birth, and also prompts to stride forth and commit actions firmly.
Looking back at Lithuanian history, we remember experiencing Russiaโs regime aggression multiple times. We were being occupied, exiled, killed. Each family has living memories of it. So how did we survive? We are guessing it was because of love. Because of big love for our families, children, mothers, fathers, and our country. Our nation like no other deeply understands and supports Ukraine. Putin’s war against Ukraine is a war against humanity. We wish for it to end.
We express enormous support for the Ukrainian band โGo_Aโ, with whom we established a warm friendship in Rotterdam, during โEurovisionโ. We were discussing collaboration and โLove Is All We Gotโ was one of the options. However, our intentions and plans were terminated by Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine. โGo_Aโ recently wrote that they temporarily pause their music activity because of the war. All members of the band remained in their homeland. We want to believe the war ends as soon as possible, and we can write music and make the collaboration happen.
We admire peopleโs consolidation in Ukraineโs exhausting fight against the aggressor. Each contributes as much as they can and comprehends at a time. We, as THE ROOP, support Ukraine by financial donations, and we gave away all of our remaining merchandise – warm sweatshirts for adults and children. In addition, we constantly share relevant information on social media. Now we decided to contribute using our primary work – music. All of the funds collected for the streaming of this song on all platforms in 2022 will be used to support Ukraine. Music can contribute to the idea of a better world, and spread beyond borders and nations.
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