Disko (song) explained

Disko
Cover:Disko_(song)_cover.jpg
Alt:The official cover for "Disko"
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Type:single
Artist:LPS
Language:Slovene
Released:1 April 2022
Length:2:59
Label:Self-released
Prev Title:Silence in My Head
Prev Year:2022
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Year:2022
Country:Slovenia
Artist:LPS
Place Semi:17th
Points Semi:15
Prev:Amen
Prev Year:2021
Prev Link:Amen (Ana Soklič song)
Next:Carpe Diem
Next Year:2023
Next Link:Carpe Diem (Joker Out song)

"Slovenian: '''Disko'''|i=no" (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈdíːskɔ/) is a 2022 song by Slovenian pop band Last Pizza Slice. The song represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, after winning EMA 2022, Slovenia's national final.[1]

Release

The song was released on 26 November 2021, along with all other songs competing in EMA 2022.[2] It was officially released to streaming services on 1 April.[3]

Music video

An animated music video of "Disko" would come out on 11 April, with artwork by Manca Matelič, a school classmate of the band, and Matevž Bervar.[4] The video features a man getting dumped by his girlfriend at a nightclub. The man ends up being depressed, drinking at the nightclub. One day, while seeing his ex-girlfriend kiss her boyfriend at a bridge, the man falls over into a river. While it is unknown if the man drowned or hallucinated, underwater, he eventually meets another girl, and becomes happy again.

The music video is inspired by the lead singer, Filip Vidušin, having a real life experience of getting dumped at a disco and watching his ex-girlfriend dance with another man.[5]

Eurovision Song Contest

See main article: Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

EMA 2022 and EMA Freš 2022

In December 2021, Last Pizza Slice with "Disko" took part in the EMA preliminary competition, called EMA Freš 2022. The following month, the song was selected as one of four entries for the EMA 2022.[6] In the second semi-final on 12 February 2022, "Disko" qualified for the grand final.[7] In the grand final a week later, the song won with the highest score from the viewers and the second highest score from the jury, and therefore qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.[8]

At Eurovision

Slovenia was placed into the first semi-final, held on 10 May 2022, and performed in the first half of the show.[9] They failed to qualify for the final after finishing in last place in the first semi-final with only 15 points.[10]

Charts

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Peak
position
Lithuania (AGATA)[11] 35

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-02-19 . Slovenia: LPS will grab a pizza the action in Italy . 2022-03-10 . Eurovision.tv . en-gb.
  2. Web site: Na Emi Freš se bo pomerilo 24 izvajalcev . 2021-11-26 . RTVSLO.si . sl.
  3. Web site: Disko - Single by LPS on iTunes. iTunes Store. 1 April 2022. 1 April 2022.
  4. Web site: 2022-04-11 . Slovenia: LPS Release Music Video For "Disko" . 2022-04-12 . Eurovoix . en-GB.
  5. Web site: LPS – Slovenia – Turin 2022 . 2022-04-12 . Eurovision.tv . en-gb.
  6. Web site: EMA freš: imamo 4 zmagovalce, ki so se uvrstili na Emo 2022 . . 10 May 2022 . sl . 28 January 2022.
  7. Web site: EMA 2022: Znana imena še drugih šest finalistov . . 10 May 2022 . sl . 12 February 2022.
  8. Web site: LPS so zmagovalci izbora EMA 2022 . . 10 May 2022 . sl . 19 February 2022.
  9. Web site: 25 January 2022 . Eurovision 2022: Which Semi-Final is your country performing in? . 25 January 2022 . Eurovision.tv . European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
  10. Web site: LPS s pesmijo Disko v prvem polfinalu pristali na zadnjem, 17. mestu . . 15 May 2022 . sl . 15 May 2022.
  11. Web site: 2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100). AGATA. lt. 20 May 2022. 20 May 2022.