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Danish: Fyr og Flamme|i=no | |
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Caption: | Danish: Fyr og Flamme|i=no performing at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2021. (Left: Laurits Emanuel, Right: Jesper Groth). |
Origin: | Denmark |
Genre: | Pop |
Years Active: | 2020–present |
Current Members: |
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Danish: '''Fyr og Flamme'''|i=no (in Danish pronounced as /ˈfyɐ̯ˀ ʌ ˈflɑmə/; da||Fire and Flame) is a Danish music duo consisting of singer (Flamme) and multi-instrumentalist (Fyr). They represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Danish: [[Øve os på hinanden]]|i=no".[1]
Groth and Pedersen met in a “Friday bar” and they have been making music together since 2017. Danish: Fyr og Flamme|i=no became successful in 2020 with the debut single "Danish: Menneskeforbruger|i=no", which reached number one on the P3 Listen to Danish chart in September 2020.[4] Their success earned them a recording contract and in the group released their second single "Danish: Kamæleon|i=no" in December 2020.
10 February 2021 they became a participants of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (Danish pre-selection for Eurovision) with the song "Danish: Øve os på hinanden|i=no". The final was held 6 March 2021 in Copenhagen. Danish: Fyr og Flamme|i=no perform 6th in the running order and advanced for superfinal round with Danish: Jean Michel|i=no and Danish: Chief 1 ft. Thomas Buttenschøn|i=no. The duo won the contest with 37% of televotes and earning the right to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam.[5] This marked the first time since 1997 that Denmark had sent a song completely in Danish to the contest when Kølig Kaj performed "Danish: Stemmen i mit liv|i=no".[6]
Danish: "Øve os på hinanden"|i=no entered the Danish "Track Top-40" chart 17 March 2021 as number 1 and stayed in the chart nine weeks in a row. Then two more singles entered the same chart and placed 12 and 7 for "Danish: Menneskeforbruger|i=no" and "Danish: Kamæleon|i=no" respectively. The fourth single "Danish: Kæreste|i=no" released in late April missed to enter the chart.
Danish: Fyr og Flamme|i=no was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the contest which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 17, Denmark was not announced among the 10 finalists. It was later revealed that Denmark placed 11th out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 89 points, receiving maximum mark of 12 points from icelandic public only. In split results the song placed 7th in TV voting with 80 points and 15th out of 17 in jury voting with 9 points.[7]
After Eurovision group released their first LP album Fyr og Flamme consist 10 songs consist all four singles. The album starts as number 1 at Danish "Album Top-40" chart 25 August 2021 and stayed in chart for next 4 weeks. At year-end chart "Danish: Øve os på hinanden|i=no" was placed at 59 position.
In 2022-2023 Danish: Fyr og Flamme|i=no is actively touring with releasing new songs. 1 April 2022 they released "Danish: Hvem tror du egentlig du er?|i=no". Then 1 July new single "Danish: Mig der kalder|i=no" was released. This song became a part of Danish animated film "Lille Allan - den menneskelige antenne" ("The Little Alien"). The film premiered on July 21 in Denmark. 18 November Fyr og Flamme released their first special Christmas song "Danish: Her hos mig|i=no" with music video at youtube channel.
6 January 2023 duo's song "Danish: Mig der kalder|i=no" was nominated for Best Song in Robert Awards. The ceremony took place 4 February at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre in Copenhagen. The song lost to "En drømmer mere" from the film "Esthers orkester".[8] In late 2023 they released two more singles: "Danish: Kærlighed og krig|i=no" (released 8 September) and second Christmas spetcial "Danish: Julekys|i=no" (released 10 November). In the end of 2023 they performed the concert Danish: "Hjem til Jul"|i=no at Lille Vega in Copenhagen on 21 December.
15 April 2024 the duo released their 10th single "Danish: Næste lørdag|i=no" featuring singer Freja Rebekah and one week later they announce the second album Himmel Og Helvede that released 24 May 2024 with special vinyl version. The album includes 10 songs, including two previously released singles: "Danish: Kærlighed og krig|i=no" and "Danish: Næste lørdag|i=no".
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
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DEN [9] | |||
Danish: Fyr og Flamme |
| 1 | |
Danish: Himmel og Helvede |
| 31 [10] |
Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album or EP | ||
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DEN | |||||
"Danish: Menneskeforbruger|i=no" | 2020 | 12 | Danish: Fyr og Flamme | ||
"Danish: Kamæleon|i=no" | 7 |
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"Danish: [[Øve os på hinanden]]|i=no" | 2021 | 1 |
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"Danish: Kæreste|i=no" | — | ||||
"Danish: Hvem tror du egentlig du er?|i=no" | 2022 | — | rowspan="3" | ||
"Danish: Mig der kalder|i=no" | — | ||||
"Danish: Her hos mig|i=no" | — | ||||
"Danish: Kærlighed og krig|i=no" | 2023 | — | Danish: Himmel Og Helvede | ||
"Danish: Julekys|i=no" | — | ||||
"Danish: Næste lørdag |i=no" | 2024 | — | Danish: Himmel Og Helvede | ||
"—" denotes a recording which were not released in that country or did not chart. |
No. | Year | Video | Views |
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1 | 2020 | 487.000 | |
2 | 1.500.000 | ||
3 | 2021 | 197.000 | |
4 | 99.000 | ||
5 | 2022 | 50.000 | |
6 | 78.000 | ||
7 | 2023 | 12.000 | |
Zulu Awards | 2021 | New name of the year | Fyr og Flamme | |
40th Robert Awards | 2023 | Best Song | "Mig der kalder" | |