| Universo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cover: | Blas Cantó - Universo.png | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | single | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Language: | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Artist: | Blas Cantó | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Released: | 30 January 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length: | 3:02 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Label: | Warner Music Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Prev Title: | Si te vas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Prev Year: | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Title: | Mi luz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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"Universo" is a song by Spanish singer Blas Cantó written by himself, Dan Hammond, Ashley Hicklin, Dangelo Ortega, and, and produced by Hammond and Trybulec. The song in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 at Rotterdam.[1]
"Spanish; Castilian: Universo|italics=no" was written by Blas Cantó, Dan Hammond, Ashley Hicklin, Dangelo Ortega, and, and produced by Hammond and Trybulec; the latter also co-wrote and produced "Friend of a Friend" who in .
On 5 October 2019, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) announced that they had singer Blas Cantó as their performer for the of the Eurovision Song Contest. On 30 January 2020, RTVE announced "Spanish; Castilian: Universo|italics=no" as the entry for Eurovision. The promotion of the song was focused in Spain, including a performance on the fourth gala of series 11 of Operación Triunfo on 10 February.[2]
However, the Eurovision Song Contest, which would have been held on 12–16 May 2020 in Rotterdam, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On 18 March 2020, RTVE confirmed that Cantó would remain as their representative for the and, according the Eurovision rules, they would select a new song.[4]
The official video of "Spanish; Castilian: Universo|italics=no", directed by Cristian Velasco, was filmed in Tenerife and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, and was released on 30 January 2020.[5]