Eurovision Song Contest

EUROVISION

TOP 15 WINNERS

EUROVISION 2023

LOREEN
Loreen Euphoria story behind

Loreen Euphoria | Best Eurovision Song ever?

loreen euphoria

Euphoria by Loreen is the most successful Eurovision song of this century, but is it the best Eurovision song of all time? What is the story behind this Eurovision anthem? What happened to Loreen after winning Eurovision in 2012?

Loreen Euphoria

Trembol | Story behind Euphoria by Loreen

I love it, my wife even more, the kids start dancing when it plays, and my mother gets excited. This is the simple reason why Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with Euphoria, because Loreen created a song that almost everyone loves. Loreen herself explained it like this:

Euphoria has the ability to change the mood of whoever listens to it, a virtue that is not the result of chance, but of a production and scenography studied to the millimeter.

To understand the success of the song, we must understand its origin. It was composed by two regular Eurovision authors, Thomas G:son and Peter Boström.

  • In fact, that same 2012, Thomas composed the song with which Pastora Soler represented Spain, ‘Quédate Conmigo (Stay with me)’.

Although it was not composed by Loreen, she brought it to life with her voice, and above all with her dancing. Loreen studied many Eurovision performances 🙇 and detected a common problem, they lacked spirituality and authenticity.

She set to work to polish a perfect and well thought out performance, she would not wear shoes, she would be disheveled, there would be little light … it would be so pure that not even her eyes would be seen. That way she created a simple but involving show. Loreen said:

I had never experienced euphoria before and with this song I think I feel something very similar, a state of mind where you manage to detach yourself from everything and feel enlightened.

Believe it or not, the day before her first performance for Melodifestivalen, the Swedish Eurovision pre-selection, Loreen received a call from her producer telling her that she had destroyed the song with her changes, like the siren that starts Euphoria.

  • Loreen didn’t back down, she did it her way, being chosen as Sweden’s representative for Eurovision 2012.
  • The day after, her producer called her back in tears and apologized, he had been blown away by the performance.

One of the key parts was her dancing, which was not really a choreography but Loreen’s natural movements expressing freedom, simply what she felt when singing Euphoria.

It soon became the favorite song in the betting to win the LVII Eurovision Song Contest, which in 2012 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It became so popular that a few days before the festival, Euphoria was the third most listened song on Spotify worldwide 🔝

But more trouble would come. On the day of the dress rehearsal before Eurovision the professional juries from the countries watch the performance to decide their votes. It turned out that as part of the show some artificial snow was falling on Loreen. She accidentally inhaled some snow and had to stop singing for a few seconds to cough and get it out of her throat, although she came out of it just fine.

Finally, on the day of the Eurovision grand final Loreen gave a masterful performance, which kept us all in suspense for the entire three minutes of the performance.

When it was over, all the fear that Loreen confessed she had that it wouldn’t work, vanished. She stood in the middle of the stage as the crowd screamed feeling the connection with the audience.

Loreen was proclaimed winner of Eurovision 2012 with Euphoria getting 372 points 👏

  • She was the second highest scoring participant in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. The first was Alexander Rybak at Eurovision 2009 with Fairytale.
  • t received the highest score (12 points) from 18 countries, beating the record of highest scores also held by Alexander Rybak.
  • The song received points from all participating countries except Italy.
Loreen Euphoria
story behind Euphoria
Loreen performance in ESC 2012
Loreen eurovision song
euphoria wins eurovision

Loreen (Facebook Images)

|

In my performance I intend to portray the strength of women, although it is not a feminist song. We have had to live in very difficult times, in which they have put in our heads a cruel obsession with physical appearance but, at the same time, if you want to be a woman leader, you have to behave like a man to be respected.

In the scenography of “Euphoria” I free myself from all this, I want to act with as little makeup as possible, with my hair undone, to show myself as a normal girl who is alone in the world but in the end finds the light and manages to overcome without having to give up being a woman, without the need for artifice, with this face, this body and this hair that have nothing special. By getting rid of all this, in the end the only thing people see is the heart.

Loreen

🎵 Discover the story behind other great songs

What happened to Loreen after winning Eurovision 2012?

what happened with Loreen?

Loreen wins Eurovision 2012 (Google Image)

Euphoria video

Loreen Euphoria video

As Loreen confessed, winning Eurovision was one of the most beautiful moments of her life. Nobody believed in her at first, but she thought: “I’m going to do this, I don’t care if you don’t believe in me”.

The day after Eurovision, in less than 24 hours she reached number 1 on the iTunes charts in 15 countries, selling 1 million copies of Euphoria in 1 week.

  • Euphoria was one of the most played songs worldwide in the following months becoming the European song of the year.

When she returned to Stockholm after her victory, a reception was organized at the city hall and Loreen appeared on the balcony to greet a crowd of 100,000 people, also receiving the support of the Swedish Royal Family.

Euphoria also marked a before and after for Eurovision, which had gone through a few years of irrelevance and with this song returned to its glory days.

Loreen would continue her career in music by releasing her first album ‘Heal‘ that same year, and intermittently releasing singles until her second album in 2017, ‘Ride‘. That year she also re-entered the shortlist to go to Eurovision again. She didn’t make it, but in 2023 her luck changed and Loreen would return to Eurovision with ‘Tattoo

You can’t miss ⭐️ The best parts of Euphoria

1. The siren tells us that the song begins. It totally captures our attention.

2. The first chorus is still restrained, but it sounds amazingly good!

3. It goes up, and up… with an electronic base until the explosion of the 2nd chorus

This is what it says | Loreen Euphoria Lyrics

Englihs lyrics

LOREEN Euphoria LYRICS

Why, why can’t this moment last forevermore?
Tonight, tonight eternity’s an open door
No, don’t ever stop doing the things you do
Don’t go, in every breath I take, I’m breathing you

Euphoria
Forever, ’til the end of time
From now on, only you and I
We’re going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

Euphoria
An everlasting piece of art
A beating love within my heart
We’re going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

We are here, we’re all alone in our own universe
We are free, where everything’s allowed and love comes first
Forever and ever together, we sail into infinity
We’re higher and higher and higher, we’re reaching for divinity

Euphoria
Forever, ’til the end of time
From now on, only you and I
We’re going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

Euphoria
An everlasting piece of art
A beating love within my heart
We’re going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

Forever, we sail into infinity
We’re higher, we’re reaching for divinity

Euphoria, euphoria
We’re going u-u-u-u-u-u-up
Euphoria
An everlasting piece of art
A beating love within my heart
We’re going u-u-u-u-u-u-up
Euphoria, euphoria
We’re going u-u-u-u-u-u-up

LYRICS IN SPANISH

LOREEN Euphoria LYRICS IN SPANISH

¿Por qué, por qué este momento no puede durar para siempre?
Esta noche, esta noche la eternidad es una puerta abierta
No, nunca dejes de hacer las cosas que haces
No te vayas, en cada aliento que tomo, te estoy respirando a ti

Euforia
Para siempre, hasta el fin de los tiempos
De ahora en adelante, solo tu y yo
Vamos a ir a-a-a-a-a-a-arriba

Euforia
Una obra de arte eterna
Un amor que late en mi corazón
Vamos a-a-a-a-a-a-arriba

Estamos aquí, estamos solos en nuestro propio universo
Somos libres, donde todo está permitido y el amor es lo primero
Por siempre y para siempre juntos, navegamos hacia el infinito
Estamos más y más alto y más alto, estamos llegando a la divinidad

Euforia
Para siempre, hasta el fin de los tiempos
De ahora en adelante, solo tu y yo
Vamos a ir a-a-a-a-a-a-arriba

Euforia
Una obra de arte eterna
Un amor que late en mi corazón
Vamos a-a-a-a-a-a-arriba

Para siempre, navegamos hacia el infinito
Estamos más alto, estamos alcanzando la divinidad

Euforia, euforia
Vamos a-a-a-a-a-a-arriba
Euforia
Una obra de arte eterna
Un amor palpitante dentro de mi corazón
Vamos a-a-a-a-a-a-arriba
Euforia, euforia
Vamos a-a-a-a-a-a-arriba

Songwriters: Peter Lars Bostrom / Thomas G-son | Lyrics Euphoria © Warner/chappell Music Scandinavia Ab, Peermusic Ab, Peermusic Musikverlag G.m.b.h, G2 Publishing
| Background Image: Loreen Facebook Image

Did you know...?

During the Eurovision 2012 rehearsal week, Loreen met with local human rights activists in Baku, Azerbaijan, the only contestant to do so.

Euphoria won the Best Eurovision Song Contest for two years in a row, tying with Helena Paparizou’s ‘My Number One’.

Euphoria remained at No. 1 on the Swedish charts for six consecutive weeks, holding the country’s record for the 21st century.

Much more | Euphoria acoustic version and remixes

Loreen Euphoria (Acoustic)

As an intro to the Eurovision Song Contest the year after Loreen won, 2013, she sang an acoustic version of ‘Euphoria’ with children. It is very nice

Due to the success of ‘Euphoria‘ lots of remixes of the song were made. The best are:

Also noteworthy is this acoustic version with winds:

Technical Note | Loreen Euphoria

‘Euphoria’ is a Pop-Dance track that gives us a master class in tempos and intensities throughout a song.

  1. It starts very low, even in the first chorus.
  2. In the second chorus it speeds up and adds a stronger electronic base.
  3. Before the last chorus they put a beat that goes up to explode at the end.
  4. ‘Euphoria’ ends with a radical cut that leaves you wanting for more. I always play it again 😆

🎼 Key and main Chords of Euphoria

Loreen sang the song in A Major, so the three chords most commonly found in ‘Euphoria’ are the 1st, 4th and 5th degrees of the scale: A Major, D Major and E Major.

  • Euphoria chorus chords: F#m – E – A – A – D – F#m – E – A – D
loreen euphoria single

Loreen ‘Euphoria’ single cover

loreen euphoria
loreen euphoria

Do you think it is the best Eurovision song? ♥️

0 Comments

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Find more music related to:

Loreen | Music 2012 | Music Sweden