Hear them exclusively reveal the news on The Scott
Mills Breakfast Show, with the first radio play of their single ‘What The Hell
Just Happened’ HERE(1 hour 38 minutes)
Scott broke the news, saying: 'It ain't
a Eurovision entry until I say it is. I am so ready to get behind the act that
is representing us and I know you're going to adore them. They are genuinely
brilliant and really lovely.'
The UK’s Eurovision entry is too good – and
too country – to win
Countrified girl group Remember Monday are
taking harmonies and a stomping 1970s sound to Basel – and they deserve more
than null points – 4 STARSThe
Telegraph
Eurovision entry is Meatloaf meets Chappell
Roan
This is a full-scale production, full of fun
and flair, with dramatic piano crescendos, squalling guitar riffs and bombastic
blasts of synth – 4 STARS The
Independent
three cheers for three-part ... Those
harmonies are what could make the difference, though. - The Times
Eurovision 2025: Remember Monday named as
UK's representatives -Official
Charts
Eurovision fans are split over their thoughts of this year's UK entry
Saw this on BBC news today and I was
literally beaming 😁 If your vocal talents don't win us Eurovision then
there's no justice in this world! With your talent and charisma it's in the bag
🥳
Your gonna do so good at Eurovision x
The country music group will be
hopeful they get a better result at this year’s edition of the international
competition in May in Basel, Switzerland, than the UK has had during the
last two years.
Olly Alexander’s performance with disco-style
Dizzy saw the UK come 18th in Sweden’s Malmo in 2024, and Mae Muller’s I Wrote A Song in 2023 landed in second-last place in
Liverpool.
Listen to What The Hell Just Happened?
(TAGGED POP) by Remember Monday HERE(preferred music platform) or below:
Remember Monday said: “What The Hell Just
Happened? is exactly how we’re feeling right now. It’s all very surreal;
our friendship goes so far back, and we definitely never imagined that we’d be
doing anything like this.
“When you’re a kid and people ask you what
you want to be when you grow up, an absolute classic is ‘I wanna be a pop
star’, so the fact that we’re getting the chance to live that dream as three
best friends is just wild.
We’re going to be the first girl band
to represent the UK since 1999, which feels like such a crazy honour.
“We’re going to bring loads of fun, energy
and hopefully do something that you won’t have seen before on the Eurovision
stage. We honestly can’t wait to experience this with all of the other
incredible artists from around the world, and hopefully make everyone back at
home feel proud.
“This is really the music World Cup and we’ll
do our best to bring it home.”
Their key change musical theatre-esque song
was co-written with British duo Billen Ted (Tom Hollings and Sam
Brennan), Thomas Stengaard – who is behind several Eurovision songs –
and pianist and songwriter Julie “Kill J” Aagaard.
The upbeat pop track is about a fun night out
with friends, and it showcases the group’s harmonies.
Remember Monday, made up of Lauren Byrne,
Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele, previously competed on The
Voice UK in 2019, where they were eliminated before the final of the
competition.
They have released a number of tracks since
the show, including their EP Crazy Anyway which came out last October (*
as a result of the Eurovision news has propelled it to No.1 on UK Country
iTunes Chart / No.25 UK all-genres).
The previous last girl band Precious
made it to 12th in the Jerusalem 1999 edition of Eurovision with the song Say
It Again. The group broke up a year later.
Remember Monday have been chosen by Sam
Ryder’s manager David May, who headed up the BBC’s search for the
next Eurovision contestant.
Ryder came second at Turin 2022 with the
uplifting and energetic Space Man, which made him the first UK entrant to make
it to the top five since Jade Ewen’s It’s My Time in 2009.
May said: “I’ve had the pleasure of working
across multiple areas of the music industry for nearly two decades.
“Every now and then, you meet an artist on
the verge of turning into something truly outstanding and inspiring.
“That is Remember Monday: a true class act
and a combination of vocal prowess, charisma, professionalism, and unwavering
drive. It’s our job to help them reach their full potential, and it’s one I
will take great pride in.”
Remember Monday’s other songs include Laugh
About It, Queen hit Fat Bottomed Girls, What The
Bathroom Is For, and Famous, which have racked up
hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify.
They have toured the UK and US, including
stopping at the C2C: Country to Country British music festival, The
Long Road festival in Leicestershire, Highways Festival at the Royal
Albert Hall, CMA Fest in Nashville, Tennessee, and they opened for Billy Joel’s
2023 BST Hyde Park show.
During their blind audition for The Voice UK,
they harmonised to Seal’s Kiss From A Rose, and had all the judges
including Will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs saying yes to
mentoring them.
American singer and actress Hudson was
the mentor chosen, and they later appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show, where
they performed Alanis Morissette’s Hand In My Pocket, in 2024.
At the British Country Music Association,
they took home the UK Horizon prize in 2019, and the best duo or trio
gong in 2024.
Remember Monday have been a recipient of the
International Showcase Fund run by PRS Foundation in partnership with other
organisations.
After meeting at sixth-form college in 2013,
they quit their day jobs and become full-time band members in 2023.
They have appeared in musical theatre
productions, with Hull being in Les Miserables and The Phantom Of The
Opera, Steele appearing in Mary Poppins, and Byrne being in Matilda and
the tour of Six The Musical.
Billen Ted are Brit Award nominees who have
worked with Little Mix, Anne Marie, MNEK and Armin van Buuren, while Stengaard
previously co-wrote Denmark’s 2013 Eurovision winning song Only Teardrops,
performed by Emmelie de Forest, and 2024 Austrian entrant Kaleen’s We Will
Rave.
Duo Billen Ted said the song is “a wild ride
that throws it back to Queen’s epic theatrics while taking a fresh twist on the
classic sound”.
They added: “It’s our own nod to doing
something different – similar to how Sam Ryder embraced his David Bowie
influence. Remember Monday are a powerhouse trio with killer harmonies, and we
can’t wait to see them fully send it in Basel.”
Last year, Nemo won Malmo’s grand final with
their operatic pop song The Code.
The contest was mired in controversy, with
pro-Palestinian protesters outside the arena amid the war in the Middle East,
and a row over Israel’s inclusion.
There were also accusations made by acts of
threats towards artists.
Last year, organiser the European
Broadcasting Union (EBU) appointed an independent expert to review the contest.
Along with a raft of new measures, it
announced a code of conduct that will help “protect” the wellbeing of artists.
Suzy Lamb, managing director, BBC Studios
Entertainment Productions, said: “We at BBC Studios are over the moon to be
working with Remember Monday.
“From the moment we met them, their energy,
authenticity and passion for music was incredibly infectious and we can’t wait
for the rest of Europe and beyond to fall in love with them. The song is a real
ear worm and shows off their amazing vocals and flawless harmonies.”
What The Hell Just Happened? will be released
through independent music and entertainment company The Other Songs, which puts
out music from alternative artist Ren and the singer-songwriter Bruno Major.
Co-founders of The Other Songs, Alastair and
Billy Webber, said: “It’s been a decade since an independent label released a
UK Eurovision song, so the moment we heard this unapologetic anthem, we knew
The Other Songs had to get behind it in a big way.
“The girls are brilliant and the song is
undeniable. Game on.”
The grand final of Eurovision will
take place in St Jakobshalle on May 17, with the semi-finals on May
13 and 15.
BBC Press Office @bbcpress posted: UK act
Remember Monday just officially confirmed their song and bid for the 2025
#Eurovision Song Contest! Get all the info ➡️https://bbc.in/3FaR9ZC
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