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Light Your Fire!
There`s no missing the rain for Denmark
Baku, May 14 (AZERTAC). Today Denmark`s Soluna Samay took to the Baku stage for the first time with her song Should`ve Known Better. See how she did right here.
Saluna Samay from Denmark took to the stage today to rehearse her song Should`ve Known Better. The young artist is joined on stage with a band, backsingers and a variety of string instruments and was wearing her signature costume in a very relaxed style.
Before Soluna went on stage we spoke to her and asked what her first impressions of Baku were to which she said "we have come from a very cold weather so it is so nice to be here where it is really warm".
We also discussed her stage performance, which she said "would be very similar to how it was in Aalborg at the Danish final and we really hope that will work and that people will enjoy it".
As a linguist with an international background we just had to ask Soluna to demonstrate her skills. She greeted our camera in Germany, Spanish and of course Danish and we were suitably impressed!
The first rehearsal started with the obligtory sound check followed by a first rehearsal. The general theme of song was dusk and dawn colours with moving clouds, creating a very relaxed and somewhat sultry atmosphere in the arena, which suits the song perfectly.
On stage the band and Soluna seem relaxed and comfortable, giving a flawless vocal rendition of Should`ve Known Better and despite some initial problems with the sound, this didn`t stop the group receiving a very warm reception from the fans and journalists watching in the hall.
There isn`t any choreography per se but there is a sofa on which one of the backing singers sits and sings, much like in the Danish national selection in Aalborg back in January. There is also a piano, a double bass and a cello as well as Soluna on the guitar and a very enthuisastic drummer who really seems at one with the beat of the song.
Towards the end of her performance on stage, the lighting becomes more accentuated albeit still very warm and relaxing, going with the beat and style of Should`ve Known Better very well. The camera angles for the song remain very close throughout, supporting this relaxed and calming theme.
Between camera rehearsals, it was apparent that Soluna and her team have very good chemistry, something which is essential when performing on stage in front of so many millions of people.
From busker to winner of the Danish Melodi Grand Prix 2012. Soluna Samay will travel to Baku and represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest.