VIENNA/Upper Austria. The singer and dancer Marie-Sophie Kreissl, known as Kaleen, who grew up in Ried im Traunkreis (Kirchdorf district), presents the song with which she will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö (Sweden). The techno-inspired pop track “We Will Rave” is about “partying, positivity and joy.”
photo_library Kaleen filming the video (Photo: ORF/Rankin)
Kaleen sings on Thursday, May 9th, in the first half of the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest for a place in the final on Saturday, May 11th. The 29-year-old grew up in Ried im Traunkreis (Kirchdorf district, Upper Austria). Read more in Pop artist Kaleen represents Austria in the song contest.
Now the artist presented her song “We Will Rave”. “My song is the perfect song to lose yourself in the moment and celebrate together,” says Kaleen and reveals: “We will dance, have fun and celebrate too. I have the opportunity to bring everything I love into this performance and give it my all together with the audience.”
New musical paths
“My goal is to give others strength to embrace life and lose themselves in music. I’m looking forward to sharing the song with my fans. With the release everything becomes even more real. I am extremely excited and looking forward to this fantastic journey! As a techno-pop track, the song is different from my previous releases,” says the artist. Her song is about “looking for refuge when your heart is broken and you find it in music. Outsiders and hurting souls find themselves there to heal and resolve their problems. It is the sea of rhythm that washes away the pain and gives confidence.”
The music video was shot with internationally renowned London-based fashion photographer Rankin, who previously shot the cover for ‘We Will Rave’, and his team in LA in early February. “The rainy, cold weather perfectly captured the atmosphere on the day of filming. A total of almost twelve hours of shooting took place on five different sets in a warehouse south of LA. The video is intended to capture the dark, ecstatic, yet positive energy of the song and encourage you to celebrate and surrender to the music,” reports Kaleen.
Eurovision Song Contest 2024
A total of 37 countries will be taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö in May. While six countries – Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and last year’s winning country, Sweden – have already qualified, the 31 other nations are fighting for entry in the two semi-final shows on Tuesday, May 7th and Thursday, May 9th into the final on Saturday, May 11th (live from 9 p.m. on ORF 1).