Soren Torpegaard Lund's Eurovision Journey

0:00It's April 30th, this is entertainment and celebrity news today, driven by AI, what everyone's talking about. Denmark's Soren Torporgard Lund, a 27-year-old electropop artist, is heading to the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on May 16th, with his track, For V-Gar H-M, which means Before We Go Home. It's a high-energy O to nightclub vibes, love, and giving in to temptation as a way to grow up. The song draws from his own life as a queer performer from a small Danish town, where he skips sports for musical theater, piano, and stage rolls. Lactone in West Side Story, he's a huge fan of Conchita Worst's 2014 win, which helped shape his identity back when he was 15. Even in Super Liberal Denmark, his bold performance in tight leather pants and a mesh top sparked ugly homophobic backlash online, with slurs flying his way. He's tried to dial back his hip-swinging energy, but he's standing firm.

1:00Danes picked his song in February, praising his stage presence and ready-made choreography. Now he's out to spark fresh hype for Eurovision in his country, which is cooled off since wins in 1963, 2000, and 2013. A mid-boycott talks over this year's tensions, Lund's keeping it real by singing in Danish, repping all of Denmark, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and pushing for unity to spread some hope through the music.