"Hollow" is a song by Latvian singer-songwriter Dons. Self-described as a song that speaks about how one's inner insecurities can hold someone down, the song was written by Artūrs Šingirejs, Kate Northrop, and Liam Geddes. The song was released on 2 January 2024 by Universal. It is set to be the Latvian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, to be held in Malmö, Sweden.
Background and composition
"Hollow" was written and composed by Artūrs Šingirejs, Kate Northrop, and Liam Geddes.[1] In interviews with Wiwibloggs' William Lee Adams, Šingirejs says that the song explores how one's "insecurities can hold us hostage", with others trying to dictate on how a person should live. Šingirejs compares the culmination of pressures as "a big ball of weight" on someone, with the only situation on removing said weight is finding hope.[2]
The song was released on 2 January 2024, with the song being speculated to enter Supernova 2024, the Latvian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[3] The song was officially announced as an entrant seven days later.[4]
Latvia's broadcaster Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) organized a 15-entry competition, Supernova 2024, to select its entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The contest was the ninth edition of the national final. The contest was split into two rounds: all 15 songs competed in the semi-final where the top 10 songs advanced into a grand final. In the final, the winner was selected by a 50/50 vote of juries and televoting.[5][6]
The song was officially announced as an entrant for the competition on 9 January 2024.[4] It was drawn to perform 11th in the semi-final on 3 February,[7] where it qualified to the grand final.[8] At the end of the final on 10 February, the song was announced to have won both the televote and the jury vote, winning the competition. As a result of winning the competition, the song won rights to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[9]
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. During the allocation draw on 30 January 2024, Latvia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the second half of the show.[10]
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