Denmark: Emmelie de Forest releases Hopscotch

Emmelie de Forest, the winner of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest from Denmark, released her new single Hopscotch on Monday August 10.

Hopscotch is an up-tempo popsong, departing from Emmelie de Forest‘s folk-oriented style. The Danish artist is currently working on material for a new album, which is planned for release later this year. The lyrics for Hopscotch were inspired by Emmelie’s hectic life in the past couple of years, living as if she was “jumping from one leg to another” – just as in the children’s game, hopscotch.

The video for Hopscotch will be released next week.

Listen to the new song here:

Emmelie Charlotte-Victoria de Forest (Randers, Denmark, 1993) is a singer-songwriter of Danish-Swedish descent. She represented Denmark at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden, with the song Only teardrops. Emmelie de Forest eventually won the grand final of Eurovision 2013 with 281 poits. A year later the artist performed the official song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Rainmaker.