Georgia: Tornike Kipiani to perform the song “You” at Eurovision 2021
The Georgian national broadcaster, GPB, mde public today that the nation’s Eurovision 2021 act, Tornike Kipiani, will be performing the song “You” in Rotterdam next May.
Tornike Kipiani will sing the entry called “You” at Eurovision 2021. The song is a mix of rock, pop-rock and blues-rock. Meanwhile, the lyrics of the entry are about the universal topic of love. Tornike wrote and composed “You” himself. The Georgian star then arranged the song in in Bravo Records Studio alongside Aleko Berdzenishvili. In addition to Tornike’s vocals, the Gori Girls’ Choir, Aleko Berdzenishvili, Marian Shengelia and Mariko Lezhava also took part in the recording of the song.
The music video of “You” has been directed by Temo Kvirkvelia. The Filming of the video took place in a number of different locations. Ballet dancer Mariam Aleksidze choreographed a dance especially for the music video and her troupe will feature in the video. The design of the dancers’ costumes was done by Keti Chkhikvadze.
Tornike’s stage performance at Eurovision 2021 will be directed by Emilia Sandquist – she was previously set to be the stage director for Tornike last year as well. Emilia is an international creative who has dreamed up successful performances in the past for Swedish artists at Melodifestivalen. She is also a member of the Jean Baptiste Group.
Tornike’s song will be released in March without the broadcaster announcing a determined date.
Tornike Kipiani won the Georgian Idol 2019-2020 and earned the right to represent Georgia at the 65th Eurovision Song Contest scheduled to take place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Unfortunately, this year’s contest was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak depriving Kipiani of the chance to perform on Rotterdam Ahoy’s stage.
Tornike would have represented Georgia performing “Take me as i am.
News Source/Image: GPB (ITV.GE)
