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POV it's Eurovision 2023

Joker Out on their way to slay - Cvetličarna, 2021

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Heartstoppercentral’s 2023 pride celebration Day 4: Nature

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part 1 :

Joker Out interview with magazine Mladina, published on 30th of June 2023

Interviewed by Vanja Pirc

Photos by Borut Kranjc

This year's Slovenian representatives at Eurovision, the five-member band Joker Out, attracted an unusually large amount of attention with their accessibility and playfulness, especially with the song "Carpe Diem." In the days and weeks that followed, it became clear that their Eurovision entry, which only placed 21st, had indeed opened the door for them to go abroad. They started adding new concerts in Ireland, Croatia, the UK, Scotland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Serbia, and others to the ones they had already arranged in Slovenia and the former Yugoslav republics. They sold out all of them, some in just a few minutes. Well over eight thousand people will see them on the UK and Nordic tour alone. For musicians working in Slovene, that's an incredible statistic.

It's a remarkable milestone to see how they've come from "Špil liga," where they first came to the limelight by winning in 2013 when they were still a high school band, to today, being greeted by masses of enthusiastic fans below the stage, and being selected by the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand to be their opening act at Croatia's Špancirfest festival. We spoke to lead singer Bojan Cvjetićanin, guitarists Kris Guštin and Jan Peteh, and bassist Nace Jordan. Unfortunately, drummer Jure Maček was missing, but we could see that he is a man of many talents by looking at the huge wooden structure with a platform that added another floor to the band's rehearsal space in Šiška, Ljubljana.

After Eurovision, you made no secret of your disappointment at finishing 21st, but your Eurovision song "Carpe Diem," sung in Slovenian, is now one of the most listened-to songs of this year's Eurovision event. It's being played all over Europe, most notably in Finland, Poland, the UK, the Netherlands, Spain... Did you expect this turn of events?

Bojan: The result we achieved at the Eurovision Song Contest was really not the greatest. Not even close. But, as you can see, in the end, it doesn't even matter. What is more important for us is that we managed to achieve the rest of the goals we had set for ourselves. We approached Eurovision in a very organic way, aiming to translate our stage and concert experience from real life to the Eurovision stage. It was clear to us that this is the biggest show stage in Europe, maybe even in the world. We were aware that this is a competition of one song, one comprehensive performance to be presented in three minutes. Our goal was to ensure that the audience would remember Slovenia's performance in 2023, and we have achieved that. We also aimed to connect with other performers, and we succeeded in doing so. But most importantly, we wanted both our Eurovision song and our other songs to be well-received in the real world. The data from radio stations, online streaming platforms, and concert offers confirm that apparently, we have achieved that as well.

Before, you were known mainly in Slovenia, and to a lesser extent in the Balkans. However, your Eurovision song has temporarily climbed to the top 50 most viral songs in the world chart on the streaming platform Spotify. You even briefly surpassed Sweden's Loreen, the winner of this year's Eurovision, in terms of popularity.

Bojan: Just to clarify, we only surpassed her for a day or two. But it's really nice that it happened on Spotify's list of the most listened-to songs in the world.

Kris: Well, she did get a billboard in New York's Times Square as the winner at the time, so it's a matter of who surpassed whom, I suppose (gesturing with his hands).

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Taken in Iceland. One of the most unique landscape photos I’ve ever seen.

Alice and Tobie holding the ace flag! 😭

I’m so ready for Issac’s storyline in season 2

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Photos from the season 2 teaser for Heartstopper!!

You might have noticed, you might not, but I use the term "darkalt" a lot in my tags when I post or reblog fashion and aesthetics here, and you might be wondering what exactly that means and how it differs from the word "goth", so I thought I'd give some quick definitions!

Darkalt is a term that, when simply broken down, means "Dark Alternative". It's a word that encompasses anything that has dark themes or imagery, and lies outside of mainstream culture. Macabre clothing, spooky decor, and all things a little morbid. Many subcultures and styles and aesthetics fall under this umbrella, but you don't necessarily have to be in any specific subculture to use the term. It's for all who appreciate the dark and strange in life to use.

Goth, on the other hand, is a music-based subculture that began in the 80s, primarily named after the music genre gothic rock, but includes its similar subgenres as well. Dark postpunk, deathrock, darkwave, coldwave, etherealwave, and gothwave are a few of the music subgenres goths listen to. This is what my blog is primarily for.

Many, many goths enjoy darkalt fashion and aesthetics and openly express it, but not every goth does! There is no one specific way to "look goth", as long as you enjoy the music and want to be involved in the community. There are popular styles in the subculture, sure, but the person listening to lebanon hanover in their pink pajamas is just as goth as the person listening to it in fishnets and black leather.

Darkalt is unfortunately an underutilized term that not many people know about, but I think if more people embraced it we could really clear up a lot of confusion and make things a lot easier to navigate online. I hope this post was helpful to someone, and if you've been looking for a new tag to use for your posts, I hope this one works for you ^^