The Armenian Eurovision entry this year is also another rising young star after the global (read: TikTok) success of Rosa Linn’s “Snap” in 2022
In February AMPTV announced the Armenian entry would be 21 year old Brunette (Elen Yeremyan).
Brunette has performance in her blood, singing and performing since she was just an infant in primary school. She also writes her own music, writing her first song at age 15. She has a solid performance fan-base on her Instagram and Spotify accounts and also performs with a Girl-band named En Aghjiknery which is popular around Armenian fans and is gaining followers online.
After a long- awaited announcement, Brunette finally released her song “Future Lover” on 15th March 2023.
Future lover is a melding of many eclectic sounds. The song begins with a soft piano melody, offset by her sultry and broody vocal tones. Flowing onto a breathy and whimsical chorus which is very catchy and builds in strength as the song continues. Out of nowhere the song transforms to a bass- heavy/ rap hybrid with loud back beats. It seems slightly out of character with the rest of the song, so some may struggle with the lack of cohesion. At this stage we only have access to a video clip so staging will have to wait. Although there is some striking imagery and great upbeat dancing in her video clip at times, there is plenty of typical scenes including smoke machines and emotive hand gestures as she sings. I hope there is some interesting choreography and background images to enhance Brunettes performances.
She is no doubt a talented young artist and I hope to see her live performances soon. Good Luck Armenia!