RTVSLO has just premiered the song which Raiven will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest and the official music video. The Slovenian singer, selected internally by the broadcaster after several attempts at past national finals, will try to follow Joker Out’s footsteps at the 2023 competition and improve the 21st place they finished in at the final. For this purpose, Raiven has teamed up with the lead of the band Bojan Cvjetićanin among others to compose ‘Veronika’.

Bojan is a very good friend of mine. We often talked about doing something together, and our musical collaboration on Veronika came about very spontaneously.’, she said.

About the writing process of ‘Veronika’, Raiven revealed a few details:

‘The song was not written with the idea of going to Eurovision. When creating it, I focused primarily on the dramatic quality, which is key to telling Veronika’s story effectively. I wanted her story to not only be expressed but also resonate with the year 2024. The idea that she needed music, which was just right – cinematic and contemporary – was present throughout the creative process.’

The song will be performed in Slovenian and was inspired by Veronika Deseniška, a mysterious figure in Slovenian history whose ambiguity made Raiven retreat from reality into a calmer, inner world:

‘I don’t think this kind of song needs English for the Eurovision performance. I am convinced that both the story and the music are strong and expressive enough that their essence and emotional depth will be perceived and understood even by non-Slovenian speakers.’

You can listen to the song and watch the official music video below:

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