Last Saturday it has been revealed that Armenia will be represented by Ladaniva. Just moments ago their entry Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has been released on the official YouTube channel of the show.

Ladaniva is a duo founded in 2019, it consists of Armenian, Jaklin Baghdasaryan who is the vocalist and French instrumentalist Louis Thomas. Ladaniva mixes traditional music genres with the rhythms of jazz, reggae as well as maloya (music genre of Réunion, which is sung in Réunion Creole, percussion and a musical bow accompany it usually). Ladaniva mixes Armenian traditional music with the different world music influences. The name Ladaniva was inspired by a retro car brand, which reflects on both their spirit and journey through different traditions and cultures. Both Jaklin and Louis realised that each of their fathers owned the same car while living in Armenia and France that’s how they decided to go for the name.

Ladaniva will compete in the first half of the second semi-final which is set to take place on 9th of May. You can check out the music video of their Eurovision entry “Jako” below

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