Bambie Thug is latest act revealed to be competing for Ireland’s entry to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with song Doomsday Blues.
It’s the fifth song revealed on RTE’s The Ray D’Arcy show, which has been airing each of the final six tracks and artists every day of this week. All six acts will compete on The Late Late Show Eurosong special on 26 January, 9:35pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.
Bambie Thug is a non-binary artist from a predominantly musical theatre background. Originally from Cork, they are based in London where they garnered great attention for their live shows. They describe their sound as Ouija pop and their style is heavily tinged by the occult.
Doomsday Blues is co- written by Bambie Thug, Olivia Cassy Brooking, Sam Matlock and produced by Tylr Rydr. In their own words they describe the perpetually genre-shifting track as “it transports you from alt witchy verses to killer screams, pop choruses, a jazzy middle-eight, before ending in a metallic roar of electro and heavy guitars. It perfectly showcases the different facets of me as an artist. I can be explosive and hard-hitting, but I can also be sweet and soulful”.
You can listen to Doomsday Blues here:
Ireland at Eurovision
Ireland debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 and shares a joint record total of seven wins with Sweden. It is the only country to have won three times consecutively, 1992 to 1994, with 92 winning in Malmo, Sweden with Linda Martin’s ‘Why Me’. Ireland has struggled at Eurovision of late, qualifying just twice in the last 10 years. Last year’s entry by Wild Youth failed to qualify, their song ‘We Are One’ finished 12th our 15th in their semi-final with a total of 10 points.
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