🇫🇮 Sexmane release his UMK24 entry “MANIA”

After the reveal of the competing artists at this year’s UMK, the entries are now starting to be released. The second entry to be released is “MANIA” by Sexmane, which coincided with the release of the official music video of his entry.

Listen to “Mania” on streaming platforms

Spotify

Apple Music

About ‘Sexmane’

Sexmane (a.k.a. Max Sene) is currently one of the most lisented artists in Finland, and have released 2 studio albums since 2019, and has been nominated for Four Emma’s (Finnish Grammys), for two consecutive years, including winning Finnish Artist of the Year. Speaking about the creatron of “Mania”, Max mentioned that it was formed slowly:

“The words in the chorus crystallise my thoughts: it’s quite all right to be a bit ‘crazy’. I know that a lot of young people are struggling with mental health challenges. I want to give them the strength and courage to hang in there.”

For the selection of “Mania”, the UMK Jury had the following to say:

“Sexmane (a.k.a. Max Sene) is one of Finland’s most listened-to artists, the winner of the audience poll at the 2023 Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammys) and a wonderful addition to the UMK music lineup. Renowned as a new wave rapper, Sexmane creates music in which a wide variety of influences can be heard. This time round, Mania, with its strong opening hook, goes for a big rock sound, culminating in an epic guitar solo. The strengths of Max Sene’s music have always been authenticity and honesty. This is also very much the case in this intense song, which is virtually tailor made for big arenas

What do we know about UMK24?

This year’s Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu will take place on February 10th. It has already been confirmed that Pilvi Hämäläinen, singer Benjamin and presenter Viivi Pumpanen will host the national final. The show will take place at Nokia Arena in Tampere. The show will start at 21:00 EET.

The remaining entrues in this year’s competition to be released are as follows:

Finland’s Eurovision Journey

Finland debuted in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 10th with Laila Kunnunen’s “Valoa ikkunassa.” Since then they have competed 56 times, and appeared in the final 48 times. Finland has finished in the top 10 an impressive 14 times. They have won the contest once in 2006, with Lordi’s performance of “Hard Rock Hallelujah” getting 292 points.

Finland’s most recent entry was “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä. He won the first semi-final in Liverpool, thus qualifying for the final. At the close of voting, he gained a total of 526 points, earning them 2nd place – Finland’s second best result of all time. Käärijä received 376 points from the televote, and an extra 150 points from the juries.

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