The Year That Was: The Best New “Eurovision” Music of 2024
With the year coming to an end, we at That Eurovision Site wanted to treat ourselves to writing about our favourite releases, and reminding you of some of the best new music of 2024. So enjoy the best releases of each month, plus some more things we absolutely loved!
Froukje – “Noodzakelijk Verdriet” (LP)
Daniel here to take you all the way back to January with this admittedly loose connection to the contest. Froukje may be best known to Eurovision fans for her collaborations with S10, the latest of which almost featured here, but she actually has a more formal relationship to the contest – serving on the Dutch jury at Eurovision 2023. Anyway, she started the year off with a bang with her debut album Noodzakelijk Verdriet (Necessary Sadness). The synth-heavy album features 15 tracks, including everything from the absolute bangers like Kwijt and Drijfzand to scaled back slower numbers like Leeg Restaurant and Houden Van Mij. Every track is brilliant and there’s something for everyone – easily my favourite LP released this year.
Benjamin Ingrosso – Pink Velvet Theatre (LP)
Kittens here with my obvious choice of the year, Benjamin Ingrosso’s Pink Velvet Theatre album. An album over two years in the making, Benjamin finally released Pink Velvet Theatre in October and it went straight to number 1 in Sweden. The album takes you through a heady dreamscape of love, loss, and time travel in a sweeping cinematic manner. Using his craft for storytelling alongside his passion for performance, hits like Kite, Look Who’s Laughing Now and new tracks like Back To You become part of a wider story, with interludes adding to the storytelling. Sit back, relax and lose yourself in the magic of Pink Velvet Theatre.
What releases were the best of each month?
Now, songs and albums can grow on you in different ways so this is far from a definitive list of the best or my favourite Eurovision-adjacent releases of this year. I would even be willing to argue that I stopped liking some of these! However, at the time I wrote about them I really liked each and every one of these releases. So, here is an overview of everything that I awarded a song/EP/LP of the month to this year (yes there were some ties as you can see):
- Sudden Lights – “Eastern European Dream”
- Lena – “Loyal to myself”
- LPS – “Počakaj me” (LP)
- Aminata & Sudden Lights – “Ataust rīts”
- Minimal Wind – “lullabies”
- Bárbara Tinoco, Carolina Deslandes – “A Madrugada Que Eu Esperava” (LP)
- Levante, Francesca Michielin – “Farfalle”
- Carolina Deslandes – “Como É Linda”
- Apocalyptica – “Plays Metallica, Vol. 2” (LP)
- MEAU – “Nergens Liever”
- Red Moon – “I Run”
- TESLENKO – “Симоненко. З любов’ю” (EP)
- Fábia Maia – “Unreleased” (EP)
- Calema – “Voyage (Part 1)” (EP)
- elisabeth tiffany – “i just wanna see the sparks” (LP)
- Chiara Dubey – “Lullaby for the Weird Ones”
- Karetus with VITORINO and iolanda – “LAURINDA”
- Barbara Pravi – “La Pieva” (LP)
- Mimicat – “Peito” (LP)
- Kari Bremnes – “Ennu her” (EP)
- Benjamin Ingrosso – “Pink Velvet Theatre” (LP)
- Carpetman & Theo Remme – “Trembling Island”
- S10 – “Mijn Haren Ruiken Naar Vuur”
- Justyna Steczkowska – “Witch Tarohoro” (LP)
- Jerry Heil – “СНІГ”
Listen to all the songs above and more
We’ve made a handy Spotify playlist of the songs in this article and all other new music from Eurovision artists this month, including remixes and other special releases. So get ready for everything from Nebulossa, Amaia, and MARO to Ben Dolic, Srbuk, Francesca Michielin, and many more. The playlist gets updated every month, so don’t forget to follow it to always stay up to date. Did we miss anything? Then send Angus a message over on your social media of choice.
What was your favourite new music this month? And whose music are you looking forward to next month? As always, let us know what you think by commenting below. Also, be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Threads, tumblr, and Bluesky for all the latest Eurovision news and more!
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