Wasted Love (JJ song)
| "Wasted Love" | |
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| Single by JJ | |
| Released | 6 March 2025 |
| Genre | Pop-opera[1] |
| Length | 2:45 |
| Label | Manifester |
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| "Wasted Love" on YouTube | |
| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 entry | |
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| Language | English |
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| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "We Will Rave" (2024) | |
"Wasted Love" is a song by Austrian singer JJ. The song was released on 6 March 2025 and was written by JJ himself alongside Teodora Špirić and Thomas Thurner.[2] It will represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
Background and composition
[edit]Wasted Love was written by Pietsch himself, Teodora "Teya" Špirić and Thomas Thurner, the latter also responsible for the production together with Pele Loriano.[3] Fusing pop and lyrical elements in a crescendo that flows into techno sounds,[4] the song explores the torment of an unrequited love: the protagonist, overwhelmed by an "ocean of love", watches the person he loves move away for fear of being overwhelmed by it. Despite the attempt to cling to the past, he ends up adrift in an emotional abyss, unable to fill the void left by the breakup.[5]
Music video
[edit]The music video, directed by Viennese filmmaker Vesely Marek,[6] was made available in conjunction with the single's release via the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel. According to Marek, the video "aims to be a visual journey into the deep abyss of unrequited love, emphasized by dramatic elements".[7]
Eurovision Song Contest 2025
[edit]Internal selection
[edit]Austria's broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), officially announced their intentions to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 on 7 September 2024, deciding their representative via an internal selection.[8] In October 2024, it was reported by Austrian media that eight entries from seven artists, including Dodo Muhrer who previously represented Austria at Eurovision in 2015 as part of The Makemakes, as well as Johannes Pietsch, Kayla Krystin, Nnoa and Philip Piller, had been shortlisted following a live casting round at the ORF studios.[9][10] On 30 January 2025, "Wasted Love" performed by Pietsch, under the stage name JJ, was announced by ORF as the Austrian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 during the radio show Ö3-Wecker, aired on Ö3.[11] "Wasted Love" was selected from the eight shortlisted entries by a panel of 30 local and international music industry and Eurovision experts as well as nearly 30 international OGAE fan club representatives from five countries and the ORF Eurovision Song Contest Team.[3] The song was released on 6 March 2025.[12]
At Eurovision
[edit]The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025.[13] During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Austria was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the first half of the show.[14]
Credits and personnel
[edit]Musicians
- Johannes Pietsch – lead vocals
- Teodora Špirić – background vocals
- Thomas Thurner – synthesizer, drums, piano
- Paul Sams – programming
- Wojciech Kostrzewa – programming
- Budapest Scoring Orchestra – orchestra
- Zoltán Pad – orchestra conductor
Technical
- Mischa Janisch – mastering
- Michael Höchtl – mixing
- Denes Redly – recording
- Pele Loriano – production
- Thomas Thurner – production
- Wojciech Kostrzewa – production
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] | 24 |
References
[edit]- ^ Steen Danielsson, Maja (9 March 2025). "Riddare och opera utmanar Kaj i Eurovision". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). TT News Agency. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2025: Unser Song für Basel - JJ singt „Wasted Love"". tv.ORF.at (in Austrian German). ORF. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Meet Austria's artist for Basel - JJ". eurovision.tv. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ "JJ tritt mit "Wasted Love" beim Song Contest an". Der Standard (in Austrian German). 6 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ Tal Dahan (6 March 2025). "Austria: JJ to Perform "Wasted Love" in Eurovision - Eurovision". Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ Rafaell Andersson (9 February 2025). "Austria: JJ Films Music Video for "Wasted Love"". Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ William Lee Adams (6 March 2025). "JJ reveals "Wasted Love" — Austria's Eurovision 2025 song about unrequited love". Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (Sergio) (7 September 2024). "Austria confirms participation at Eurovision 2025". ESCToday. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ Ude, Christian (4 November 2024). "ESC in Basel: Österreichs Hoffnungen für den Song Contest 2025" [Austria's hopes for the Song Contest 2025]. Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ Farren, Neil (4 November 2024). "🇦🇹 Austria: Seven Songs Left in Eurovision 2025 Selection". Eurovoix. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Österreich präsentiert seinen Act für den Eurovision Song Contest 2025 am 30. Januar". ESC kompakt (in German). 23 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ Ude, Christian (30 January 2025). "Johannes Pietsch alias JJ: Junger Countertenor singt für Österreich beim ESC" [Young countertenor sings for Austria at the ESC]. Kleine Zeitung (in Austrian German). Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ "Basel will host Eurovision Song Contest 2025". Eurovision.TV. European Broadcasting Union. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final Draw Results". Eurovision.TV (Press release). European Broadcasting Union. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ "JJ %5BAT%5D – Wasted Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
