North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska releases her new single "Rise"

North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska releases her new single
Monday, 01 June 2020

  • The North Macedonian Eurovision 2019 representative, Tamara Todevska,  has been unfolding these days her new singles that will be part of her upcoming new album . 

     

    The single "Sloboda"

    After the phenomenal European success of "Proud" and "Monsters", Tamara returns to the Macedonian music scene with her new song titled "Sloboda". "Sloboda" is the first North Macedonian single from Tamara's upcoming third studio album, which should be released by the end of the summer.

    ‘Sloboda’ which translates to ‘Freedom’, is a very uptempo, pop and dance track. The music for the song was written by Robert Bilbilov, the arrangement was made by Darko Dimitrov and the lyrics were written by Igor Dzambazov. 

     

     

    From "Sloboda" to the english version "Rise"

    The song "Sloboda" has three versions, North Macedonian, Serbian and English, titled "Rise".The video for the song will premiere in two weeks.

    Rise is Tamara's second English single from her upcoming third album, due to be released this Summer. The song is produced and written by the team behind the phenomenal Eurovision success of "Proud". The music is by Robert Bilbilov while the song is  produced by Darko Dimitrov. Behind the lyrics are Kosta Petrov and Sanja Popovska.

     

     

    Lyrics of "Rise" 

    Watch me rise
    See me fall
    Break me down
    I've seen it all

    Twist my words
    Feel my pain
    Bring me down, hate me now
    It's all the same

    Do it more
    Do it less
    Look at her
    She's such a mess
    But hear me now
    I don't care
    (About) what you say

    Ref.
    Watch me rise,
    Like a star
    Shining high above
    In the spotlight so brightly
    Watch me rise,
    Like a star
    Shining high above
    there's no way you can touch this

    Do it more
    Do it less
    Look at her
    She's such a mess
    But hear me now
    I don't care
    (About) what you say

     

    Watch me rise
    Like a star so brightly
    Watch me rise
    There's no way you can touch me
    Watch me rise
    Like a star so brightly

     

    About Tamara Todevska

    Tamara had represented FYR. Macedonia in Eurovision 2008 alongside with  Vrčak and Adrijan with the song Let Me Love You, which finished 10th in the second semi final. Under the old voting system, only the top 9 in the televote were guaranteed a space in the final with a backup jury selecting the final country. In this instance they opted for Sweden to advance instead, under the current system FYR Macedonia would have qualified. She has been part of the country’s delegation in Eurovision 2004 with Tose Proeski as a backing vocalist and in 2014 as a backing vocalist for her sister Tijana with her entry “To The Sky”

    Tamara comes from a family of musicians, as her mother is an opera performer and her father is a professor in the Music Academy of Skopje while her sister  Tijana Dapcevic, has represnted the country in Eurovision 2014. Tamara made her first steps in music at the age of 12 performing alongside with her sister Tijana the song  Igra luda at Skopje’s Festival, and continued on by participating in several festivals in Ex Yugoslavian countries. She has released two albums entitled,   Sino in 2005 and Eden Den in 2015. In 2007 she participated for the first time in the country’s national final with the entry Kazi Koj Si Ti and finished 2nd. 

     

    Tamara in Eurovision 2019

    In 2019 Tamara was internally selected to represent the landlocked country of North Macedonia at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv, with her entry Proud.  The song was composed by Darko Dimitrov, Robert Bibliov and Lazar Cvetkoski. Tamara captivated the audience with her stunning vocal performance of "Proud" marking the country's best result ever in the competition, as she topped the Jury voting with 247 points and came 7th in the overall score with a total of 305 points.