Baby Lasagna, Croatia’s representative at Eurovision 2024 who secured second place in the competition and won the public vote, has surprised his followers with a new Instagram post sharing feelings of not belonging at Eurovision.
Baby Lasagna, one of the most popular names among Eurovision audiences from the Malmö 2024 season, caught fans and Eurovision enthusiasts off guard. To mark the release of his new single “Catch Me If You Can” this Friday, he posted about experiencing intense feelings of loneliness and alienation at Eurovision.
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Unveiling the Struggle Behind the Success
“Although Eurovision was something I’ll remember as long as I breathe, and despite it being the performance that brought me to unimaginable heights, I often felt like I didn’t belong there,” Baby Lasagna wrote in his Instagram post. “Of course, such a feeling of alienation can be a bit difficult and confusing, and ‘Catch Me If You Can’ is exactly about that. It’s about being an outsider but at the same time feeling like it’s yours! It’s about doing things your way and trusting your vision regardless of prevailing opinion, popular taste, or expectations. It’s about being basic in a society that tries so hard not to be basic – which makes it basic.”
These feelings, which Baby Lasagna is sharing for the first time, have left the audience shocked. This is particularly surprising given that he was one of the most beloved singers at Eurovision 2024, who, despite not winning, managed to sweep the public vote decisively. Baby Lasagna, the stage name of Marko Purišić, shared a few months ago in an interview his perspective on the events and controversies that occurred behind the scenes at Eurovision 2024. Subsequently, he published a clarification in his Instagram story addressing the uproar caused by his words. It’s possible that the negative events at Eurovision contributed to these feelings, which according to many artists, posed a significant challenge for quite a few representatives at Eurovision 2024.
New Horizons and Creative Challenges
In the continuation of the interview where he talked about feelings of not belonging at Eurovision, he elaborated on his new song set to be released on Friday. He shared the intimidating feelings that accompanied allowing another director, who isn’t his wife Elizabeta, to direct the music video and lead the creative process of the song. This is the first time Baby Lasagna has worked with a director other than his wife, who directed his previous music videos and was a key partner in production. It’s worth noting that Baby Lasagna and his wife got married only recently. The Croatian singer did not elaborate further or share whether there were specific events or things that caused his difficult feelings about Eurovision. However, it’s certainly strange and different to hear such experiences from one of the most beloved artists in Eurovision history.
Croatia in Eurovision 2024:
“Rim Tim Tagi Dim” is the name of the song performed by the singer Baby Lasagna, which was chosen to represent Croatia after winning the national finals. Croatia advanced to the final after winning the first semi-final with 177 points, and in the grand final, it reached second place with 547 points.
Croatia won the public vote but finished in second place in the overall tally. This is Croatia’s best achievement in all its years of participation.
Source: Zagreb.info.
Eurovision 2025: This will be Croatia’s 30th participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Croatia joined the competition in 1993 and achieved its best result in Eurovision 2024 by finishing in second place with the song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” performed by the singer Baby Lasagna.
