Joker Out
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Joker Out | |
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| Origin | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
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| Website | www.jokeroutband.com |
Joker Out are a Slovenian indie rock band. The band represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Carpe Diem", placing twenty-first in the grand final.[1] They were formed in 2016 and have released two albums.[2]
Career
2016–2021: Formation and Umazane misli
The group was formed in May 2016 after the breakup of Apokalipsa, which included Bojan Cvjetićanin, Martin Jurkovič, Matic Kovačič and Luka Škerlep. Three of them (Cvjetićanin, Jurkovič, and Kovačič) were joined by Kris Guštin and Jan Peteh from Buržuazija, and Joker Out was born.[3] In November they released their first single "Kot srce, ki kri poganja", for which they also recorded their first music video.[4] On June 17, 2017, they became the winners of the 4th season (2016/17) of the Špil league (a competition for student musical groups and soloists).[5] In November they released their second song "Omamljeno telo".[6][7] The group also performed at many festivals.
Their next single "Gola", on which they first collaborated with producer Žare Pak, was released on September 12, 2019. On November 2, they had their first completely independent concert, held at the Ljubljana Castle.[8] "Gola" was followed by the fourth single "Vem, da greš" in March 2020, followed by "Umazane misli" (October 2020) and "A sem ti povedal" (July 2021). Jure Maček replaced drummer Matic Kovačič between the releases of "Umazane misli" and "A sem ti povedal". The composition "Umazane misli" was chosen by the audience as the "New Slovenian composition of the last year" at the first edition of the festival Frišno/Fresh - The Day of New Slovenian Music, which took place on October 1, 2021.[9][10]
Their first album Umazane misli was released in October 2021. It was originally supposed to be released in April 2020, but the release was postponed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was presented at two consecutive concerts on October 20 and 21, 2021 in Cvetličarna, both of which were sold out in 2020. The second concert was recorded by RTV Slovenia. In these two years, they received two Zlata piščal awards: in 2020 for "Newcomers of the Year", and in 2021 for "Artists of the Year".[11]
2022–present: Demoni and Eurovision Song Contest
In April 2022, they released the music video for the last single from their first album "Barve Oceana". On May 12, at the eighth edition of the Zlata piščal Awards, they were nominated for "Artist of the Year" for the second year in a row. On August 31, they released their second album Demoni, which was preceded by the song "Katrina". They held a presentation concert for the album on September 9 in Ljubljana's Križanke. On October 10, they announced on Instagram that bassist Martin Jurkovič was leaving the band to study abroad and was being replaced by Nace Jordan, a member of "Diamanti", the house band of the "V petek zvečer" show.[12][13] "Katrina" was followed at the end of October by "Demoni", their first Serbian-language single, which represents their first official release for the former Yugoslav market.[14]
On 8 December 2022, RTV Slovenia announced that Joker Out will represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. Recording for their Eurovision song took place within the month of December 2022 in a Hamburg, Germany studio over a 12-day period.[15] The band stated that they wanted to keep the entire song in the Slovene language, saying: "we want to translate Slovenian into a universal language of dance and entertainment that all countries understand."[16] In January 2023, the band shot their music video in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana, at the Grand Hotel Union.[17]
On the same day that the band was announced to be internally selected by Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija), the broadcaster announced that their song, later revealed to be titled "Carpe Diem", would premiere on a special Eurovision broadcast on TV SLO 1 called Misija Liverpool on 4 February 2022, along with the Eurovision Song Contest premiering the music video on their YouTube channel.[18] On 31 January, Joker Out was drawn to perform in the second half of the second semi-final on 11 May.[19]
Band members
Current members
- Bojan Cvjetićanin (born 6 Jan 1999) – lead vocals (2016–present)
- Kris Guštin (born 16 Jan 2000) – guitar, backing vocals (2016–present)
- Jan Peteh (born 1 Jan 1999) – guitar, backing vocals (2016–present)
- Jure Maček (born 25 May 1996) – drums (2021–present)
- Nace Jordan (born 30 Jun 1994) – bass, backing vocals (2022–present)
Former members
- Martin Jurkovič – bass (2016–2022)
- Matic Kovačič – drums (2016–2021)
Timeline
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details |
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| Umazane misli |
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| Demoni |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Kot srce, ki kri poganja" | 2016 | — |
| "Omamljeno telo" | 2017 | Umazane misli |
| "Gola" | 2019 | |
| "Vem, da greš" | 2020 | |
| "Umazane misli" | ||
| "A sem ti povedal" | 2021 | |
| "Barve oceana" | 2022 | |
| "Katrina" | Demoni | |
| "Demoni" | ||
| "Carpe Diem" | 2023 | — |
| "New Wave" (with Elvis Costello) |
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Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| Zlata piščal (The Golden Whistle) | 2020 | Song of the Year | "Gola" | Nomination |
| Newcomer of the Year | Joker Out | Won | ||
| 2021 | Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| 2022 | Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| Song of the Year | "Umazane misli" | Nomination | ||
| "A sem ti povedal" | Nomination | |||
| Album of the Year | Umazane misli | Nomination | ||
| 2023 | Artist of the Year | Joker Out | Pending | |
| Album of the Year | Demoni | Pending |
References
- ^ "Slovenia has spoken: It's 'Joker Out' for Liverpool 2023". Eurovision.tv. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "Joker Out Slovenia's 2023 Eurosong entrant". Slovenia Times. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ "Magic januar". Archived from the original on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Joker out predstavljajo video Kot srce, ki kri poganja". 7 November 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Joker Out: mladi upi, ki so zmagali na četrti Špil ligi". 18 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Nova skladba shagadeličnih Joker Out". 17 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Joker Out z novim singlom Omamljeno telo". 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Joker Out novembra z velikim koncertom na Ljubljanskem gradu". 27 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Frišno/Fresh 2021 – katera bo nova slovenska naj skladba zadnjega leta?". 23 September 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Nova slovenska glasba zazvenela v "Frišni" preobleki". 2 October 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Zlate piščali prejeli Joker Out, Koala Voice, Dan D in Marko Brecelj". 18 June 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Skupino Joker Out zapušča basist Martin Jurkovič". 11 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Vemo, kdo se bo skupini Joker Out po odhodu kitarista pridružil na odrih". 11 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "JOKER OUT grejo na jug – DEMONI izidejo na noč čarovnic". 27 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (29 December 2022). "🇸🇮 Slovenia: Joker Out Eurovision Entry Recorded". Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ D'Eila, Luca (4 February 2023). "Slovenia: Joker Out reveals "Carpe Diem" music video — watch now!". ESCUnited. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Granger, Anthony (23 January 2023). "🇸🇮 Slovenia: Joker Out Film Music Video for Eurovision Entry". Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Evrovizija: na Misijo Liverpool se podajajo Joker Out!". Radiotelevizija Slovenija (in Slovenian). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "Eurovision 2023: Allocation Draw results". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-01-31.