AFTER leapfrogging from a comedy nil point in 2021 to a silver podium placing last year thanks to the beaming positivity and luscious locks of Sam Ryder and his Space Man, tomorrow night 25-year-old Londoner Mae Muller will be hoping to continue the UK’s wild uptick in Eurovision fortune with her cheater-dissing pop anthem I Wrote A Song.
Having already signed to major label Universal Music in the UK, supported Little Mix on tour and scored a Top 40 single both here and in the US with her 2021 Neiked and Polo G collaboration Better Days, it’s a career move that — even a few years ago — might have raised an eyebrow for a credible new pop star. Now, says Muller, that’s no longer the case.
“It does feel like there’s a different energy, and I think Eurovision has deserved that for so long,” she says, speaking to us four days before the big night. “It would be such a shame for it not to be an amazing platform that artists can use to connect with people. I’m really happy it feels like that’s happening, and with Sam Ryder and Måneskin — people that have done really well — that obviously helps, so hopefully that’s gonna just carry on. It does feel good that people are taking Eurovision more seriously now, and you can really feel that and see that, I think.”
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