Olly Alexander says he’s “got a lot of music ready to go”

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Olly Alexander has said he has “got a lot of music ready to go” following the news that he’ll be representing the UK at Eurovision 2024.Earlier this week, it was announced that the Years & Years singer is set to compete in the contest next year in Malmö, Sweden – the hometown of the 2023 winner Loreen.

Alexander will succeed the UK’s previous contestant Mae Muller, who finished second to last.Speaking to Magic Breakfast yesterday (December 18), the artist explained (via Music News): “The song that I have for Eurovision I made with Danny L Harle, who’s a brilliant pop producer, and we made basically a whole album.“So I’ve got a lot of music ready to go so I’m so, so excited that it’s coming.”Alexander last released an album in the form of Years & Years’ third studio effort ‘Night Call’, which arrived in early 2022.

The project saw the singer go solo, and part ways with his former bandmates Mikey Goldsworthy and Emre Türkmen.This month saw Years & Years share ‘A Very Bad Fun Idea’, a new song for the soundtrack to the film Bonus Track.Elsewhere in his chat with Magic Breakfast, Alexander revealed that his forthcoming Eurovision track isn’t a ballad. “If it was a cocktail it would be an amaretto sour,” he said.“It’s been hard to keep [the Eurovision news] a secret!

I told my Mum and then said, ‘You must not tell anyone’ and she felt quite scared about having to carry the secret. But I’ve wanted to do it for a really long time – ever since I was a kid.