Remember Monday on bringing Queen-inspired chaos to Eurovision: “If we finish top five, we’re all getting tattoos!”

nme.com:

Eurovision hopefuls Remember Monday have spoken to NME about competing in this year’s song contest in Basel – and revealed that Queen‘s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was a major influence on their “chaotic” power-pop song ‘What the Hell Just Happened?’The country-pop trio – Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele – are the first girl-group to represent the UK since Precious finished 12th in 1999.

Since then, the UK has only cracked the Top 10 on three occasions, most recently when Sam Ryder came second three years ago.But in 2023, Mae Muller finished 25th out of 26 in the grand final – then Olly Alexander endured similar disappointment a year later when he finished 18th after scoring “nul points” in the public vote.

Despite the UK’s fluctuating fortunes in the contest, Remember Monday insisted they don’t regard taking part as a “risk”.“We already have big plans past Eurovision,” Lauren said, pointing to summer festival sets at Latitude and The Big Feastival. “And it’s not just about what happens in the final on 17 May.

So many bucket list moments are already being ticked off for us.”Since its release last month, Remember Monday’s Eurovision banger ‘What the Hell Just Happened?’ has become their first song to amass over one million streams on Spotify.Featuring Queen-influenced glam rock guitars and power-pop drums as well as their trademark vocal harmonies, it sees the trio move away from country-leaning previous singles such as last year’s ‘Laugh About It’ and ‘What The Girls’ Bathroom Is For’. “The music that we plan to release after Eurovision feels like an obvious continuation from ‘What the Hell Just Happened?,” Lauren said, confirming that their sound is evolving more towards pop.The trio have been singing together.