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Eurovision: Australia Decides: 2 more songs

SBS releases songs by Kate Miller-Heidke & Ella Hooper.

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Two more songs have been released for Eurovision: Australia Decides.

Kate Miller-Heidke co-wrote Zero Gravity with her partner and music collaborator Keir Nuttall, while Australian rock legend Ella Hooper’s song Data Dust was written by 24-year-old composer Alice Chance.

Kate Miller-Heidke said: “Zero Gravity is an operatic pop song about coming out of depression. It uses the metaphor of a bad relationship to describe what it can feel like to be depressed. The choruses and the outro try to capture the feeling of transcendence. I love the double meaning of the word ‘gravity’ – that the song can also be about leaving seriousness behind.”

Ella Hooper said: “Data Dust is a powerful rock-pop feast, peppered with attitude. It is about digital addiction and the ever-creeping effects of social media on our lives, the power pop banger grabs the listener immediately. I am hoping to bring a bit of traditional rock n roll energy to a bombastic performance of a meaningful pop song.”

They join indie pop band Sheppard, classical artist Mark Vincent, modern electric-soul duo Electric Fields, drag queen Courtney Act, pop singer Aydan, newcomer Leea Nanos, rock singer Ella Hooper, singer songwriter Tania Doko and The Voice winner Alfie Arcuri.

With two weeks until show time, there are just two songs to be released by Sheppard and Tania Doko and special guest performances to be announced.

Eurovision: Australia Decides airs

Saturday 9 February
NSW/VIC/TAS/ACT 8:30pm – 11:00pm AEDT
QLD 7:30pm – 10:00pm AEST
SA 8:00pm – 10:30pm ACDT
WA 5:30pm – 8:00pm AWST
NT 7:00pm – 9:30pm ACST

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  1. Zero Gravity is the only contender I have heard from Australia that sounds wacky enough to feel right at home in Eurovision. Data Dust, however, sounds like late night Triple J/”rage at 4.00am” fodder.

    1. Eurovision hasn’t been that wacky for at least 5 years. Pretty much every country has started taking it more seriously. The stutter in the Zero Gravity chorus is seriously annoying and wouldn’t go over well I don’t think.

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