starsweburnaway Posted April 3, 2022 Posted April 3, 2022 Duncan de Moor (born 11 April 1994), professionally known as Duncan Laurence, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He began his music career in 2014 and became a semi-finalist in the fifth season of The Voice of Holland. Laurence represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Arcade" and went on to win the competition. In January 2019, Laurence was selected to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. His song "Arcade" was first revealed in March 2019. On 18 May 2019, Duncan Laurence won the event in Tel Aviv, Israel with 492 points from 41 international juries and the public vote. The juries gave him 231 points, while the public Vote gave him 261 points. He finished 27 points ahead of Italy and 123 points ahead of Russia, the two runners-up. He is the fifth Dutch entrant to ever win the competition, and the first since Teach-In won the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Ding-a-dong". Behind Duncan's song "Arcade": Quote Straight from Duncan’s heart But what’s the story behind Arcade? In a press release Duncan explained the song’s message stating: “I found inspiration in the story of someone who was close to me. Somebody who – at just 40 years old – passed away. She didn’t have children of her own, so in a way I think that I was the son she never had. Her death had a huge impact on me: it was my first big loss and it still is. It inspired me to write the song that I called ‘Arcade’ – the words and chords came, as it appeared to me, straight from the heart.” This resulted in these open, vulnerable lyrics: A broken heart is all that’s left I’m still fixing all the cracks Lost a couple of pieces when I carried it, carried it, carried it home I’m afraid of all I am My mind feels like a foreign land Silence ringing inside my head Please, carry me, carry me, carry me home Duncan’s dear friend never stopped being in love with her husband, despite the fact that he left her: I spent all of the love I’ve saved We were always a losing game Small-town boy in a big arcade I got addicted to a losing game Ooh, ooh All I know, all I know Loving you is a losing game How many pennies in the slot? Giving us up didn’t take a lot I saw the end ‘fore it begun Still I carried, I carried, I carry on In the final chorus, Duncan refers to a penny slot; a slot machine in a casino where coins are inserted to gamble with. In this chorus he compares the love of his dear friend to a bet that she ultimately loses; Loving you is a losing game. Small-town boy There’s also another message hidden in Arcade, which Duncan explains: “The song also expresses the feeling I had when I moved from the village I grew up in to Tilburg: the small-town boy in the big city. In love with everything that was going on, but I also felt lonely sometimes. At the same time though, it was my own decision – a strange mix of emotions, that did bring me something positive in the end.” Life lesson Arcade may be a heavy song, but Duncan aims to inspire people with its message. “With ‘Arcade’, I managed to get advice for myself from the life story of someone I cared for; a life lesson: you make your own happiness. Although that isn’t always easy.” TOUR: EU Tour 2019 NL Tour 2019 SOLD OUT
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