{"id":46814,"date":"2019-02-18T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T10:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=46814"},"modified":"2019-02-18T18:18:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:18:17","slug":"darude-unveils-second-of-three-eurovision-song-contest-contenders-via-armada-music-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/02\/darude-unveils-second-of-three-eurovision-song-contest-contenders-via-armada-music-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"Darude Unveils Second Of Three Eurovision Song Contest Contenders Via Armada Music &#8211; &#8216;Superman&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Darude has released the second of his three Eurovision Song Contest contenders. The latest is &#8216;Superman&#8217;, and like its predecessor, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/02\/darude-drops-first-of-three-possible-eurovision-song-contest-entries-on-armada-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Release Me<\/a>&#8216;, it&#8217;s also out on Armada Music.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DJ and Producer Darude will be performing for his native Finland, along with vocalist Sebastian Rejman.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Random Ad stuff --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Superman&#8217;, with its strong beat and dance vibes,\u00a0 is about the connection with one&#8217;s loved ones, and the strength that can be drawn from them. It could well be the perfect fit as Finland&#8217;s entry for this year&#8217;s Eurovision Song Contest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #6d686c; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; font-size: 17.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">You can find out more on UMK\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/yle.fi\/umk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #6d686c; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; font-size: 17.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">, and follow Darude on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/darudevil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #6d686c; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; font-size: 17.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #6d686c; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; font-size: 17.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darudevil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #6d686c; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; font-size: 17.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/darude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #6d686c; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; font-size: 17.93px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">.<\/span> Stream &#8216;Superman&#8217; on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3sdudenHQBTeCeo9mdn1N8?si=M07oEEgMRdmUfSzFK39Gvg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9qIZpvHpbdQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darude has released the second of his three Eurovision Song Contest contenders. The latest is &#8216;Superman&#8217;, and like its predecessor, &#8216;Release Me&#8216;, it&#8217;s also&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":46820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,640],"tags":[6160,105,19243,538,368,218,19244,19245,219,505,7503,77,370,1945,226,403,19247,19181,19246],"class_list":["post-46814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-armada-music","tag-dance","tag-darude","tag-dj","tag-edm","tag-esc","tag-eurobeat","tag-europop","tag-eurovision-song-contest","tag-finland","tag-finnish","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-pop","tag-producer","tag-release-me","tag-sebastian-rejman","tag-superman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-cb4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71196,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/09\/josefin-silen-releases-her-new-ep-face-the-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":46814,"position":0},"title":"Josefin Sil\u00e8n Releases Her New EP, &#8216;Face the City&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"09\/09\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Based in Finland, Josefin Sil\u00e9n, is a singer and an actor, who started writing songs at the young age of 9. 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