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| Single byVasil Garvanliev | ||||
| Released | 8 March 2020 (2020-03-08) | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Independent | |||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry | ||||
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| Artist | Vasil Garvanliev | |||
| Language | English | |||
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| Semi-final result | Contest cancelled | |||
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| ◄ "Proud" (2019) | ||||
| "Here I Stand" (2021) ► | ||||
"You" is a song recorded by Macedonian singerVasil Garvanliev. The song was written and produced by Nevena Neskoska alongside Alice Schroeder and Kalina Neskoska. Javier Lloret de Muller,Darko Dimitrov and Lazar Cvetkoski provided additional production.
The song was scheduled torepresent North Macedonia in the2020 Eurovision Song Contest inRotterdam, the Netherlands, after being internally selected by the national broadcasterMRT.[1][2] However, the contest was later cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Lasting three minutes, theEnglish-language song, "You", wascomposed by Macedonian composer Nevena Neskoska andwritten by the latter together with Alice Schroeder and Kalina Neskoska. Along with Nevena Neskoska and Javier Lloret de Muller, Macedonian producersDarko Dimitrov and Lazar Cvetkoski were also helmed for the record'sproduction process.[4]
An accompanyingmusic video for "You" was officially premiered onto theYouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest on 8 March 2020.[5] The vibrant video wasdirected by Milena Vitman and produced by Jellmaz Dervishi while it was solely edited and recorded by Gjorgi Vacev.[6] Visually, its message is an "invitation for everyone to connect, open up, dance, and celebrate the moment".[6]
The2020 Eurovision Song Contest was scheduled to take place inRotterdam, the Netherlands, consisting of two semi-finals on 12 May and 14 May 2020, and the grand final on 16 May 2020.[7] Each participating country, except the host country and theBig Five, is required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the grand final.[8] On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. North Macedonia was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[9] In March 2020, theEuropean Broadcasting Union cancelled the contest due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3]