Sounds | Myrkur - Touch My Love and Die
- Jan Guisset
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Myrkur wilt voor Denemarken deelnemen aan het Eurovisiesongfestival volgend jaar!
Zelf ben ik absoluut geen fan van dat liedjescircus dat naar mijn bescheiden mening niets meer met muziek te maken heeft. Maar als er dan toch landen zijn die wel eens een eigenzinnige act in dat circus te gooien dan zijn het onze Scandinavische vrienden wel.
Touch My Love and Die is een geweldig mooi nummer en ik zou het Myrkur zeker gunnen om hun land hiermee te mogen gaan vertegenwoordigen. Dan zouden we toch al zeker zijn van tenminste Ć©Ć©n goed liedje in de eurovisiesoep.
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āTouch My Love And Dieā is a dark, cinematic ballad in which Myrkurās various musical expressions merge into a new whole. The sound incorporates elements from metal, Nordic folk music, and film scores, recorded in Dolby Atmos with real musiciansāfrom cello, a girlsā choir, and ancient folk instruments to drums captured with more than 40 microphones. A physical, human soundscape in a time marked by speed, artificiality, and distance.
Lyrically, the song moves within the supernatural and the gothic. A romance with multiple layers: a kiss of death, a warning, a spell. Love as both release and danger. For Myrkur, it is essential that the lyrics remain open and can be freely interpreted by the listener.
The past year has been marked by major personal and artistic changes, and the song stands as a culmination of this movement. Recorded in Winter 2025 with Christopher Juul (Heilung), Myrkur describes āTouch My Love And Dieā as a work into which āheart, soul, blood, and tearsā have been pouredāboth in song and performanceāsomething she hopes can exist as an antidote to a world dominated by AI and a throwaway culture. A reminder of humanityās roots, spirit, and resilience.
With āTouch My Love And Die,ā commissioned via Danish broadcaster DR, Myrkur enters Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with a contribution that does not seek to fit in, but to open the space. A song in which darkness is not concealed, but allowed to cast light. The winner of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will represent Denmark at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
