Cyprus: Elena Tsagrinou releases her Eurovision 2021 entry "El Diablo"

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

• The Cypriot Eurovision 2021 hopeful, Elena Tsagrinou, has  released the song "El Diablo", the entry she will be performing next May on Rotterdam Ahoy's stage. 

  After TIX's 'Fallen Angel in the North it was time for Elena Tsagrinou's 'El Diablo' to go public this afternnoon during the show 'Happy Hour' on CyBC 1. After weeks of preparations on the Cypriot entry the result reflects all the good work and the outstanding creative team behind the entry. 

   

  'El Diablo'- The creative team behind it

  One thing that already stood out from the beginning for the Cypriot entry was the creative team behind the song! All names have something to say in the music industry and within the Eurovision scene. First name to mention is Thomas Stengaard, who was behind the winning ESC 2013 entry,Only teardrops  performed by Emmelie de Forest for Denmark and behind Michael Schulte‘s You let me walk alone which brought Germany in the top 5 at Eurovision 2018.

  Next internationally acclaimed name is that of Jimmy “Joker” Thornfeldt, who has written songs for international artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull. The team joins also Laurell Barker, who made it to the Top 5 in Eurovision 2019 with Swiss act Luca Hanni and the song She got me . Last but not least the Brazilian-born singer, dancer and songwriter Oxa. In addtion Marvin Dietmann, who was also behind the staging of Conchita Wurst in ESC 2014 will be responsible for the song's staging in Rotterdam. 

  Its official music video is directed by Giorgos Mpenioudakis and features a contemporary and dynamic choreograpgy under the guidance of Chali Jennings and with Elena Tsagrinou joined by male dancers. The whole spectrum of the on-stage costumes and the overall styling is undertaken by the internationally acclaimed fashion designer Celia Kritharioti. 

  El Diablo will be availiable  on Panik Record's website, www.panikmusic.gr, and on Panik's moblie application for iOS and Android devices and will be released on all digital platforms and on Panik Records' Youtube channel next Sunday on February 28, 2021. 

   

                     The Lyrics of 'El Diablo'

  
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
  I gave it up, I gave it up
  Because he tells me I’m his angel, I’m his angel

  
  Tonight we’re gonna burn in the party
  We’ll [?] this fire, [?]
  [?]
  All this spice, it melts my ice
  [?] baby, it’s true
  Tonight we’re gonna burn in the party
  It’s Heaven and hell with you

  
  Mama-mamacita, tell me what to do
  Lo-la-lo-la-loca, I’m breaking the rules

  
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my hеart to el diablo, el diablo
  I gave it up, I gavе it up
  Because he tells me I’m his angel, I’m his angel
  Oh-oh-oh, el diablo, el diablo
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo

  
  Tonight we’re gonna dance with the moonlight
  Drunk and malicious on the floor
  Hair flip-flip, made you look twice
  Touch me, touch me, mi amor
  All his spice, it melts my ice
  [?] baby, it’s true
  Tonight we’re gonna dance in the moonlight
  And then we’re gonna do it some more

  
  Mama-mamacita, tell me what to do
  Lo-la-lo-la-loca, I’m breaking the rules

  
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
  I gave it up, I gave it up
  Because he tells me I’m his angel, I’m his angel
  Oh-oh-oh, el diablo, el diablo
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo

  
  I love el diablo
  I love el diablo
  I love el diablo

  
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
  I gave it up, I gave it up
  Because he tells me I’m his angel, I’m his angel
  Oh-oh-oh, el diablo, el diablo, oh-oh
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo

  
  I love el diablo
  El diablo

   

  A few words about Elena Tsagrinou

  Elena Tsagrinou was born in 1994 in Athens, Greece. The first time her name comes up publically is when she participated at the age of 14 in the talent show Greece’s Got Talent, where she reached the semi  finals. . In 2013, after auditions she joins the group OtherView, as their lead singer, meeting success with songs such as 'What you want' and 'O giros tou kosmou' (Around the world)

  In 2018 she decides to leave OtherView and go solo and not long after she releases her first single titled Pame ap’ tin arhi (Let’s go from the start), written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and  Nikos Moraitis. The specific track was released had its Engish version with the title 'Summer Romance'. Just four months after she will release her second single, penned and composed by ARCADE, titled 'Paradeisos' (Heaven).

  A year after she'll drop her fourth single titled 'Logia'( Words) written by Leonidas Sozou while in July 2020 she releases her new track 'Pare me agkalia' (Hug me) in collaboration with the Greek act Mike.

  All this year's she has collaborated with the biggest names of the Greek Music Scene such as Konstantinos Argiros, Melisses, Tamta, DEMY singing on popular music stages. 

  Apart from music she co-hosted the Voice of Greek 4 yesrs ago alongside with Georgios Kapountzidis ( The Greek Eurovision commentator) and at the monent she is presenting her own music show 'KROP' stars on the music channel MAD TV. 

   News Source: Panik Records/ CyBC1

  Image: El Diablo/Elena Tsagrinou