France: Tom Leeb releases new ballad song "Run Away"

France: Tom Leeb releases new ballad song
Tuesday, 21 July 2020

  • The French Eurovision 2020 representative, Tom Leeb, has released his new gentle ballad "Run Away" along with its official lyric video.

    French Eurovision 2020 star Tom Leeb released “Run Away”, featuring musician Jérôme Queriaud. This is the second single from his new project “Silver Lining” which began with the release of “Si tu savais” last month.

    “Run Away” is a gentle piano ballad written and composed by Leeb and Queriaud themselves. It's a natural progression from “If you knew” with the two tracks stripping away the production to focus on vocals, lyrics and instrumentation.

    A few words about Tom

    Tom is a 30-year-old singer, actor and comedian. He was born in Paris and comes from a musical family, as his father Michel Leeb is a famous comedian and his sister an established singer. Tom has played as a support act for international stars such as Sting and Tom Jones. His music inspirations are male singer-songwriters like Ben Howard, Matt Corby, Bon Iver and John Mayer.

    In September 2019, Tom released his debut album Recollection. The audio clip of Are We Too Late has reached an impressive 25 million YouTube views.

    Tom lived 5 years in New York studying theatre, cinema and singing. He previously performed in a theatrical adaptation of the movie Mrs. Doubtfire and acted in various French TV shows and movies alongside established stars such as Jean Reno. He is part of a comedy duo with fellow comedian Kevin Levy.

    Tom Leeb in Eurovision 

    France 2 selected internally Tom Leeb to defend the French colors at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam . After two year’s of national finals through the format of Destination Eurovision, the broadcaster returned this year to an internal selection.

    Tom was set to perforn on Rotterdam Ahoy's stage his entry "The Best in me" but never had the chance to complete his Eurovision journey as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. The French act will not be returning next year as his heavy schedule ahead made his comeback not feasible for the next edition.