Mae Muller says she’s not losing any sleep over her participation in Eurovision this year…despite her performance failing to set the scoreboard alight with “I Wrote a Song.”
Speaking ahead of the release of her debut album Sorry I’m Late, Mae told the BBC’s Breakfast programme that she “wallowed” for a day before moving on and insisted that despite having to grieve the whole thing, Eurovision opened doors that might not have otherwise been opened.
“I never went on there expecting to win it,” she said. “Honestly. I wanted to go on there because I loved the song and I really believed in the song. I just wanted to connect with people and for people to enjoy the song — and get joy from it. That’s what it did. No matter what the result was.”
One of the hosts compared Mae’s recovery from her result to the act of grieving and Mae broke it down.
“I’m a bit of a brusher-offer,” she said. “I’m like, ‘That happened, I’m not even going to process it.’ I’m like move, move, move. I gave myself a day and I wallowed and I cried because it was disappointing and upsetting. I gave myself a day to feel it and then I moved on.”
Mae was the second UK contestant to be selected by the TaP management team, who were hoping to build upon the success of Sam Ryder in Turin in 2022. While Sam came second, Mae unfortunately came 25th a year later and TaP announced they wouldn’t be choosing any more Eurovision acts on behalf of the BBC.
The song itself was widely praised by Eurofans for its Dua Lipa style pop synths and upbeat production but subsequent live performances proved the song a harder sell.
As for the new album Sorry I’m Late, Mae is playing on the new resilience she found in failing to score highly at the contest. She told the BBC’s Naga Munchetti that she found “strength and vulnerability” on the record and promised she was always going to keep her signature “sass.”
Sorry I’m Late is out on the 29th of September.
