Be sure to mark Friday 1 March in your diaries. This is the date that Olly Alexander is set to release his Eurovision 2024 song into the world, which the UK star has also confirmed will be called “DIZZY”.
Olly made the announcement via his social media channels. Alongside a picture of him upside down whilst riding a swing, the Years & Years frontman stated: “i actually can’t wait to perform this on the eurovision stage….omg”
The song is already available to pre-save on streaming services.
“DIZZY” snippet
To bide us over until 1 March, Olly has shared a 20-second snippet of “DIZZY”.
Appearing on top of a building at night, Olly sings what is likely to be part of the chorus:
Time was frozen
All memories lost
So won’t you make me dizzy from your kisses
Will you take my hand and spin me
Round and round until the moment never ends
Spikes in dizziness over the coming weeks
The release date reveal comes after Olly shared a weather-themed teaser video on Tuesday. Introduced by BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood, Olly goes on to warn us of a “rare phenomena of dizzy spells running towards our dear island.”
With these dizzy spells “coming all the way from Sweden,” it seems clear that the video features teasers about his Eurovision song and performance. This peculiar weather phenomenon is set to be with us for a while, because Olly notes “there isn’t an end to these dizzy spells for the foreseeable just yet.”
The British singer goes on to display four temperatures on the UK map behind him — 1, 7, 11, 29. He states these numbers “should act as a pre-warning of further spikes to come across the impending weeks.”
Naturally, there has been much speculation over what the numbers could mean. Many have been quick to suggest they indicate dates of events over the coming months.
With “DIZZY” now having a confirmed release date of 1 March, the date theory has a lot of merit to it — and allows us to tick “1” off the list. But what about the others?
- 7: Some have speculated this could be 7 May, the semi-final in which the UK will vote in and when Olly will present a clip of his rehearsal performance. Others have instead suggested 7 April, which so happens to be the date of the London Eurovision Party — it is custom for the UK act to headline the event, and this could perhaps be where Olly plans on giving his first live performance of “DIZZY”.
- 11: This is the one most people seem in agreement on. The Eurovision grand final will be held on 11 May. Since the UK is an automatic qualifier, we definitely know Olly will be appearing in Saturday’s show.
- 29: With “DIZZY” set for release on streaming services on 1 March, Olly could be planning an event the day before, 29 February, to officially launch his Eurovision campaign and potentially reveal the music video of the song. Or could there be something else in the works for either 29 March or 29 April?
There are a number of other phrases Olly uses in the video that may well be references to his Eurovision adventure. Perhaps song lyrics, or clues about his live performance.
- “Stillness in the air”
- “But don’t get too comfortable just yet”
- “No telling if they’ll continue to go round and round or just eventually go back to the beginning”
- “I would like to stress that everyone please look after your beautiful gardens, pull each other close and brace for impact”
Dizzigon
That’s not the only teaser Olly Alexander has recently dropped about “DIZZY”. In his Instagram story, he shared a video about Dizzigon — a medicine to prevent dizziness from “kissing and romantic spinning.”
It came with a list of side effects, which may also give us some hints about the lyrics of “DIZZY”:
- Stillness
- Lost memories
- Frozen time
- No end
- No start
- No stopping
- Hand holding
- Kisses
Other warnings that come with the medicine include:
- Anti-dizziness is not guaranteed
- Individual results may vary
- Don’t take if allergic to slayage
- 24 day warranty or your points back
Caught in the act
“DIZZY” may be under lock and key until 1 March, but Olly has made one little slip up.
TikTok star BECK shared a video to her 1.4 million followers that shows the soon-to-be Eurovision star singing in a stairwell. BECK claims that Olly was singing a snippet of his Eurovision song “DIZZY”.
Olly does appear to be wearing the same outfit that we see in the weather and Dizzigon teasers, suggesting it was filmed on the same day.
@becklcooke Lol xxx 👀🌀 #eurovision ♬ original sound – BECK
Are you excited for Olly Alexander to finally release “DIZZY”? What do you think the numbers in the teaser video mean? Let us know in the comments below.
