Hej Sverige! Sweden has decided its entry for Eurovision 2024. Twins Marcus & Martinus will represent the host country in Malmö with the song “Unforgettable”.
Marcus & Martinus are a Norwegian duo who rose to fame after winning Norway’s Melodi Grand Prix Junior in 2012. Since then they’ve established themselves as household names across Norway and Sweden. They took things even higher in March 2024 by winning Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s national selection for Eurovision and its most-watched television programme.
Infused with dark pop elements, their song “Unforgettable” builds through the verses into an electric dance break with not so subtle dance beats.
The twins sing about someone whose love is venomous and dangerous. However, that love is tantalising and unforgettable, making it impossible to pull away.
Scroll down to read the “Unforgettable” lyrics
Sweden at Eurovision 2024: Marcus & Martinus with “Unforgettable”
Sweden chose its Eurovision 2024 entry through its Melodifestivalen national selection. Last year, Loreen won the national selection before going on to win Eurovision in Liverpool.
Marcus & Martinus also competed at Melfest 2023. Performing the song “Air“, they provided Loreen’s fiercest competition and finished second.
This time around, Marcus & Martinus went one better. They won the fifth and final heat in Karlstad to progress to the final in Stockholm. There, they comfortably won both the international jury vote and the public vote to come out on top.
What do the “Unforgettable” lyrics mean?
“Unforgettable” is a tale of a lover who is described as “dangerous” and “venomous”. In the first verse, she is described a predator, who “comes alive at night, when her prey’s asleep”. We find out that she’ll “chew you up” and “spit you out”, with power that “makes your eyes go blind”.
Despite this, Marcus & Martinus find themselves “in too deep” and intoxicated. As we move into the chorus, Marcus & Martinus say that “she is unforgettable” but reveal that “it feels so good, it hurts”.
Throughout the second verse and the outro, she is referred to as “venomous”. Even though they can detect the toxicity, Marcus & Martinus can’t get enough, repeatedly describing her as “unforgettable”.
Although she isn’t physically present on the stage, the guys manage to channel her overwhelming power. At times the stage goes fuzzy and out of focus — suggesting they’re hypnotised or beyond delirious — and they struggle to move. At times the choreography is jagged (perhaps as they break down under her sheer force) and at other times they’re moving in slow motion, like they’ve lost control of their own bodies. She’s so intoxicating the guys seem to lose themselves on stage.
“Unforgettable” lyrics — Marcus & Martinus (Sweden Eurovision 2024)
Songwriters (music and lyrics): Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Marcus Gunnarsen, Martinus Gunnarsen
Verse 1
She comes alive at night
When her prey’s asleep
Make your eyes go blind
And now you’re in too deep
Bridge
She gon’ chew you up
And leave you empty, hollow
Then she’ll spit you out
Anyway, I follow
She gon’ hurt you bad
But it feels so good
I don’t care
No, I don’t care
Chorus
You better know she’s dangerous
She is unforgettable (unforgettable)
And it feels so good, it hurts
She is unforgettable
Post-Chorus
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
She’s unforgettable
She’s unforgettable
She’s unforgettable
Verse 2
Her love is venomous
It’s getting serious (it’s getting serious)
Bridge
She gon’ chew you up
And leave you empty, hollow
Then she’ll spit you out
Anyway, I follow
She gon’ hurt you bad
But it feels so good
I don’t care
No, I don’t care
Chorus
You better know she’s dangerous
She is unforgettable (unforgettable)
And it feels so good, it hurts
She is unforgettable
Post-Chorus
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
She’s unforgettable
She’s unforgettable
She’s unforgettable
Outro
Oh
Her love is dangerous
And I know it, it’s venomous
‘Cause I feel it inside of me
She’s unforgettable
Her love is dangerous
And I know it, it’s venomous
‘Cause I feel it inside of me
She’s unforgettable
