Belgium’s Mustii is ready to bring the party to Eurovision 2024. And TV and music bigwigs in Belgium certainly believe he can do that: He was internally selected to represent Belgium in this year’s contest.
His song “Before the Party’s Over” blends different genres to create a powerful pop track. Through his deep lyrics, the out-of-the-box singer intends to touch your soul and open your eyes. Renowned for his artistic pop music — and sharp eye as a judge on Drag Race Belgique — Mustii is ready to make his country proud. Shantay, he stays!
Scroll down to read the “Before the Party’s Over” lyrics
Belgium at Eurovision 2024: Mustii with “Before the Party’s Over”
He’s already a famous name in Belgium and his career continues to reach new heights. Both his albums, 21st Century Boy and It’s Happening Now, peaked inside the top ten of the Belgian Albums Charts. His collection of musical awards is extensive, including six nominations at the D6bels Music Awards 2016, where he won the trophy for Revelation of the Year. Besides music, he’s also received the Magritte Award for Most Promising Actor. The man knows performance — which is one reason he’s been invited back to judge another series of Drag Race Belgique.
Shortly after this selection, Mustii revealed to Belgian media that he wouldn’t compromise with his track. “My idea is to go to the Eurovision Song Contest with my own DNA,” he said. “I don’t want to lie, I want to be sincere and authentic. I don’t want to create a fake character.”
To help him keep it real, he co-wrote the song with Benoit Leclercq and Pierre Dumoulin. You’ll know Dumoulin for his compositions for other Belgian Eurovision entries including Eliot’s “Wake Up” in 2019 and Blanche’s “City Lights” in 2017. Nina Sampermans, another lyricist, also has a history in the competition. She was involved in Iris’s song “Would You” in 2012, as well as in Gjon’s Tears’s entry for Switzerland from 2021, “Tout l’univers.” She also worked on last year’s Estonian entry “Bridges,” from Alika.
What do the “Before the Party’s Over” lyrics mean?
“Before the Party’s Over” builds gradually in intensity. Mustii isn’t here to play with words but to ask straightforward questions. The lyrics are intended to reflect on life and the choices we make. The first lines of the song addresses the false impression of “being fine” when we’re really not.
All we chase is shining in the moonlight
Are we sure the kids are alright
Or just playing it cool?
Watch it fade, it’s gonna hurt from time to time
One more drink and I’ll be fine
You’re the living proof
The things that we chase are often closer than we realize, yet they shine somewhere in the dark. Meanwhile, we find ourselves in a world where we fake happiness through various distractions like alcohol — a way to numb the pain and fill the emptiness. Moreover, just as adults do, Mustii implies that the younger generation are pretending just as hard.
Are you still playing the game
Or breaking the rules?
I can see all the pain
In the way that you move
Face-to-face, they told us it was paradise
But I’ll barely make it through the night
Do you think about it too?
Mustii encourages listeners to break the rules and to have the courage to be themselves, as pain can’t be hidden forever. Rather than struggling to conform to everyone else’s game, he advocates for authenticity. The world is not an ideal paradise, and living a life that doesn’t align with your true self just to fit inside the box won’t bring you happiness. Moments like this require a change of scenery.
Before the party’s over
(I got a soul on fire, I’m gonna make moves tonight)
The last part of the song is the most powerful, perhaps because it features the chorus of fellow artists (such as Gustaph, who represented Belgium last year) and fans who sent videos of themselves following a public call from Mustii. As he feels his soul on fire, he finally finds the power to make moves through the night and live to the max before this whole party’s over.
“Before the Party’s Over” lyrics — Mustii (Belgium Eurovision 2024)
Songwriter Arianna Damato, Charlotte Clark, Mustii, Nina Sampermans
All we chase is shining in the moonlight
Are we sure the kids are alright
Or just playing it cool?
Watch it fade, it’s gonna hurt from time to time
One more drink and I’ll be fine
You’re the living proof
Are you still playing the game
Or breaking the rules?
I can see all the pain
In the way that you move
Face-to-face, they told us it was paradise
But I’ll barely make it through the night
Do you think about it too?
Are you still playing the game
Or breaking the rules?
I can see all the pain
In the way that you move
In the way that you move
I got a soul on fire
I’m gonna make moves tonight
I got a soul on fire
I’m gonna raise roofs tonight
I got a soul on fire
I’m gonna make moves tonight
I got a soul on fire
Before the party’s over
(I got a soul on fire, I’m gonna make moves tonight)
Before the party’s over
(I got a soul on fire, I’m gonna raise roofs tonight)
Before the party’s over
(I got a soul on fire, I’m gonna make moves tonight)
Before the party’s over
(I got a soul on fire, I’m gonna raise roofs tonight)
Before the party’s over
(I got a soul on fire, I’m gonna make moves tonight)
Before the party’s over
(I got a soul on fire, I’m gonna raise roofs tonight)
Before the party’s over
(I got a soul on fire, I’m gonna make moves tonight)
Before the party’s over
(I got a soul on fire, I’m gonna rаise roofѕ tonight)
