{"id":1342,"date":"2021-04-14T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2021-04-15T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T10:00:53","slug":"tick-tock-time-for-albina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/2021\/04\/14\/tick-tock-time-for-albina\/","title":{"rendered":"Tick-Tock&#8230; It is time for Albina \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>Croatia\u2019s choice for Eurovision Song Contest is the talented 22-year-old Albina, with an amazing voice, and her triumphal &#8216;Tick-Tock&#8217;.\u00a0She is the tenth act of semi-final 1.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1344,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_133054_141-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_133054_141-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_133054_141-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_133054_141-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_133054_141-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_133054_141-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_133054_141-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_133054_141-1232x1232.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_133054_141-1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo Credit: Borna Hr\u017eina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:image-->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<h4>Lets, try to fix the broken pieces&#8230; 10 Facts about Albina!<\/h4>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:heading-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>1. Albina Gr\u010di\u0107, aka Albina, is a Croatian singer born on 6 February, 1999 in Split, Croatia.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>2. In 2015, 16-year-old Albina auditioned for X Factor Adria in Belgrade, Serbia. Albina sang her music inspiration &#8220;Ako izgubim te ja&#8221; by Oliver Dragojevi\u0107 and amazed all four juries getting 4 YES&#8217;es. The artist withdrew from the competition, when the production wanted to create a girl band including Albina, and that was not in her dream.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1347,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_011418_362-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_011418_362-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_011418_362-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_011418_362-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_011418_362-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_011418_362-1.jpg 1073w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo Credit: Mislav \u017dabarovi\u0107<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:image-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>3. After four years, in 2019, Albina appeared as as a contestant on the third season of The Voice Hrvatska, with Vanna as her coach. Unfortunately during the Battle Round, Albina went head to head with Filip Rudan, who sang Blind in Dora 2021, and the coach picked him to continue over her.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_-PT8qmFl_0\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Albina vs. Filip - \u201cLovely\u201d | Dvoboj | The Voice Hrvatska | Sezona 3\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_-PT8qmFl_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:embed-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>Luckily, another coach, Massimo Savi\u0107, picked her, and she continued her Voice journey and reached an overall third place, after Filip Rudan. In the finale, one of her three songs was the Bosnia &amp; Herzegovinian Eurovision entry by Maya Sar \u2013 Korake ti znam.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xUQitAApWXI\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Albina - &quot;Korake ti znam&quot; | Live 3, finale | The Voice Hrvatska | Sezona 3\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xUQitAApWXI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:embed-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>4. Albina, immediately after coming third on The Voice, was signed to a record deal with Universal Music Croatia.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>5. In 2020, Albina released her debut single &#8220;Imuna Na Strah&#8221;, which stayed at the Croatian Top 40 Radio Charts for 18 weeks (peaked #11). She also released an English version of the song titled \u201cNo More Tears\u201d, which was created with the same team as the one behind \u201cTick-Tock\u201c.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H8c_aH-kTXI\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Albina - Imuna Na Strah\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8c_aH-kTXI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:embed-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>6. In our interview with Albina, she revealed one of her secrets. She says since she is a little bit spoiled, thanks to her parents, she is very picky when it comes to food. Thus, going to Rotterdam, she will take some Croatian food with her. <\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>7. Damir Ked\u017eo, who was selected as Croatia\u2019s representative for Eurovision Song Contest last year declined to participate in Dora 2021, stating he didn\u2019t have any good song to represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest with this year, thus 14 artists and songs were selected for Dora 2021.<br>Among the 14 artists were some great names, such as Nina Kralji\u0107 \u2013 who represented Croatia in Eurovision 2016, Bernarda Brunovi\u0107 \u2013 Swiss-Croatian singer and songwriter, Tony Cetinski \u2013 Croatian pop legend, who is also very popular in former Yugoslavic countries. In the end, it was Albina who managed to get the most points from both the juries, as well as the televoters, insuring her the ticket to Rotterdam 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>After Albina&#8217;s victory, one of the participants in particular could not digest Albina&#8217;s victory. In our interview we asked Albina about it and she mentioned that she appreciated this participant as an artist until the attack from that singer:<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1346,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_235708_101-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_235708_101-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_235708_101-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_235708_101-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_235708_101-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_235708_101-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_235708_101-1232x1232.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_235708_101-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210414_235708_101.jpg 1649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo Credit: Mislav \u017dabarovi\u0107<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:image-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>8. Albina&#8217;s Tick-Tock is written by Branimir Mihaljevi\u0107, Max Cinnamon and Tihana Buklija\u0161 Baki\u0107.<br>Albina talked about her first experience with the song:<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:quote--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\u201cWhen my producers howed me the demo of \u2018Tick-Tock\u2019, I was mesmerized but also a little unsure if I was the right choice for this sound. I love dance-pop, but I usually performed ballads and slower-paced songs, so I wasn\u2019t completely confident. I had what it takes to make a song like this come to life. The second I put the headphones on and started recording vocals, I was introduced to a version of me I hadn\u2019t met before\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:quote-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>9. The official video for \u201cTick-Tock\u201c was directed by the prominent Croatian music video director Sandra Mihaljevi\u0107, and it describes the struggles today&#8217;s youth is facing while growing up under pressure to fit into the norms of society. It shows Albina in various surroundings, using different visual metaphors, like teddy bears, to present a storyline of a young woman searching for her true identity while also holding onto the simplicity and pure emotions such as love.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IHS_2GpNwmA\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Albina - Tick-Tock - Croatia \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7 - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2021\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IHS_2GpNwmA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:embed-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>Albina says that <em>&#8216;she gets the best from both worlds&#8217;<\/em> what she creates in the music video.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>10. \u201cTick-Tock\u201d is the type of song that surely will bring people to the dancefloor, with its bass and Albina&#8217;s strong vocals. With a message of confidence and encouragement, as Albina expresses: <em>\u201cWhen I am performing this song, I can be my most confident self and explore who I am as a performer&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1348,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_010130_980-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_010130_980-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_010130_980-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_010130_980-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_010130_980-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_010130_980-1232x1232.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_010130_980-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210415_010130_980.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo Credit: Borna Hr\u017eina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:image-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p>We also managed to do an interview with Albina. You can check out the interview here. And don&#8217;t forget to subscribe and like the video.<\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->\n\n<!-- wp:embed {\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2evltnKyMhg\\u0026t=541s\",\"type\":\"video\",\"providerNameSlug\":\"youtube\",\"responsive\":true,\"className\":\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"}--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Albina interview, Croatian Eurovision artist 2021 | OGAE AZ\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2evltnKyMhg?start=541&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:embed-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph--><div class=\"gridContainer\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- \/wp:paragraph-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Croatia\u2019s choice for Eurovision Song Contest is the talented 22-year-old Albina, with an amazing voice, and her triumphal &#8216;Tick-Tock&#8217;.\u00a0She is the tenth act of semi-final 1. Lets, try to fix the broken pieces&#8230; 10 Facts about Albina! 1. Albina Gr\u010di\u0107, aka Albina, is a Croatian singer born on 6 February, 1999 in Split, Croatia. 2.&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[77,89],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","tag-croatia","tag-eurovision-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1350,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/1350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}