Last January, Poland opened a submission period for Eurovision 2024, and unlike how they do it for Junior Eurovision, this process was internal, resulting in the representative for Malmö being chosen through an internal selection.
In the end, the artist Luna, one of the most persistent rumors before her selection, will be the one waving the Polish flag at Eurovision 2024 with the song “The Tower.”
Who is LUNA?
Luna is a young Polish singer-songwriter who recently debuted in the music industry but is making quite a strong impression. Proof of this is her internal selection as Poland’s representative for Eurovision 2024. She studies at the Faculty of Liberal Arts at the University of Warsaw and is also a yoga instructor.
In November 2021, she released her first EP, “Caught in the Night,” from which the single “Fade” emerged, entering the top playlists in Poland and some international ones. This resulted in her first nomination in the “Discovery of the Year” category at the prestigious Empik Awards.
In April 2022, her first Polish-language album, “Nocne zmory,” was released, receiving excellent reviews and garnering substantial play counts on major digital platforms. This helped her establish a name in the alternative music industry, enabling her to embark on her first national tour.
One of her latest songs on the market is “Subterranean,” released in September 2023, which reached one million streams in less than two months. She is currently working on her second album, which she will be balancing with her role as Poland’s representative at Eurovision 2024.
Eurovision won’t be her first major experience, as she has performed at significant music festivals like the Pol’n’Rock Festival and Open’er. The latter is one of the largest festivals in the country and is held on the northern coast, in the city of Gdynia.
“The Tower” the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
“The Tower” was written in English during one of the artist’s visits to the UK in collaboration with Fyfe and Max Cooke. Luna defines her song as a manifesto of freedom and strength, a path out of darkness to break free from shackles, blockages, limitations, patterns, and negative relationships. “Tear down the tower” and step into the world, feeling our inner strength and not paying attention to the limitations we impose on ourselves. The tower is that place or state we build ourselves that restricts us.
Lyrics of «The Tower»
Looking for a miracle
Waiting for a sun to catch me
Gotta find a way back home
Alone, alone, alone
Hoping for a star to fall
Something I can make a wish on
Could it be that I’m the fool
But aren’t we all, we all, we all
Broken bodies
Scattered through my history
Lonely hours
Leading to my destiny
I’m the one who built the tower
I’m the one who holds the power
So come on
Rise up, shout it louder
I’m the one who built the tower
Shining in a tiger’s eyes
Only I can find my future
Reading in between the lines
I draw my own, my own, my own
Running down the waterfall
Always tried to chase the rainbow
Never found a pot of gold
Below, below, below
Broken bodies
Scattered through my history
Lonely hours
Leading to my destiny
I’m the one who built the tower
I’m the one who holds the power
So come on
Rise up, shout it louder
I’m the one who built the tower
I’m the one who built the
I’m the one who built the
I’m the one who built the tower
I’m the one who built the
I’m the one who built the
I’m the one who built the tower
Broken bodies
Scattered through my history
Lonely hours
Leading to my destiny
I’m the one who built the tower
I’m the one who holds the power
So come on
Rise up, shout it louder
I’m the one who built the tower
I’m the one who built the
I’m the one who built the
I’m the one who built the tower
I’m the one who built the
I’m the one who built the
I’m the one who built the tower
I’m the one who built the tower
I’m the one who holds the power
So come on
Rise up, shout it louder
I’m the one who built the tower
Poland’s participation in Eurovision
The country made its Eurovision debut in 1994 alongside other Eastern European countries. The year of its debut brought the best result for the country in the contest, as they achieved second place with the song “To nie ja!” performed by Edyta Górniak. In 2000 and 2002, Poland couldn’t participate in Eurovision due to poor results in previous years.
From 1994 to 2011, Poland only managed to place among the top ten once, specifically in 2003 with the song “Keine Grenzen-Żadnych granic” by Ich Troje, where they achieved seventh place. In 2012 and 2013, they withdrew from the contest due to budget constraints.
Eurovision is a very popular event in Poland, and the country’s success in EBU contests confirms this. In 2016, they won Eurovision Young Musicians. The following year, in 2017, Poland once again stood out on the European stage by winning Eurovision Young Dancers for the second consecutive time. But that wasn’t enough, as in the following years, Poland continued to impress Eurovision fans with its young musical talents, winning Junior Eurovision in both 2018 and 2019.
In the last two years, they have managed to qualify for the final. In 2022, with Ochman and the song “River,” they achieved twelfth place, and in 2023, with the song “Solo” performed by Blanka, they secured nineteenth place.