Anti Social Media

{{Short description|Danish pop rock band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Anti Social Media

| image = 20150512 ESC 2015 Anti Social Media 4837.jpg

| caption = Anti Social Media in 2015
(L-R: David Vang, Philip Thornhill, Emil Vissing, and Nikolaj Tøth)

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| landscape = yes

| origin = Denmark

| genre = Pop rock

| years_active = 2014–2015

| label = RE:A:CH

| website =

| current_members = * Philip Thornhill

  • Nikolaj Tøth
  • David Vang
  • Emil Vissing

| past_members =

}}

Anti Social Media is a Danish pop rock band that represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "The Way You Are".{{cite web|url=http://jyllands-posten.dk/kultur/musik/ECE7430041/Anti-Social-media-vandt-melodi-grand-prix/ |title=Anti Social media vandt melodi grand prix |access-date=7 February 2015 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Denmark: Anti Social Media Has Won|url=http://eurovoix.com/2015/02/07/denmark-anti_social-media-has-won/|last=Granger|first=Anthony|work=Eurovoix|access-date=7 February 2015|date=7 February 2015}} The group consists of Philip Thornhill, Nikolaj Tøth, David Vang and Emil Vissing.

Career

=2015: Eurovision Song Contest=

In 2015, Anti Social Media was announced as one of the ten competing musicians in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2015 with the song "The Way You Are". On 7 February 2015 Anti Social Media performed the song and won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. On 4 May 2015 Anti Social Media released the single "More Than a Friend". On 11 May 2015 they released their debut EP The Way. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 they performed during the first Semi-final on 19 May 2015, they failed to qualify for the final. This was the first time since 2007 that Denmark had failed to qualify to the final.

Members

  • Philip Thornhill (10 June 1995) – vocals
  • Nikolaj Tøth (17 September 1995) – guitar
  • David Vang (22 November 1989) – bass
  • Emil Vissing (26 October 1990) – drums

Discography

=Extended plays=

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scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Details

scope="row"| The Way

|

  • Released: 11 May 2015
  • Label: RE:A:CH
  • Format: Digital download

=Singles=

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{{cite web|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Anti+Social+Media|title=Discography Anti Social Media|publisher=Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ICE

scope="row"| "The Way You Are"

| rowspan="3"| 2015

| 38

| 55

| rowspan="3"| The Way

scope="row"| "More Than a Friend"

| —

| —

scope="row"| "Fire Exit"

| —

| —

colspan="13" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

References

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