Tattoo (Loreen song)
{{Short description|2023 song by Loreen}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Tattoo
| cover = Loreen - Tattoo.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Loreen
| album =
| B-side = Is It Love
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|02|25}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = *Electropop
| length = 3:02
| label = Universal
| writer = *Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt
| producer = *Peter Boström
- Jimmy Jansson
- Thomas G:son
| prev_title = Neon Lights
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title = Is It Love
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{Infobox song contest entry
| embed = yes
| song = {{flagicon|Sweden}} "Tattoo"
| year = 2023
| country = Sweden
| artist = Loreen
| languages = English
| composer = {{hlist|Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt|Jimmy Jansson|Lorine Talhaoui|Moa Carlebecker|Peter Boström|Thomas G:son}}
| lyricist = {{hlist|Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt|Jimmy Jansson|Lorine Talhaoui|Moa Carlebecker|Peter Boström|Thomas G:son}}
| place = 1st
| points = 583
| place_semi = 2nd
| points_semi = 135
| prev = Hold Me Closer
| prev_link = Hold Me Closer (Cornelia Jakobs song)
| next = Unforgettable
| next_link = Unforgettable (Marcus & Martinus song)
}}
{{External music video|header=Official performance video|{{YouTube|XBNfNJZ660o|"Tattoo" (First Semi-Final)}}
{{YouTube|BE2Fj0W4jP4-8|"Tattoo" (Grand Final)}}
{{YouTube|Vul5zgC5Yvg|"Tattoo" (Reprise)}}}}
}}
"Tattoo" is a song by Swedish singer Loreen, released as a single on 25 February 2023, through Universal.{{Cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/02/27/sweden-loreen-smashing-all-streaming-records-with-tattoo/275985/|title=Sweden: Loreen smashing all streaming records with "Tattoo"|first=Simon|last=Falk|date=27 February 2023|accessdate=7 March 2023|website=Wiwibloggs|language=en-US|archive-date=27 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227221921/https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/02/27/sweden-loreen-smashing-all-streaming-records-with-tattoo/275985/|url-status=live}} After winning Melodifestivalen 2023, it {{esccnty|Sweden|t=represented Sweden}} in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, winning the competition with 583 points, making Loreen the first female artist to win the contest twice (and second overall, after Johnny Logan), after previously doing so with "Euphoria" in {{Escyr|2012}}.{{Cite news |date=2023-05-13 |title=Eurovision: Sweden's Loreen wins again, but UK's Mae Muller is second from last |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65585413 |access-date=2023-05-30 |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516033117/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65585413 |url-status=live }}
"Tattoo" debuted at number one on the Swedish singles chart. Following its Eurovision win, it reached number one in nine other countries: Austria, Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-25 |title=Loreen and Smash Into Pieces advance to the final of Melodifestivalen 2023 from heat 4 |url=https://escxtra.com/2023/02/25/melfest-results-heat-four/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=ESCXTRA.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309131732/https://escxtra.com/2023/02/25/melfest-results-heat-four/ |url-status=live }} It additionally reached the top ten in 17 other countries including Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, later becoming the first Eurovision entry in over 27 years to spend two weeks inside the top five of the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite web |title=Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding's Miracle settles in for seventh week at Number 1 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/calvin-harris-ellie-goulding-s-miracle-settles-in-for-seventh-week-at-number-1__39380/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=www.officialcharts.com |language=en |archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527023037/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/calvin-harris-ellie-goulding-s-miracle-settles-in-for-seventh-week-at-number-1__39380/ |url-status=live }}
"Tattoo" garnered 4,275,290 streams on Spotify the day after the Eurovision final and thus broke the record for the most streams ever achieved in a single day by a Eurovision song. The number of plays also set another record for Loreen: the highest number of streams ever achieved in a single day by a Swedish female artist.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-22 |title=Eurovision 2023 hits the Cha Cha Charts |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2023-hits-charts |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=eurovision.tv |language=en |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529192717/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2023-hits-charts |url-status=live}}
In 2023, Brazilian singers Manu Bahtidão and Simone Mendes recorded a Portuguese version of the song, "Daqui Pra Sempre".{{Cite web |last=Pétala |first=Isabela |date=2024-01-02 |title='Daqui Pra Sempre', de Manu Bahtidão e Simone Mendes, é versão de qual música |url=https://billboard.com.br/daqui-pra-sempre-de-manu-bahtidao-e-simone-mendes-e-versao-de-qual-musica/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Billboard Brasil |language=pt-BR}}
Background
= Melodifestivalen 2023 =
{{Main|Melodifestivalen 2023}}
In November 2022, Swedish newspaper {{Lang|sv|Aftonbladet}} reported a rumored return for Loreen in Melodifestivalen, the music competition that Sveriges Television (SVT) uses to select its song and representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Oliver |date=2022-11-17 |title=Loreen rumoured for Melodifestivalen 2023 comeback |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/11/17/eurovision-winner-loreen-rumoured-for-melodifestivalen-2023/273890/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Wiwibloggs |language=en-US |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103194243/https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/11/17/eurovision-winner-loreen-rumoured-for-melodifestivalen-2023/273890/ |url-status=live }} After previously competing in Melodifestivalen three times, Loreen decided to enter a fourth time with "Tattoo". According to Loreen, she initially did not want to enter, but after a "feeling of positivity" and a sense of purpose, she decided to enter the song.{{Cite news |last=Dunworth |first=Liberty |date=2023-05-13 |title=Eurovision 2023: Sweden's Loreen on her return: "I'm much more present now" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sweden-eurovision-loreen-tattoo-lyrics-meaning-interview-3442774 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516062221/https://www.nme.com/news/music/sweden-eurovision-loreen-tattoo-lyrics-meaning-interview-3442774 |url-status=live }}
Melodifestivalen 2023 was the 63rd edition of Melodifestivalen, the music competition to select their entrant for the {{escyr|2023||67th edition}} of the Eurovision Song Contest. Twenty-eight songs competed, with the songs being split into four heats of seven songs. The top two in each heat immediately moved on to the contest's final, while the third and fourth place songs in the heats moved onto a semi-final round. In the semi-final round, the top four songs earned a spot in the final. In the final, a 50/50 system of juries and televoting was used to determine the winner in a final with 12 songs.{{Cite web |last=Ek |first=Torbjörn |date=23 November 2022 |title=Aftonbladet avslöjar: Melodifestivalen görs om – igen |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/kE0loa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123100304/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/kE0loa |archive-date=2022-11-23 |access-date=2022-11-23 |language=sv |newspaper=Aftonbladet}}
Before the contest, "Tattoo" was reported as a heavy favorite to win its heat.{{Cite web |last=Falk |first=Simon |date=2023-02-24 |title=Poll results: Loreen is the heavy favourite to win heat 4 in Melodifestivalen |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/02/24/poll-results-loreen-is-the-heavy-favourite-to-win-heat-4-in-melodifestivalen/275896/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Wiwibloggs |language=en-US |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103194243/https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/02/24/poll-results-loreen-is-the-heavy-favourite-to-win-heat-4-in-melodifestivalen/275896/ |url-status=live }} "Tattoo" was placed into the fourth heat, and would win the heat, earning an automatic spot in the final.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Oliver |date=2023-02-25 |title=Loreen wins Melodifestivalen 2023 heat 4 in Sweden |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/02/25/sweden-melodifestivalen-2023-heat-4-results-and-qualifiers/275736/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Wiwibloggs |language=en-US |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103194244/https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/02/25/sweden-melodifestivalen-2023-heat-4-results-and-qualifiers/275736/ |url-status=live }} During her heat performance, a stage invasion occurred, in which a person carried a banner with the message "{{lang|sv|Återställ våtmarker|i=no}}" ({{Translation|"Restore wetlands"}}), which, according to {{Ill|Återställ Våtmarker|sv}}, the group that orchestrated the invasion, was a call to repair Sweden's wetlands.{{Cite web |last=van Lith |first=Nick |date=2023-02-25 |title=WATCH: Loreen reacts to stage invasion |url=https://escxtra.com/2023/02/26/watch-loreen-reacts-to-stage-invasion/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=ESCXtra |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530171831/https://escxtra.com/2023/02/26/watch-loreen-reacts-to-stage-invasion/ |url-status=live }}
Ahead of the final, "Tattoo" was reported as the top favorite to win the competition, winning fan polls on numerous Eurovision fan site polls and press polls.{{Cite web |last=Falk |first=Simon |date=2023-03-10 |title=Poll results: Loreen is our readers' favourite to win Melodifestivalen 2023 |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/03/10/poll-results-loreen-is-our-readers-favourite-in-melodifestivalen-2023/276289/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Wiwibloggs |language=en-US |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103194244/https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/03/10/poll-results-loreen-is-our-readers-favourite-in-melodifestivalen-2023/276289/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=2023-03-10 |title=🇸🇪 Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2023 Final Exit Poll |url=https://eurovoix.com/2023/03/10/%F0%9F%87%B8%F0%9F%87%AA-sweden-melodifestivalen-2023-final-exit-poll/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516062221/https://eurovoix.com/2023/03/10/%F0%9F%87%B8%F0%9F%87%AA-sweden-melodifestivalen-2023-final-exit-poll/ |url-status=live }} Along with this, she had also broken numerous Swedish streaming records on Spotify. In the Melodifestivalen 2023 final, "Tattoo" won both the jury and televote, earning 92 and 85 points respectively, for a total of 177 points.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Oliver |date=2023-03-11 |title=Loreen will sing "Tattoo" for Sweden at Eurovision 2023 |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/03/11/sweden-eurovision-2023-loreen-tattoo-wins-melodifestivalen/276207/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Wiwibloggs |language=en-US |archive-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311210932/https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/03/11/sweden-eurovision-2023-loreen-tattoo-wins-melodifestivalen/276207/ |url-status=live }}
Composition
"Tattoo" was composed and written by Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt, Jimmy Jansson, Lorine Talhaoui, Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström, and Thomas G:son. In interviews with NME, Loreen stated that the song was "a love song... there is no day without night, and there is no love without the opposite either... We tend to think that the grass is greener on the other side but if you want to experience this deep, authentic love, you have to be aware that the struggle needs to be there too. We can’t run off the moment we feel a little bit of pain." Musically, it has been described as a "bombastic electro-pop ballad",{{Cite magazine |last=Smirke |first=Richard |date=2023-05-13 |title=Eurovision 2023: Sweden's Loreen Becomes First Female to Win Competition Twice |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/eurovision-2023-winner-sweden-loreen-1235329282/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009221127/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/eurovision-2023-winner-sweden-loreen-1235329282/ |url-status=live }} and by Eurovision itself it was marketed as Europop.{{cite web | url=https://www.eurovision.de/news/Loreen-holt-in-Liverpool-ihren-zweiten-ESC-Sieg,schweden1722.html | title=Loreen holt in Liverpool ihren zweiten ESC-Sieg | date=January 30, 2024 }}
Eurovision
{{Main|Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023}}
On 9 May 2023, the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on behalf of the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC). Loreen performed "Tattoo" eleventh on the evening and qualified for the grand final.{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - first semi-final|episode-link=Eurovision Song Contest 2023|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=UA:PBC / BBC / EBU|date=9 May 2023}}
On 13 May 2023, the Eurovision Song Contest grand final was hosted in the same venue. Loreen performed "Tattoo" ninth on the evening.{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - grand final|episode-link=Eurovision Song Contest 2023|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=UA:PBC / BBC / EBU|date=13 May 2023}} At the end of the voting, it placed first winning the contest with 583 points.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/liverpool-2023/grand-final/results/sweden|title=Results of the Grand Final of Liverpool 2023 for Sweden|date=13 May 2023|website=Eurovision Song Contest}}
=Aftermath=
As the winning broadcaster, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) gave SVT the responsibility to host the {{escyr|2024||following edition}} of the Eurovision Song Contest. SVT hosted the 68th edition at the Malmö Arena in Malmö. On 9 May 2024, the second semi-final was opened by a pre-recorded segment in which presenters Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman performed "Tattoo" with minor lyrical changes.{{cite web |last=Farren |first=Neil |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/05/08/live-from-malmo-eurovision-2024-semi-final-two-first-dress-rehearsal/ |title=Live From Malmö: Eurovision 2024 Semi-Final Two First Dress Rehearsal |website=Eurovoix |date=8 May 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510231038/https://eurovoix.com/2024/05/08/live-from-malmo-eurovision-2024-semi-final-two-first-dress-rehearsal/ |url-status=live }} On 11 May 2024, Loreen performed "Tattoo" and her new single "Forever" at the interval act of the grand final.{{cite web |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/loreen-perform-grand-final |title=Reigning Eurovision winner Loreen to perform at the Grand Final |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest |date=6 May 2024 |access-date=6 May 2024 |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512065152/https://eurovision.tv/story/loreen-perform-grand-final |url-status=live }}
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.{{Cite web |title=Credits / Tattoo / Loreen |date=25 February 2023 |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/278967887/credits |url-access=limited |access-date=23 October 2023 |publisher=Tidal |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024104559/https://listen.tidal.com/album/278967887/credits |url-status=live }}
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- Jimmy Jansson – producer, songwriting
- Peter Boström – producer, songwriting, mix engineer, string arranger, studio personnel
- Thomas G:son – producer, songwriting
- Jimmy Thörnfeldt – songwriting
- Loreen Talhaoui – songwriting, vocals
- Moa "Cazzi Opeia" Carlebecker – songwriting, background vocals
- David Bukokvinszky – cello
- Erik Uusijärvi – cello
- Kristina Winiarski – cello
- Pelle Hansen – cello
- Åsa Strid – cello
- Bård Ericson – double bass
- Sigrid Granit – double bass
- Lars Norgren – mastering engineer, studio personnel
- Erik Arvinder – orchestra leader
- Mattias Bylund – string arranger, synth pads
- Christopher Öhman – viola
- Erik Holm – viola
- Kim Hellgren – viola
- Mikael Sjögren – viola
- Vidar Andersson Meilink – viola
- Aleksander Sätterström – violin
- Anna Stefansson – violin
- Brusk Zanganeh – violin
- Carl Vallin – violin
- Conny Lindgren – violin
- Daniela Bonfiglioli – violin
- Jannika Gustafsson – violin
- Lola Torrente – violin
- Martin Stensson – violin
- Mattias Johansson – violin
- Paul Waltman – violin
- Sarah Cross – violin
- Simona Bonfiglioli – violin
- Tove Lund – violin
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Charts
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Tattoo"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=Loreen|title=Tattoo|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|access-date=11 January 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Loreen|title=Tattoo|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|title=Tattoo|artist=Loreen|award=Platinum|certyear=2024|id=13971|access-date=19 June 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Loreen|title=Tattoo|award=Diamond|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2023|access-date=25 December 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Loreen|title=Tattoo|award=Gold|number=1|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|access-date=21 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Tattoo|artist=Loreen|type=single|award=Platinum|access-date=17 June 2024|relyear=2023|certyear=2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Loreen|title=Tattoo|award=Diamond|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|access-date=9 October 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|type=single|artist=Loreen|title=Tattoo|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|id=file_2024-02-27-09-54-51.pdf|access-date=5 March 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Loreen|title=Tattoo|award=Platinum|type=single|certyear=2024|relyear=2023|id=loreen-tattoo|access-date=11 January 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|title=Tattoo|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2023|relmonth=2|certyear=2023|access-date=6 July 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Loreen|title=Tattoo|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|id=6476-3567-1|access-date=9 August 2024}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2024|id=20240413103518|access-date=14 April 2024}}
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|2996348|Tattoo|type=single}}
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