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Wales Online
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Multi platinum songwriter helped write UK Eurovision 2025 entry sung by Remember Monday
Multi platinum songwriter helped write UK Eurovision 2025 entry sung by Remember Monday This week Remember Monday will be performing on behalf of the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, but who wrote their song? The band will be representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, May 17 It's finally Eurovision week, the moment that people across the continent, and even across the globe, have been looking forward to since last year's competition in Malmö, Sweden. This year, the UK if being represented by Remember Monday, the first girl group to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1999. On Saturday, May 17 the trio of best friends who met in sixth form, will be performing their song What the Hell Just Happened? in the grand final of the contest to see who will be Eurovision 2025's victors. So, who wrote the song which could lead the UK to the winning spot?For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter . The song itself was written by the members of Remember Monday, Charlotte Steele, Holly-Anne Hull and Lauren Byrne as the track is said to reflect the group's real-life way of supporting each other in challenging situations. They wrote the song alongside, artist and multi platinum songwriter Julie Aagaard, musician and songwriter Thomas Stengaard and producers, writers and DJs Sam Brennan and Tom Hollings, better known as Billen Ted. Article continues below The duo of DJs Billen Ted, have performed at Ibiza Rocks, Reading and Leeds festival. They have also produced and co-written many gold and platinum records for the likes of Anne-Marie, Aitch, KSI, Tom Grennan, Rudimental,Tiesto, Rita Ora and Melanie C. One of the other writers on the track, Thomas Stengaard has also previously written Eurovision entries for Cyprus in 2021 and 2023. Recently, on The Euro Trip podcast he discussed how the song got its name from their co-writer Julie. He said: "When you're reading comments and like stuff from the Eurovision fans they're like 'Oh, what the hell just happened here?' You know, it's like a thing you would say, and [Julie] was like, 'that would be a good fun title.' "Me and Sam in room, we were like 'f**k yeah, that's good.' "Then we just went to just try to do something like when you, when you pick that title, you can't make it a piano ballad you know, it would be like well, what the hell just happened well you wrote a piano ballad? Okay, yeah true, you know, maybe it's not a fitting title, it should need to be something where you're left like 'what the hell is this?' So that's what sort of spawned the idea of doing the song how we did it." The song has had mixed reviews, but primarily positive in terms of critical response with people praising its energetic fusion of musical styles, lyrics, and strong vocal harmonies. Many people have also noted how there is clear inspiration from acts like Queen, Elton John and Billy Joel whilst also nodding to the campness of Eurovision. Article continues below It is also clear that the band have a massive musical theatre influence on their music through their powerful harmonies. With all members having a a long standing history with theatre performances, including Holly-Anne who has previously performed in Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables, Lauren who has played Miss Honey in Matilda and Charlotte who has played Jane Banks in Mary Poppins. What the Hell Just Happened? was the band's first single to enter the UK Singles Chart, and it debuted at number 95 upon release. It also peaked at number 38 on the UK Independent Singles chart.
Irish Daily Mirror
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Remember Monday open up about unexpected link to iconic Eurovision winner
Remember Monday have spilled the beans on their surprising link to a former Eurovision champion. The country pop trio, consisting of pals Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele, are set to represent the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland. The group, who are the first all-female band to fly the flag for Britain in 26 years, will be belting out their track, What The Hell Just Happened? Their tune recounts the events of a wild night out, with a nod to the pop genre, while also drawing inspiration from 80s pop and rock vibes, reports the Express. In the run-up to their performance at the upcoming grand final next weekend, Remember Monday caught up with Graham Norton during a BBC One special on Friday (May 9). During their chat, the trio shared the story behind their song and revealed their unexpected connection to a past Eurovision victor. "We wrote the song with Billen Ted [Tom Hollings and Sam Brennan], who also produced it, and then Thomas Stengaard and Julie Aagaard, who are kind of Eurovision royalty," Lauren divulged. "They've had a lot of success with their songs. Thomas has won it with Denmark, so we felt in really safe hands with them." Thomas is famed for penning Denmark's 2013 Eurovision winner, Only Teardrops, performed by Emmelie de Forest. On top of that, Billen Ted have lent their talents to big names like Little Mix, Anne Marie and MNEK. Lauren continued: "We went into the writing room for nearly a month, and we were writing sometimes two or three songs a day to try and find the perfect fit." Charlotte added: "We kind of just said, 'What would we feel or say after we've come off stage from doing Eurovision?' That was the original thought process," whilst Lauren pointed out: "That's where the title came from." Elsewhere, Holly mentioned that their "biggest competition" came from Sweden's act. She spoke about Finnish trio KAJ, who will be on the Eurovision stage with their tune, Bara bada bastu, which has already stolen the hearts of Eurovision fans. Holly explained: "They're a band, they are the highest on the odds by miles. They're funny, their song is great, so I think it's probably them." The Eurovision Grand Final will air on Saturday, May 17 at 8pm on BBC One and When Graham Met Remember Monday is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer
The Independent
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Pop trio Remember Monday to represent the UK at Eurovision 2025
The UK's Eurovision entry for the 2025 competition has been unveiled as pop trio Remember Monday, who will perform their original song 'What the Hell Just Happened?'. Originally called Houston, Remember Monday formed while members Holly-Anne Hull, Lauren Byrne and Charlotte Steele were at sixth-form college in Farnham, Surrey, where they would perform cover songs. Specialising in three-part harmonies, they first set out as a country-pop group, citing influences including the Dixie Chicks, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, Linda Rondstadt and Alison Krauss. However, 'What the Hell Just Happened?', which chronicles the aftermath of a messy night out, leans more into the pop sphere, with Eighties pop and rock influences and bombastic production redolent of 2024's breakout star Chappell Roan. It was written by the group with songwriting duo Billen Ted (Tom Hollings and Sam Brennan), Thomas Stengaard and Julie 'Kill J' Aagaard. Billen Ted have previously worked with acts including Little Mix, Anne Marie and MNEK, while Stengaard is known for writing Denmark's 2023 Eurovision winner 'Only Teardrops'. The group said: ''What The Hell Just Happened' is exactly how we're feeling right now! It's all very surreal; our friendship goes so far back, and we definitely never imagined that we'd be doing anything like this. 'When you're a kid and people ask you what you want to be when you grow up, an absolute classic is 'I wanna be a pop star', so the fact that we're getting the chance to live that dream as three best friends is just wild. We're going to be the first girlband to represent the UK since 1999, which feels like such a crazy honour. 'We're going to bring loads of fun, energy and hopefully do something that you won't have seen before on the Eurovision stage….We honestly can't wait to experience this with all of the other incredible artists from around the world, and hopefully make everyone back at home feel proud! This is really the music World Cup and we'll do our best to bring it home!' Remember Monday rose to public attention in 2019, when they competed on The Voice UK, performing Seal's 'Kiss From a Rose' in the blind auditions, prompting all four judges – Jennifer Hudson, Tom Jones, and Olly Murs to turn their chairs. They were ultimately voted off the show after the quarter-finals. That same year, they won Best Group at the British Country Music Awards and saw their debut single, 'Drive', hit No 1 on the iTunes Country Chart. Since then, they have toured regularly around the UK and built a large fanbase on social media, including on TikTok, where they have over half a million followers. In 2023, they chose to quit their jobs in order to focus on the band full-time, marking the moment one year later with a statement to their fans. 'It's officially been a whole year since we all quit our jobs to do the band full-time,' they said. 'We can't thank you all enough for supporting us on the crazy journey we've been on so far! We've always said we would give ourselves a year and see how it goes.' They continued: 'We made a bucket list that we wanted to complete by today and we thought we'd share with you where we're at with it! (We have since added some crazy stuff for 2025). 'It's safe to say we are literally having the best time of our lives and can't imagine doing anything other than the band!' Last year, they shared a cover of themselves singing Eurovision 2023 runner-up Sam Ryder 's entry 'Space Man', tagging him with the caption: 'Hey get us on Eurovision!' They also impressed Brian May with their cover of Queen's hit song, 'Fat Bottomed Girls', with the legendary guitarist sharing it with his Instagram followers. Ahead of Eurovision, the BBC appears to have been laying the groundwork as Scott Mills, who recently took over the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, played their song 'Famous' in November. The presenter said he 'really liked' the band, comparing their harmonising to Nineties duo Wilson Phillips. The band will be hoping to impress at the Eurovision final, for which the UK automatically qualifies as one of the 'Big Five' countries – alongside France, Germany, Italy and Spain – in Basel, Switzerland on Saturday 17 May. Last year saw a disappointing result for singer Olly Alexander and his song, 'Dizzy', which landed in the UK in 18th place out of 25 countries, receiving the dreaded nul points in the public vote and just 46 points from the jury. Alexander had been hoping to replicate the success of Ryder, who became a huge favourite at the 2022 contest with his original song 'Space Man', finishing in second place – the country's best result since 1998 – after Ukraine champions Kalush Orchestra and their song 'Stefania'. However, it was only a marginal improvement on the UK's 2023 result, which saw singer Mae Muller crash out in second-to-last place with just 24 points. Fans are already expressing their excitement about Remember Monday's prospects, after the news that they were representing the UK appeared to leak earlier this week. The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 takes place in Basel, Switzerland, on Saturday 17 May. The semi-finals take place on 13 and 15 May.
