As he releases a new solo album, the Years & Years singer and actor talks about grieving for the ‘It’s a Sin’ generation – and getting zero points at Eurovision
As he releases a new solo album, the Years & Years singer and actor talks about grieving for the ‘It’s a Sin’ generation – and getting zero points at Eurovisionin a very Olly Alexander way: openly, with lots of smiles and self-deprecating laughs in that charming, buoyant manner of his. Alexander’s performance of “Dizzy” at last year’s contest in Malmö, Sweden, received a mediocre 46 points from the judges and – unfairly, brutally – zero points from the public vote.
He knew to brace for the worst as the final public votes were announced. “My director told me: ‘Buckle up, we’re probably about to get zero.’” They agreed to celebrate regardless, as the camera panned to Alexander’s team with 163 million people watching at home. “And then they went ‘United Kingdom, zero points…’” He does a very funny impression of him waving his little UK flag with a fake smile. It was a cruel moment. “It’s kind of iconic to bomb,” he says.
The change has been liberating, too. In the past, the label would force him into unenjoyable songwriting sessions with writers and producers.was different. He decided early he wanted to make an album about being a gay, British musician, and carrying on that heritage. “The 80s was such a joyful and instinctual era of music. The dance floor was a refuge for gay communities to celebrate through so much pain.
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