Since their triumph in Turin, the folk-rap group have played Glastonbury and toured the world, raising money and awareness for war-torn Ukraine.
Since we won this year’s Eurovision song contest, our lives have been filled with touring and making new music, spreading Ukrainian culture around the world and raising awareness of the war in our country. Representing your country is always a huge responsibility, but especially so in such a difficult period.
In Kalush Orchestra, we emphasise rap with folklore motifs and Ukrainian authenticity, so it was important for us that we kept the lyrics for our song in Ukrainian. In the entire history of the contest, we had never heard of a rap group winning; we wanted to show that rap combined with Ukrainian folklore is cool.
