The Busker make it to Spotify Viral 50 UK

May 12 2023

Posting to social media, The Busker revealed that their song Dance (Our Own Party), which they used to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, has just made it to Spotify Viral 50 in the UK.

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The song currently stands at 18th place, right beneath ‘Peaches’ by Jack Black and above ‘Because of You’ by Gustaph.

Clips from The Busker’s experience in Liverpool for the contestant showed that the song became massively popular with audiences there.

Performing at the Wiwi Jam, the Busker were accompanied by an audience singing along and performing the little hand dance which is iconic for the song itself.

Taking to social media, The Busker expressed their gratitude at the song’s popularity. Only when they posted, the song was in 21st place, meaning that it moved up 3 places in under 2 hours!

The Busker may not have qualified for the finale of the song contest but they sure have left an impact in Liverpool!

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The Busker alongside Eurovision host Alesha Dixon as she raps about concert

May 12 2023

Eurovision co-host and Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon kicked off her presenting gig at the first Eurovision semifinal with a ’25 Year Rap’, and The Busker were front and centre rapping alongside her.

The video showed Dixon launching into a Eurovision themed rap whilst surrounded by some of the semifinalists.

Making reference to past winners of the contest, she then turns to Malta’s very own David Jr., who had in the mean time been absolutely jamming alongside the host, to sing:

‘I say Liver, you say Pool’, with David going along with her, having the best time of his life along with the rest of his trio backing him up.

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Gmail’s new AI will soon write all your emails

May 12 2023

Google will soon be able to write all your emails for you. Gmail, the messaging service with well over 1.8 billion users worldwide, will be using their latest AI tech to create emails with just one prompt.

The feature is called ‘Help Me Write’, and will incorporate information from previous emails as well as elaborate on details on its own if the ‘writer’ (can we still call them as such anymore?) wishes to do so.

Google boss Sundar Pichai revealed the new development at the annual I/O conference, demonstrating how it could draft a letter to an airline demanding a refund for a cancelled flight.

This of course rivals giants like ChatGPT and Bard, and comes as experts in the field call for more regulation and in some cases even an emergency pause.

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Sweden’s Loreen re-enters global Spotify charts at #103

May 12 2023

Following a goosebump inducing performance during the first Eurovision 2023 semifinal, Sweden’s Loreen and her song ‘Tattoo’ has just made a re-entry onto the global Spotify charts with #103.

‘Tattoo’ is the only Eurovision song on the Global Top 200 Spotify Chart, with the song being streamed over 1.4 million times on the music platform following her performance.

With 55 million streams on the platform alone as of time of the time of writing, Tattoo is also the #91 on the Global Shazam Chart.

Loreen, who has already won the Eurovision with her song Euphoria, is one of the favourites to take the award again this year, having left many absolutely dumbfounded with the return of her voice to the massive stage.

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