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The Documentary Podcast

In the Studio: Luke Black

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.32.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Luke Black is a Serbian singer-songwriter who represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, the world’s largest live music event, with an audience of over 160 million. Performing his song Samo Mi Se Spava, his set and choreography, with its special effect giant robot, were inspired by the video games he loves. Now based in London, he is redeveloping those ideas from video games and hero films to create a new collection of songs. He tells the BBC's Andrea Kidd why he is going darker with these new songs and how the recent student protests in Serbia have inspired him to write an unusually lyrical ballad. He also talks about his experiences at the Eurovision Song Contest and readjusting to life and work afterwards.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the documentary in the studio from the BBC World Service.

0:09.2

I'm Andrea Kidd and I'm with the Serbian singer-songwriter Luke Black.

0:17.3

Luke represented his country in 2023 at the Eurovision Song Contest, the world's largest live music event.

0:26.0

With his song, Samarmisa Spava, Sleep Forever.

0:30.5

I just want to sleep forever.

0:32.8

He's set and choreography on that global stage, with its special effect giant fighting robot,

0:41.8

wowed audiences of over 160 million, and were inspired by the video games he loves.

0:48.2

Hello, Game Over.

0:51.5

Luke has continued to explore this theme since Eurovision.

0:55.1

It informed his debut album, Chainsawls in Paradise,

0:58.5

and now he's returning to it again,

1:00.8

but this time, inverting it, taking on the role of the robot,

1:05.2

and looking at the world through the eyes of the video game villain,

1:09.1

to create a new, darker collection of songs.

1:12.7

He's also given himself the challenge of writing it music first.

1:16.9

I wanted music to be my words and then the lyrics to become just a poetry over it.

1:23.1

It's a very daunting task that I'm doing.

1:26.0

I meet him at his home in North London and he invites me to

1:29.5

his studio space which also doubles as his bedroom. I notice he can jump straight out of bed

1:35.1

and start working on his keyboard. I think it's due to having small confined rooms in London

1:43.1

that your keyboard is right next to your bed. But,

1:47.2

you know, I think it's a really inspirational thing to do to wake up and then immediately see

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