Draft:Older (Eden Golan song)
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| "Older" | ||||
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| Single by Eden Golan | ||||
| Released | September 25, 2024 | |||
| Genre | Pop Ballad | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eden Golan, Victoria ‘Ryann’ Zaro, Sarah Solovay, Ido Zmishlany, Stav Beger. | |||
| Producer(s) | Ido Zmishlany, Stav Beger. | |||
| Eden Golan singles chronology | ||||
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Older (Hebrew: "מבוגר יותר") is a single by Israeli singer Eden Golan. It is the first international single released by Golan after representing Israel at Eurovision 2024 with the song "Hurricane".
Background
[edit]During Eden Golan's participation in Eurovision 2024, the singer experienced several anti-Semitic incidents following the war between Israel and Gaza that began with the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
After the contest, Eden decided to take a break to prepare for the release of new music that would represent her, in an interview she said that the song talks about incidents Eden went through in her childhood, when she was boycotted and bullied by children in Russia because she was Jewish.
Eden decided to write a song about that and also about the feelings coming from the children of Israel, as much as they had to grow up faster than other children around the world following the war, "something no child should experience" Eden said.[1]
The song was written by Golan, Victoria ‘Ryann’ Zaro, Sarah Solovay, Ido Zmishlany, Stav Beger and produced by Stav Beger & Ido Zmishlany.
Music Video
[edit]The official music video for the song was released on September 25, 2024, and received many positive reviews. On its first day, the video gained about 100,000 views on YouTube.[2]
The clip shows a brother and sister dealing with loss, the brother is depressed and his sister tries to cheer him up and make him happy. At the end of the clip, the brother hugs his sister and lets his emotions flow and he cries. Also, There are references to war. The brother and sister are playing with airplane toys and in another part of the clip they see an explosion in the sky caused by a missile.
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