Too Late for Love
| Too Late for Love | |
|---|---|
| John Lundvik | |
| publication | February 23, 2019 |
| length | 2:58 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , soul |
| Author (s) | John Lundvik, Anderz Wrethov, Andreas "Stone" Johansson |
Too Late for Love is a song by the Swedish singer John Lundvik . With him he won the Melodifestivalen 2019 and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv , Israel .
Music and lyrics
It's a pop song with soul influences and gospel- like background vocals. Lundvik will be accompanied by four background singers. The song starts with a calm intro and then turns into a faster pop song. In the chorus, the singer asks whether it is "too late for love".
background
Too Late for Love was written by John Lundvik, Anderz Wrethov and Andreas “Stone” Johansson. The song was performed for the first time at Melodifestivalen 2019 and reached the finals there. It was Lundvik's second participation in the Swedish Eurovision selection. He took part with the song in the fourth semi-final of the Melodifestivalen 2019, which took place on February 23, 2019 in the Sparbanken Lidköping Arena. The song was last performed in the semifinals and it qualified directly for the finals. On March 9th, during the finals at Friends Arena in Stockholm , Lundvik played the song in tenth place in the starting order. Too Late for Love won the selection with 96 points from the international jury and 85 points from the public vote and received a total of 181 points.
Publication and reception
Too Late for Love was released on February 23, 2019. It is Lundvik's first single since My Turn and reached first place in the Swedish singles chart Sverigetopplistan in March 2019 .
Song contest
The song was previously counted as a favorite. Laut.de wrote that Lundvik had done its "homework", but criticized the "extremely simple refrain". "That should be enough for the top places, but the song is musically too calculable for the really big coup."
The song was performed on May 16, 2019 in eighth place of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel, and reached number three. Lundvik competed with the song in the final against the British contribution Bigger Than Us , which was also co-written by him and was originally supposed to be performed by him at the Melodifestivalen; however, this came in last place in the final. On the other hand, Too Late for Love , sung in ninth place, reached fifth place out of 26 with 334 points.
Commercial win
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Sweden (GLF)
|
1 (... Where.) | ... |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
20th (1 week) | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEEuG5XML-A
- ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2019/03/09/sweden-john-lundvik-is-off-to-the-eurovision-song-contest-2019/
- ↑ https://www.laut.de/News/ESC-2019-Die-Favoriten-im-Check-10-05-2019-15920/Seite-5
- ↑ EBU issues statement on Eurovision 2019 Grand Final jury result. May 22, 2019, accessed on May 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Sverigetopplistan. Sverigetopplistan , accessed May 26, 2019 .
- ↑ John Lundvik - Too Late for Love. Swiss hit parade , accessed on May 26, 2019 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
|
Dance You Off ( Benjamin Ingrosso ) |
 Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 |
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