Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

While in Finland last week Loreen performed both Euphoria and My heart is refusing me in a live charity gala Elämä lapselle in Hartwall Arena. Besides that she also spoke about her new album saying we should "expect the unexpected" "People will be surprised, especially those who think it will be filled with cheap copies of Euphoria. It'll be dark, different" She also found a connection between herself, ABBA and Lordi: "It's all about being real. People sense the artificial. No one forced Lordi to wear those masks, that's just how they are. Same goes for me. I didn't have money to train my voice or use studio gimmicks so I have to learn using my voice myself. You can hear the Moroccan heritage in it, in the way I use my voice, in its color." She also says she has learned a lot of music business the past few months: "In Sweden we live in a bubble and it's all different elsewhere. My life's been very hectic since Eurovisi...

Eurovision 2012 winner Loreen's debut album Healed will be released on October 24, 2012 and you can already pre-order it from CDON and you will get a signed copy of it. it is supposed that all her three previous singles My heart is refusing me , Sober and of course Euphoria will be on it. The new single and follow up to the winning song will be released within weeks...  meanwhile the single's success in charts here and there continues, like in Spain and Finland where it's still in the top-10 after 24 weeks! She will be also back to Finland on September 12 to perform in Elämä lapselle charity concert and probably will perform her new song.

Loreen's Euphoria single has gone platinum in Finland and she will be performing not only in Turku later this month (August 19) but also in September in Helsinki. The annual charity concert Elämä lapselle in Hartwall Areena, the Eurovision 2007 venue, on September 12, 2012 will feature besides Loreen a line up of local stars (Cheek, PMMP, Robin, The 69 Eyes, Anna Puu, Diandra, Elonkerjuu, Sturm und Drang, Jippu, Tuuli, JVG...). And the good news to her fans is she will perform also her new single, due to be released in October! Loreen's Euphoria is still in the official Finnish single's chart in top-10 after 21 weeks!

The biggest names in the Finnish music business from Chisu to Lauri Tähkä, from Lauri to Anna Abreu , from Haloo Helsinki to Sunrise Avenue , from Kim Herold to Paradise Oskar with LeKid from Sweden are playing tonight live in Hartwall Areena to raise money for the children hospitals. This annual event is more alive than ever and besides beforementioned artists names like Arttu Wiskari, Fintelligens , Idols winner Martti Saarinen , Pasa and Ronya will be performing. The concert is also live on TV from 8pm local time on MTV3.