Lighter (Kyle Alessandro song)
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| Single by Kyle Alessandro | ||||
| Released | 24 January 2025 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | Warner Music | |||
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| "Lighter" on YouTube | ||||
| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 entry | ||||
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| Language | English | |||
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| ◄ "Ulveham" (2024) | ||||
"Lighter" is a song by Norwegian singer and songwriter Kyle Alessandro. It was written and produced by Alessandro himself alongside Adam Woods. The song was released on 24 January 2025 and will represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. It reached number eleven on the Norwegian Singles Chart.
Background and composition
Lighter was written and produced by Kyle Alessandro and Adam Woods. Alessandro states that the song was inspired by his mother, who told him after her cancer diagnosis that he should never lose his light. The song is about fighting back after a setback and finding hope even in difficult times. In the chorus he repeats the statement that he is his own lighter.[1][2] Eva Frantz of Yle described the song as mixing elements of medieval, Baroque, Norwegian folk and modern pop music.[3]
An acoustic version of "Lighter" was released on 28 March 2025.[4] Alessandro recorded a symphonic version of the song with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra at the Store Studio, which is set for release on 18 April 2025 through NRK TV.[5]
Reception
Critic Tor Martin Bøe awarded the live performance three out of six points in the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang. He described the song as "Game of Thrones pop" and criticized the fact that the drop did not quite manage to be memorable.[6] He previously awarded the song itself two out of six possible points. Bøe criticized, among other things, the metaphor contained in the chorus that one is now fireproof because one is now one's own lighter. At Dagbladet, Alessandro received five out of six possible points for his performance at the Melodi Grand Prix. The reviewer Ralf Lofstad described the chorus as catchy.[7]
Eurovision Song Contest
Melodi Grand Prix 2025
Melodi Grand Prix 2025 was the 63rd edition of Melodi Grand Prix (MGP), the format used by NRK to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition took place on 15 February 2025 at the Oslo Spektrum in Oslo.[8]
On 16 January 2025, Alessandro was announced as one of the contestants of the Melodi Grand Prix 2025 with the song "Lighter".[9] The song won the competition, earning the right to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland in May.[10][11]
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and will consist of two semi-finals to be held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025.[12] During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Norway was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, performing in the second half of the show.[13]
Track listing
Digital download/streaming[14]
- "Lighter" – 2:55
Digital download/streaming – Acoustic version[15]
- "Lighter (Acoustic Version)" – 2:55
Charts
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| Norway (VG-lista)[16] | 11 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Version | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | 23 January 2025 | Original | Warner | ||
| 28 March 2025 | Acoustic |
References
- ^ Stein Østbø (2025-02-14). "MGP-Kyle: Synger for sin kreftfrie mamma". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Jon Marius Hyttebakk (2025-01-16). "MGP 2025: Disse artistene skal være med". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Frantz, Eva (5 April 2025). "Ranking: Här är alla 37 bidrag i årets Eurovision Song Contest" (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Lighter (Acoustic Version) - Single – Album by Kyle Alessandro". Apple Music. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Sand, Camilla (8 April 2025). "NRK-scenen: Kyle Alessandro med KORK" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ Stein Østbø; Nora Viskjer; Bastian Lunde Hivtmyhr (2025-02-15). "MGP-finalen: Kyle Alessandro vant". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Ralf Lofstad (2025-02-15). "Vi anmeldte MGP låt for låt". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Pettersen, Mandy (2024-11-20). "Melodi Grand Prix 2025: Tilbake til Oslo Spektrum". ESC Norge (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ Camilla Sand (2025-01-16). "Melodi Grand Prix 2025: Artistene som skal delta". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ^ "Kyle Alessandro will be singing for Norway in Basel". eurovision.tv. 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
- ^ Svelstad, Oda Elise; Eliassen, Heather Ørbeck (15 February 2025). "Kyle Alessandro er vinneren av Melodi Grand Prix 2025" [Kyle Alessandro is the winner of Melodi Grand Prix 2025] (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "Basel will host Eurovision Song Contest 2025". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ "Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final Draw Results". Eurovision.tv (Press release). European Broadcasting Union. 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ a b "Lighter – Single by Kyle Alessandro". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Lighter (Acoustic Version) – Single by Kyle Alessandro". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Singel 2025 uke 8". VG-lista. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
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