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| Single by Jeangu Macrooy | ||||
| Language | English, Sranan Tongo | |||
| Released | 4 March 2021 | |||
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| Length | 2:53 | |||
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| "Birth of a New Age" on YouTube | ||||
| Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry | ||||
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| Final result | 23rd | |||
| Final points | 11 | |||
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| ◄ "Grow" (2020) | ||||
| "De diepte" (2022) ► | ||||
"Birth of a New Age" is a song by Surinamese singer-songwriter Jeangu Macrooy. The song represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[2] The music video was recorded in the Rijksmuseum.[3] In the song, Macrooy calls for resilience and authenticity.[4][5] The song is mostly written in English and partly in Sranan Tongo, a lingua franca in Suriname.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NPO Radio 2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "🇳🇱 Netherlands: Jeangu's 2021 Entry Titled "Birth of a New Age"". Eurovoix. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ songfestivalweblog. "Nederlandse inzending heet 'Birth of A New Age'" (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Surinamese flavour to this year's Dutch Eurovision Song Festival entry". DutchNews.nl. 5 March 2021.
- ^ Kuyper, Amanda (4 March 2021). "Jeangu Macrooy naar Songfestival met energiek liedje 'Birth of a New Age'" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad.