Manager Jeangu Macrooy, He fits right in with the Contest theme

by Pieter Perquin, which is better known under his artist name, Perquisite, has spent four and a half years, along with the Jeangu Macrooy, as a music producer and manager. At the moment, they're preparing for the Eurovision song Contest. "Jeangu's song is quite distinct, which is a bit scary".

"Jeangu I saw it for the first time in 2015, at the music academy in Enschede, the netherlands, where he is a freshman, a couple of self-written songs, had to hear," says Perquin, on NU.nl. "I was very impressed with his voice, his performance and his songs. He accompanied himself only with a guitar, but I could hear it in my head and also of the arrangements in this area."

"When I came in two weeks later, still thinking about him, I made the bold shoes attracted to him and he sent a message via Facebook. In no time at all were sitting in Jeangu and I together in the studio. I had to start from the beginning on this feeling of: this is a very, very big talent."

now, However, it was not in Perquin, that Macrooy ever in the Eurovision song Contest would be. "In the beginning, I tried to Jeangu more than the pubs in the surrounding area of Enschede, where he was a lot worse."

"I've got it included for the first time in Amsterdam, and since then, we have the single, "whirring" is done, and the first album is the Bittersweet, was presented recently with his second full-length album, the big room of Paradiso, amsterdam sold out."

"So are we, step by step, built up from bars, to clubs and theatres. The stages are getting bigger, and there's a nice upward line. The Contest is really for the crown office."

On the question of whether Macrooy as an artist in the Netherlands, it is Perquin, very clear. "Yes, absolutely. He should be on the list of individual artists in the Netherlands over the past few years, the song Contest has sent it."

in Addition, it is the motto of this year's Contest, this year to Open it Up, and according to Perquin to fit is also not very good at Macrooy: "Jeangu is an openly gay artist, who grew up in the country. And he has the nerve to open it, because, in paramaribo, Suriname, homosexuality is less accepted than in the uk."

in Perquin, it is also because of the representation pleased that the commission has to Macrooy chosen to do so. "He's a black, a gay man, and his roots are in the Netherlands or abroad. So often you see that combination, not with the artists on major mainstream platforms."

'you can Rely on intuition, and in the actions" < / p> Macrooy and Perquin, in our busy days to prepare for the live show, but they are not endless, and the performances of the previous Contest winners to be analyzed.

"I do believe very much in individuality, so I rely more on intuition then on a quest to find something that "works" Jeangu his song for the song Contest, according to his own experiences and written to. It's a very, very distinct issue, and that's what makes it exciting. There are likely to be strong reactions to them."

The chances of a good finishing position, he estimates high. "Of course, we're going to win", said Perquin. "No, We can't do much better than He is At it, but have been successfully matched, it is quite the motivation!"

See also: Jeangu Macrooy represent the Netherlands at Eurovision