"'Moje Proljeće" (English: My Spring) is a song by Croatian pop singer Jelena Rozga. It was written by Serbian-Turkish singer-songwriter Emina Jahović and produced by Darko Dimitrov. It was released as a single through Croatia Records on 29 January 2019 along with an accompanying music video directed by Dario Radusin. The song was well received by music critics who praised Rozga for the switch in musical style and the balladry. Commercially, the song achieved success in Croatia and the wider Yugoslav region, peaking at number three on the HR Top 40.
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| Single by Jelena Rozga | ||||
| Released | 29 January 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
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| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Croatia Records | |||
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| "Moje Proljeće" on YouTube | ||||
An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Dario Radusin and released on 29 January 2019. It showed the singer's emotional rendition of the lyrics, in some scenes also seen crying. She is dressed in white and appears running and wandering in a snowy forest. The clip is watched 16 million times as of May 2022.[1] The song was included on the set list of the singer's live performances and gigs given throughout the Balkan region. In 2022 and 2023, it was added to the set list of the regional Minut Srca Mog Tour.
Background
editThe song marks the second collaboration with Bosnian singer-songwriter Emina Jahović, whom Rozga had collaborated with earlier in 2019 on a song titled "Ostani".[2] The song was originally sent to Montenegrin singer Sergej Ćetković and intended as a duet; although he stored it for approximately six years, he could not record it as it did not resonate with him. During a period of Rozga's life, Ćetković felt that the song described her experience very well and sent her to him.[3] Despite wide media speculation that the song was dedicated to Rozga's then-boyfriend and fiancée, Rozga revealed during an interview that it was dedicated to another man. Additionally, she also said that "Every woman has a lover who she never manages to get through[...] The song describes the experience of an unfortunate love". She added that while maintaining her private life away from the eyes of the public, with the song, she only wanted to convey that she was also a "wounded woman".[4]
Music video
editA music video for the song, directed by Dario Radusin was released on 29 January 2019. It portrays an emotional Rozga singing the song, in some scenes also seen crying, and later wandering in a snowy forest. Other scenes are also interspersed, where she is seen singing the lyrics while dressed in white and lying in an area filled with smoke. The music video became trending in six ex-Yugoslav countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia) and amassed 2 million views on YouTube in a week. Briefly after its release, it received widespread praise from her fanbase.[5] Rozga responded to the widespread praise of the clip by saying "I have no words to express what I feel, this is very emotional for me. I sang the song from my heart and the tears that fell like a knife, divided me into two parts. One part of me sang out of pain and pure emotion while another is broken from love. That is how this song acted on me, on people from all ages and gender. I am grateful to evevryone who loves "Moje proljeće" and experiences it in a way that I never could even dream they could share with me".[5] On 13 December 2020, the singer released a one-take of the video on her official YouTube channel with the intention of sharing the emotions the song elicited in her.[6]
Live performances
editRozga performed the song on 29 January at the 2019 Music Awards Ceremony (MAC) show in Belgrade.[7] On 6 March 2019, she performed an acoustic version of the song on narodni radio accompanied by her band.[8] She later appeared on the radio again for a longer concert on 5 February 2020, where she again performed the song live.[9]
On 19 April 2020, during the second in a series of seven concerts she held at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rozga performed an acoustic rendition of "Moje Proljeće" accompanied by musician Milan Terze on guitar. The video was initially streamed on Instagram Live and later on YouTube.[10] The song was included on the set list of the singer's regional Minut Srca Mog Tour (2022-23), where it was performed in the middle of the concert.[11]
As part of her televised appearance on the 11th episode of the Balkanskom ulicom show on 30 October 2020, Emina Jahović covered the song live.[12]
Charts
editBriefly after its release, for the week ending 11 February 2019, the song peaked at number three on the Croatian HR Top 40 singles chart.[13]
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Croatia (HR Top 40)[13] | 3 |
References
edit- ^ JELENA ROZGA - MOJE PROLJECE (OFFICIAL VIDEO 2019) HD. YouTube. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Jelena Rozga užarila internet" [Jelena Rozga set the internet on fire]. Croatia Records (in Croatian). 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Vikendom Kod Nas Doma - Jelena Rozga & Sergej Ćetković (in Serbian). YouTube. 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "JELENA ROZGA / EXKLUZIV - Kome je zaista posvećena pesma Moje Proljeće?". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ a b "Spot za Pjesmu "Moje ProljeĆe" Jelene Rozge Prvi u Trendingu na YouTube-u" [The Video for the Song "Moje ProljeĆe" by Jelena Rozga is First in Trending on YouTube] (in Croatian). Croatia Records. 5 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Jelena Rozga - Moje proljece (One take) (in Croatian). Jelena Rozga official channel. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ Belošević, Nikolina (29 January 2019). "Jelena Rozga sa suzama u očima otkriva vlastite osjećaje" [Jelena Rozga reveals her own feelings with teary eyes] (in Croatian). T-portal. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Jelena Rozga - Moje proljeće [narodni LIVE]. bravo!. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ Jelena Rozga - Moje proljeće [LIVE] - Dan Najbolje Domaće Glazbe 2020. bravo!. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ Jelena Rozga - Live IG mini koncert - 19/04/2020 (in Croatian). Jelena Rozga official channel. 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ D., M. (18 December 2022). "Jelena Rozga napravila je spektakl u zagrebačkoj Areni: 'Moj san je sinoć postao java'" [Jelena Rozga Gave a Spectacle at the Zagreb Arena: 'My Dream Became True Yesterday'] (in Croatian). T-portal. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Balkanskom ulicom gost Emina Jahović - 11. epizoda (in Serbian). Nova S. YouTube. 30 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ a b "HR TOP 40 Week 8 2019" (in Croatian). top-lista. 24 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.