✧･ﾟ𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒.

✧･ﾟ𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍, 𝟐.𝟐

𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭. 𝟐—

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬, 𝐘/𝐍 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

From her place in the boisterous assembly hall, Y/N caught herself snaking her head to the table on her right more often than not; sneaking quick glances at the Swede sitting there doing interviews. While being so completely distracted from her own interviews, Y/N failed to realise how the man in front of her had caught on to it.

He lowered his microphone to muffle his next words, "Oh girl- I'm just as mesmerised, I gotcha."

Her head snapped to the interviewer who grinned wickedly at having caught her in her daydream as a healthy blush coated her cheeks.

She let out a laugh, not realising whose attention she caught with the angelic sound being heard above all the monotone talking, "Sorry! It's just...right- well, to answer your question; it was quite a surprise for me too to hear the news that I would be kept a secret. I mean, in a way, I loved to be able to create the song and the cinematic message and energy around it in peace, but it feels a bit overwhelming now that I'm putting it all out at once. I just have to hope that it resonates with people and that it was what they had in mind."

"I can say for me personally that it definitely does! Was it hard having to keep it a secret from the outside world?"

The microphone was pointed in her face again, "Yes and no... on one hand I was incredibly excited and wanted to shout the news from the rooftops," 

Lorine smiled softly as she saw the woman light up while talking so passionately, her whole aura screaming happiness. She did not need to hear a single word spoken to know that Y/N's answers came from the heart, 

"But on the other hand, it was good to stay in my own bubble for a little while, to get more prepared mentally. Though in hindsight... I don't think that worked out very well, let me tell you that."

The man laughed, "It's dauntingly coming at you a little bit?"

"A little too much," Y/N laughed bashfully, suddenly getting insecure at his empathic and understanding expression. Damn, chin up. She did not want anyone to see her as weak, let alone wanted to get attention because things were already getting a little too much for poor little Y/N, and it hadn't even properly started yet.

He brushed it off, sensing the change in energy, "How has Liverpool been so far?"

"Oh, it's been wonderful! I've still yet to explore everything, though I doubt I'd get a lot of time to do so, but I loved all that I've seen so far."

"So it's definitely been a warm welcome? How's this year's group of contestants? Is everyone getting along? Any tea you can spill?"

She laughed heartily, and once more, Lorine was pulled from her string of thoughts and looked away from her own interview to watch the woman's face light up.

"No tea to spill, sorry, I know you Englishman love your tea. I haven't been able to properly talk to everyone yet, but those who I have met, have been absolutely wonderful!"

"And how has the love been that you received from the public? Your song has reached three million views on YouTube in less than two days already, how does that feel?"