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Roxen (singer)

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Roxen
Birth nameLarisa Roxana Giurgiu
Born (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 21)
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
GenresDeep house
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2019–present
LabelsGlobal

Larisa Roxana Giurgiu (Romanian pronunciation: [laˈrisa rokˈsana ˈdʒjurdʒju]; born 5 January 2000), known professionally as Roxen (pronounced [rokˈsen]), is a Romanian singer signed to Global Records. Roxen rose to prominence upon being featured on Romanian producer Sickotoy's "You Don't Love Me" (2019), which reached number three in Romania and received radio airplay in several other countries. The singer's following singles, "Ce-ți cântă dragostea" and "Spune-mi", eventually peaked atop the national chart. Roxen was scheduled to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Alcohol You" before the event's coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related cancellation. The singer was instead internally selected as the country's representative for the 2021 contest with the song "Amnesia", but failed to progress from the first semi-final, finishing in 12th place.

Life and career[]

2000–2019: Early life and career beginnings[]

Born Larisa Roxana Giurgiu on 5 January 2000 in Cluj-Napoca, Roxen discovered a passion for music at the age of seven and took singing and piano lessons.[1][2][3] Signed by Global Records,[4] the singer was featured on Romanian producer Sickotoy's "You Don't Love Me" in August 2019.[5] The song attained commercial success in Romania, reaching number three on the country's Airplay 100 chart,[6] and being playlisted by radio stations in several territories including France, the United States, Russia and Spain.[1] Roxen's debut solo single "Ce-ți cântă dragostea" released later that year in November peaked at number one in Romania.[6] Music critics have since regarded Roxen's primary genre as being deep house,[1] and compared the singer's music style and appearance to that of Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish.[7] In a București FM interview, Roxen cited Beyoncé as a major inspiration.[8]

2020–present: Eurovision and continued success[]

In early February 2020, it was reported that Roxen was one of three artists shortlisted to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020; broadcaster Romanian Television (TVR) had collaborated with Global Records for the selection.[9][10] On 11 February, the singer was revealed by TVR as the Romanian representative.[11] The five songs for Selecția Națională—"Alcohol You", "Beautiful Disaster", "Cherry Red", "Colors" and "Storm"—were released on 21 February.[12] "Alcohol You" emerged as the winner of the national final on 1 March.[13] However, on 18 March, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 due to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).[14] Although TVR had considered retaining "Alcohol You" as a song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021,[15] EBU soon after announced that intended 2020 entries were not eligible for the following year.[16] Roxen was nonetheless internally selected for the 2021 contest.[17]

In June 2020, the singer was hired as the brand ambassador for Romanian box-dye hair color product Loncolor Expert HEMPstyle, appearing on product packagings and in a commercial which prominently featured the Selecția Națională entry "Storm".[18] Starting with the release of "How to Break a Heart" in July, Roxen had been benefiting from a promotional campaign for which Global Records partnered with Warner Music.[19] In October, Roxen scored a second number-one single on the Airplay 100 with "Spune-mi".[6] "Amnesia", Roxen's Eurovision 2021 entry, was selected by an internal jury panel and released on 4 March.[20][21] It was performed in the first semi-final of the contest on 18 May 2021, but failed to qualify for the final, finishing in 12th place with 85 points.[22][23] By December 2021, Roxen's collaboration with DMNDS and Strange Fruits Music on "Money Money" had reached the top ten on music charts in Belarus, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Russia.[24][25][26]

Personal life[]

At the age of 14, Roxen was diagnosed with lyme disease.[27] Roxen is vegetarian.[28] As of June 2020, the singer resides in Bucharest. At the beginning of the same month, Roxen was allegedly emotionally abused and blackmailed by an ex-boyfriend and obtained a restraining order against him after having made a complaint to the local police.[29] In July 2021, the singer came out as non-binary in a TikTok video,[30] and eventually clarified that they identify with all pronouns.[31] Roxen furthermore stated: "Since I was little, I feel like a boy in a girl's body. In my previous life I was really a boy".[32]

Discography[]

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
ROM
[6] 		BEL
(Fl)
[33] 		BLR
[24] 		CIS
[25] 		LIT
[34] 		NLD
[35] 		RUS
[26]
"Ce-ți cântă dragostea"[36] 2019 1 — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Alcohol You"[12] 2020 — — — — — — —
"Spune-mi"[37] 1 — — — — — —
"How to Break a Heart"[38] — — — — — — —
"Wonderland"[39]
(with Alexander Rybak) 		— — — — — — —
"Parte din tine"[40]
(with DJ Project) 		2021 9 — — — — — —
"Amnesia"[41] — —[A] — — 51 —[B] —
"Inimă nu fi de piatră"[42] 51 — — — — — —
"Money Money"[43]
(with DMNDS and Strange Fruits Music) 		— — 7 7 — — 3
"Strada ta"[44]
(with Nane) 		— — — — — — —
"Crazy Valorant"[45]
(with Killa Fonic) 		— — — — — — —
"Dincolo de Marte"[46]
(with Randi) 		— — — — — — —
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
ROU
[6] 		BUL
[47] 		CIS
[25]
"You Don't Love Me"[5]
(Sickotoy featuring Roxen) 		2019 3 7 970 Non-album singles
"Over and Over"[48]
(PAX featuring Roxen) 		2020 — — —
"Devil in Disguise"[49]
(Coyot featuring uncredited vocals by Roxen) 		— — —
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles[]

Title Year Album
"I Don't Care"[50] 2019 Non-album singles
"Beautiful Disaster"[12] 2020
"Cherry Red"[12]
"Colors"[12]
"Storm"[12]
"Escape"[51]

Music videos[]

Title[C] Year Lead performer(s) Guest performer(s) Director(s)
"You Don't Love Me"[52] 2019 Sickotoy Roxen Raluca Netca
"Ce-ți cântă dragostea"[53] Roxen None
"I Don't Care"[54] Șerban Racovițeanu
"Over and Over"[55] 2020 PAX Roxen Alex Mureșan[56]
"Escape"[57] Roxen None
"Spune-mi"[58] Anton San[37][38]
"How to Break a Heart"[59]
"Wonderland"[60] Roxen /
Alexander Rybak 		Raluca Netca[39]
"Parte din tine"[61] 2021 Roxen /
DJ Project 		Kobzzon
"Amnesia"[62] Roxen Bogdan Păun[63]
"Inimă nu fi de piatră"[64] Kobzzon
"Money Money"[65] Roxen /
DMNDS /
Strange Fruits Music 		Isabella Szanto /
Roberto Stan /
Loops Production[43]
"Dincolo de Marte"[66] Randi /
Roxen 		Ionuț Trandafir[46]
"Crazy Valorant"[67] Killa Fonic /
Roxen 		Bogdan Păun[68]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Amnesia" did not reach the region's Ultratop 50 chart, but was registered on the Ultratip Bubbling Under ranking.[33]
  2. ^ "Amnesia" did not reach the region's Single Top 100 chart, but peaked at number 26 on the Single Tip ranking.[35]
  3. ^ Solely lists official music videos.

References[]

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  34. ^ "2021 21-os SAVAITĖS (gegužės 21-27 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Ester Peony
with "On a Sunday"
 Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
2020 (cancelled)
2021 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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