Baby Lasagna: I never expected my song to be noticed! | Interview

Baby Lasagna (Marko Purišić) is a candidate in the croatian national final Dora 2024 with the song Rim Tim Tagi Dim. Today he opened his heart to us and told us about his entry and the message he wants to convey with it.

His musical influences

I love Rammstein, rap music and dance music. I like all genres of music and I love combining them together.

I like the german down Electric Callboy, System of a Down, Beethoven, Vivaldi, the Weeknd. It’s hard to pick one artist.

How he decided to enter Dora

My friends heard my song and told me I should write it in croatian, but I didn’t. I applied for Dora and I got into the reserves. Then all of a sudden Zaza left Dora and I was the first in line to replace her.

The song wasn’t even a single, I didn’t think to make a video. It wasn’t a song that was written for Dora.

I’m surprised that everybody reacted good to the song. To be honest I never expected to reach #2 in the Youtube Trends of Croatia. It’s awesome and crazy.

The message of the song

The song is about a guy who’s leaving his village with a heavy heart, but at the same time he’s good with it. It’s a funny song that covers a problem of Croatia with young people leaving their places for a better life.

What will we see on stage?

It won’t be just the dancers or just the band. It will be a spectacular energetic show, but funny at the same time.

Which eurovision entries he likes

A lot of people compared me to Kaarija, but I don’t think that it’s fair. I was angry that he didn’t win last year!

Which Dora entries he likes

I like Babaroga, but I’m not objective, since I’ve been a fan of Let 3 since I was a kid. I like that their song has a message. They made Croatia visible in the eurovision map again.

His message to our audience

I’m surprised that you noticed me and liked my song. Thank you for making my dreams come true and I hope to see you all in Sweden!

We thank Baby Lasagna for the interview and wish him best of luck!