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Joker Outâs third studio album, 'Souvenir Pop', is out now!
We here at JokerOutSubs have, of course, translated all the new songs: Muzika za decu, Ako toga viĹĄe neÄe biti, Mesto duhov and Sonce, as well as transcribing the new English song, Lips.
Check them out below the cut, as well as our Lyrics Translate page for more lyric translations! Full âSouvenir popâ masterpost with further translations coming soon!
Transcript and translation by IG marija_rocen, review by IG irenalemajic, @moonlvster, IG mia_djordjevic_ig, proofread by IG Gboleyn123
Muzika za decu (SRP)
(Pa dobro malo i jesmo)
Nek' se Äuje glasno ova naĹĄa pesmica
PronaÄena izgubljena zlatna deÄica
Tu su rokeri, hip-hoperi, cajkaroĹĄi, poperi, hipsteri i pankeri
Uvek moĹže biti gore, hvala onom tamo gore
nismo TikTokeri
Ĺ ta me gledaĹĄ tako lepo, nerviraĹĄ me straĹĄno
ObriĹĄi se ispod nosa, pao si u braĹĄno
NiĹĄta pametno da kaĹžeĹĄ, pa si naĹĄo da me laĹžeĹĄ
Pa si naĹĄo da me laĹžeĹĄ
Ne znamo ĹĄta radimo dok si buduÄnost gradimo, sami se sebi gadimo
Ne znamo ĹĄta radimo pa pusti barem muziku da Äuskamo i slavimo
Ovo nije rokenrol, ovo nije rokenrol
Ovo je, ovo je muzika za decu
Ovo nije rokenrol, ovo nije rokenrol
Ovo je, ovo je muzika za decu
Muzika za decu, muzika za decu
Muzika za decu, muzika za decu
Ugasi muziku ako smeĹĄ
Ajde ugasi muziku ako smeĹĄ
Ajde ugasi muziku ako smeĹĄ
Ajde smej se ako smeĹĄ
Smej se ako smeĹĄ
Smej se ako smeĹĄ
Ovo nije rokenrol, ovo nije rokenrol
Ovo je, ovo je muzika za decu
Ovo nije rokenrol, ovo nije rokenrol
Ovo je, ovo je muzika za decu
(Muzika za decu, muzika za decu)
(Muzika za decu)
(Ovo nije rokenrol, ovo nije rokenrol)
(Muzika za decu)
(Ovo nije rokenrol, ovo nije rokenrol)
Ovo je muzika za decu
Music for Children (ENG)
(Well, we are a little bit)
Let this little song of ours be heard loud and clear
Golden children, lost and found
There are rockers, hip-hoppers, folk and pop fans, hipsters and punks
It can always be worse, thanks to the one up above
We aren't TikTokers
Why are you looking at me so nicely, you annoy me terribly
Wipe your nose, you fell into some flour
Nothing smart to say, so now you lie to me
So now you lie to me
We don't know what we're doing while we're building our future, we're disgusted with ourselves
We don't know what we're doing, so at least play some music so we can dance and celebrate
This isn't rock 'n' roll, this isn't rock 'n' roll
This is, this is music for children
This isn't rock 'n' roll, this isn't rock 'n' roll
This is, this is music for children
Music for children, music for children
Music for children, music for children
Turn the music off if you dare
C'mon turn the music off if you dare
C'mon turn the music off if you dare
C'mon laugh if you dare
Laugh if you dare
Laugh if you dare
This isn't rock 'n' roll, this isn't rock 'n' roll
This is, this is music for children
This isn't rock 'n' roll, this isn't rock 'n' roll
This is, this is music for children
(Music for children, music for children)
(Music for children)
(This isn't rock 'n' roll, this isn't rock 'n' roll)
(Music for children)
(This isn't rock 'n' roll, this isn't rock 'n' roll)
This is music for children
Transcript and translation by @moonlvster, review by IG mia_djordjevic_ig, IG irenalemajic, IG marija_rocen, proofread by IG Gboleyn123
Ako toga viĹĄe neÄe biti (SRP)
UPDATED LYRICS
ProĹĄlo je veÄ devet dana, joĹĄ se nisi vratila
Ja Äu da saÄekam joĹĄ malo,
moĹžda mesec, moĹžda dva,
pa da otvoriĹĄ vrata ko da niĹĄta nije bilo
I da te klasiÄno pitam kakav ti je bio dan, da se gubimo u malim priÄama
Ĺ ta Äemo za ruÄak, imamo li neki plan, da l' se izlazi veÄeras il' se sudimo na stan?
Da se grlimo i ljubimo, grlimo i ljubimo, i da si ĹĄapÄemo
da se volimo, i da se sprdamo i smejemo dok si noge grejemo
Ako toga viĹĄe neÄe biti, ljubav je najobiÄnija laĹž
Ako toga viĹĄe neÄe biti, ako me stvarno ostavljaĹĄ
bez da me jednom pogledaĹĄ i da mi jedan razlog daĹĄ
ProĹĄlo je veÄ mesec dana i joĹĄ te nema tu
ViĹĄe-manje slabo spavam, da ne zakasnim u snu kako otvaraĹĄ vrata ko da niĹĄta nije bilo
I da te klasiÄno pitam kakav ti je bio dan i da se smejemo svim malim priÄama
Ĺ ta Äemo za ruÄak, imamo li neki plan, da l' se izlazi veÄeras il' se sudimo na stan?
Da se grlimo i ljubimo i grlimo i ljubimo i da si kaĹžemo
da se volimo, i da se sprdamo i smejemo dok si noge grejemo
ProĹĄla je godina dana
Ako toga viĹĄe neÄe biti, ljubav je najobiÄnija laĹž
Ako toga viĹĄe neÄe biti, ako me stvarno ostavljaĹĄ
bez da me jednom pogledaĹĄ i da mi jedan razlog daĹĄ
Mene nema, znam da znaĹĄ
Ako toga viĹĄe neÄe biti, ljubav je najobiÄnija laĹž
Ako toga viĹĄe neÄe biti, ako me stvarno ostavljaĹĄ
bez da me jednom pogledaĹĄ i da mi jedan razlog daĹĄ
Mene nema, znam da znaĹĄ
Mene nema, znam da znaĹĄ
Znam da znaĹĄ
If That Won't Exist Anymore (ENG)
UPDATED LYRICS
Nine days have already passed, you still haven't come back
I'll wait a bit longer
Maybe a month, maybe two
For you to open the door like nothing happened
And like always, I'll ask you how your day was, so we can get lost in the little stories
What will we have for lunch, do we have a plan, will we go out or decide to stay at the apartment?
So we can hug and kiss, hug and kiss, and whisper to each other
That we love each other, and joke around and laugh while we warm our legs
If that won't exist anymore, love is nothing but a lie
If that won't exist anymore, if you're really leaving me
Without looking at me even once or giving me a single reason
A month has already passed and you're still not here
I sleep more or less poorly, so that in my dreams I won't be late when you open the door like nothing happened
And like always, I'll ask you how your day was, so we can laugh at all of the little stories
What will we have for lunch, do we have a plan, will we go out or decide to stay at the apartment?
So we can hug and kiss and hug and kiss and say
That we love each other, and joke around and laugh while we warm our legs
A year has passed
If that won't exist anymore, love is nothing but a lie
If that won't exist anymore, if you're really leaving me
Without looking at me even once or giving me a single reason
I'm gone, I know you know
If that won't exist anymore, love is nothing but a lie
If that won't exist anymore, if you're really leaving me
Without looking at me even once or giving me a single reason
I'm gone, I know you know
I'm gone, I know you know
I know you know
Transcript by IG Gboleyn123, X klĂĄmstrĂĄkur, @kurooscoffee
Lips (ENG)
Heavy breathing
In our Garden of Eden
We have a drink while Iâm bleeding
In your arms
Can we discover
Naked undercover
With the pressure weâre under
We could make diamonds
Put your lips on mine
Put your lips on mine
You single-handedly wiped the smoke off my rose-tinted glasses
Suddenly I feel the choke from the hand of time, as it passes
Who wouldâve guessed we would end up in this mess
Try to pass the test without breaking from the stress
I belong with you, not the earth and not the sky
And you say you feel it too, yet try to find a reason why
This love will kill us in the end, like waves kill castles in the sand
True love and pain go hand in hand.
Put your lips on mine
Put your lips on mine
Put your lips on mine
Put your lips on mine
Transcript, translation and review by @kurooscoffee, X coffeebiscuitxx and a member of JokerOutSubs, proofread by IG Gboleyn123
Mesto duhov (SLO)
Moje mesto je mesto duhov,
ĹĄe svojega praga nisem spoznal.
Tukaj po ulicah neki straĹĄi,
noben veÄ ne sanja, noben veÄ ne spi.
Mimo mene lebdijo sami Ĺžalostni ljudje.
Nazaj v nostalgijo vÄerajĹĄnjega dne.
Pod nogami se trese.
Zapihal je veter, da vse nas odnese.
Umrla je muzika, ugasnil je smeh.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. Res je blo lepo.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. Zdaj pa veÄ ne bo.
Solze utopile so iskre v oÄeh.
Pod nogami se trese.
Zapihal je veter, da vse nas odnese.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. Res je blo lepo.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. Zdaj pa veÄ ne bo.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. Res je blo lepo.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. Kratko in sladko.
City of Ghosts (ENG)
My city is a city of ghosts,
I didn't even recognise my own doorstep.
Something is haunting these streets,
no one is dreaming anymore, no one is sleeping anymore.
Only sorrowful people are floating past me.
Back into the nostalgia of yesterday.
The ground is shaking under our feet.
The wind has blown to sweep us all away.
Music has died, laughter has gone out.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. It really was beautiful.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. Now it won't be anymore.
Tears have drowned the sparkle in their eyes.
The ground is shaking under our feet.
The wind has blown to sweep us all away.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. It really was beautiful.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. Now it won't be anymore.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. It really was beautiful.
Pa pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa. Short and sweet.
Transcript and translation by @chaosofsmarty and a member of JokerOutSubs, proofread by IG Gboleyn123
Sonce (SLO)
Izgubil sem vse,
Äemur ti si rekla sonce.
Ko pade zadnja kaplja,
mene veÄ ne bo.
Pazi na korak,
da prehitro ti ne mine.
Ko zajemaĹĄ zrak,
vdihni ĹĄe spomine.
UÄila si me, da sem vse,
a oÄitno vreden niÄ.
Tudi brez mene se vrti naprej,
preliva kri v kiÄ.
MogoÄe pa nisva dovolj glasno jokala.
MogoÄe pa ni dovolj jasno bilo,
kako sva se bala.
MogoÄe pa najine so solze odveÄ,
za ceno udobja vsi kriki preveÄ.
MogoÄe le naju bolelo bo,
da ni naju veÄ.
Sun (ENG)
I've lost everything
That you called the Sun
When the last drop falls
I'll be gone
Watch your step
So it doesn't pass too quickly
When you inhale
Breathe in the memories, too
You taught me I was everything
But apparently worth nothing
It keeps turning without me,
Shedding blood into kitsch
Maybe the two of us didn't cry loud enough
Maybe it wasn't clear enough,
How afraid we were
Maybe our tears are redundant
For the price of comfort, all the screams are too much
really got the feeling that Ako Toga ViĹĄe NeÄe Biti is about death...
the song about lost love and the main hero hopes they will come back, and 9 days is like one of the grieving periods (for Orthodox Church at least) like they say: the soul stays 3 days in the house 9 days in the yard 40 days on Earth. so it's either the person is dead or the relationship itself
so you happened to miss the live Q&A with Nace and Bojan on the Joker Out official discord server yesterday? worry not, i got you covered
Souvenir Pop Discord Listening Party - Q&A with Bojan and Nace â¨
questions are in bold and are all from discord
quotation marks are being used for all the the word-by-word answers by Bojan and Nace
dialogues between Bojan and Nace, reactions and some worth-mentioning moments are in italics
there were some questions about touring to specific places again or for the first time. answers to all of them were vaguelly positive, so i didn't include them here
the whole listening party lasted about an hour and a half so this is a long read
{steaming Muzika Za Decu and Ĺ ta Bih Ja and waiting for Bojan and Nace to join}
Q: How are you doing after the album release?
[missed Bojan's answer]
N: "Feeling as usual - super bad" *joking about it with Bojan*, had to get up early to take Pino to the vet
Q: Which artists were your musical influences for Lips?
both: The Weeknd, Lana Del Rey and Nick Cave
Q: How did you do the screaming kids in Muzika Za Decu?
N: initial recordings were done with kids of their friends. after bringing the tracks to their producer, he asked for more voices so they recorded more with some kids from a music school in Kranj (Nace's hometown). Nace was present in all those recordings
Q: Do you have any vacation plans?
N: most of them are going to Thailand again
B: Thailand is "too far away to call it a vacation" so he's probably going somewhere closer to Slovenia
Q: Why is Carpe Diem ever so slightly diffrent?
B: they remastered the song because they realised the mastering they had done already was a bit bad - "that's why it sounded like it came out of a toaster compared to other eurovision songs"
Q: Any TV series recommendations?
B: Atypical, Narcos, Peaky Blinders
N: Game Of Thrones
Nace asks Bojan if he's watching anything atm and he says only some history stuff. Nace and Kris are watching Naked and Afraid religiously, and according to Bojan, "in the van, outside the van, in hotel rooms, everywhere"
Q: How do you choose what the next song will be about? Are there any criteria?
B: "The songs just happen as they do, a storyline usually comes with the vocal melody [...] The story is never a fake thing, it's always something real so there is really no choosing more in a sense of like "we have a couple of songs and we choose which one we're gonna have" but it's not connected to what the song is about. More like "what the song sounds like and what kind of a vibe we wanna put out""
Q: What is your go to effect for your instrument/for some songs?
N: only uses drive and tape echo
Q: Which song did change the most during the recording process?
B: Lips *Nace agrees* - it started as a whole different song called Jâtaime and was supposed to be an english/french or slovene/french duet and also very rock n roll
Q: Are there any more tour dates coming?
B: yes but they have nothing planned yet so it will take some time
Q: If you had to live somewhere for 6 months where would it be?
both: London
B: "If I had to go live somewhere for longer, I would go to Palermo"
Q: Why are your songs so good!? How do you never make bad music?
B: "We do, you just don't get to hear it"
Q: Who is writing the weekly updates?
N: all of them *Bojan gets confused for a moment and doesn't realise they're talking about the openstage weekly updates*
Q: Thought process during the making of the album?
B: "Itâs a clusterfuck" *banter about how they love and hate what they do while making an album*
{break to listen to Carpe Diem and Stephanie. Pino starts barking at the first few moments of Carpe Diem and then Nace and Bojan realise they need to close their mic for that section lol}
Q: (question for Nace) What strings/bass equipment are you using and if you have any small tips for bass beginners?
N: tip - "the equipment doesn't matter, what matters is what you do with the bass. start with lighter strings and try to learn as many songs as you can" // he's using DâAddario and La Bella flat strings
Q: Which song took the longest to finish?
both: Ĺ ta Bih Ja (they crashed the studio pc because of the number of takes they had to do)
Q: What was your music inspiration for Mesto Duhov?
both: there wasn't some specific inspiration music-wise
Q: Which song did y'all think think would be the fan favourite??
N: Bluza
[missed Bojan's answer here because my laptop ran out of battery lol]
Q: Nace, what is your screentime on your phone because youâre online like every time
N: 9h 23min today âbecause it was release dayâ, usually is around 3-4 hours (Bojan's is 3h)
*Bojan proceeds to yap about how he's learning spanish on duolingo*
Q: Ever thought of selling posters ? It's a lil less expensive way to support you and also propaganda
both: no because it's difficult to ship and they get ruined in the process. they may think about posters as merch for concerts only
Q: Who played the piano in Sonce?
B: it's written and played by Jan
N: "One of Slovenia's best piano players, renowned..."
Q: What happend with Schlager?
B: "Nothing happened to it, it's doing quite well, we had a chat yesterday and everything is going fine in Schlagerland, but it couldn't make it to the album. Didn't feel like it. Maybe next time"
Q: When you first made music did you expect it to reach people so powerfully that it created year lasting friendships and have people travel so far to see you live?
B: no because they were used to the way things work in Slovenia (smaller distances and sometimes people don't even travel from one city to another even if they're around 20 minutes away from each other) so this was very new to them but they're happy to see it
Q: How is the new album going to affect the setlist? Will you still perform older songs?
B: the whole third album will be performed on the upcoming tour and there will be some variations on the setlists regarding the songs from the previous 2 albums
Q: Is there any possibility to hear you singing in italian on next albums?
B: there was an idea for this album but didn't work out
Q: Do you have plans for a spanish song?
B: "There was an idea called "si me das in beso mĂĄs" but didn't go through [...] because it was getting into a reggaeton-ish direction"
Q: Will there be a french song in the future?
B: Jâtaime was supposed to be one but didn't happen
Q: What about Souvenir Pop fridge magnets?
B: they're considering it (Nace adds that he'd love to have one)
Q: Best slovenian cuisine and best places to visit in Slovenia
N: food - prekmurska gibanica // places - Bovec and Bohinj
B: food - kranjska klobasa and Ĺžlikrofi (to represent Jure) // places - Bohinj, Postojna cave, Logarska Dolina
Q: Nace, which cruise ships did you play on? We would love to have Joker Out cruise gig in Finland!
N: the cruise ship he worked on was AIDAbella (belongs to german cruise line AIDA Cruises), he was there for 6 months and the cruise was in the Baltics
B: would love to do the cruise from Finland to Estonia "where everybody supposedly gets extremely smashed"
Q: Was the writing process of Stephanie different, because you have Žare as composer but not Jure?
B: the percussions were computer-based drum loops so maybe that's why
Q: Where do you get your inspiration from? Or do you just wake up with it one morning?
B: "(inspiration) is memories becoming visible in your own head" - they all have memories and impressions in their lives that just get triggered when writing a song
Q: How did you get the idea of making Lips? It has such a different vibe of all the songs you have
B: Žare showed them the heartbeat that can be heard in the song, Bojan came up with the "put your lips on mine" line and proceeded to finish the lyrics on their way back home from Bucharest after Summer Well fest. it was basically Nace who turned the idea of Lips into a song music-wise
Q: Why did you decide to release stephanie so close before the album release? Was it the plan all along?
B: apparently he didn't know the song was getting released, he just saw it on their instagram stories and rolled with it lol
Q: Does lyrics just pop into your head and then you decide the story or do you decide on a common theme/story the song is gonna have and then make the lyrics about that?
B: usually there's an insistent thought in his head and he works around it
Q: What do you think of Baldies Out? Which song do you want us to cover next?
context: Baldies Out is a group on instagram which posts - you guessed it - bald edits of Joker Out. occasionally there are covers of Joker Out songs, adapted with lyrics that fit the bald theme of the account
B: they could cover Lips and turn the lyrics into "put your hair on mine" or Ako Toga ViĹĄe NeÄe Biti "so it's a man who's going bald singing to his hair - it's a song between a guy and his hair"
Bojan is frustrated because he looks very bad bald meanwhile Nace finds himself cool in his bald edition, Bojan too believes bald Nace looks cool, Nace jokes about shaving off all his hair and Bojan says he'd like to see that and proceeds to complement his beard and tell him he'd look "badass as hell"
Q: What's something you want to experience in life but haven't yet?
N: see mount Everest/visit Nepal
B: have a farm *banter with Nace: he'd like to have goats, chickens, a horse, rabbits, dogs, cats and a bull*
Q: Why did you choose the openers for the tour that you chose (I love them)
B: the answer was in the question; they love them too
Q: Also Romania misses you guys, please come back next year
B: they all loved Romania and Summer Well, he then mentions how he's not a fan of festivals as an attendand and has been to one for a couple of days only once when he was 18
Q: Are the cities at the end of the Bluza MV a teasing of a European tour?
B: no, they were just cities on the old radio they used for the mv
{break to listen to Ako Toga ViĹĄe NeÄe Biti and Bluza}
Q: Ruisrock next year?!
B: they loved Ruisrock this year and would love to be back
Q: What are your favourite books, if you have any?
B: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
N: he's currently reading The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Q: What's your favourite Big Foot Mama songs?
both: BuldoĹžer, Led s severa, Neki sladkega
Q: Have you heard of the genre "midwest emo"?
both: no (and they had to google it)
Q: What was the most cathartic song to write and why?
B: Everybody's Waiting, Lips and Ako Toga ViĹĄe NeÄe Biti
Q: Whatâs your fav Schlager (as in the German music)?
N: mentions Semino Rossi and Ibo and the songs Ibiza (by Ibo) and Rot sind die Rosen (by Semino Rossi)
Q: Are there more songs like Muzika Za Decu & Mesto Duhov (more loud and rock) songs in the vault???
B: no, just these two
Q: Souvenir pop Vinyl/CD when?
N: CDs will be available at the gigs but they're not sure when they'll be available online. vinyls will come around January/February
Q: What is your favourite memory from making the album?
N: the recording of Ako Toga ViĹĄe NeÄe Biti *Bojan agrees*
Q: Fav Finnish artists/bands you know? (Käärijä doesn't count)
B: Sonny, Ville Valo *Nace agrees*, Sunrise Avenue and he loves the Blind Channel cover of Left Outside Alone (Nace says this is Bojan's guilty pleasure song)
N: Pikku G
Q: When new merch?
B: it's coming with the tour
Q: Would you like to receive Get Watermarked stickers next tour?
context: it's a photo of Mark in a pool(or a hot tub i'm not sure) and someone edited the phrase "Get Watermarked" on it and turned it into a sticker for the sys tour
both: they'd absolutely want one
Q: Do you often get stopped by fans on the street or any public places? Is there anything that irritates you?
B: gets followed around often but people are not very invasive
N: doesn't get stalked as much as Bojan and doesn't mind when fans stop him on the street
Q: Are you familiar with Käärijä's EuroPass on Kollekt and would you consider doing something similar in the future?
B: they don't know what that is and "if it's good then we should consider it but if it's not good then we're not considering it"
Q: Tying onto the q before, restaurant reccomendations and favourite sight?
Bojan's fave restaurant is Aftr and Nace's is Sushimama, they both agree that their fave sight is the Ljubljana castle
Q: I noticed you guys follow some of my fav musicians on instagram so i was wondering Nace whatâs your favorite Declan McKenna song and Bojan whatâs your favorite Greta van Fleet song
N: Nothing Works
B: doesn't have a fave GVF song, just likes the band
Q: What are the possibilities for JO (whether concert and/or meet and greet) in the US and/or the UK?
both: they were supposed to play in NYC in May but it was a very last-minute thing and didn't manage to get working visas in time. they'll have a gig or more in the UK next year
Q: When you were at the Sziget festival, have you tasted hungarian foods? if yes, what was it? / when will be new products in the shop?
B: has been in Hungary twice (once this year for Sziget and once as a child) but hasn't tried anything hungarian -
â¨I love food no matter where it comes from. Hopefully the kitchenâ¨
N: new products will be online hopefully by the end of 2024 but they're not sure yet
Q: Is the concert in Novi Sad definitely happening? Due to the tragedy a lot of events have been canceled out of respect for the victims so there's been some rumors about it possibly getting canceled
B: the concert will go on and the profits will go to the families of those who have lost someone and those in need
Q: Are you gonna come back to places you've already performed at during the EU tour, or maybe try to get to new cities?
B: "A little bit of both"
Q: What's your fav spanish dish?
both: paella
Q: How is the trumpet playing going? Will we see it on stage?
B: trumpet playing is going great, will happen on stage at some point too
Q: Is there any connection between Mesto Duhov and the lyrics : "mesto polno je duhov" ?
"mesto polno je duhov" is a lyric from Padam
B: "There is no connection except for the connection that both of them were written by me and it looks like I have horrible imagination"
Q: Did any of you play any unexpected instruments for any songs? For instance we already know Nace has a guitar track and a drum track on the album but are there any other surprising credits?
- Jan played lots of synths and bass on the chorus of Stephanie
- Nace played synths and programmed the drums for Stephanie and Lips
- Bojan played the drums for Ako Toga ViĹĄe NeÄe Biti, bass on the verses of Stephanie and also did synths for Stephanie
- Jure played piano for Bluza (???)
all credits are written down on the album
Q: Any chance of coming back to Scotland next year?
*they both chant "no Scotland no party"*
Q: Do you like BOOOM?
both: yes
N: he used to be their producer and worked with them on their first songs
Q: Can you give advice for young musicians like you?
B: "Surround yourself with people you love and people who inspire you. Trust yourself. Always be critical to yourself but not to a point where you become self harmful"
Q: What do you value the most in life?
B: health
N: health and relationships
Q: What book could you recommend? Or if you can't choose one, what book are you reading now?
B: The Kite Runner and The Alchemist (he then jokes about how Nace should recommend some Disney cartoon)
Q: Who had the idea using the piano for Sonce and who played the part? (I assume Jan but still) And can you upload the damn music sheet for it? I need to play this
B: the idea about the piano was collective and if anyone wants the sheet music for the song, they should ask Jan for it
Q: If you had the chance to record and release a cover of a song of any of your favourite artists, which song would it be?
*Bojan jokes about it being Gangnam Style*
N: something by The Beatles, maybe Let It Be
B: Silencio or BulerĂa by David Bisbal *starts singing BulerĂa*
Q: Nace, what is the best bassist joke you have ever heard?
N: most of them are in slovene and he doesnât say any
B: "I think being the bassist is the biggest joke"
Q: How do you approach writing lyrics? Do you prioritize storytelling, imagery, or rhythm?
B: prefers and prioritizes storytelling
Q: Which song do you personally find the most emotional and why?
B: "Everybody's Waiting because it's like a very personal struggle song, Ako Toga ViĹĄe NeÄe Biti because it's⌠a very personal struggle song"
N: "Whenever Iâm hearing Sonce I just get in this special state like I'm getting drown in a song and stop thinking about everything else"
Q: Assuming youâll come back to The Netherlands in the future, is there another city youâd like to visit or a venue/festival youâd like to play?
both: they'd like to play Pinkpop fest
Q: Would you ever like to hold a concert in Ukraine??
B: they'd love that and hopefully as soon as possible
Q: Will there be music videos for the new songs on the album?
B: yes
N: they're recording a new video soon apparently Bojan wasn't aware of that either lol
Q: Any Italian French or Spanish music that inspired you to try writing in those languages? Also Bojan you can pick two+ languages on duolingo and do them at the same time
N: they we listening a lot to an italian song called Il mio canto libero, he loves Nek and he listens to a lot of french electronic
B: he's listening to italian, french and spanish music a lot, he loves a song called Buona sera signorina (note: had to google this and maybe the title is actually Buona sera ciao ciao)
both: they all like L'ImpĂŠratrice and Bojan butchers the pronunciation of the band name
*at this moment Bojan finds out you can learn two and more languages on duolingo at the same time and proceeds to add italian to his account*
Q: 1 - What were some of the inspirations for Muzika Za Decu? 2 - Bojan can you tell us a dad joke? 3 - I just wanted to say that Lips should be a soundtrack of a movie
B: party breakers *doesn't answer the second question because he's too busy doing italian on duolingo*
both: they agree that Lips should be in a movie soundtrack
Q: Do you know when will you release the dates and the cities for the tour? I assume there will be a european tour for the new album
N: there will be a european tour at some point next year and they will announce it "once Bojan stops learning italian" (Nace basically makes fun of Bojan doing his duolingo right at that moment)
{break to listen to Lips, Mesto Duhov and Sonce}
Q: Bojan would you try to sing Carpe Diem in estonian ever again?
B: yes
Q: Can we expect a new concert intro for the tour for one of the new songs like the intro for Katrina and Gola?
N: yes
Q: Is Bojan learning finnish in Duolingo?
B: no, only spanish and italian
Q: Will there be a chance of a collab between Joker Out and Käärijä?
B: hopefully one day
Q: Do any of you play chess?
B: he and Kris play chess online, Kris less often than Bojan
Q: Will you pop a souvenir in Istanbul soon?
N: they want to but have to find a date to reschedule the cancelled gig from this summer
Q: Have you visited any tourist attractions while in Bucharest?
N: no and only he and Kris walked around the city centre for a bit while being there
Q: Nace, why did you bring four basses to the recording studio in Hamburg and did you record on all of them?
N: one of those basses wasn't his and "when you're in the studio you just wanna have more basses"
Q: Is Pino the best boy in whole world?
N: yes â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
Q: How do you guys decide to who to follow on insta? (for example fan pages,artists)
N: they just follow the pages they like
Q: Apart from Nace and gluten, are there any things you all don't like or can't eat?
B: he doesn't like tomatoes and is intolerant to avocado
Q: Do yâall notice Joker Out edits on TikTok? Do (did) you like them?
N: he and Bojan don't have tiktok. Jure, however, is addicted to it
Q: Did you know that all of you are saving and changing peoples lives?
B: "When we started doing music none of us could ever believe, or think even, that it could mean so much to someone as it does to a lot of you. Even though we went through so many different stages in a very short period of time, because our life changed so dramaticaly, I will say that the fact that you actually feel the music and it helps you in certain situations and hard times... I just want you guys to know that literally it means the same to us. The whole sharing of this energy is very real and we are trying to do our best to kind of make you know that we're here. And sometimes it's also hard for us because we're trying to tolerate our personal life and everything else with the music and with communicating with fans, but we appreciate it so dearly and we're happy that it's changing your lives and, just so you know, you're also changing our lives everyday. We're very, very honoured to have you on board with us and so thankful for all your help and all your enthusiasm, for all the love. You're incredible artists as well, we see the arts that you create daily - a lot of it is inspired by us which is also crazy and incredible so... Just a big thank you! And thank you to the Joker Out discord server, you're doing an incredible job, it's become so much bigger than what we ever expected. (thank you) to Joker Out Subs, all the groups that have been formed, as well as Baldies Out. I think it's a very big contribution to the bald Joker Out generation đđ. Just thank you so much!"
*Bojan presses something, gets lost in the server and both he and Nace are trying to figure out how to get back to the channel with all the questions (they succeed), they announce that an art contest will start (more info about that can be found on the latest-news channel of the official server) and Nace informs everyone he has to take Pino for a walk before saying bye to the chat*
ok so my pet theory about souvenir pop is that bluza & stephanie are both about bojan's relationship with the same character, just at different points in their relationship-- the first song in a moment of passion, and the second in retrospect, with a much more cynical tone. (essay below..)
both songs tell the story of a whirlwind romance, bojan and 'stephanie' becoming instantly taken with each other in a "lightning strike." obvious narritive similarities aside, bojan's past impulsivity and hopeless romanticism shine through in stephanie, as he reminisces that he knew "right from the start." within literally the first 3 lines of bluza, bojan proclaims his devotion to stephanie as his "muse," declaring dramatically "i think i've fallen in love with you." the depth of his emotion ("a stroke or a racing heart") is similarly elaborated on back in stephanie-- it is entirely possible that both occasions of bojan falling head over heels for someone at a gathering in a short amount of time are, in fact, the SAME event.
HERE IS WHERE THE SPECULATION COMES IN. bluza ends, "if the sun rises, i'll be alone," the exact reason for his abandonment left ambiguous. this question is answered in stephanie, as time finally passes-- "the morning came." despite bojan's relentless desperation to stay with stephanie, he is given a reality check, the blunt statement contrasting his emotive laments of the night before. ("the morning" could also be interpreted as the morning after stephanie's friend threw up.. but that's not fun :(.) on that day, she texts him "a photo of a plane"-- a perfect explanation for her absence and bojan's despair in bluza!!!
i believe what bojan so feared in bluza (the growing distance between) dooms their relationship. when they were in the throes of romance, stephanie and bojan "passed kilometers between (them) in a single heartbeat." these metaphorical kilometers materialise into existance by the time of stephanie (song), the titular character now living "about a thousand miles away." there's a sense of irony in that distance, which before had seemed no obstacle (even, in a way, proof of their love) is now a fundamental, bitter fact about stephanie and bojan, their relationship having withered away at least in part due to it.
stephanie ends as bojan repeatedly laments, "love ain't built for people like me." like him, how? one questions. what about him does he believe is so incompatible with the ideas of "love" and "happiness"? while there are hints in stephanie itself, in my opinion, his percieved problem can largely be deciphered in bluza-- "living in yesterday." in both songs, bojan demonstrates a stubborn refusal to look towards the future, to adapt to problems-- and, by proxy, a stubborn refusal to move on from stephanie (or move on in general). in stephanie (song), he copes by drinking away his sorrows. in bluza, while sober, we are offered a more in depth insight into bojan's thought process-- with stephanie, he lived in denial. he pleads desperately, "don't turn the lights on yet," for "just one more moment," completely refusing to engage with the future and what it hold for him and stephanie's relationship. in bluza, bojan deals with changes by simply ignoring what happens after, stephanie's mere departure seeming like a psychological breakup to him. this defeatist attitude after she leaves (more making shit up now) leads to the tragic collapse of their relationship, eventually culminating in stephanie (song), as he keeps "downing drinks to drown tomorrow, and live in yesterday."
ultimately, bluza and stephanie are used to explore the the cycle of bojan's unhealthy coping mechanisms and inability to adapt to change through two different perspectives, then and now. his persisting love for stephanie between the songs acts a through line as we begin to understand his behaviour and thoughts in relation to her.
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