[ENG SUB]🎈Birthday special 🍰 Jan Peteh and Jure Maček on Radio Kranj (14.11.2025)
Jan and Jure visit the program Gorenjsko jutro on Radio Kranj to present the new single 'Supersonic', talk about early mornings, radio interviews, upcoming plans, and much more.
Transcript and translation by X coffeebiscuitxx, review by drumbeat, proofread by IG Gboleyn123, subtitles by a member of JokerOutSubs
Slovene proofreading by X coffeebiscuitxx
Full video and transcript below the cut! 👇
Host 1 and Host 2 are marked as T and U.
T: Good morning, you’re listening to Gorenjsko jutro.
U: Well, good morning.
Jure: Good morning.
Jan: Good morning.
U: So, it's three minutes past nine, and once again I’m outnumbered in the studio. But I must say, I like it.
T: Well, of course you do - who wouldn’t want to be in a sandwich like that?
U: I'm a fan. Good morning.
T: Well, go ahead and tell the listeners who’s with us.
U: Well, Joker Out - or rather, two representatives of Joker Out. Jan and Jure, welcome. Good morning.
Jure: Hi, good morning.
Jan: Thank you. Good morning.
T: Hi.
U: Yeah, I’m really happy.
T: Now, before Urška swoons, I’ll take it from here. But first, let’s sweat a little, and then we’ll continue with Joker Out. Their new song is already out, and we’re premiering it today on Gorenjsko jutro. And a lovely morning to you - it’s six minutes past nine. You’re listening to Gorenjsko jutro with me, Tilen Lotrič, and I’m joined by Jan and Jure. Good morning, guys.
Jure: Morning, morning.
Jan: Morning, morning.
T: Morning, morning. Now, don’t go thinking Jan and Jure are just any two guys - they’re these two guys:
[Carpe Diem snippet]
T: Hey. That's right, we'll dance and play all night long. So, someone was up all night long, can we all find out why now?
Jan: I wasn't up all night, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. Actually, I slept, I'd say about seven hours, but I don't know what's wrong with me. Lately, I just can't seem to get enough sleep. I don't know, does anyone else...?
T: Same for us.
U: Mercury retrograde.
Jan: Mercury retrograde and radioactive Venus or something.
T: Yes.
Jan: I don't know, I don't know what the deal is, but that was the reason. And it's my girlfriend's birthday today.
U: Oh, happy birthday!
T: Happy birthday!
Jan: I went to pick her up at the airport, but it kind of...
T: So... did you meet her with roses, maybe, at the airport?
Jan: No, no, I didn't meet her with roses, I met her with...
Jure: A warm hug.
Jan: With a warm hug.
T: Jure, you probably stayed up quite late last night too.
Jure: Nah, it wasn’t that bad.
T: You didn't wait until midnight, then?
Jure: Actually, I did.
T: You did.
Jan: Yeah, he does that every night.
T: Okay, why did you wait till midnight?
Jure: Why did I wait till midnight? To hear my song for the first time on streaming platforms.
T: Okay.
Jure: Because today we released a new single in Slovenian.
T: Mm-hmm.
Jure: Well, I don't know what to say. But I forgot to set the alarm for this morning, so it was pure luck that I woke up and came here.
T: No. Thank god, right? Thank god. Of course, we’ll listen to the new song in full, but first, we’ve got so much to talk about. You’re celebrating ten years this year, so maybe we can start with that. So, ten years, guys. I’d say we’re about the same age, which means you started really, really early.
Jan: Yeah, we started when we were sixteen, which means… or at least the original lineup was in our second year of high school back then. And now, all of a sudden, we’re ten years down the road.
T: Yes.
Jan: You don’t really notice time as it passes, but then suddenly you look back and ten years have gone by in the blink of an eye, and now we’re working on the biggest concert in our history, at Kardeljeva ploščad. We’re organising a Karneval for our 10th anniversary, and it’s going to be a truly special and beautiful event. And I warmly invite you, the two of us warmly invite you, we warmly invite you to join us.
T: Okay, this concert will, of course, be special, it’s about marking your 10th anniversary. Kardeljeva ploščad, lots of people will come. So, after so many performances and so many tours, what do you still get the most excited about? What’s that thing, you know, that still brings out the kid in you, or when you’re a little nervous beforehand and you say, "Oh, I’m not sure about this one". Like, you know, that you have that spark...
Jure: Good question.
T: that you still have that spark in you?
Jure: Difficult answer. I think it’s definitely the people around you. For example, at Karneval we’ll have a special guest, who we can actually reveal now: Finland’s Käärijä is coming.
T: Wait, is that the dude who was in green at Eurovision?
Jure: The one in green, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha. Yeah, a really good friend of ours. That’s one of those moments.
T: This is Käärijä, right?
Jure: This is Käärijä, yes.
T: Okay, but that means that Karneval… is it going to look like, say, some kind of circus-style carnival, with people breathing fire, with, I don't know...
Jure: We're going to have…
T: is it going to be a real show?
Jure: Yeah, yeah, it's going to be a show. Basically, it’s going to be an all-day event.
T: I see.
Jure: We’re planning to open the doors as early as two or three in the afternoon, and we’ll have some daytime activities, from, I don't know, games of chance to karaoke, people on stilts...
T: Oh, cool!
Jure: a circus, different bands. And then in the evening, of course, our opening acts...
T: Okay.
Jure: Käärijä and us. So it will have a carnival feel, for sure. And I think that at this point we can also say that people should dress up and come dressed appropriately in carnival style for the event.
T: In carnival style, and probably for all parts of the day too, so when it's sunny, you can take it off...
Jure: Exactly, exactly.
T: and when it’s not, you can put it back on.
Jure: Evenings can get chilly, yeah.
T: Or you can just grab some merch, right? You probably have hoodies and stuff like that.
Jure: Exactly, exactly.
Jan: It should be warm on the 20th of June.
Jure: Yes.
Jan: Even in the evening.
T: That's true.
Jan: Yeah, let’s make sure Rio de Janeiro pales in comparison to this carnival.
Jure: We asked ChatGPT what the chance of rain is, and it said there’s a 3% chance of rain, so I think we’re on the right track.
T: Okay, let me share a little secret with you. On the internet, there’s an online - like, legit - witch who you can pay 20 Euros to fix the weather for you. You send her the coordinates, so in the worst case, just call us and we’ll sort it out. Okay?
U: Can I just add this here, so you’ll really believe it’s true. Tilen, back when I got married - and one of your friends got married on the same day - he paid for the whole of Slovenia...
Jan: Congratulations.
U: Thank you. Last September, because my husband and I were checking the forecast, thinking it would rain on our wedding day, and you paid, and it actually… the weather held up perfectly.
T: That’s right.
Jure: Damn, it's worth it.
T: Yes.
Jure: We’re also thinking about having a fortune teller at Karneval, so…
T: Well, that’s exactly why, right? Carnival is known for, I don’t know, magicians, wizards, all sorts of things - for magic.
Jure: Exactly, exactly.
T: So I think, if you get rain then, well… Ah, forget it, even rain is fine.
Jure: Yeah, exactly, exactly!
T: Because I once went to an Adele concert in Munich, and it rained. Of all the concerts, that was the one where it rained, but it was so good. It was so good - so this also has that special touch or special effect, you know.
Jure: It has its own charm, yeah. Maybe not so great for the guitar, though.
Jan: No, we’re covered anyway.
T: Then maybe not for... yeah, yeah...
Jure: We’ll be fine for a couple of hours.
T: Yeah, exactly. One should enjoy life and the day. Joker Out, Carpe Diem is already playing. Coming up, we really will hear their brand new song - it’s already on YouTube too - but more on that shortly. Good morning. Oh yes, good morning. We’ll be with you tomorrow as well, so don't worry. It's 16 minutes past nine and you're listening to Gorenjsko jutro. I’m not alone, I’m here with Jan and Jure from Joker Out. Good morning.
Jure: Morning.
Jan: Good morning.
T: And first thing this morning, massive congratulations, because your new song is out, it's already seen the light of day.
Jan: That's right.
T: You’ve known it for a while, of course, so for you it’s already an old song. But for us, it’s something completely new. And now, let’s say… let’s put it this way… well, music usually promotes itself, right? It doesn’t generally need heavy promotion because people just feel it. But still, we could find out a bit more about it. Maybe who wrote it, how it came about, why this title, and maybe why today’s date - does that have anything to do with it?
Jan: I wouldn't say today's date has much to do with it.
T: Okay.
Jure: Well, except for the fact that we’re starting the tour on Monday.
Jan: That's right, yeah.
T: I see, so just by chance - on Monday and maybe...
Jure: Yeah, by chance, we put it out right before the tour.
T: I see, okay. A small thing, really.
Jure: A small thing, a little treat for... you know.
T: A little treat, yeah.
Jan: It was a day in September, we had a rehearsal, and we decided that before our November tour, which will happen… which starts on Monday the 17th, we wanted to release another song, because we hadn't released a new song in a while, so our fans could sing along to it. We wrote the song, met at the rehearsal place, jammed for a few weeks, then we recorded it and kept layering and layering, and it all took a couple of weeks. A bit of motivation got lost in the creative process - then you kind of lose yourself and don’t know what you’re doing or whether you’re doing it right - but we knew, deep down we knew that we were on the right track, and we stuck with it. Bojan wrote the lyrics...
T: Okay.
Jan: as usual. What else did we say?
T: Who wrote the tune? Do you sit down and everyone, I don’t know, says, "The first chord is mine". "The second is mine". What does that look like, that jamming, you know?
Jure: You know what, usually someone maybe has… or we just start jamming some… I don’t know, the guitarists usually suggest chords and play them; as a drummer, that's a bit harder for me. But...
T: Well, you can, for example, change up the rhythms and feel where the flow is going.
Jure: Basically, we start building it up,some kind of rhythm, some chords, and then Bojan usually joins in at that stage with a vocal melody, which usually doesn’t even have lyrics. He just mumbles something.
T: Some na‑na‑na, just so there’s something.
Jure: Or he already has lyrics, which maybe even turn out to be final sometimes, you know.
T: Okay.
Jan: Although I just remembered that the first demo for this song was actually made in London.
Jure: Yeah, last year, right?
Jan: Last January or February we kind of made the first version of the song.
T: Mm-hmm.
Jure: And we really didn’t like it.
Jan: No. Maybe the melody was okay, that’s pretty much the only thing that stayed.
Jure: The only thing that stayed.
Jan: We felt there was something there, but then of course we had to change everything anyway. Still, the first version was made a year and a half ago. And it wasn’t even ‘Supersonic’, it was ‘Iconic’.
T: Ah, okay.
Jan: Do you remember? How... what was it?
Jure: Gin & tonic was also in there, for example.
Jan: Yeah, gin & tonic was in there.
T: Okay, so since I said earlier that it sounds to me like "supertonic", that could work too.
Jure: Yeah, that could work too.
T: Okay, so why ‘Supersonic’ then? What happened that made you choose this title?
Jan: Right, so Bojan had… when we were working on the music for this song, Bojan often has some kind of placeholder lyrics. Something he sings that usually doesn’t make much sense lyrically, but sometimes he throws in some words just so he can sing along and we can get a feeling for it. Then when it was time to write the actual lyrics, we met in the studio and Bojan brought the lyrics for a new chorus.
T: I see.
Jan: And it just wasn’t as good as the one that…
T: Because maybe you were already so used to the old one…? Yeah, yeah, okay?
Jan: No, it just didn’t groove, you know.
T: Yes.
Jan: So we were like, “Hey, Bojan, what if you did something a bit closer to that other one…”
T: I see.
Jan: “To that…”
T: To the original, yeah.
Jan: “That supersonic thing you were… that supersonic you were doing there…” And so supersonic stayed. He changed a few words to make the lyrics a bit more politically correct than they had been.
T: Mm-hmm.
Jan: But yeah, supersonic stayed because it gave all of us this feeling… I don’t really know how to say it better in Slovene… a kind of hyped‑up energy.
T: I see, okay, like the atmosphere or excitement, some sort of…
Jan: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
T: Okay.
Jan: Something that drives you.
T: Okay, let’s play just a short clip.
[Supersonic snippet]
T: Oh, wait, wait a moment, okay. Yeah, yeah, now I understand what hype you were talking about. But this feels like a slightly different vibe to me now. I mean, the vibe… Like there’s some new energy in it, and maybe I’d even spice it up with… You know how you have, for example, a typical Slovenian dish, and then you add a spice from another country? Like ajvar¹, for example.
¹Ajvar is a traditional Balkan spread made from roasted red peppers, often mixed with eggplant, garlic, and spices, served as a condiment or dip alongside bread, meats, and other dishes.
Jure: Okay, okay.
T: It has a bit of a flavour, I think, a bit of that from the South², is that possible?
²The South here refers to the cultural and musical feel of the southern regions of the former Yugoslavia.
Jure: Yes.
T: Yes?
Jure: Perhaps it's…
T: Does that mean… You know why I’m asking, right?
Jure: Yeah, go ahead.
T: Because some of the songs are also translated, or in another language, so could this one be too?
Jure: Yeah, this one could be too.
T: Quite possibly, right?
Jure: We can’t reveal too much.
T: Oh, okay.
Jure: But I can say that this song was originally written in Serbian, right? Was it? The chorus? No. No. Was it the verse?
Jan: Originally. Was it, yeah?
Jure: Was it?
Jan: Well, for this song we already had versions in all languages.
Jure: Yeah, English, Serbian, everything, so you probably feel a bit of that too.
T: I see, okay, okay, okay.
Jure: And actually, it’s the first song where autotune is used on the vocal. Which is also something…
T: Okay, because it sounds very… by global pop standards, very MTV-like. It’s super fresh. It's super fresh, because maybe we don't have this in our market, especially in Slovenian music, let's say.
Jan: Yeah, well, in any kind of music making… certain things, certain periods of time inspire you more, you listen to them more and… While we were working on this song, we also listened quite a lot to Balkan trap as well, whether ironically or unironically. And maybe because of that, a sort of Joker Out version of that…
T: Okay, but on the master you can maybe get the feeling that you happened to be in London when the song was being made. Maybe?
Jure: Well, I don't know. It seems to me that it’s such a different song now, compared to that demo…
T: From before, right?
Jure: from London, that I wouldn’t say it’s…
T: You should send us that as well sometime, the first demo, you know, so we can play it and the listeners can hear the before and after.
Jure: We'll bring it next time burnt onto a CD.
T: Excellent.
Jan: All the demos.
T: All the demos. The early ones, right? And then we'll have blackmail material for life.
Jure: Nice one, nice one.
T: We're listening to the new song 'Supersonic'.
Jan: Supertonic.
T: Yeah, supertonic. On Gorenjsko jutro, it's twenty-four minutes past nine. Joker Out is with us, and here’s the brand new ‘Supersonic'. Enjoy. Okay, it kind of...
Jure: Do you feel like singing?
T: Wow, this is sick. This is… This... I... Okay, this is sick.
Jure: Thank you, thank you.
T: Yeah, I didn’t really know what to expect, because I deliberately don't listen to new songs beforehand, so you get that first feeling. Well, and if you like it right away, then it has to be good. And this is really good. This is really good.
Jan: Jota³ with ajvar or...
³Jota is a hearty Slovenian stew made with sauerkraut or sour swede, beans, potatoes, and smoked pork, often flavoured with garlic and bay leaf.
T: Jota with ajvar… Yeah, yeah. Jota with ajvar… Well… Wow, what a vibe. I mean...
Jan: Do you feel supersonic?
T: Yeah, I actually do. Like a powerful woman. I feel like a powerful woman now. Finally. Honestly, guys, this is the best. Jan, Jure, best of luck. So on Monday you’re heading out for the European tour, right?
Jure: That's right.
T: Starting from Paris, Warsaw, Vienna, and Zagreb as well, after all.
Jure: Also Amsterdam, London, Vilnius, Prague.
Jan: Vilnius, Krakow, Prague, Tilburg.
T: I mean, like some kind of extended graduation trip.
Jure: Yeah, it’s going to be fun.
T: It’s going to be fun? Okay, we're following you on social media anyway. Today we presented the new release, 'Supersonic', on Gorenjsko jutro. And here’s another reminder about the concert celebrating Joker Out’s 10th anniversary. Where, when and where can we get the tickets?
Jure: The 20th of June 2026 at Kardeljeva ploščad.
Jan: You can get the tickets at all Eventim sales points, including online.
Jure: That's right. They're on sale already, grab them quickly.
T: Brilliant. Hey guys, thank you on Gorenjsko jutro. I wish you both the best of luck. Now, I hope this song shoots supersonically into space and among people. And I hope it keeps spreading this vibe, right?
A big shoutout to the venue’s security for letting us almost get killed bc some idiots were pushing bc omg first row and also a shoutout to these idiots for pushing and risking tragedy. Im really disappointed and I had a panic attack inside in front of a guard and started crying
I just went to the Wien concert and I loved but, I don’t know why, I feel like I missed something. I admit I arrived at the venue 1.30 hours (bc I came all the way from Italy and I woke up at 5 am in the morning to be there in time) before the concert and I saw Nace chatting with the fans. I could ask him for a picture but I was too scared to ask him. I know many fans saw the band right before we came there and I was like: ok maybe they will come again out later. They didn’t and I completely understand. But I’d wish they could come out bc I feel like every fan should experience to meet them also outside the concert. I also had with me 5 plushies to give to the guys and every plushy meant to be given to someone in particular of the band. After the concert, they didn’t come out again and I completely understand their choice of not coming back out bc the fans would “eat them alive” (as it’s said in Italian). I gave the plushies to Mark at the end of the concert but I will never know if they received it or not or they just throw everything away (like it happened to many items the fans did for them: I ended up having from the stage a pair of glasses with “Jans bitches” written on them”). I know I don’t have any right to judge them bc they are doing a lot of stuff for us but I just wanted to have the same opportunity many people had to chat a little bit with them. + the fact I’ll never know what they did with my gifts, gifts I spent a lot of money into.
