1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Alright everybody, welcome back to the All Things Croatia podcast. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,960 We've got a super special guest today. 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,560 We have Marcella, who is a Croatian singer-songwriter. 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:19,000 She first appeared in 2011 on Croatia's TV show Looking for a Star, the English translation 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,000 there. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,280 Since then, she's wrote a bunch of hit songs, including one that she'll be performing on 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:29,640 Dora, which is the Croatian national competition to select a song for Eurovision. 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,040 So Marcella, thank you very much for taking the time to come on the podcast. 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:38,600 Well, thank you for the call and for the great introduction. 10 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:39,600 Of course, yeah. 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,840 And definitely left a few things out because I want to hear it from you. 12 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,720 But yeah, let's get to know you a little bit. 13 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,800 If you don't mind just starting us off by telling us a little bit about yourself and 14 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,880 growing up and where you grew up. 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:53,880 Yeah. 16 00:00:53,880 --> 00:01:00,120 So I grew up in Croatia in a small town called Sikvenica, which is on the north part of the 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,120 coast. 18 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,280 It's a very beautiful, touristic place. 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:09,920 So if you want to visit Croatia and the coast, I would recommend Sikvenica. 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:16,720 I really enjoyed growing up there because of course, there's something special about growing 21 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:23,840 up in a small town, knowing everyone and just having a small community. 22 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:30,840 And there, yeah, we had like a music school and I had my sister that was five years older 23 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,280 than me and she started playing guitar in a music school. 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:41,200 And basically, you know, she was my idol for everything when I was little. 25 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,600 And when she started playing guitar, I said like mom and dad, I'm going to play guitar 26 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:46,600 too. 27 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,120 You know, it was not, not, no, any other option. 28 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:55,840 And I started when I was eight years old in a music school and I started playing guitar 29 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,200 and simultaneously I started singing in a choir. 30 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:05,480 And then yeah, when I was 12 years old, I had my first band. 31 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:10,600 And first performances on like a summer festival in my hometown. 32 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:17,640 And yeah, I would say that like, let's say seriously, I started in the music industry 33 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:22,280 right after the show creation, looking for a star, which is 34 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:27,600 And that's when I joined the band. 35 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,080 We were called for angels and we were a cover band. 36 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:35,760 It was an old girl band and we were doing covers from, you know, like old rock songs 37 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,160 to our newer songs. 38 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,640 And we just stirred all over creation. 39 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:46,600 But at the same time, we really wanted to write our own music and something that we strived 40 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:54,160 for was writing in English, which I would say, let's say 12 years ago in Croatia, there 41 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,920 was no market for English music. 42 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:05,840 So basically by coincidence and by, you know, a friend that is from the Netherlands, we 43 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,160 got a chance to get a record deal in the Netherlands. 44 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:16,520 And 10 years ago as a band, we all moved to the Netherlands and started our career there 45 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,040 as a band luminized. 46 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,520 Yeah, yeah, that's awesome. 47 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,280 And I mean, I want to talk about luminize as well, but sort of going back to the beginning, 48 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:28,760 you know, you mentioned you started playing the guitar and singing as a kid. 49 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,760 What were some of your early musical influences? 50 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,640 Who were you listening to, I guess, as a kid or not listening to, but who sort of inspired 51 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:37,800 you back then? 52 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,840 Yeah, I would say definitely Pink. 53 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:49,080 She was my, she's still one of my biggest idols when it comes to just vocally and as 54 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:50,440 a performer. 55 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,360 I did listen to Avril. 56 00:03:53,360 --> 00:04:01,360 I mean, I just, you know, I wanted to be a cool, a rough rock chick as Avril. 57 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:08,560 And I listened to early days of Kelly Clarkson and, you know, it was just a lot of pop rock 58 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:09,560 music. 59 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:15,640 And when I was there in Little and then when I started in bands, that's when I switched 60 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:23,280 to really older rock music as like Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses, Nirvana. 61 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:31,080 That was something that I listened to and I mean, still am. 62 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:39,360 And so, yeah, I would say inspiration and idols are switching by the year. 63 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:44,600 Like, yeah, it really depends on which kind of like creative state, the state of mind 64 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:53,000 I am because now I'm more influenced with, I would say, maybe more pop direction. 65 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:59,640 But yeah, those were kind of my idols, but I would say the biggest one is Pink. 66 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,600 Yeah, Pink has some good songs. 67 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,800 I'm more of a, I'm more of like a rock and roll guy myself, but I can definitely appreciate 68 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:07,800 Pink has some good songs. 69 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:12,040 And I know she's got sort of a, you've got, I don't know what you call it, raspy, your 70 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,040 voice. 71 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,640 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 72 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:15,640 Yeah, exactly. 73 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:20,520 And Pink has the same and of course, I mean, Linda Perry, Vernon Blanc said it said it's 74 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:26,360 something that I was also influenced by and I was just, yeah, mesmerized with those kind 75 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:34,040 of big, powerful vocal, a theme of vocal sounds and yeah. 76 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:38,560 Well, I wanted to bring that up because I saw you did a cover of What's Going On. 77 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,960 I love that song and you did it really well. 78 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,840 I thought that was a really good cover. 79 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,880 Your voice really matches well with that. 80 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:45,880 Yeah. 81 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,920 And I think I'm a big, so probably DC is my favorite band, but like a lot of, you know, 82 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,240 Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Motley Crue. 83 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:58,800 And I saw that you actually back in 2011 for the show, you sang a Guns N' Roses song, 84 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,720 Sweet Child of Mine. 85 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,000 Yeah, exactly. 86 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:08,360 That like when I was 17 years old, I was, I was just the biggest Guns N' Roses fan 87 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,360 ever. 88 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:15,400 My room was full of like Guns N' Roses posters and then I was just, I knew every song of 89 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:20,200 the appetite for destruction from, you know, from top to bottom, even like the solo parts 90 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:25,480 that could sing them all, you know, like, so yeah, yeah. 91 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,480 That's awesome. 92 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,480 I got to see them live and I was super happy they were really, really good. 93 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,200 You two, where did you see them? 94 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,520 Yeah, I saw them in Zagreb in Arena. 95 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,200 They came to Zagreb? 96 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,200 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 97 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:44,000 The only thing is that Slash was not performing with them, so I was kind of like, my heart 98 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,440 was like, oh, I wish Slash was on the stage because for me Guns N' Roses is, you know, 99 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:55,880 Slash is, but still, I got to see them live and yeah, it was just special. 100 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:56,880 That's awesome. 101 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,760 One last thing, sort of, I guess on that note, because I did see you, you did a Linkin Park 102 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:01,760 cover as well. 103 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,280 So I was wondering, do you ever go heavier? 104 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:07,240 Like, you know, Linkin Park, a little metal type of singing? 105 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,080 Yeah, yeah. 106 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:17,480 When it comes to covering the songs, I think, yeah, I would say Linkin Park and Nirvana is 107 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:25,840 maybe the heaviest that I covered, but I listened to also some metal bands that I recently, 108 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:31,560 I mean, it's so bad that I recently discovered them, but falling in reverse. 109 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,040 I don't know if you heard about that band. 110 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:41,400 I'm absolutely a big fan of them and that is something that I listened to as well, but 111 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:50,240 maybe covering would be, I don't know, a bit of a chill thing. 112 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,040 Definitely hard on the vocal cords, I guess. 113 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,480 And you used to sing it like that. 114 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:56,480 Yeah. 115 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,560 Well, you mentioned a little bit about Luminize, you know, the band that you started. 116 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,160 Can you talk a little bit more about that and how that experience was? 117 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,880 Yeah, absolutely. 118 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:17,480 So basically, he was like an old girl rock band and we are all from the same town, Tjikwaniica, 119 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:24,440 where I grew up and lead guitarist in the band is my sister. 120 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:31,200 And they had a different singer before I joined the band and I was just, you know, like a 121 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:38,280 little sister fangirling them and just wishing that one day I'm going to have an all girl, 122 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,760 you know, band. 123 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:46,720 And then when I finished the show, yeah, it was just the timing of that. 124 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:54,440 The lead singer wanted to quit music and I was old enough to join the band. 125 00:08:54,440 --> 00:09:02,040 And then I started as a lead singer in a band called First Angels and then of course, when 126 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:06,720 we moved to the Netherlands, we kind of wanted to switch the name and the story around the 127 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:07,720 band. 128 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:13,400 So we switched the name and we called ourselves Luminize as we wanted to kind of like show 129 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,040 the fresh beginning and start at the band. 130 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:25,800 And yeah, that's where our career started and we started writing our first songs in 131 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,880 the Hilfersoom with the Dutch producer, Hogersfret. 132 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:37,240 And it was really, it was really a nice beginning and we clicked so well with the producer and 133 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,000 the songwriters. 134 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:47,920 And yeah, just we continued writing and very fast we started playing on really big festivals 135 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,880 in the Netherlands because the Netherlands is a country with a lot of festivals. 136 00:09:51,880 --> 00:10:00,640 I think like 800 festivals a year or something like that. 137 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,600 So it is quite a big scene. 138 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:16,800 And yeah, I think 2016 we released our first album and a year after that we started, we 139 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:25,880 actually were a support band for a band Goldneering, which is a legendary band from the Netherlands. 140 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:30,920 And we toured with them for a full year through the Netherlands, through Belgium. 141 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,680 Yeah, that was an amazing experience. 142 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:35,880 Yeah, I didn't know that. 143 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:36,880 That's super cool. 144 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,400 Yeah, I love the Twilight Zone, I guess is the most famous. 145 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,800 I didn't even know they were from the Netherlands. 146 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,440 Yeah, yeah, they are. 147 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:54,240 And they're pretty like legendary there because I mean, of course they had a huge success 148 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,240 outside of the Netherlands. 149 00:10:55,240 --> 00:11:00,960 You know, that they even played with Aerosmith and they toured in America. 150 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,360 So yeah, their Twilight Zone and Raider Love was. 151 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:05,360 Yeah, Raider Love. 152 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:06,360 Yeah. 153 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,800 Yeah, they play, I hear those two songs on the radio here in Los Angeles all the time. 154 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:10,800 So yeah. 155 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:11,800 Yeah, yeah. 156 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,600 That's awesome that you're able to tour with them. 157 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,840 What was it like going from Strikvenica to the Netherlands? 158 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:19,840 Big difference, I imagine. 159 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:21,000 Huge difference. 160 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,120 It was a cultural shock for me. 161 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,120 Yeah, it was just a huge difference. 162 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:31,720 You know, from a small town to the country, that is, I don't know how to explain it, but 163 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:39,360 the Netherlands is a very free spirited country and the lifestyle is completely different. 164 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:47,080 And yeah, we moved to the city called The Hague, which is like, I would say, not like 165 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:53,600 a super big city, but like semi-big, I think 300,000 people living there. 166 00:11:53,600 --> 00:12:00,840 And it's a beautiful city and the good thing is that it's on the sea and it has a beautiful, 167 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,680 like, big beach. 168 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:07,520 So it felt good to just be so connected with the sea. 169 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:14,360 And the good thing is that The Hague was kind of like a city where all the rock bands came 170 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,120 from, basically Golden Earring also is from The Hague. 171 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:28,680 So it felt like we chose the right city, but yeah, it was just such a different feeling. 172 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:36,480 And yeah, as I said, the cultural shock, but after a while, I just started loving it. 173 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:40,640 And then first, we really thought that we're just going to go for one year and just try 174 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,480 out and see how it's going to go. 175 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:47,760 And yeah, 10 years later, I still have my address in the Netherlands, even though now 176 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,520 I'm in Croatia, but trying to combine both countries. 177 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:52,520 Yeah. 178 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:53,520 Yeah, that's awesome. 179 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:54,600 And it's not too far away. 180 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:55,600 What is that? 181 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:56,840 A two hour flight maybe? 182 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:57,840 Yeah, even less. 183 00:12:57,840 --> 00:12:58,840 Less. 184 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,840 Like an hour and 45 minutes. 185 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:01,840 Yeah. 186 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:02,840 Yeah. 187 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:03,840 Well, that's awesome. 188 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,840 I've got a quick fun sort of question before I go into the next segment and I'll have 189 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,320 a couple of these throughout the episode. 190 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:16,160 But if you could go to any concert in history that ever took place, which would you go to? 191 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:17,160 Oh, yeah. 192 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,160 I would definitely Michael Jackson. 193 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:25,720 That is late that you didn't expect, but I definitely would say Michael Jackson because 194 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:34,440 I do see him as, you know, I don't know, maybe the most legendary artist and something that 195 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,520 I really am sad about that I've never seen in my life. 196 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,320 And I think that's something super, super, super special. 197 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,320 So yeah, he's from me like from another universe. 198 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,960 So yeah, I would definitely go back and see him live. 199 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,000 And Queen, of course, was Freddie. 200 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Yeah. 201 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Yeah. 202 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Of course. 203 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Wembley Stadium. 204 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Yeah. 205 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,000 A lot. 206 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Of course. 207 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Yeah. 208 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Did you watch the movie? 209 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Yeah. 210 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Was it Bohemian Rhapsody? 211 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Yeah. 212 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Couple of times. 213 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Couple of times. 214 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Yeah. 215 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Love it. 216 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Yeah. 217 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 That's a good movie. 218 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Well, you know, speaking of big performances. 219 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,480 I've never hit song gasoline that you're performing on Dora. 220 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:20,120 And I have to be honest with you, at least here in the U.S., a lot of Americans don't 221 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,360 know so much about Eurovision. 222 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,400 And I know it's really popular in Europe. 223 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,400 And so for those listeners, I'm sure most of the listeners here, you know, are Croatian 224 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,920 Americans or Croatians abroad. 225 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,560 And we do have, of course, listeners in Croatia as well. 226 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:39,080 But for those who may not know about Eurovision, can you sort of explain why, you know, it's 227 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,080 so special? 228 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,080 Yeah. 229 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,160 It's just like a competition. 230 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:46,360 I haven't been to a competition. 231 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:52,400 It's a festival of, you know, 20, yeah, it depends each year. 232 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,720 But it's like around, I would say, 26 songs that are competing. 233 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:05,000 And it's like every country in Europe and Australia is also joining Eurovision as well. 234 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:10,520 That is just selecting the best song that is representing the country. 235 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:17,280 And then it's a special festival because you get like, yeah, just a different style of 236 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,800 music, different kind of artists. 237 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:27,960 And what I like to say is like, can you imagine just like someone giving you 20, 26 best dishes 238 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,720 in the world and you can just try them all at once. 239 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:39,960 And it's just two hours of pure fun and, yeah, shabang as I wanted to say, because everyone 240 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,800 trying to give it all in those three minutes and you get the full package in a sense of 241 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,160 it's just not about just the song. 242 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:54,360 It's like the whole package of a performance, of visuals, of everything. 243 00:15:54,360 --> 00:16:01,800 And yeah, and it's also something that I've seen lately, it's a special community of like 244 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:08,480 big fans of Eurovision that come together and that are following everything so closely, 245 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,840 even before Eurovision, very dedicated to the whole thing. 246 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:18,640 So it's just, I don't know, there is something special happening around Eurovision. 247 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,280 It's just good vibes. 248 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:22,680 It seems like a lot of fun. 249 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,880 That's why really my dream is to go to Eurovision. 250 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,960 Yeah, well, yeah, I'd never watched it before. 251 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:35,520 I don't even think I'd heard of it until like three years ago when I first sort of moved 252 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:40,080 out to Croatia to Zagreb and then I was watching it there and I was in the student dorms over 253 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,000 there and people were having watch parties, watching it. 254 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:49,080 It was cool to be a part of even from my perspective, which is not being a part of it at all, just 255 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:50,080 watching it. 256 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:51,800 Yeah, yeah, exactly. 257 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,920 And then it really is a thing. 258 00:16:54,920 --> 00:17:01,880 We all gather, we're all together and then watching it and I don't know, just competing 259 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:07,680 with each other who's going to guess who's going to win and it's just a lot of fun. 260 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:15,280 And it's also, it is a high level of production, what you see and it's just amazing. 261 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:22,240 I would say it's like pure two and a half hours of adrenaline while you're watching 262 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:23,240 that. 263 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,240 I don't know. 264 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:25,240 Yeah, it's super cool. 265 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,760 So you're competing in Dora, which is the Croatia is selecting its song. 266 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,720 Every country selects a song. 267 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,120 What's that going to be like for you? 268 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:34,560 How have you been preparing? 269 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,920 Are you, I'm sure you're excited. 270 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:43,160 I'm super excited and nervous at the same time because it's really a big thing here 271 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:51,560 in Croatia, I mean, Dora is, it's really a privilege to be part of Dora as well. 272 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:56,160 And since a little girl, I've been following Dora every year and it's been my dream for 273 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:57,840 a long time. 274 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:05,560 So yeah, I would say, you know, we are really putting a lot of effort into the live performance 275 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:13,080 and even though, you know, I performed so many times and everyone is saying like, yeah, 276 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:18,240 you got this, but it's just different because it's, you know, only those three minutes. 277 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:23,000 And you know, with every show that you have, the first song is always the difficult one 278 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:28,960 because you're trying to, you know, get loose and connect with an audience and just get 279 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:33,720 comfortable on the stage, but you don't have that comfortability with just performing one 280 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,400 song. 281 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:40,480 And it's just a lot of things to think about it, like what I said, the visual and choreography 282 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,480 and everything. 283 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:50,880 But yeah, we started heavily with rehearsals already now in the studio where the Dora will 284 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,400 happen. 285 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:59,720 And yeah, the more, you know, I perform it, the more I'm comfortable with it. 286 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:05,760 And it's just, I keep on reminding myself on the day of Dora to just really enjoy the 287 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,200 moment because I really dreamt about it for a long time. 288 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:14,280 So I just hope that, you know, matter the results, I'm just going to watch that with 289 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:21,880 like, I don't know, big smile on my face and just be proud of what I did on the stage because 290 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:26,200 it's not just my effort, it's the effort of the whole team and I just want to make them 291 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:27,200 proud as well. 292 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,200 Yeah. 293 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,200 I'm sure you will. 294 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,200 Yeah. 295 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,200 And you have to go out there and compete, but at the same time, you have to enjoy yourself 296 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:36,920 while you're there, you know, you only have the one song and lifetime. 297 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:37,920 That's awesome. 298 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,520 Tell us a little bit about the song that you're performing. 299 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,520 Yeah. 300 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:50,040 So the song is called Gasoline and I wrote it last year around May, I would say. 301 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:54,720 So I wrote it with my Dutch team because I started working with them at the beginning 302 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,440 of last year. 303 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:01,680 And I do have to say that we immediately clicked so well. 304 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:09,560 And I like when I finished, like when we stopped with Luminize, I started with my solo career 305 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,080 in 2020. 306 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,520 But I was still kind of searching myself and like who Marcella is and what's Marcella 307 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,360 sound because I was so used to writing for Luminize. 308 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:26,440 And I knew that, you know, rock music is something that I strive for, but I started experimenting 309 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:31,480 with different styles and then trying to see like who really Marcella is. 310 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:38,440 And I would say that I really needed to find my good team, which I found last year. 311 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:44,320 And I do have to say that I, with the first session that we did and with my first single, 312 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:50,280 not the same, we, I think I found my sound, which I like to call pop in a ladder jacket, 313 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:55,680 which is kind of like pop rock sound. 314 00:20:55,680 --> 00:21:03,120 And yeah, as I said, like we wrote gasoline, yeah, in around May. 315 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:12,400 And basically, my whole team was such a big fan of Eurovision, they still are. 316 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:17,080 And we, with every session, writing session that we started, we would always say like, 317 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:21,320 today we're going to write a song for Eurovision. 318 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,080 That was always like a goal of a writing session. 319 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:31,440 But the good thing is that my sound is something that I strive for, like a big energetic pop 320 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:32,440 sound. 321 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,720 And I think that fits Dora and Eurovision. 322 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:42,920 So every song that we wrote was in the back of our minds, maybe this could be for, you 323 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,520 know, Dora. 324 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:51,640 But I knew that those songs needs to happen in order for me to say like, okay, I'm applying 325 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:52,640 this year. 326 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,440 And that happened with gasoline. 327 00:21:54,440 --> 00:22:00,200 The first chorus that we, you know, when we first wrote the chorus, we knew that that 328 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:01,720 was the song. 329 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:09,080 And I know that day we just started with an idea of like, let's try to experiment with 330 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:20,120 like a more upbeat song, because I was like writing a lot of, I would say, semi-tempo songs, 331 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:28,200 like more of like a Madden Dragon songs, like half, I have to say that, sorry, my mom, it's 332 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:33,160 a morning, so I don't know how it's in the next, that's right, but okay. 333 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:37,920 And I know that we said like, let's, let's, let's try with a more upbeat song. 334 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:45,240 And yeah, and I think the first thing we had was the production, which was kind of like, 335 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:55,200 yeah, it had an influence of 80s, which you can hear and a lot of synths and the grouveness. 336 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,680 And then we started like, you know, just throwing ideas, like a melody ideas. 337 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:08,360 And the first thing we had was the hook, like gasoline and from then on, it was just, yeah, 338 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,040 it was a great session, quite fast. 339 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:16,680 We had the first chorus and then, and theme of the song is just basically something that 340 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:27,200 is related to what's the, I went through a big double blast here and it was kind of like 341 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,800 a big heartbreak. 342 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:36,520 And of course, as every human, you get, you know, hurt and you are very sad at that moment, 343 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:45,800 that sometimes, you know, in those situations, you kind of, you kind of wake up your fighting 344 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,520 spirit, I would say, and you want to fight more and harder. 345 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:56,160 And gasoline is basically saying that what doesn't kill you, you know, makes you stronger 346 00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:02,560 in the sense of like, okay, hurt me, set me on fire, but I'm just going to burn like gasoline, 347 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:03,560 you know. 348 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:12,160 So, yeah, and it's basically, yeah, I want to spread that energy and message of no matter 349 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,120 what happens, just keep on fighting. 350 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,840 Yeah, I love that. 351 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,920 Yeah, very powerful message to go along with your very powerful voice, which shines in 352 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:21,920 the song. 353 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:22,920 So that's awesome. 354 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:27,080 And I'll include links so people can go ahead and click on that whoever's listening to hear 355 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,080 that song. 356 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,320 I'm super excited to hear you perform that. 357 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:35,840 It's changing the subject here to one of the quick question, but what is your favorite 358 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,160 food to eat when you're in Croatia? 359 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,280 Oh, I love that question. 360 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:49,600 My favorite food to eat when I'm in Croatia is, oh, well, I'm trying to like take one 361 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:55,400 because I could go like a list, but maybe I would say Sardinia. 362 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,400 I don't know. 363 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:57,400 Oh, of course. 364 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:58,400 Yeah, yeah. 365 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:05,080 I would say Sardinia because that's such a special dish and you cannot eat it anywhere 366 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,400 else than in Croatia, I would say. 367 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,320 I mean, I've never tried it anywhere else. 368 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,520 Maybe I'm saying wrong thing. 369 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,840 But yeah, that would be my favorite thing. 370 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:22,920 You know, I always wish it when I come to my like hometown and to my mom always say, 371 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:23,920 like, can you make Sardinia? 372 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,360 Yeah, I was going to ask who's cooking. 373 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:32,240 No, I've never made them and I really want to make them. 374 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,000 And my mom always tells me like, oh, it's so difficult. 375 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,960 I'm going to show you one time, but it never happened. 376 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,680 I'm the same way. 377 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,320 I like in theory, I like, you know, learning the recipes and everything. 378 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,120 But when it comes down to it, I said, you know, mom, I'll just let you make it and I'll eat 379 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:49,120 it. 380 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:50,120 Exactly. 381 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:51,120 Exactly. 382 00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:52,120 Exactly. 383 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:57,440 And also when you eat Sardinia, you just want to eat the good ones and I'm just afraid 384 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,480 to make the pav ones, you know. 385 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,120 Yeah, yeah, you don't want to mess it up. 386 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:03,120 Yeah. 387 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:04,120 Exactly. 388 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:08,640 Sorry, going back then to music here, you mentioned some of your influences and the bands 389 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:09,640 that you listen to. 390 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:10,640 Yeah. 391 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:15,560 Do you listen to any Croatian bands or artists or I guess growing up as well? 392 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,240 Did you have any influences? 393 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:22,080 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I did listen to Croatian bands. 394 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,960 I'm an artist, I'm still am. 395 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:35,200 I am more influenced with more of an international artist, but when it comes to Croatian artists, 396 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:44,120 I did listen a lot to Parni Vajlak bands and Kiki Rajimovski is someone like I would say, 397 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,120 oh, sorry, I made a mistake. 398 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:57,240 Kiki Rajimovski, Kiki is his son, Kiki Rajimovski is probably one of my favorite voices of 399 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:58,240 Croatia. 400 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:08,160 He really has a special voice and he's very dear to my heart and he's not anymore here 401 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,160 with us. 402 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:19,920 And Parni Vajlak now has a different frontman, but I do have to say that band is quite special 403 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:27,120 and his voice is like a voice that influenced me when I was a little girl. 404 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:33,000 I love Urban and I know if you heard about Urban, but he really is a special artist and 405 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:39,560 songwriter and his lyrics are really, really, really special and his voice is like a huge 406 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,160 and powerful voice. 407 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:53,520 Yeah, from a newer artist now that I'm really active on the scene, I really like Matja Tvek. 408 00:27:53,520 --> 00:28:00,640 He's one of the amazing male vocalists now in Croatia. 409 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:07,200 I would say when it comes to newer style, I recently discovered Nijac. 410 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:12,720 He has a really fresh modern production and it's really interesting. 411 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:17,520 There are a lot of newer artists that are just killing it now on the scene and I'm so 412 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,520 happy to see that. 413 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:24,600 Filip Rudan is someone that I'm really enjoying. 414 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:29,040 His music is amazing and it's sounding really, really modern and fresh. 415 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,040 Yeah, yeah. 416 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,040 Okay. 417 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:36,880 Yeah, that's a lot of recommendations for me now to go through later and listen to. 418 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,400 So thank you for that. 419 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,960 I've got a few more. 420 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:45,800 This is a first that I'm doing here, but basically what I'm going to do is I'm going to give 421 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:51,520 you a specific scenario and I want you to tell me what song you would like to go along 422 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:56,320 with that or what song you would listen to during this moment, if that makes sense. 423 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:57,800 Oh, I love that. 424 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:58,800 Okay. 425 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,240 We'll see how this goes. 426 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:08,080 Well, this is more of a Zagreb specific one, but your hiking Sleeme, which is the mountain 427 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:13,320 over there in Zagreb, and the sun just begins to rise. 428 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:14,320 Okay. 429 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,960 And then what song plays? 430 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,880 I don't know if it's like a movie scene for you or just like what you're thinking in your 431 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,200 head during that moment, something like that. 432 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:32,800 I don't know, I really have to be honest, first song that popped into my head was from 433 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:34,400 Toto Hold the Line. 434 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:35,400 Wow. 435 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:46,760 It was really because I don't know, it has that kind of like your and your hiking walking 436 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:47,760 and down. 437 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,400 Oh, so you're really hiking at a good pace then. 438 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,400 You're not just strolling. 439 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:56,000 Yes, I don't know where. 440 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:01,440 I guess because immediately when you're hiking, I always like, you know, when you train or 441 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:05,280 walk or something, you just need like a right tempo to follow. 442 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:06,280 Okay. 443 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:07,280 I like that. 444 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,320 An interesting fact, I don't know if you know, but the keyboardist of Toto who wrote 445 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:15,720 that song and most of their other hits is actually Croatian as well, Croatian American. 446 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:20,360 I think either his dad or his grandparents, I'm not sure what generation. 447 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,480 I think I might knew that, but now. 448 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,080 Yeah, it's familiar, but yeah, yeah. 449 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:27,080 Oh, that's cool. 450 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,880 I've been trying to get him on the podcast too, actually, because Toto, you know, incredible 451 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:31,880 band, a lot of hits. 452 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,760 But yeah, no success yet. 453 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,640 So hopefully he'll hear this and reach out. 454 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:37,640 Yeah. 455 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,360 Okay, let me get you. 456 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,880 I got a few more scenarios here. 457 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:49,400 This one is you're sad having you're having a bad day and you're in the tram and it's 458 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,640 raining outside. 459 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:57,400 Oh, you're sitting there looking out the window at the rain. 460 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:07,160 Yeah, first song that hopped into my head is Sorry from Nothing but Thieves. 461 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,040 Do you have to check that one out? 462 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,520 No, I don't know that one. 463 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:13,520 Yeah. 464 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,040 I don't know. 465 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:22,160 I do play that song a lot when I'm down because, yeah, yeah, listen to it. 466 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,680 I love Nothing but Thieves. 467 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,880 So yeah, sorry would be the song. 468 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,280 All right, I'll have to check that one out. 469 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:29,280 Yeah. 470 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,800 Next one, two more here is it's summertime. 471 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:39,120 You're lying on the beach, say in Rieke or Srikvenica has a beach, right? 472 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,040 Okay, we'll say there with a Karlováško. 473 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,040 Karlováško, thanks. 474 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,040 Nice, nice, nice. 475 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:51,760 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, that's a good one. 476 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,520 I'm just imagining myself now sitting here. 477 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,200 You know, I do that. 478 00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,640 So it's not like I need to imagine something that never happened. 479 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,720 Yeah, it's a realistic scenario. 480 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:03,720 Yeah. 481 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:04,720 Oh, my God. 482 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:05,720 Why am I stuck? 483 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:06,720 Because I'm thinking now too much. 484 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:19,760 Karlováško, okay, when you're drinking Karlováško means you're granted. 485 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:20,760 I need a... 486 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:29,080 I guess at that point it depends how many Karlováškos you've had. 487 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,840 Maybe you don't even hear the music at that point. 488 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,840 Exactly, exactly. 489 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:43,760 Oh, my God, why I cannot think about a song that I would play, like just thinking about 490 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:51,360 myself like taking a phone and putting a playlist on what I would put. 491 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:56,640 It really also depends if I'm alone or I'm with my friends, because if I would be with 492 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:02,080 my friends, then it would probably be like a Croatian song and it would be probably 493 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:12,280 like something from, yeah, I would say Oliver Dagovic or... 494 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,800 Or they would go Misha Grovac or something like that. 495 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:16,800 Oh, yeah. 496 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,600 One thing, something like that. 497 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,080 It would be a Croatian song. 498 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,000 It would be a Croatian song. 499 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:27,000 Misha, he's got some sad ones though, some ballads. 500 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:33,880 Yeah, Misha would be probably something more for later when we have like, I don't know, 501 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,880 five or six got a little extra. 502 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,880 Okay, yeah, yeah, that makes sense. 503 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,880 And get it for... 504 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,880 Hands in the air. 505 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:47,880 That's also good for the tram and the rain too. 506 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:53,120 All right, last scenario here. 507 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:58,120 I don't know if you'll be able to relate to this or if you ever thought about this, but 508 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:13,320 if you had to have a walkout song for a fight, what would it be? 509 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:14,320 gasoline 510 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:15,320 There you go. 511 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:20,200 I was wondering, I was thinking, you know, which scenario is she going to say gasoline 512 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:21,200 to? 513 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,880 I think that's the perfect thought. 514 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:25,880 I love it. 515 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:26,880 I love it. 516 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,720 Sam, you're going to burn like gasoline still. 517 00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:33,040 It fits perfectly for that. 518 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:34,040 Yeah. 519 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,040 I love it. 520 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,040 Great answer. 521 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,040 Great answer. 522 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:41,480 Well, that's sort of winding down here last couple of minutes of the podcast. 523 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:45,320 I want to ask, you know, of course you've got Dora coming up and hopefully Eurovision 524 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:46,400 after that. 525 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:51,000 But aside from that, what sort of future plans do you have both, you know, for your career 526 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,240 or personally, otherwise? 527 00:34:53,240 --> 00:34:59,080 Yeah, it's now that I'm that I found my team. 528 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:04,800 I really want to continue just writing a lot of songs and releasing a next single after 529 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:12,960 gasoline and just continuing in the same tempo and building my solo career and hopefully 530 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:19,240 just growing as an artist, as a performer and something that I really wish to start 531 00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:25,960 as soon as possible is performing live because that's what I absolutely love doing the most. 532 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,560 So hopefully, you know, summer is coming soon. 533 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:35,240 So I really do hope to play on some festivals and just experience the whole live show. 534 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:36,240 Yeah, definitely. 535 00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:37,240 That'd be awesome. 536 00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:39,440 I'll be looking forward to that. 537 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:43,000 And Marcella, I want to thank you again so much for your time for coming here on the 538 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,520 All Things Croatia podcast. 539 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:45,520 You were a great guest. 540 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:50,800 Give a great interview and I only have one one final question that I've been asking every 541 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,080 guest that comes on the podcast. 542 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:58,080 What do you makes Croatia special? 543 00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:59,080 People. 544 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:00,080 Definitely. 545 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:07,400 People, I would say the warmth of the people, the the the well, I don't know the generous 546 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:17,320 hearts and warm hearts, the yeah, just how to say that the hospitality of people that 547 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,640 is just I don't know, special, I would say. 548 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:21,960 Absolutely, I agree. 549 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:26,560 Marcella, thank you so much again for coming on the podcast and best of luck in Dora and 550 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,160 your future future plans. 551 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,320 Really looking forward to it. 552 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:31,320 Thank you so much. 553 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:32,320 I really enjoyed it. 554 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:39,320 Thank you.