Aidan Cassar (born 17 December 1999), known professionally as Aidan, is a Maltese singer and songwriter.
Career
In 2018 he competed in the
Malta Eurovision Song Contest
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with Dai Laga. Following reports that the song, originally described as an original composition, had used a publicly available production beat and could have potentially violated Eurovision rules, it was revamped and re-released. The song placed fourth in the contest. Afterwards, he participated in the ''
X Factor Malta''.
In 2019 he represented Malta in the
OGAE Song Contest 2019 with the song "The Feeling".
His single "
Naħseb Fik" has been compared with "
Tick Tock" by
Clean Bandit and
Mabel
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History
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and was said to have a similar cord progression. He denied the beat and melody were plagiarised. The song was entered in the
Mużika Mużika competition in 2021, it was the first time he has written a song in Maltese and performed in Maltese. The music video won music video of the year at Lovin Malta Social Media Awards in 2021.
He entered the
Malta Eurovision Song Contest in 2022 with the song "
Ritmu
"Ritmu" (; ) is a song by Maltese singer Aidan released on 2 March 2022. The song placed second in the national competition to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 and reached number one on Malta's singles charts.
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", placing second. The song went on to top the Maltese Radio airplay charts for three weeks, and performed at a Eurovision pre-party in
London.
He announced the jury results for Malta at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2022.
On 24 July 2022, he performed live with the songs "Naħseb Fik" and "Ritmu" during
Isle Of MTV 2022 in
Floriana.
In 2023 he entered the
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest again with the song "
Reġina". He was disqualified from the contest allegedly due to social media posts about his song which were not allowed by
Public Broadcasting Services. He threatened PBS with legal action but went on to perform a medley of his songs in the interval.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
Other charted songs
References
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1999 births
Living people
Maltese pop singers
Maltese singer-songwriters
People from Żejtun
21st-century Maltese singers
21st-century Maltese male singers