"Revolution" is a song by Swedish singer

Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (; born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish singer and television presenter. He took part in ''Idol 2005'', eventually finishing fifth, won the Let's Dance 2006, first season of ''Let's Dance (Swedish TV series), Le ...

, released as a single on 21 February 2025. It was written by Zelmerlöw, along with ,

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and . It was performed in

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Background and composition

"Revolution" was written by Zelmerlöw with , and

. Zelmerlöw considered participating in

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for a fourth time and discussed it with Lindgren Zacharias; the two contacted Atas to ask if he would help with production. Zelmerlöw and Svensson were both contestants on the second season of ''

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'' but hadn't seen each other in six years before they met up for the songwriting session. "Revolution", which took around an hour to write, was originally written with the

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in mind, but Zelmerlöw says its lyrics have taken on a new meaning in the context of the second Trump presidency. Off-stage background vocals on "Revolution" are provided by and Alexander Holmgren.

Melodifestivalen 2025

Sweden's broadcaster for the

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(SVT), is organising a 30-entry competition, ''

'', to select the country's entrant for the

Eurovision Song Contest 2025 The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Basel, Switzerland, following the country's victory at the with the song "The Code (Nemo song), The Code" by Nemo (singer), Nemo. Organised ...

. A total of 30 entries took part in the competition across five heats. Each heat consisted of six songs, with the top two songs directly qualifying for the final. Unlike in the previous edition, only the third-placing song proceeded to a final qualification round at the end of the fifth heat, which featured five songs instead of ten. The top two songs in the final qualification then progressed to the final, which comprised 12 songs. The winner of the final was determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from the public and an international jury. On 26 November 2024, it was announced that Zelmerlöw would participate in

with the song "Revolution". The song, which participated in the fourth round on 22 February 2025, went directly to the final. The song placed second overall, winning the jury vote and placing second with the televote.

Charts

References

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