Joker Out

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Joker Out in 2023, from left to right: Nace Jordan, Bojan Cvjetićanin, Kris Guštin, Jure Maček and Jan Peteh
Background information
Origin Ljubljana, Slovenia
Genres
Years active2016–present
Members
  • Bojan Cvjetićanin
  • Jure Maček
  • Kris Guštin
  • Jan Peteh
  • Nace Jordan
Past members
  • Matic Kovačič
  • Martin Jurkovič
Website www.jokeroutband.com
The band's stylised logo. Joker Out logo.svg
The band's stylised logo.

Joker Out is a five-member Slovenian indie rock band formed in 2016, who describe their genre as 'Shagadelic Rock n' Roll.' [1] They had represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Carpe Diem", placing 21st. [2] Their discography includes two studio albums: Umazane misli (2021), and Demoni (2022). [3]

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Career

2016–2021: Formation and Umazane misli

The group was formed in May 2016 after the breakup of Apokalipsa, which included Bojan Cvjetićanin, Martin Jurkovič, Matic Kovačič and Luka Škerlep. Three of them (Cvjetićanin, Jurkovič, and Kovačič) were joined by Kris Guštin and Jan Peteh from Buržuazija, and Joker Out was born. [4] In November they released their first single "Kot srce, ki kri poganja", for which they also recorded their first music video. [5] On June 17, 2017, they became the winners of the 4th season (2016/17) of the Špil league (a competition for student musical groups and soloists). [6] In November they released their second song "Omamljeno telo". [7] [8] The group also performed at many festivals.

Their next single "Gola", on which they first collaborated with producer Žare Pak, was released on September 12, 2019. On November 2, they had their first completely independent concert, held at the Ljubljana Castle. [9] "Gola" was followed by the fourth single "Vem da greš" in March 2020, followed by "Umazane misli" (October 2020) and "A sem ti povedal" (July 2021). Jure Maček replaced drummer Matic Kovačič between the releases of "Umazane misli" and "A sem ti povedal". The composition "Umazane misli" was chosen by the audience as the "New Slovenian composition of the last year" at the first edition of the festival Frišno/Fresh - The Day of New Slovenian Music, which took place on October 1, 2021. [10] [11]

Their first album Umazane misli was released in October 2021. It was originally planned to be released in April 2020, but the release was postponed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was presented at two consecutive concerts on October 20 and 21, 2021 in Cvetličarna, both of which were sold out in 2020. The second concert was recorded by RTV Slovenia. In these two years, they received two Zlata piščal awards - the first in 2020 for "Newcomers of the Year", and the second in 2021 for "Artists of the Year". [12]

2022–present: Demoni and Eurovision Song Contest

In April 2022, they released the music video for the last single from their first album "Barve Oceana". On May 12, at the eighth edition of the Zlata piščal Awards, they were nominated for "Artist of the Year" for the second year in a row. On August 31, they released their second album Demoni, which was preceded by the song "Katrina". They held a presentation concert for the album on September 9 in Ljubljana's Križanke. On October 10, they announced on Instagram that bassist Martin Jurkovič was leaving the band to study abroad and was being replaced by Nace Jordan, a member of "Diamanti", the house band of the "V petek zvečer" show. [13] [14] "Katrina" was followed at the end of October by "Demoni", their first Serbian-language single, which represents their first official release for the former Yugoslav market. [15]

On 8 December 2022, RTV Slovenia announced that Joker Out would represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. Recording for their Eurovision song took place within the month of December 2022 in Hamburg, Germany, over a 12-day period. [16] The band stated that they wanted to keep the entire song in the Slovene language, saying: "we want to translate Slovenian into a universal language of dance and entertainment that all countries understand." [17] In January 2023, the band shot their music video in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana, at the Grand Hotel Union. [18]

On the same day that the band was announced to be internally selected by Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV Slovenija), the broadcaster announced that their song, later revealed to be titled "Carpe Diem", would premiere on a special Eurovision broadcast on TV SLO 1 called Misija Liverpool on 4 February 2023, along with the Eurovision Song Contest premiering the music video on their YouTube channel. [19] On 31 January, Joker Out was drawn to perform in the second half of the second semi-final on 11 May. [20]

As part of the promotional tour, in March and April they took part in the Eurovision pre-parties in Barcelona, Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Madrid, Amsterdam and London, and before leaving for Liverpool, they said goodbye to their home audience with a concert at Ljubljana's Novi trg on April 25. In March, they were included in the list of 100 noteworthy music performers in Europe (Artists to Watch 2023), by the Association of Independent Music Labels IMPALA. On April 21, they released the single "New Wave" (an English-Slovenian version of their song "Novi val"), recorded with Elvis Costello. [21]

At Eurovision, they performed in the second semi-final and qualified for the final, where they finished in 21st place. Following the contest, the band embarked on a European tour across Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia, as well as Ireland and the United Kingdom. In June, they announced a Nordic tour for September, including shows in Norway, Sweden and Finland. They sold out 12,000-capacity arena gig in their hometown Ljubljana, on October 6, in Arena Stožice. [22]

Joker Out thank their fans after finishing a concert in Tavastia, Helsinki in 2023 Joker Out Helsinki - Dean Grainger.jpg
Joker Out thank their fans after finishing a concert in Tavastia, Helsinki in 2023

In July, they went on a sold-out UK Tour alongside Irish band Wild Youth, with concerts in Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and London. In the latter, they performed at the Electric Ballroom to a crowd of 1,500, among whom was the famous Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi. [23]

Band members

Current members

Former members

Timeline

Joker Out

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
LTU
[24]
Umazane misli
  • Released: 18 October 2021
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
72
Demoni
  • Released: 31 August 2022
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
44

Singles

List of singles
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
SLO
[25] 		FIN
[26] 		LTU
[27] 		SWE
Heat.
[28]
"Kot srce, ki kri poganja"2016————Non album single
"Omamljeno telo"2017————Umazane misli
"Gola"2019————
"Vem, da greš"2020————
"Umazane misli"————
"A sem ti povedal"2021————
"Barve oceana"2022————
"Katrina"————Demoni
"Demoni"————
"Carpe Diem"202311244Non album singles
"New Wave"
(with Elvis Costello)		————
"Sunny Side of London"————
"Everybody's Waiting"2024————Non album single

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for Joker Out
AwardYearCategoryNominated workResult
Zlata piščal (The Golden Whistle)2020Song of the Year"Gola"Nomination
Newcomer of the YearJoker OutWon
2021Artist of the YearWon
2022Artist of the YearWon
Song of the Year"Umazane misli"Nomination
"A sem ti povedal"Nomination
Album of the YearUmazane misliNomination
2023Artist of the YearJoker OutNomination
Album of the YearDemoniNomination
MAC (Music Awards Ceremony)Rock Song"Barve oceana"Nomination

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
LPS
with "Disko"
 Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2023 		Succeeded by
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