When the duo were told they were Eurovision-bound,they cried,Fielding said. “We had the little a-ha moment and cried and got really emotional,” he said. “We love our music,we love what we create,and to be given this platform to showcase our love for people ... it’s really nice to be connected to that.”
Ross described his reaction as “frazzled emotions,but there was jumping up and down like a goose and there was the very proud phone call to the parents because they love when the world gives us opportunities,” he said. “They’re so full of joy and pride. So I think sharing it with loved ones is possibly the best part.”
Fielding and Ross have been performing together as Electric Fields since 2015,winning best new talent of the year at the 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards,performing at the 2020 AFL Grand Final and,in 2023,performingWe The People,the official WorldPride theme song.
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Fielding,also the winner of the 2023 Wynne Prize,describes Electric Fields as “vulnerability and humour. We accept that we’re just temporary beings. We’re in and we’re out. And that’s how we like to express ourselves. What we all have in common is life and death,and you’ve just got to go with it. So we are just having fun,just making beautiful music.”
The duo will performOne Milkali (One Blood) in the Swedish host city,Malmö,in May. The song incorporates Yankunytjatjara,an Aboriginal language of the Anangu people. “We’ve always[incorporated indigenous lyrics] because it’s a beautiful language,and it’s a part of who I am,” Fielding says. “To be given this opportunity with Eurovision ... we get to be our country,and we get to showcase that.”
Electric Fields are not new on the Eurovision radar. The duo came second in 2019 at the Eurovision pre-selection event Australia Decides,losing to Kate Miller-Heidke,who performedZero Gravity. Miller-Heidke went on to place ninth from 41 competing countries.