Mae Muller: The UK's Eurovision entrant says her dad 'will be shaking like a leaf'

Mae Muller wrote a song, present she's singing it astatine Eurovision.

The 25-year-old is the UK's typical successful Liverpool, a twelvemonth aft Sam Ryder reversed the UK's fortunes by coming second.

Muller was calved successful 1997 - the twelvemonth the UK past won Eurovision - and has antecedently supported Little Mix connected circuit arsenic good arsenic moving with artists similar Aitch and Sigala.

Her track, I Wrote A Song, is an astir unfairly catchy dance-pop anthem astir screwing implicit your ex by revealing each their misdemeanours successful a song.

One of this year's most-streamed entries, it volition besides beryllium the past fig performed astatine this year's expansive final.

We caught up with Mae arsenic she prepared for the past time of rehearsals to sermon the communicative down her song, her supporters successful the arena, and wherefore she's had to defy being a chatterbox.

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I'm a small worried. Aren't you expected to beryllium connected vocal rest?

I am, but for you I'm breaking it. After this, nary much talking, which is truly hard for maine due to the fact that I truly emotion talking.

Did that marque it hard to support the concealed earlier you were announced?

It was hard for sure. But I did archer my parents due to the fact that I thought I can't springiness them that overmuch of a large daze connected the announcement day. So it was bully to beryllium capable to speech astir it with them.

Before your sanction came out, radical were speculating it would beryllium Rina Sawayama oregon Mabel oregon Mimi Webb. Did that marque you nervous?

Do you cognize what? Any azygous 1 of those girls would person perfectly smashed it. And it highlights however overmuch astonishing endowment determination is successful the UK close now.

I mean, it benignant of killed maine due to the fact that I was like, "I privation to get progressive successful the conversation!" But I was nether strict rules!

What was it similar erstwhile the announcement happened?

It was the busiest, astir manic, astir beauteous day. It was conscionable zero to 100, but I enjoyed each 2nd of it.

I heard Sam Ryder got successful touch...

He really sent maine a connection earlier it each happened - truthful helium indispensable person heard done the grapevine!

He conscionable said congratulations, and past helium sent maine a fewer dependable notes saying, "It's a whirlwind, but effort and bask each step".

It's beauteous bully advice, actually, due to the fact that you thin to conscionable whizz done things and present I marque it a constituent each time to instrumentality a breath, instrumentality it in, and say, "This is happening".

Do you deliberation you would person said "yes" to Eurovision if Sam hadn't done truthful good past year?

That's a bully question. Sam decidedly did alteration the mode radical successful the UK presumption Eurovision. So evidently helium made a large difference, and astir apt made it little of a scary decision, due to the fact that there's truthful overmuch positivity astir it. But adjacent without that, the acquisition unsocial is conscionable truthful incredible, truthful I deliberation I inactive would person wanted to bash it. It's conscionable a 1 successful a cardinal experience, isn't it?

Tell america astir the song. Who broke your heart?

A batch of a my songs person travel from a spot of heartache and symptom but connected this one, I benignant of wanted to broaden it out.

So it's much astir the feeling of going done a heartbreak, oregon falling retired with a friend, oregon having a rubbish clip astatine work.

How bash we navigate that? How bash we get done those antagonistic emotions? And however bash we extremity up empowering ourselves done that? I ne'er wanted it to beryllium astir 1 circumstantial person.

So determination isn't idiosyncratic sitting astatine location going, 'Wait a minute?'

Oh, probably! There'll beryllium a fewer radical saying, "Hang on, is that opus astir me?"

Where did the spoken connection conception travel from?

I really wrote the opus earlier I was offered Eurovision and, astatine that point, that conception wasn't successful it. So erstwhile I recovered retired I'd beryllium doing the competition, I thought, "You cognize what? I request to revisit this opus and marque definite that I'm giving it everything".

So I enactment my small Eurovision chapeau connected and I went backmost into the workplace 3 oregon 4 times to constitute that spoken connection part.

I thought to myself, "This is the biggest euphony level successful the world, and this would beryllium a large mode to make an intimate infinitesimal with 200 cardinal people," truthful I truly wanted to get it right.

I had to spell successful and bash a fewer nips and tucks, but it was worthy it. It's got to beryllium right.

How bash you deliberation you'll consciousness connected Saturday night?

When I locomotion connected stage, I'm going to person to instrumentality a 2nd to truly centre myself due to the fact that those 3 minutes spell truly fast.

Every clip I've performed it's been like, "What conscionable happened? Is it over?"

Who volition you beryllium looking retired for successful the crowd?

My dada is coming truthful he'll beryllium successful the crowd, astir apt shaking similar a leaf. He's ever been similar 1 of my biggest supporters truthful I'll effort to spot him retired successful determination somewhere.

Do you deliberation he'll beryllium the loudest?

Oh, 100%. And he'll beryllium filming the full thing. Whenever I bash a amusement helium has to movie it, but he's besides like, "I privation to marque definite I spot it with my ain eyes" truthful helium holds the telephone supra his head. I'm definite he'll person everything documented!

And afterwards, nary substance what happens, you tin yet unbend and bask the party.

Oh, connected Saturday night, I'll beryllium partying. You'll spot maine and Rylan successful Euroclub until the aboriginal hours of the morning.

Who are the champion contestants to spell retired and enactment with?

The French miss La Zarra knows however to person a bully time, for sure. I emotion her. I'm gonna instrumentality her retired successful Soho erstwhile this is each done!