Klemen Delivers Stunning New Album ‘Golden Hour’

Melodrift Team
4 hours ago
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Following his standout appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Slovenian artist Klemen turns the spotlight inward with his debut album Golden Hour. For years, he has built a vast audience by becoming other people, a sharp-eyed musical satirist whose impersonations of world leaders, pop icons, and political figures have attracted hundreds of millions of views online. That reputation has made him one of Europe’s most recognisable comedy voices. Yet Golden Hour signals a deliberate shift. It asks a simple but disarming question: what happens when the mask finally comes off?

Across its 11 tracks, the album captures Klemen in a strikingly unguarded mood, trading quick wit for stillness and emotional depth. The record unfolds slowly, favouring tenderness, quiet honesty, and moments of vulnerability that contrast sharply with the exaggerated personas that first brought him fame. Rather than chasing spectacle, Golden Hour lingers in the in-between spaces, doubt, reflection, and the search for something real. It’s a sonic pivot that positions Klemen not only as an entertainer but as a songwriter intent on reshaping how audiences see and hear him.

At the emotional centre sits standout track ‘Is Anybody Out There?’, written during an intimate session with Shelly McErlaine and Michèl Vedère. Born from open conversations about emotional weight and the longing for connection, the song distils the album’s central themes with striking clarity. In an era when audiences often encounter artists first through algorithms, personas, and carefully curated images, Golden Hour offers something rarer: a quieter self, presented without irony. It’s a bold recalibration, and one that suggests Klemen’s next chapter may be his most compelling yet.

On the track, Klemen shares, “it’s about searching for connection, finding hope, and believing in a silver lining when life feels overwhelming. The track turns vulnerability into optimism and self-doubt into togetherness.”