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Joker Out is the first young band to gain nationwide popularity in Slovenia in the last decade.
Since their formation in 2016, they have brought about the revival of the live music scene,
which has once again gained mass interest among the youth and sparked a new wave of young
artists. The band consists of five members: Bojan (vocals), Kris (guitar), Jan (guitar), Nace
(bass) and Jure (drums), who are all still in their twenties, the youngest being 23. Most of them
met in Primary school where they attended the school band to compose and record the official
school anthem. This made them realize they love creating their own original music and
especially creating it together.
The wide range of the band members’ characters – from methodically astute to blissfully
spontaneous – lead them to develop a unique sound, which came to be known as Shagadelic
Rock n’ Roll. In the following years, this energetic but seductive brand of softboi rock took the
nation by storm. With the lead singles of the band’s critically acclaimed debut studio album –
Umazane Misli (Indecent notions), they took over the radio and streaming charts as well as all
major concert stages across the country. Their highly attended shows are filled with explosive
grooves and catchy melodies, which fans passionately sing along to. This has brought them
two consecutive Artist of the Year Awards in 2021 and 2022, a Song of the Year Award in
2021 and they even became the Bestselling Artist of 2022. Regardless of all the accolades and
attention, they’ve stayed grounded and always take time for their fans.
With the creativity just oozing out of the band, even their non-stop touring in 2022 couldn’t
stop them from writing and recording their second studio album - Demoni (Demons), which
was released along with a sensational sold-out concert in the nation’s most iconic concert venue
– Križanke amphitheatre. This further solidified their position as the leaders of the Slovenian
New Wave as well as it laid the ground for their international ambitions with two songs in
Serbian, the singer’s mother tongue. Always searching for the next level, Joker Out have
already announced a concert in Slovenia’s largest arena and are set to become the youngest of
a handful of artists to sell it out.
After the National television decided to choose them as their representatives for ESC 2023 that
only confirmed their ambition to pursue international recognition and are therefore already
preparing an English album. However, their song for ESC 2023 - Carpe Diem, will be
performed in Slovenian, because they want to prove their native tongue belongs among the
great European languages. The song’s message is simple – whatever life throws at you, music
and dance are always the right answer.
