The heartbreaking news of Joost Klein’s disqualification from the Eurovision Song Contest has deeply affected not only the singer himself, but also his music producer Tantu Beats, whose real name is Teun de Kruif.
Five hundred hours
On TikTok, where Teun posts his videos under his stage name Tantu Beats, he plays the outro of his song Europapa during a bike ride. Meanwhile, we see the following text in the image: ‘When your song is disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest’. In the caption of the video, Teun writes that he spent five hundred hours on the song. He ends his post with a broken heart.
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Prosecution after incident
Yesterday, the Swedish police reported that Joost Klein’s file has been transferred to the Swedish Public Prosecution Service. They expect that Joost will be prosecuted for the incident during the Eurovision Song Contest. The case is scheduled for June. Joost is now back in the Netherlands, where he can now quietly recover from this major Eurovision nightmare.
Popularity of Joost Klein
Despite the huge disappointment during the song festival, Europapa is growing in popularity. The song is the most streamed song on Spotify in the Netherlands, Belgium and Latvia, and the song is also widely listened to in other European countries such as Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Norway, Germany, Greece, Ireland and Denmark. The Spotify success must be a small consolation for Joost amid the disappointment of the disqualification.
Europapa from the church bells
In addition to the growing popularity on Spotify and a doubling of his Instagram followers, the Netherlands has come up with a special way to support Joost. Today the song Europapa sounded from church bells in various places in the country. The song filled the streets of Weesp, Nijkerk and Groningen with its melody. The initiative for this moving action came from the morning show of 3FM DJ Wijnand Speelman. He called on bell players throughout the Netherlands to support the artist. Europapa also resonated in cities such as Vlissingen, Eindhoven, Leiden, Venlo, Meppel, Oldenzaal and Hasselt. And that must feel like a small victory for Joost.
