Roxen (singer)

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Roxen
Roxen on the red carpet at the Artist Awards 2021
Born
Larisa Roxana Giurgiu

(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24)
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
OccupationSinger
Years active2019–present
Musical career
GenresDeep house
Instrument(s)Vocals
LabelsGlobal

Larisa Roxana Giurgiu (Romanian pronunciation:

coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related cancellation. Instead, Roxen was internally selected as the country's representative for the 2021 contest with the song "Amnesia
", but failed to progress from the first semi-final, finishing in 12th place.

Life and career

2000–2019: Early life and career beginnings

Born Larisa Roxana Giurgiu on 5 January 2000 in

Airplay 100 chart,[6] and being playlisted by radio stations in several territories including France, the United States, Russia and Spain.[1] Roxen's debut solo single "Ce-ți cântă dragostea" released later that year in November peaked at number one in Romania.[6] Music critics have since regarded Roxen's primary genre as being deep house,[1] and compared the singer's music style and appearance to that of Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish.[7] In a București FM interview, Roxen cited Beyoncé as a major inspiration.[8]

2020–present: Eurovision and continued success

Roxen performing in 2020.

In early February 2020, it was reported that Roxen was one of three artists shortlisted to

coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).[14] Although TVR had considered retaining "Alcohol You" as a song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021,[15] EBU soon after announced that intended 2020 entries were not eligible for the following year.[16] Roxen was nonetheless internally selected for the 2021 contest.[17]

In June 2020, the singer was hired as the brand ambassador for Romanian box-dye hair color product Loncolor Expert HEMPstyle, appearing on product packagings and in a commercial which prominently featured the Selecția Națională entry "Storm".[18] Starting with the release of "How to Break a Heart" in July, Roxen had been benefiting from a promotional campaign for which Global Records partnered with Warner Music.[19] In October, Roxen scored a second number-one single on the Airplay 100 with "Spune-mi".[6] "Amnesia", Roxen's Eurovision 2021 entry, was selected by an internal jury panel and released on 4 March.[20][21] It was performed in the first semi-final of the contest on 18 May 2021, but failed to qualify for the final, finishing in 12th place with 85 points.[22][23] By January 2022, Roxen's collaboration with DMNDS and Strange Fruits Music on "Money Money" (2021) had reached the top ten on music charts in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Russia.[24][25] "Dincolo de Marte" (2021), a collaboration with Randi, was also successful, peaking at number two in Romania in April 2022.[6] "UFO", the song that was placed behind "Amnesia" to represent Romania at Eurovision,[26] was also a number-two hit in Poland and attained a gold certification from the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (ZPAV) in the country.[27][28]

Personal life

At the age of 14, Roxen was diagnosed with lyme disease.[29] Roxen is vegetarian.[30] As of June 2020, the singer resides in Bucharest. At the beginning of the same month, Roxen was allegedly emotionally abused and blackmailed by an ex-boyfriend and obtained a restraining order against him after having made a complaint to the local police.[31] In July 2021, the singer came out as non-binary in a TikTok video,[32] and eventually clarified that they identify with all pronouns.[33] Roxen furthermore stated: "Since I was little, I feel like a boy in a girl's body. In my previous life I was really a boy".[34]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CIS
[24]
LIT
[35]
NLD
Tip

[36]
POL
[27]
RUS
[25]
"Ce-ți cântă dragostea"[37] 2019 1 Non-album singles
"Alcohol You"[12] 2020
"Spune-mi"[38] 1
"How to Break a Heart"[39]
"Wonderland"[40]
(with Alexander Rybak)
"Parte din tine"[41]
(with DJ Project)
2021 9
"Amnesia"[42] 51 26
"Inimă nu fi de piatră"[43] 51
"Money Money"[44]
(with DMNDS and Strange Fruits Music)
7 3
"Strada ta"[45]
(with Nane)
"Crazy Valorant"[46]
(with Killa Fonic)
"Dincolo de Marte"[47]
(with Randi)
2 98
"UFO"[48] 2022 2
"Printre stele"[49]
"Ghost"[50]
(with Mausio)
"Biggest Idiot"[51]
"Fool"[52]
"Enemies"[53]
(with Selin)
"Fato"[54]
(with Sapte)
2023
"Infinit"
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
ROU
[6]
BUL
[55]
"You Don't Love Me"[5]
(Sickotoy featuring Roxen)
2019 3 7 Non-album singles
"Over and Over"[56]
(PAX featuring Roxen)
2020
"Devil in Disguise"[57][58]
(Coyot featuring uncredited vocals by Roxen)
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Title Year Album
List of promotional singles
"I Don't Care"[59] 2019 Non-album singles
"Beautiful Disaster"[12] 2020
"Cherry Red"[12]
"Colors"[12]
"Storm"[12]
"Escape"[60]
"Nono Bad"[61] 2022

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances
Title Year Album
"Nu dorm"[62]
(Nane featuring Roxen)
2022 Cordial
"Cenușăreasa"[63]
(OG Eastbull featuring Roxen)
Foame și ambiție

Music videos

Title[B] Year Lead performer(s) Guest performer(s) Director(s)
List of music videos
"You Don't Love Me"[64] 2019 Sickotoy Roxen Raluca Netca
"Ce-ți cântă dragostea"[65] Roxen None
"I Don't Care"[66] Șerban Racovițeanu
"Over and Over"[67] 2020 PAX Roxen Alex Mureșan[68]
"Escape"[69] Roxen None
"Spune-mi"[70] Anton San[38][39]
"How to Break a Heart"[71]
"Wonderland"[72] Roxen /
Alexander Rybak
Raluca Netca[40]
"Parte din tine"[73] 2021 Roxen /
DJ Project
Kobzzon
"Amnesia"[74] Roxen Bogdan Păun[75]
"Inimă nu fi de piatră"[76] Kobzzon
"Money Money"[77] Roxen /
DMNDS /
Strange Fruits Music
Isabella Szanto /
Roberto Stan /
Loops Production[44]
"Dincolo de Marte"[78] Randi /
Roxen
Ionuț Trandafir[47]
"Crazy Valorant"[79] Killa Fonic /
Roxen
Bogdan Păun[80][81]
"Printre stele"[82] 2022 Roxen
"Ghost"[83] Mausio /
Roxen
Fati.TV
"Biggest Idiot"[84] Roxen David Mogan[51]
"Fool"[85] Cristina Poszet /
Andra Marta[85]

Notes

  1. ^ Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România began publishing charts in November 2021 and their charts are taken into consideration for Romanian peaks after the Airplay 100's cancellation in the same month.
  2. ^ Solely lists official music videos.

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External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
2020 (cancelled)
Succeeded by
Herself
with "Amnesia"
Preceded by
Herself
with "Alcohol You"
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
2021
Succeeded by
Llámame
"