Electronic artist Look Mum No Computer to represent UK at Eurovision

Electronic music artist and tech creator Look Mum No Computer has been chosen to represent the UK at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, the BBC has announced.

Look Mum No Computer is a solo artist and songwriter and is also described as “an inventor of unique musical machines.”

The singer first arrived on the music scene back in 2014 as Sam Battle, frontman of indie rock band Zibra. The group performed at Glastonbury in 2015 for BBC Introducing. Since then, he has been performing and recording under his solo name.

“I find it completely bonkers to be jumping on this wonderful and wild journey,” he said.

“I have always been a massive Eurovision fan, and I love the magical joy it brings to millions of people every year, so getting to join that legacy and fly the flag for the UK is an absolute honour that I am taking very seriously.”

‘Try something different’

His song hasn’t been revealed yet, but BBC Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills said he had heard it.

He said: “The UK often gets criticised at Eurovision, or it has in some years. ‘We’re always really safe, we always keep it really middle of the road.’ So we are going to try something different this year. Why not? Let’s try something different, and it is different.”

Speaking about the song, Mills said: “From just one listen, I want you to imagine a bit of Basshunter’s Now You’re Gone and then put a bit of Parklife [by] Blur in there, and maybe you would add in a bit of West End Girls [by] Pet Shop Boys, maybe the synths of The Human League. Sprinkle a bit of Verka Serduchka in there. Maybe just a tiny bit of Sex Pistols.

“Stick all that in a blender and create a big anthem to take on Eurovision, one that I can imagine they will be singing in that arena.”