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Baller (song)

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"Baller"
"Baller" CD single cover
Single by Abor & Tynna
from the album Bittersüß
LanguageGerman
A-side"Songs gehasst"
Released24 January 2025 (2025-01-24)
Genre
Length
  • 2:39 (original version)
  • 3:00 (Eurovision version)
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Hauer
Abor & Tynna singles chronology
"Seifenblasen"
(2024) 		"Baller"
(2025)
Eurovision Song Contest 2025 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • A. Bornemisza
  • T. Bornemisza
  • Hauer
Finals performance
Final result
15th
Final points
151
Entry chronology
◄ "Always on the Run" (2024)

"Baller" (German pronunciation: [ˈbalɐ]; transl. "Shoot" or "Pop") is a song by Austrian music duo Abor & Tynna from their debut studio album, Bittersüß. It was released on 24 January 2025 through Jive Records. "Baller" represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. It gained popularity across Europe in the weeks after Eurovision and experienced strong chart success throughout the continent. Reaching number one in Lithuania and Latvia, the top five in Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria as well as the top 10 in Finland and Poland. "Baller" is the first Eurovision Song Contest entry from Germany performed entirely in German since 1998.

Background and composition

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Following his highly anticipated comeback to television in 2024, German entertainer and songwriter Stefan Raab was announced as the head presentor of the 2025 selection through a show called Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland?[1] After multiple unsatisfying placements in previous years, German broadcasters ARD and RTL joined forces with Raab to help select a candidate. The Austrian music duo Abor & Tynna who had previously opened for Nina Chuba's Glas tour in 2024 entered the contest as one of nearly 3,300 contestants.[2]

"Baller" was released as the lead single[citation needed] for their debut studio album Bittersüß on 24 January 2025. The song is a "modern German pop song" with stylistic effects that reminded Raab of the works of Udo Lindenberg.[3] The song was self-written and self-produced by the duo alongside producer Alexander Hauer. Accompanied by Tynna's "husky" vocals and a "catchy" hook, it combines elements of electronic music and hip-hop.[4]

On 25 April 2025, a Hungarian version titled "Lángra gyújtom az eget" ("I'll Set the Sky on Fire") was released, which changed the song's composition to an acoustic ballad.[5]

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

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Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland?

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In a competition spanning four shows from 14 February to 1 March 2025, the selection of 3,281 applicants was narrowed down to 24 competing acts who performed cover songs and their own original songs. Following the elimination of 15 more acts, the final and superfinal took place on 1 March. As opposed to previous years, the winner was solely selected through public voting.[6] An early favourite of jury panel members Conchita Wurst and Nico Santos, the duo won the public voting with 34.9% of all the votes. As a nod to their father, a cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic, their performance most notably included the destruction of a cello.[7]

At Eurovision

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025.[8] As Germany is a member of the Big Five, "Baller" automatically qualified for the grand final.[9] Nevertheless, the song was performed in the second semi-final albeit in a non-competitive spot, between Israel's Yuval Raphael and Serbia's Princ.[10]

Abor & Tynna performed a repeat of their performance in the grand final on 17 May. The song was performed 16th, after Poland's Justyna Steczkowska and before Greece's Klavdia.[11] In the final, "Baller" received 77 points from the juries (including two sets of 12 points from Czechia and Ukraine) and 74 points from the televote (including one set of 12 points from the artists' native Austria), making a total of 151 points, resulting in 15th place.

Track listing

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Digital download/streaming[12]

  1. "Songs gehasst" – 3:22
  2. "Baller" – 2:39

Digital download/streaming – Acoustic Hungarian version[13]

  1. "Baller" (acoustic Hungarian version) – 3:39

Digital download/streaming – NoWifi Remix[14]

  1. "Baller" (NoWifi remix) – 2:47

Digital download/streaming – English edit[15]

  1. "Baller – English Edit"– 2:47

CD single (Sony 19802917112)

  1. "Baller"
  2. "Baller" – Acoustic Version
  3. "Baller" – Acoustic Hungarian Version
  4. "Baller" – Karaoke Version
  5. "Baller" – Abor Remix

Charts

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Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Baller"
Region Date Format(s) Version Label Ref.
Various 24 January 2025
Original Jive
[12]
25 April 2025 Acoustic Hungarian
[13]
8 May 2025 NoWifi remix
[14]
Germany 16 May 2025 CD Remix EP
[42]
Various 6 June 2025
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 English edit
[15]

References

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