Friendship always wins!

Friendship always wins! We are sure that our friendship and support for Ukraine will also contribute to its inevitable victory! The same applies to our creative work - friendship helps us move forward more steadily. "Love Is All We Got" was directed by the same director as "On Fire". Indrė Juškutė along with cameraman Adomas Jablonskis is the team we have trust in.
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#theroop #loveisallwegot #roop #standwithukraine #ukraine #lithuania

Photos by Jurga Urbonaitė

THE ROOP at Eurovision Parties 2022

For two years in a row (2020 and 2021), we have not been able to fully feel the joy of Eurovision over the pandemic and the ban on events. So this year we want to visit those who have been waiting for us all this time! We decided to take part in the Eurovision Pre-party events and thank you for your support. Our first official performances will take place in Barcelona (March 26) and Madrid (April 15)! Let’s be on fire and discoteque! 🔥🖖


More info: @bcneurovision and @eurovisionspaincom

Love Is All We Got

We filmed the music video for “Love Is All We Got” at the end of October 2021. We, Lithuanians, have a painful collective memory and it kept whispering that the tension and disturbance in the world was rising. But not even in the worst nightmare could we dream of a war starting in it’s roughest form. While editing the video now we added additional images.
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Blooming flowers symbolize hope and desire for peace. After all, flowers can break through concrete - such a superpower of life lies within the spirit of Ukrainians while fighting the invader. The dominating green color in the music video encodes revival, birth, and also prompts to stride forth and commit actions firmly.
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Looking back at Lithuanian history, we remember experiencing Russia’s regime aggression multiple times. We were being occupied, exiled, killed. Each family has living memories of it. So how did we survive? We are guessing it was because of love. Because of big love for our families, children, mothers, fathers, and our country. Our nation like no other deeply understands and supports Ukraine. Putin's war against Ukraine is a war against humanity. We wish for it to end.
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We express enormous support for Ukrainian band “Go_A” with whom we established a warm friendship in Rotterdam, during “Eurovision”. We were discussing a collaboration and “Love Is All We Got” was one of the options. However, our intentions and plans were terminated by Russia’s invasion into Ukraine. “Go_A” recently wrote that they temporarily pause their music activity because of the war. All members of the band remained in their homeland. We want to believe the war ends as soon as possible, and we can write music and make the collaboration happen.
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Each contributes as much as they can and comprehends at a time. Now we decided to contribute using our primary work - music. All of the funds collected for streaming of this song on all platforms in 2022 will be used to support Ukraine.
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#loveisallwegot #theroop #goa #go_a #slavaukraini #standwithukraine #ukraine #lithuania #stopwar

"Ohmygodable" DOP Vytautas Katkus - KlipVid 2021 Best Cinematography

Our video for “Ohmygodable” song won KlipVid Award for best cinematography. We congratulate our DOP Vytautas Katkus!

#theroop #ohmygodable #vytautaskatkus #klipvid #klipvid2021

Photo by Jurga Urbonaitė

2 AGATA Awards Today, But What Actually Matters...

Today we received 2 AGATA awards for the most played song on Lithuanian radio stations and for the most streamed Lithuanian music video. However, these awards do not warm us as much as they should due to the current situation. Has the world become hostage to one inadequate person? Even Russian citizens are afraid of him, though it’s the government that should serve citizens. Putin is bombing Ukrainian people and he seems to have really gone crazy. We think there is no need to remain silent and sit thinking that we can’t change anything. It is important to have your say. So Vaidotas wrote a request to the world. Our neighbors need help! At the same time you can support at https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/

#theroop #Ukraine #Lithuania #closethesky #slavaukraini

Stay Strong Ukraine

We are with Ukraine with all our hearts. What is happening now is an example of big egoism, inhumanity, and the desire to bring even more chaos into the world. Looking back at Lithuanian history, we remember experiencing Russia’s aggression multiple times. We were being occupied, exiled, killed. Each family has living memories about it. Therefore we understand and support Ukraine now.

#theroop #slavaukraini

MEGA EUROVISION WEEKEND!

We had a wonderful weekend. We went to our 'broliukai' Latvians to film our performance in their Eurovision selection "Supernova". A professional team works there! When we returned to Lithuania, we hurried to the filming of "Pabandom iš naujo". We opened the final of the Eurovision Selection with "Discoteque", later brought a strong breeze with the new song "Let's Get Naked" and immersed ourselves in the memories of performing "On Fire". We received a lot of your messages from both Latvia and Lithuania with support and best wishes! Thanks for those emotions!

#theroop #supernova2022 #pabandomisnaujo #eurovizija #eurovision #esc #eurovision2022 #roop

Photos by E.Blaževič / LRT, Aksels Roberts Zirnis / LTV

Don't Forget To Celebrate Your Achievements and Work

The truth is, we understood very recently, that we don’t celebrate our achievements and work. In over 10 years we did not rejoice in the releases of any of our albums, in shooting any of the music videos, nor in winning the National Eurovision Selection with “On Fire” in 2020 or “Discoteque” in 2021, nor in those times when we won multiple awards, nor in participation in Eurovision in Rotterdam… After each period we would not stop, would not hug each other to rejoice, but instead we would just ask “what’s next?”. And that is not good! These are symptoms of perfectionism and workaholism, and they can be harmful. You must find time to reflect, tap each other on the back, laugh and thank everyone contributing to your success. Only after releasing “Ohmygodable” we decided, for the first time, to celebrate it - we gathered with the team and rejoiced. It was so good! This habit must be nurtured, because we almost forgot about it after recently winning Tourism Ambassador and 3 M.A.M.A. awards. Does it happen to you?

"Eurovision" Is Not a Place For New Artists Only

We just want to remind and add to what Vaidotas said during M.A.M.A. Awards about “Eurovision”. The National Selection is not a place for new beginner talent performances only. Around 200M people will see the selected act in May and it will represent Lithuania. We invite and encourage our most successful to participate in the Selection: Jazzu, Justinas Jarutis, Beissoul & Einius, Vaidas Baumila, ba., Free Finga and others. Even if you don’t win the National Selection, no one will take your crowns. People won’t turn away from you, and the Selection would be elevated to national level.

Photo by Dainius Dambrauskas

3 M.A.M.A. Awards!

A lot of emotions! 3 M.A.M.A. Awards!

*Band of the Year

*Music Video of the Year “Discoteque”

*Pop Act of the Year

Simply a sincere thank you to all! Many people asked who designed our costumes, which received millions of compliments. We are always searching for talented creators to collaborate with. We found one in Poland, right in Warsaw - a multiple award winning designer Ewelina Szymańska. Also a huge thank you to stylist Milda Metlovaitė for updating our yellow outfits! We are happy and grateful!

Photos by T. Biliūnas/BNS, J. Stacevičius/LRT, J. Kalinskas/Delfi

THE ROOP - Tourism Ambassadors of Lithuania 2021

Thank you for the Tourism Ambassador award, which is very important to us. It is proof that pop music can spread the name of Lithuania and contribute to the formation of its image and identity.

Lithuania does not only have tasty zeppelins, pink cold soup, best lasers, fast internet and tireless athletes. A very huge potential, which has not been fully used yet, is pop music.

The country's identity is not only formed by its past, but also by its present. So let's be active now to create a proud and cozy Lithuania, which would be known by and become a travel destination for millions.

Thanks to “Travel Lithuania” for believing in us!