I-Roop iyiqembu elidumile laseLithuania elasungulwa ngo-2014 e-Vilnius. Abaculi basebenza endaweni yomculo ye-indie-pop-rock. Ngo-2021, ibhendi yakhipha ama-LP ambalwa, i-mini-LP eyodwa kanye nezingoma ezimbalwa.
Ngo-2020, kwavezwa ukuthi iThe Roop izomela izwe ku-Eurovision Song Contest. Izinhlelo zabagqugquzeli balo mqhudelwano wamazwe zaphulwa. Ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus, i-Eurovision Song Contest kudingeke ukuthi ikhanseliwe.
Leli qembu laduma hhayi ekhaya kuphela, kodwa naphesheya. Umsebenzi weqembu uthakaselwa eSerbia, Belgium naseBrazil.
Umlando wokudalwa kanye nokubunjwa kweqembu i-Roop
Leli qembu lasungulwa ngo-2014. Uhlu lwahlanganisa amalungu amathathu: uVaidotas Valyukevičius, uMantas Banishauskas noRobertas Baranauskas. Lapho eqenjini kwakukhona elinye ilungu uVainius Šimukėna.
Ngaphambi kokusungulwa kweqembu, abaculi base benesipiliyoni esikhulu sokusebenza esiteji. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abafana babe nezwi eliqeqeshwe kahle. Babekwazi ukudlala izinsimbi zomculo.
Laba abathathu banqume ukunqoba abathandi bomculo ngokwethula ingoma ethi Be Mine. Ividyo kliphu nayo ishuthelwe iculo. Umlingisikazi uSeverija Janušauskaite noViktor Topolis baba nengxenye ekurekhodweni kwevidiyo.
Ngemva kokwethulwa kwengoma yokuqala ethi Be Mine (“Yiba ngowami”), amalungu ebhendi achitha cishe iminyaka emine esitudiyo sokuqopha efuna owawo umsindo wangempela. Abaculi bebefuna ukuhlala bengaboqobo.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, iqembu lethule esinye isiqeshana esithi In My Arms. Ngegagasi lokuthandwa, i-premiere yomunye umsebenzi yenzeke. Sikhuluma ngesiqeshana sevidiyo sengoma ethi Not To Too Late. Lapho udala isiqeshana, umqondisi wasebenzisa ividiyo ye-panoramic.
I-Roop: Isethulo se-albhamu yokuqala
I-discography yeqembu ivulwe ngethi To Whom It May Concern. I-albhamu idalwe endaweni yokuqopha i-DK Records. Iqoqo lamukelwa ngemfudumalo hhayi abalandeli kuphela, kodwa nabagxeki bomculo. Iqembu labikezelwa ngekusasa elihle.
Ngo-2017, i-Premiere ye-LP Ghosts yenzeka. Ngemva konyaka, abaculi bethula i-albhamu ye-EP Yebo, I Do. Ibhendi yajikeleza kakhulu ngalesi sikhathi. Amakhonsathi abukhoma avunyelwe ukwandisa izethameli zabalandeli.
Ngo-2020, abaculi basayina inkontileka neWarner Music Group. Khona-ke iqembu langena ekuqokweni okuningana komklomelo we-MAMA waseLithuania: "Ingoma Yonyaka" kanye "Nevidiyo Yonyaka". Amajaji nabalandeli bahlabeke umxhwele kakhulu ngengoma ethi On Fire.
Ukubamba iqhaza okhethweni lukazwelonke lwe-Eurovision Song Contest
Abaculi benza imizamo yabo yokuqala yokuwina i-Eurovision Song Contest emuva ngo-2018. Bese kuthi emzuliswaneni wokuhlunga bethule iculo elithi Yebo, I Do. Ekukhetheni kokugcina, iThe Roop ithathe indawo yesi-3.
Ngo-2020, iqembu liphinde lanquma ukuzama inhlanhla futhi. Abaculi baphinde babamba iqhaza ekukhethweni kazwelonke kwe-Eurovision Song Contest. Amajaji akujabulele ukudlala kwabaculi. Futhi ngo-2020, iqembu lathola ilungelo lokumela iLithuania emncintiswaneni wengoma eRotterdam.
Kepha kwasheshe kwaziwa ukuthi abamele i-European Broadcasting Union bawuhoxisile lo mqhudelwano ngo-2020 ngenxa yomqedazwe we-coronavirus. Kushicilelwe incwadi kusizindalwazi nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezisemthethweni imemezela ukuhoxiswa komncintiswano kulo nyaka.
Iqembu le-Roop alizange licasuke, ngoba laliqinisekile ukuthi nguye owayezomela iLithuania emqhudelwaneni wamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2021. Ekwindla, abaculi baqinisekise ukuhlanganyela kwabo okhethweni lukazwelonke.
Ngo-2021, abathathu bethula ithrekhi ethi Discoteque. Laba baculi babike ukuthi ngale ndlela yomculo bazowunqoba lo mqhudelwano. Ngosuku lokukhishwa kwengoma, abaculi nabo bethula isiqeshana. Uthole ukubukwa kwezigidi ezimbalwa ekusingatheni amavidiyo e-YouTube.
Ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari 2021, i-Roop yaba ngummeleli ophindaphindiwe we-Lithuania emqhudelwaneni wezingoma wamazwe ngamazwe. Abaculi abavunywanga izethameli kuphela, kodwa nangamajaji.
The Roop okwamanje
Ekupheleni kuka-March 2021, umcimbi wokuklomelisa i-MAMA wenzeka. Iqembu liphumelele ekuqokweni okuningana: "Ingoma Yonyaka", "Iqembu Le-Pop Lonyaka", "Iqembu Lonyaka" kanye "Nokutholwa Konyaka".
Namuhla, abaculi balungiselela i-Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Babheka iminyaka eminingi yokuhlangenwe nakho esiteji, iqembu elithembekile nobungcweti njengamandla abo ekusebenzeni.
Imidlalo ye-Roop ayizange yaziswa hhayi izethameli zaseYurophu kuphela. Amajaji aphinde aklomelisa iqembu ngamamaki amahle kakhulu. Ngenxa yokuvota, iqembu lithathe indawo yesi-8.