Cooperation despite the pandemic

The alternative band E-Play last weekend released a new single and music video "Hotel Jugoslavija" featuring musician Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga.

After the album "Sloboda" (2018), E-Play released a new single in the form of a love song, imbued with retro pop overtones of the eighties, which is named after the place of its origin - the famous Belgrade hotel "Yugoslavija", where E-play has rooms for rehearsals, that band stated.

"One very cold, windy day in February, Bajaga and I met in the E-Play room at the hotel 'Yugoslavia'. Bajaga very easily built on my musical theme, which I had ready, and wrote a part of the lyrics very quickly. My lyrical part came later," said singer and bass player Maja Cvetković.

The first author and performer collaboration between Cvetković and Bajagić, which took place in the midst of and despite the pandemic, was enriched towards the end by E-Play members drummer Goran Ljuboja Trut and guitarist Nemanja Velimirović, as well as Bajaga and Instructor keyboardist Saša Lokner.

"Honestly, it's very nice to see Bajaga on the spot writing lyrics, how much he takes care of the text, how he makes rhymes and how important his vocals are in the song. We all know the talent he possesses, while the cheerful energy he possesses is incredible. So I more than enjoyed this whole process", said Cvetković.

The video "Hotel Jugoslavija" was made by Vuk Protić during five days in September in Belgrade.

"We did several videos with Vuk, and Bajaga and the Instructors have many years of cooperation with him, so Vuk knows us well, so the cooperation was easy. This is the biggest E-play video project to date. The video was shot during a rainy September, we moved it for days because we needed a sunny day", reveals Cvetković.