Vaidotas: Today is my birthday. I made myself some coffee and sat down to quietly reflect on the past year. I remember that last year it felt like I didn’t know what to do with my life next. After being drained by illness in the spring of 2024, losing the band’s financial stability, and feeling a deep sense of meaninglessness, I was still in recovery. Although by my last birthday, positive changes were already visible — I had met and started spending time with Ieva, who was healing my wounds just by being there.
I remember thinking that the coming year would be one of the worst, and as I lay in bed, I was just talking to the Universe - “I don’t know what to do. I surrender to your flow. Show me the way.” Maybe I was heard, because somehow, the year turned out to be one of the best! Our summer concert schedule filled up, Ed Sheeran’s team chose us to open for his two stadium shows, I regained my health and strengthened my body, we consistently worked on and finished songs, toured Europe and even Australia in the fall with “Eurovision on Tour,” released a new album called “Momentum”, and stepped onto the grand Eurovision stage in Basel as honored guests.
I’m deeply grateful to my loved ones, my bandmates, friends, and fans who support me. It means a lot. Even though I may sometimes seem closed off or distant from everyone, inside I feel very warm knowing that I’m not alone in this life I’ve been given. Thank you for being a part of it.
