"Empires" is a song by Polish singer Alicja Szemplińska. It was selected to be the entrant for Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 on 23 February 2020. Szemplińska would have performed the song at the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 14 May 2020, if not for the cancelation of Eurovision 2020.[1]

"Empires"
Single by Alicja Szemplińska
Released	23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
Length	3:06
Label	Universal Music Polska
Songwriter(s)	Patryk Kumór Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek Laurell Barker Frazer Mac
Alicja Szemplińska singles chronology
"Prawie my" (2019) "Empires" (2020) "Gdzieś" (2020)
Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country	Poland
Artist(s)	Alicja Szemplińska
Language	English
Composer(s)	Patryk Kumór Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek Laurell Barker Frazer Mac
Lyricist(s)	Patryk Kumór Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek Laurell Barker Frazer Mac
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Contest cancelled
Entry chronology
◄ "Pali się" (2019)
"The Ride" (2021) ►

Background

The song was composed by Patryk Kumór, Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek, Frazer Mac and Laurell Barker as 17-year-old Szemplińska's original song to perform during Poland's national selection for Eurovision, Szansa na sukces, which Szemplińska subsequently won.[2]

Eurovision Song Contest

The song was to represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. On 28 January 2020, Poland was placed into the second semi-final, which would have been held on 14 May 2020. Szemplińska was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.

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