‘I’ll always find my way home’: Ukraine’s Eurovision entry unites nation

Oleh Psiuk, frontman of Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra, leaves after an interview with the Associated Press in Turin, Italy (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra’s upbeat, melodic entry for this month’s Eurovision Song Contest was written as a tribute to the frontman’s mother, but it has become an anthem to the nation’s war-ravaged motherland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Stefania is the most-watched song on YouTube among the 35 national entries that will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest next week in Italy’s northern industrial city of Turin.