Filip Baloš

Filip Baloš (; born 18 March 2001) is a Serbian singer-songwriter.

Early life and education Baloš comes from a musical and dramatic family. At the age of four, he began to show his love for painting and music. In 2016, he entered the Bogdan Šuput High School for Design. He was part of various group exhibitions and painting colonies. In 2020, after finishing high school, Filip enrolled in the first year of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, department of painting. Since October 2022, he is a student of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.

Career In 2019, Baloš won the Play Star title awarded by Play Radio. The task was for all participants to record themselves singing a song of their choice. Baloš recorded himself singing "Breathin" (2018) by Ariana Grande. The commission of that radio, made up of music regulars, rated his work as the best. As the winner, he recorded the song "Pomereno" ("Moved"). In 2022, with Zemlja gruva! he recorded a cover of Konstrakta's song "Mekano" ("Soft"), after they heard him singing on social networks, and invited him to record his version of the song in their studio. It was also praised by Kim Petras. and on 27 January he would be performing in the first semi-final. Baloš wrote the lyrics, music and arrangement. He found the inspiration for the song, which he submitted for the competition, in his brother, who suffered because of the breakup, but very quickly rose from the situation and continued to make new plans and set other goals. As he stated, the song is motivational and can refer to other situations in life.

On 21 December 2023, Baloš was announced among the participants of , the , with the song "Duga je noć" ("The Night Is Long"). The song failed to qualify for the final.

Influences Baloš cites Lady Gaga, Charlie Puth and Finneas as his musical role models, as well as local authors and performers, Bojana Vunturišević and Sara Jo.

Discography

Singles TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumSRB"Pomereno"2019—Non-album singles"Nema kraja"2020—"Idemo do mene"—"Mekano"2022—"Novi plan drugi san"202335"Sami"—"Duga je noć"202451"Dovoljno"—"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. " * " denotes chart did not exist at that time.