LoveWave
"LoveWave" is a song by Armenian singer Iveta Mukuchyan. Premiered on March 2, 2016, it was released as a single on March 30, 2016. It represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. "LoveWave" was written by Mukuchyan, Stephanie Crutchfield, Lilith Navasardyan and Levon Navasardyan. To promote the song, an accompanying music video was released and co-stars Mukuchyan and Swedish model Ben Dahlhaus.
Background and release
On October 13, 2015, the Public Television of Armenia announced Mukuchyan as the Armenian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. On the same day, they also announced an open contest for songwriters from all over the world. On December 31, 2015, the official YouTube channel of Eurovision uploaded a video, where Mukuchyan said: "We received songs from Canada, the United States, Sweden, Armenia, Germany - almost everywhere. We had amazing songs and it was really hard to decide which one to choose. I want to thank all the composers and producers." In the video she also revealed that they have chosen the song, stating: "The one we chose touched me deep inside my heart. I didn't even know that a song could touch me like that."On February 19, 2016, the song's title and the release date were announced. The lyrics of "LoveWave" is written by Mukuchyan and Stephanie Crutchfield, while it was composed by Lilith Navasardyan and Levon Navasardyan. On March 2, 2016, the song was premiered by the Public Television of Armenia, and was uploaded to Eurovision's YouTube channel. On March 30, 2016, the song was released for digital download on iTunes as a single. An official remix of "LoveWave" by Rhannes premiered on May 4, 2016.