This young talent was born in Zutphen and raised in Diepenheim. He went to school in Hengelo and has also lived in that city since last year, because he studies at the Pop Academy in Enschede. Merlijn is the frontman of his own six-piece band, which also bears his name. He describes his music as ‘Dutch story pop’, inspired by bands such as Nirvana, Bløf and Post
From banana to ocean: these are all the entries of the Regional Song Contest
