Ahead of her performance at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix this weekend, the prestigious competition that will determine Denmark’s Eurovision 2026 entry, composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Myrkur (Amalie Bruun) shares an epic new video for her competition song, “Touch My Love And Die”.
Filmed on Northern Europe’s highest mountain pass, Sognefjellet, directors Line Klungseth Johansen and Øystein Moe powerfully capture the single’s cinematic grandeur, feeling more like a ritual than a song. Johansen tells, “We wanted to contrast the intimate performance moments with vast, elemental landscapes. The burning forest, ice lake, and mountain sequences were conceived as emotional extensions of the song, placing Amalie in environments that feel both fragile and powerful. The natural locations were chosen for their raw, dramatic qualities, reinforcing the intensity and scale of the track.”
“Touch My Love And Die” is a dark, cinematic ballad in which Myrkur’s various musical expressions merge into a new whole. The sound incorporates elements from metal, Nordic folk music, and film scores, recorded in Dolby Atmos with real musicians—from cello, a girls’ choir, and ancient folk instruments to drums captured with more than 40 microphones. A physical, human soundscape in a time marked by speed, artificiality, and distance.
Lyrically, the song moves within the supernatural and the gothic. A romance with multiple layers: a kiss of death, a warning, a spell. Love as both release and danger. For Myrkur, it is essential that the lyrics remain open and can be freely interpreted by the listener.
The past year has been marked by major personal and artistic changes, and the song stands as a culmination of this movement. Recorded in Winter 2025 with Christopher Juul (Heilung), Myrkur describes “Touch My Love And Die” as a work into which “heart, soul, blood, and tears” have been poured—both in song and performance—something she hopes can exist as an antidote to a world dominated by AI and a throwaway culture. A reminder of humanity’s roots, spirit, and resilience.
With “Touch My Love And Die,” commissioned via Danish broadcaster DR, Myrkur enters Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 with a contribution that does not seek to fit in, but to open the space. A song in which darkness is not concealed, but allowed to cast light. The winner of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will represent Denmark at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna, Austria in May.
Under the name Myrkur, Amalie Bruun has, across four albums, two EPs, and a staged work, created a distinctive artistic universe in which Scandinavian folk music, black metal, and cinematic soundscapes reflect one another. From the emotionally charged metal expressions of M (2015) and Mareridt (2017) to Folkesange (2020) and Spine (2023), where she found grounding in ancient ballads, mythology, and shared narratives, Myrkur has consistently moved between the familiar and the untested—between darkness and light, the brutal and the beautiful.
In parallel, Myrkur has worked extensively with music for film, television, and theatre, including as a composer for Vikings: Valhalla on Netflix and as the creator of the soundtrack for Ragnarok at The Royal Danish Theatre. The cinematic and narrative dimensions have long been an integral part of her artistic language, and this is precisely what she now brings into Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.
