Minut Srca Mog Tour

Jelena Rozga first announced working on an acoustic album during interviews in 2019 after the success of her acoustic medley performance of three of her songs "Oprosti mala", "Opijum" and "S druge strane mjeseca" on narodni radio's YouTube channel..[1] In 2022, she announced that the album was nearing finalization and on 15 September that same year, she confirmed that the title of her third compilation album and first acoustic album would be Minut Srca Mog in reference to the 1996 eponymous Magazin single "Minut srca tvog". The first acoustic cover of the song, "Zar je ljubav spala na to" featuring Matija Cvek and produced by Srđan Sekulović – Skansi, was released on the same day along with a music video.[2] On 21 October 2022, "Grizem", originally from Rozga's second studio album Bižuterija (2011), was released as the second single off the album along with a visuals video directed by Dario Radusin.[3] On 14 November, Minut Srca Mog was made available on both YouTube and other streaming platforms; the album features 19 songs recorded during the singer's time as the lead singer of the group Magazin and from her solo career as well as a cover of Croatian singer Minea's song "Rano" from the album Mino zakona. All songs, with the exception of the first single were included in their original form, played and performed live with the addition of instruments such as strings, French harmonicas and Mediterranean mandolins.[4] That same day, the singer held a promotion day at the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel, attended by her close collaborators, friends and family members. Additionally, she performed some of the album's songs joined by 20 musicians on stage; she announced that the performance was only a "warm-up" for the tour's opening show in Zagreb.[5]

On 20 May 2022, Jelena Rozga appeared at narodni radio's Living Room acoustic where she performed a medley of her songs and gave a short interview during which she first announced an upcoming tour. She revealed that the tour would begin with a first concert at the Zagreb Arena in Zagreb, Croatia on 17 December 2022.[6][7] Additionally, she also mentioned the release of a new single shortly prior to her performance at the Fusion World Music Festival on 19 July 2022.[8] During a later interview, Rozga revealed that the second concert of the tour held at the Spaladium Arena in her hometown Split, held twelve years after her first sold-out concert at the same venue, will be "a spectacle" which will feature "the best team, the best lighting show, the best sound system, with a genial stage, dancers and instrumentalists".[9]

A concert in Belgrade, Serbia was announced in September and is scheduled to take place on 7 April 2023.[10] In an interview on 3 November 2022, Rozga revealed that the show marks the biggest "production show" in her career. She also revealed that the choreography was arranged by Žiga Sotlar.[11] Additionally, Rozga implemented many of the ballet dance move she learnt during her childhood ballet classes. For the tour's choreography, Rozga implemented some of the ballet dances that she learnt during her childhood classes.[12] The tour was also announced to visit other major cities in other Balkan countries, such as Skopje in North Macedonia, Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ljubljana in Slovenia.[8]

Although it was initially titled the Rozga Tour, following the release of the album Minut Srca Mog, the tour was renamed to the Minut Srca Mog Tour.

On the first concert of the tour, taking place at the second day of the Fusion Music Festival, Rozga appeared dressed in vamp style. She donned a cropped black abdomen-revealing top, lace top and wide black trousers.[13] Her style was praised by the press and fashion critics who felt that it was a change in her usual attire and that she managed to use her clothes to emphasize her body.[13][14] For the second performance of the show, the singer had three costume changes which she further adapted to the songs she performed. She wore designs by the fashion duo eNVy room; this included a red overall with a short leather skirt, black dress and a white sparkling costume.[15] Her costumes were deemed to be "impressive" by a writer of Croatian T-portal.[16]

The concerts of the tour were divided into three different parts which were conceptually divided along with the singer's outfits. The concert's set list opened with a group of 20 dancers marching on stage to the beat of the song "Ne Tiče Me Se", after which Rozga appeared onstage singing the song. This was followed by the performance of "Nirvana" for which the singer performed a choreography together with her dancers.[15] After a brief speech and a pause, the singer performed the song "Bižuterija", the turning point in her music career. In the subsequent part of the concert, the singer performed "'Ko Me Zove", "Opijum", "Suze Biserne", "S Druge Strane Mjeseca", "Ako Poludim", Jel' Zbog Nje", "Kad Bi Bio Blizu", "Dani Su Bez Broja" and "Ginem", all originally recorded during her time with the band Magazin. Another medley of the band's songs included "Ti Si Želja Mog Života" and "Ljube se Dobri, Loši, Zli", both of which were recorded when Ljiljana Nikolovska served as the band's lead singer.[15] Towards the second part of the song, she mostly performed more recent songs from her solo career that included "Dobitna Kombinacija", "Okus Mentola", "Daj Šta Daš", "Moje Proljeće", "Razmažena", "Moderna Žena", "Solo Igračica", "Roba s Greškom" and "Cirkus".[15][16][17] During the last part of the concert she was joined on stage by Matija Cvek for the performance of the acoustic version of "Zar je ljubav spala na to". The finishing part of the concert included "Samo se ljubit' isplati", "Minut' Srca Mog" and "Opijum", which was performed last during the concert's encore.[15]

The singer's performance at the Fusion Festival was dubbed "marvellous" by Ana Samardžić of RTL and as "raising the already high energy" by Matea Sušac of Gloria.[18][14] The performance at the Zagreb Arena received stellar reviews; Ivana Lulić writing for the website Glazba.hr called it "a show on the scale of worldwide performers". She went on to call the concert "not only a concert, but a true experience" and praised the authenticity of the highly planned three-hour performance. She concluded her review with the remark: "Jelena Rozga had an impeccable show, a performance that was nothing less of a spectacle filled with vocal power and emotions... this concert was the defining moment that pays homage to her 27 year-long career and future that never looked brighter".[15] Another writer of T-portal reviewing the same concert dubbed it "spectacular" and a confirmation the singer "belongs to the very tight circle of the biggest stars of the region". The writer further praised Miloš Šarović who served as the set-up of the scene.[16] Anđela Parmać and Ante Peričić, reviewing the concert for Novi list, noted that the singer had "an unmistakable set-list choice, excellent scenery and unbelievable energy" which "completely amazed" the audience.[19]

Bojana Krkeljić from Nova praised all aspects of Rozga's Belgrade concert praising her for the "demonstration of incredible vocal capabilities and energy to which many would be envious, perfect choreography, spotless scenography and the most state-of-the-art audio-visual effects."[20]

In November 2022, it was announced that the singer's opening concert at the Zagreb Arena was sold out, almost a month before its date, and was attended by more than 20,000 people.[21][22]

The following set list is representative of the concert at the Zagreb Arena held on 17 December 2022.[15][16][17]

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