
Last night, Kate Miller-Heidke was chosen by the Australian public to represent Australia at Eurovision in 2019.
In the first ever Eurovision – Australia Decides live TV competition, broadcast on SBS, the singer performed her song Zero Gravity, leading her to victory.
Last week, the singer-songwriter said it was her struggle with post-natal depression that inspired her song choice for Eurovision, an annual international song competition.
“Zero Gravity is about emerging from depression into balance again” she shared with her Facebook followers. “It tries to capture the sensation of colour returning to your life, of feeling strong, joyful and relieved.”
Miller-Heidke explained that after the birth of her son, which she describes as “lengthy and traumatic”, she struggled with depression.
The mum-of-one shared that in a scheduled performance eight weeks after the birth of her son Ernie, she “couldn’t remember who I was”.
“I was also grieving for the loss of my old identity, and this came with a powerful layer of guilt for my own selfishness.”
The singer explains that it wasn’t until after her son had his second birthday that she finally felt herself again, saying “it was a feeling of transcendence”.
After recovering from post-natal depression Kate Miller-Heidke drew inspiration from her personal struggle to write Zero Gravity.