Ireland’s representative in the Eurovision Song Contest has described herself as a ‘non-binary witch’ who wants to spread the occult.
Bambie Ray Robinson, known as ‘Bambie Thug’, reached Malmö’s Grand Final after performing her song ‘Doomsday Blue’ alongside occult symbols and the transgender flag, ending with the words “crown the witch”.
In an interview with TMRW magazine in 2021, the singer revealed that her “goal in life is to make everybody leave all the other religions and join witchcraft”.
‘Self-worship’
Bambie Thug claimed that “witchcraft is the only religion where there’s no rules. You decide absolutely everything. It’s a religion worshipping yourself.”
Speaking to Patrick Kielty on The Late Late Show in February, the singer expressed pride at paganism.
She explained: “I pioneer our ancient Ireland, we were a pagan country before anything, I find it fascinating our history and I love the aesthetics of witchcraft, I love the essence, I love the message of it, it’s your own religion, it’s a personal freedom.”
BBC
Last year, the BBC told listeners to “embrace” pagan rituals and spells in a radio series promoting the use of witchcraft in the UK.
India Rakusen, who presented BBC Radio 4’s ‘Witch’, spoke to those who identify as witches and joined in their practices.
Rakusen attempted to normalise pagan “sabbats” by equating them with societal events such as “baby showers, stag dos, football chants and dinner party speeches”.