Gjon's Tears

Muharremaj was born in Saanen, Bern, Switzerland[1] to a Kosovo Albanian father from Gjinoc, part of Suharekë[2] municipality in Kosovo, and an Albanian mother from Tirana, Albania.[3][4][5][6] His father, Hysni, is a crane operator and mason. His mother, Elda, has worked in the Cailler chocolate factory after the family moved to Broc in 2000.

He grew up in Broc, where he played football and did karate. When he was 7 years old, he discovered his passion for music during music class. Two years later he acquired his stage name after moving his grandfather to tears when he performed Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love". In 2011, at the age of 12, he competed in the first season of the talent show Albanians Got Talent, placing third in the final.[7][8] One year later, he reached the semi-final of Die grössten Schweizer Talente, the Swiss version of Got Talent.[9]

In 2018, he created his band Gjon’s Tears & The Weeping Willows. The five boys came together when at the Gustav Academy, a Swiss music academy for young musical talents.

Gjon Muharremaj - Vocals and piano

Gaëtan Guélat - Drums

Martino Lepori - Guitar

Pascal Stoll - Guitar

Samuel Riedo - Bass guitar

In 2019, he auditioned for the eighth season of the French singing competition The Voice: la plus belle voix and reached the semi-finals with Team Mika.[10]

In the summer of 2019, the band performs at different big Swiss festivals due to Gjon’s fame he got at The Voice, for example the Montreux Jazz Festival, Les Georges, and Les Francomanias.

In March 2020, Gjon's Tears was announced by the Swiss national broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), as the country's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Répondez-moi".[7] However, following the contest's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the broadcaster eventually announced that he would represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with a new song.

His 2021 entry, "Tout l'univers" was released on 10 March 2021.[11][12] "Tout l'univers" placed first in its semi-final. In the final, it won the jury vote but came sixth in the televote. As a result, Switzerland was placed third overall, behind France and eventual winner Italy. Gjon's Tears, along with the song's producers, won the Composer Award in the 2021 edition of the Marcel Bezençon Awards, voted on by a panel of participating composers in the 2021 contest.[13] In 2021, he gave an interview for Vanity Teen magazine, talking about his success, the origin of his stage name and his result in the Eurovision Song Contest.[14]

In late 2021, he participated in The Voice All Stars France. He got eliminated in the Semi-Final.

In November 2021 Gjon was announced as Best Swiss Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Budapest. With his victory, he breaks the streak (2) of Loredana Zefi.

Around March 2022, Gjon swapped the Swiss mountains with the busy city of Paris. Living in an apartment in Le Marais, he lives closer to his label Jo&Co.

Gjon released his single “Pure” on October 28th in 2022, a bit more than a month later the music video was released. This music video includes, besides 11 art inspired scenes, a short appearance of Geraldine Chaplin.[15]

On January 16th in 2023, Gjon shared on Instagram that he made his dream come true - to live in Paris. But not everything was fine and like you always see on social media. He was told if he didn’t use or take illegal products he was automatically put on a black list in the music industry. Or people wanted “To meet professionally in a hotel room at 11.30pm”.

Gjon let know in several Instagram stories and interviews that he hopes to release his debut album in the spring of 2023.