Goga Sekulic Drops Summer Hit Gogomanija, Coast Sings Along

Goga Sekulic has released a new single and video called Gogomanija, and its refrain Gori, gori Crna Gora has turned overnight into a candidate for the summer anthem of the Adriatic coast. The track was filmed in Tivat, in frames that look closer to a fashion campaign than a standard music video.

The singer says she wanted to leave an authorial mark on the project, so she co-wrote the refrain with composer Fedja Imamovic. The song is titled Gogomanija, but audiences will most likely remember it by the line Gori, gori Crna Gora, which repeats throughout the clip like a mantra.

The lyrics from Montenegro, across Zlatibor, to Split and Mostar are no accident. Goga says she wrote them as a thank-you to a fan base that has followed her for more than two decades, from the Adriatic to the mainland. It is a move few on the regional pop scene attempt so openly, and this summer it looks like a direct hit.

Why is the Gori, gori Crna Gora refrain becoming a coastal anthem?

The answer lies in the tempo and the setting. Gogomanija is fast, rhythmic and built for terraces, beaches and open-air shows, and Tivat looks like a postcard in the video. In a season where hits are born and vanish within a week, a song that carries the singer’s name in its title and a country’s name in its refrain has a real head start.

Then there is the scene that drew the most attention. In the video Goga rides a motorcycle at high speed with an attractive model beside her. The shot is glossy and glamorous, exactly the register a coastal summer demands. Images like that travel quickly on social media, so the refrain reaches people before they even learn the rest of the lyrics.

The singer has booked most of her summer shows precisely along the Montenegrin and Croatian coast, which means Gogomanija will have a stage to be sung on, night after night, in front of crowds that already know it by heart.

Is Gogomanija a real summer hit or just a moment?

Summer anthems are not crowned in a studio, they are crowned on terraces. Gogomanija has all the ingredients, a sticky refrain, a recognizable location and a campaign-style video, but the verdict comes from the audience over the next few weeks. If Gori, gori Crna Gora ends up booming from every other stage on the coast, Goga has won the season.

For now it is clear the song has caught the mood of the moment and is spreading faster than most of this year’s competition. The rest depends on something no one can plan, the mood of the crowd.

So, has Gogomanija already lodged itself in your head, or are you waiting to see whether it survives the whole of July?