Jeangu Macrooy - "Birth Of A New Age"

looic28 June 2024Last Updated: 8 October 2025

Jeangu Macrooy

Nationality: Pays-Bas
Born: 1993-11-06 (32 years old)
Birth Place: Paramaribo
Music Genre: No data

Jeangu Macrooy (Dutch pronunciation: [ʑɑ̃ːˈɡy maːˈkroːi]; born 6 November 1993) is a Surinamese-Dutch singer-songwriter and actor. He was born in Paramaribo and has been living in the Netherlands since 2014. Macrooy's music is described as modern soul. His audience is mainly based in the Netherlands, Suriname, and increasingly in Belgium, France and Germany. He was due to represent host nation the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with the song "Grow", but the contest was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, he represented the country in the 2021 contest with "Birth of a New Age".