{"id":182210,"date":"2025-07-11T15:04:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=182210"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:04:26","slug":"serbia-stand-up-for-your-rights-pump-it-up-gala-opens-exit-with-song-that-became-student-protest-anthem-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serbia-stand-up-for-your-rights-pump-it-up-gala-opens-exit-with-song-that-became-student-protest-anthem-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;SERBIA, STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS. PUMP IT UP!&#8221;: Gala Opens EXIT with Song That Became Student Protest Anthem! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Italian singer <strong>Gala<\/strong> performed at the celebratory <strong>25th edition of the EXIT Festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gala sang her biggest hit, &#8220;Freed from Desire,&#8221; a song that has become a symbol of student protests in Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of her performance, she spoke in Serbian, declaring, &#8220;<strong>Srbijo, ustani za svoja prava. Pumpaj, bre<\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;Serbia, stand up for your rights. Pump it up!&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jelena.kotlajic\/video\/7525591007287627064\" data-video-id=\"7525591007287627064\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@jelena.kotlajic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jelena.kotlajic?refer=embed\">@jelena.kotlajic<\/a> Gala pumpa na Exitu na srpskom: Srbijo, ustani za svoja prava i poka\u017ei svetu da narod ima mo\u0107! \u26fd\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 <a title=\"exit\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/exit?refer=embed\">#exit<\/a> <a title=\"pumpaj\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pumpaj?refer=embed\">#pumpaj<\/a> <a title=\"gala\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/gala?refer=embed\">#gala<\/a> <a title=\"freedfromdesire\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/freedfromdesire?refer=embed\">#freedfromdesire<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Jelena Kotlaji\u0107\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7525591026705681208?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Jelena Kotlaji\u0107<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Following her performance, Gala took ample time to speak with media representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Serbian audience tonight completely matches my energy. My audience is usually either very warm or completely cold. This audience is warm, but at the same time, it has a &#8216;fight the power&#8217; moment. That&#8217;s usually my energy when I go on stage, so it was a powerful feeling,&#8221; Gala said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I feel great in Belgrade, and I felt great on stage. It was a bit frustrating that I only sang one song,&#8221; she said with a laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c42929\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VU\u010cI\u0106 ON STUDENTS: \u201cTimes come when all the social dregs, the sludge, all the worst in a society surfaces\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/texas-on-edge-these-are-the-girls-missing-from-the-camp-during-floods-search-continues-photos\/\">TEXAS ON EDGE: These are the Girls Missing from the Camp During Floods, Search Continues! 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