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By Laman Ismayilova

Eurovision is known just as much for its fashion as it is the music.

Famous stylist Anar Agakishiev will be the stylist of Azerbaijan's Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry Diana Hajiyeva. The stylist is on his way to Kiev.

"Tomorrow I will fly to Kiev. Azerbaijan's representatives have always successfully performed at the song contest. I believe that Diana Hajiyeva will also succeed," he said while talking to Trend Life.

Anar Agakishiev has been doing hair and makeup since he was a teenager. His celebrity clients include supermodel Irina Shayk and Nicole Scherzinger.

Dihaj will be slaying the way through the competition in Kyiv, with the song “Skeletons”.

“Skeletons” is an epic electro-ballad. The instrumental of the song delivers strong electronic vibes whilst maintaining a ballad-esque pace. It also compliments Diana’s killer vocals, which gently straddle the line between delicacy and strength.

Dihaj is the stage name of Azerbaijani singer and musician Diana Hajiyeva. It’s taken from first letters of her name and surname. After graduating from Baku Music Academy in 2010 she moved on to the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London.

While in the UK, Diana got involved with the local underground music scene by singing in a progressive trance trio called Looper & Mancus. Around that time, she decided to launch her own band.

In 2014, she created Dihaj, an electronic music collective from Baku. The band’s breakthrough single was I Break Again. Diana co-wrote it with Azerbaijani jazz pianist Isfar Sarabsky. Music critics have called the band “experimental doom pop,” praising its post-rock guitar riffs, semi-acoustic drum set, and atmospheric vocals.

As the lead singer of Dihaj, Diana has performed at numerous music festivals including Women in Paradise in Amsterdam, the Tbilisi Open Air and AlterVision concerts in Georgia and Kulturos Naktis in Lithuania.

Azerbaijan will act in the first semi-final, which will also see performances of Montenegro, Finland, Georgia, Portugal, Belgium, Sweden, Albania and Australia.

Azerbaijan has been one of the most consistently successful countries in modern Eurovision. Since debuting in 2008, Azerbaijan has always qualified for the final, and placed in the top 10 six times, including Ell & Nikki’s 2011 win with "Running Scared" .

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