Hotel Jugoslavija (album)
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| Released | May 30, 2025 | |||
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| Length | 27:56 | |||
| Label | Made In BLKN | |||
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| Relja Popović chronology | ||||
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Hotel Jugoslavija is the debut studio album by Serbian rapper Relja Popović. It was released on May 30, 2025, by Made In BLKN. The album followed his 2024 EP Stroberi. The tracks on Hotel Jugoslavija were primarily co-written by Relja, Ivan Obradović Eevke and Đorđe Đorđević 8nula8. They also co-produced the album alongside Predrag Risić META. The album additionally features guest appearances from Eevke and 8nula8, as well as from Relja's partner Nikolija and rapper Đorđe.
The album title derived from Belgrade's historic Hotel Jugoslavija that was demolished in January 2025. The building is supposed to symbolise impermanency, which is the album's overarching motif. Relja conceived the album as a record that examines his own "dilemmas, fears and traumas related to the past".[1]
Hotel Jugoslavija can also be considered as his second solo album, taking into account that the songs from his unofficial debut album, titled Made In BLKN, were released between 2019 and 2021 exclusively as standalone singles and never together on one record.[1]
Reception
Upon its release, Hotel Jugoslavija charted in Austria and Switzerland. In addition, three tracks from the album - "Baš Ti Se Sviđa" featuring Nikolija, "Sex Mashina" and "Limiti", simultaneously debuted on Billboard's Croatia Songs chart. Relja's duet with Nikolija, nonetheless, reached the highest position out of the three tracks, by peaking at number three.[2] The song "Baš Ti Se Sviđa" attracted significant media attention for its music video, which received very polarizing public perception and was described as highly graphic and erotic.[3][4]
In December 2025, an article by Vogue Adria listed Hotel Jugoslavija amongst the "best regional albums of 2025". Furthermore, the article also described Relja's and Nikolija's music video for "Baš Ti Se Sviđa" as that year's "most controversial moment in Balkan pop culture".[5]
Track Listing
Credits adapted from Spotify.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dobri Umiru Maldi" |
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| 2:23 |
| 2. | "Zverka" (featuring Eevke and 8nula8) |
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| 3:15 |
| 3. | "Limiti" |
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| 2:34 |
| 4. | "Baš Ti Se Sviđa" (featuring Nikolija) |
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| 3:07 |
| 5. | "Prvi Kraj" |
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| 3:17 |
| 6. | "Hektar" |
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| 2:07 |
| 7. | "Slatka So" |
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| 2:25 |
| 8. | "Sex Mashina" |
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| 2:24 |
| 9. | "Zvecka Oružje" (featuring Đorđe) |
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| 3:20 |
| 10. | "Gde Je Bog" |
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| 3:00 |
| Total length: | 27:56 | |||
Charts
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 13 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] | 48 |
References
- ^ a b Milinčić, Jelena (8 July 2025). "Relja Popović intervju: "Teme i okolnosti se menjaju, ali potreba da se izrazim kroz muziku ostaje"". Buro.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "Croatia Songs (Week of June 14, 2025)". Billboard. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "RELJA: Dosta sam nostalgičan, prvi put sam se poljubio na zidiću ispred osnovne škole". Blic (in Serbian). 30 May 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ J. G. (30 May 2025). ""Pritisli pogrešno dugme" Snimak Nikolije i Relje u zanosu strasti, nagi, u vrućim pozama "Vesna na aparatima"". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ Jovanović, Aleksa (19 December 2025). "The best regional albums of 2025, curated by Aleksa Simić". Vogue Adria. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Relja – Hotel Jugoslavija" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Relja Popović – Hotel Jugoslavija". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 December 2025.