Ukrainian singer Jamala to perform new album for Eurovision

Jamala and the orchestra were supposed be on stage, but they are sheltering in a basement. Warnings of shelling and missile attacks had them below ground at the Kyiv Opera House instead of getting ready to perform for an audience.

Jamala and the orchestra were supposed be on stage, but they are sheltering in a basement.

Warnings of shelling and missile attacks had them below ground at the Kyiv Opera House instead of getting ready to perform for an audience.

The Ukrainian singer was at the venue to debut a selection of songs from her new album "Qirim" -- a collection of Crimean Tatar tracks that was years in the making.

Musicians, sound engineers and lighting technicians were sheltering with her, waiting for the air raid threat to pass.

"It's not normal, but, you know, it's our life. It's our everyday life in Kyiv," Jamala said, speaking in the U.K. the following week.

And the show did go on, if a little late.

"For me, it was really important sign for the whole world that despite of everything, we are fighting our front-line war, (for) our culture, our heritage, for our history," she said of the concert in Kyiv last Friday.