Makedonsko Devojče 2

Avalon Production launched the album in Macedonia, while Croatian label Dallas Records released it throughout former Yugoslav countries in April 2015.

The album consists of eight original songs written by Valentin Soklevski and Vesna Malinova; the arrangement and production were completed by Nikola Micevski and Dejan Momirovski.

For Gočeva, the motivation to record the album came from the critical and commercial success of her previous project inspired by the Macedonian traditional music, Makedonsko Devojče (2008).

According to Gočeva and the producer Micevski, the group's members' acquaintance with each other helped them in setting the right musical direction with the recording of Makedonsko Devojče 2.

[4] The plans to record the album were revealed by Gočeva during an interview in May 2012 with the magazine Naš Svet, confirming that she had already begun with the song selection process for the track listing of the second edition of the project Makedonsko Devojče.

[2][6] A team of renown Macedonian musicians was responsible for handling the instrumentation and arrangement of the songs from the album; some of the most influential ones include Olver Josifoski from the music group Ljubojna, Zoran Kostadinovski from Kabadajas, Boško Mangarovski from Chalgija Sound System and Goce Uzunski from Synthesis.

Two cover versions are also included on the album; the first one, "Te vidov i se zaljubiv" is a Macedonian traditional song and the second one, "Ako zgrešam neka izgoram", was originally sung by Pepi Baftiroski and written by Mile and Gjorgji Barbarovski.

[8] The long-time collaboration and the previous experiences they have had together served as a lesson for attaining perfection, making Gočeva more self-confident and determined in taking a specific direction with the album.

[10] He said that due to the mutual understanding between the two of them, the process of setting a music direction with the album was without any difficulties, but moved slowly because of their intention to create high quality material.

"[10] Micevski also revealed that the songs included on the album were originally custom-made for Gočeva, adapted to her vocal capabilities and musical maturity, adding that she is a "world performer" and a singer who can sing in different styles: "She can simply find her way anywhere and she does it on a very high level.

The mark she left on the material of 'Makedonsko Devojče 1 and 2' is a really unique, original style of performance which leaves traces in the history of Macedonian vocal-instrumental music.

[4][12] The lyrics cover several themes with the song's motives revolving around the states of happiness, sadness, love and longing of a mature female protagonist.

The song's title and the lyrics "Žedna sum, žedna za poj" (English: I am thirsty, I am thirsty for a song) and "„[E]h što mi beše srceto živo, eh što si imav so nego život" (English: Oh how alive my heart was, oh what a life I had with him) illustrate feelings of longing, and sadness for her lost love and youth.

[4][12] "Dve liri (ne ni bilo pišano)" (English: Two lire (It was not written for us)) is a song dedicated to a woman's past lover.

It describes a "fleeting beauty once we open our eyes" and how real life is different from a dream, as portrayed in the lyrics "Pusta ostana želba nevina, son si mina i ti si zamina... Ne znam koj e kriv, Bože daj mi zdiv" (English: My innocent wish remained unfulfilled, my dream has ended and you left...

[12][15] On 24 February 2014, a six-minute sampler of the album containing short excerpts of all ten songs was published on Gočeva's official YouTube account.

All songs were available on Spotify and each of them was published with an accompanying lyric video on Gočeva's official YouTube account in the last days of February and the beginning of March.

[22] From 20 to 24 February, Gočeva held five concerts at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet (MOB) during which she performed songs from Makedonsko Devojče 2 live for the first time.

[1] In January 2014, a listening party for the album was held at the club XO in Skopje on which Gočeva was also present; the event represented the first of such kind in Macedonia and according to Gočeva, the inspiration for it came from a similar trend popular across the world where the artist and the team working behind the album listen to the full final version of the project together with a group of fans and music journalists.

[24] On 21 March 2014, Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) broadcast a full performance filmed during one of the concerts where she sang various songs from Makedonsko Devojče 2 and its predecessor.

[25] On 12 November, the same year, Gočeva sang "Koj da mi zapee" at Skopje Fest at the Universal Hall and an official recording of the performance was uploaded on her YouTube account two days later.

[34] On 8 June, Gočeva appeared on the fourth week of the Balkan talent show X Factor Adria and performed "Koj da mi zapee".

[43] The song "Koj da mi zapee" was released as the album's third single in April 2015 and was sent to radio stations in Macedonian cities and countries of ex-Yugoslavia.

[21][44] In October 2016, English singer Joss Stone contacted Avalon Production, requesting to sing "Koj da mi zapee" together with Gočeva at a park in Skopje.

[12] In an article published in Radio Slobodna Evropa, Ljupčo Jolevski called the album "magical and multilayered... an accomplishment which has an instant likability, but which you discover with each next listen".

[4] According to Jolevski, the album elevates to an "amazing collection of songs which defy the ugliness of rhythms and simple lyrics which we are splashed with on a daily basis".

[4] At the end of his article, Jolevski concluded that Gočeva has reached her musical zenith and the brightest point of her career with the album characteristic of her hometown, Bitola.

[4] Writing for the portal Vistina, Maja Bećković credited the singer for conveying "so much warmth, so many emotions" in an album; she called "every word - a new pearl, every verse - gold, every vocal - a shining diamond".

[15] She credited the singer for adding even more value to what already was valuable material arranged for the album and concluded, "All in all, Macedonian girl will touch your heart and spirit even for the second time".

An image of the building of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet in Skopje where Gočeva held five consecutive concerts to promote Makedonsko Devojče 2
English singer Joss Stone ( pictured ) covered "Koj da mi zapee" together with Gočeva in 2016 during her visit to Skopje, Macedonia.