Inja Zalta Plays the Former Love at the Heart of Blaž Mencinger’s Long-Awaited Song

Inja Zalta takes on a bittersweet role in the new music video for Slovenian indie-pop musician Blaž Mencinger’s song “Palačinke.” The actress, familiar to viewers from the TV series Usodno vino, portrays a woman who remains present in someone’s memories even after a relationship has ended. The song and video trace the warmth of shared moments alongside the pain of parting. The video follows the couple through different stages, from the excitement of early romance and the happiness of being together to growing distance and their eventual goodbye. Its visual approach uses a slow, continuous shot, weaving the present together with memories captured in the style of old home-video footage. The story gives Zalta’s character a place in a relationship that has ended, but whose emotional echoes linger. The track itself has a long history. Mencinger wrote “Palačinke” as a teenager, but it remained unreleased for 13 years. Although it was once intended for his debut album, he said the song felt so personal that changing its original form seemed like an intrusion into the feelings and memories behind it. The song’s image of making pancakes becomes a quiet expression of hope for someone’s return, even when the singer knows that reunion will not happen. According to the report, the turning point came while Mencinger worked with producer Tomaž Zupančič and his band in Bohinj. That process helped him shape a version he could finally stand behind, while retaining imperfections that he felt suited the song’s account of real life. Director Jan Filip Jordan Frangeš said the song struck him on first hearing and that he asked Mencinger to play it again immediately—a first in their work together. The article presents the video as a visual companion to a deeply personal release, with Zalta portraying the former partner at the center of its remembered romance. Mencinger is also scheduled to perform on November 28 at SiTi Teater.