The Common Linnets are a Dutch band comprising Ilse DeLange, and Waylon. The band was created for a one-time concert at the De Grolsch Veste stadium and for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.

On 25 November 2013, the Dutch Eurovision Song Contest broadcasters, AVRO, and TROS, announced in a press conference, that the band would represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen. Their song for the competition will be "Calm After The Storm， Ilse De Lange and Waylon presented their song for Eurovision 2014 for the first time in the Dutch TV Show 'De Wereld Draait Door' on the 12th of March，They released the final version of the song on the 13th of March，
DeLange and Waylon have known each other for decades before the formation of the duo.