{"id":102788,"date":"2023-03-11T17:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=102788"},"modified":"2023-03-11T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T13:17:24","slug":"17-00-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=102788","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Singer Noa Kirel Officially Releases 2023 Eurovision Song Contest Entry Titled \u2018Unicorn\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Israeli Singer Noa Kirel Officially Releases 2023 Eurovision Song Contest Entry Titled \u2018Unicorn<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Noa Kirel in a clip from the music video for \u201cUnicorn.\u201d Photo: YouTube screenshot<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli pop singer Noa Kirel revealed on Thursday the song that she will be performing when she represents Israel at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest later this year in Liverpool in the United Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 21-year-old shared a clip from the music video for her new English-language song\u00a0Unicorn<\/em>\u00a0and explained the message behind the track in an Instagram post.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sometime hard to keep up with this fast-paced world,\u201d she wrote. \u201cAfter the coronavirus and everything that is happening in Israel and all over the world, we are faced with so many challenges and for that we need a special power. The power of a unicorn.<\/span>
\nThe unicorn wins, thanks to his delicate power and his beauty. Maybe if we stop hating each other and believe in fairytales a little more, we will have a phenomenon phenomenon phenomenal world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kirel sings in the chorus of the three-minute track: \u201cI\u2019m gonna stand here like a unicorn\/Out here on my own\/I got the power of a unicorn\/Don\u2019t you ever learn?\/That I won\u2019t look back\/ I won\u2019t look down\/I\u2019m going up\/You better turn around.\u201d The song also includes a few Hebrew language lines which translate to: \u201cI\u2019m not like everybody else\/in front of the rest of the world \u2026 You can call me queen\/I\u2019m not trying to impress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Unicorn<\/em>\u00a0was co-written by Kirel, Yinon Yahel, May Sfadia and Doron Medalie \u2014 who co-wrote Israeli singer Netta Barzilai\u2019s 2018 Eurovision-winning song\u00a0Toy<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

At an event in Eilat where\u00a0Unicorn<\/em>\u00a0was first unveiled, Kirel further explained the decision to focus the song on a mythological creature. She\u00a0said<\/a>, \u201cWe chose a character that is also mythological but is very strong and stands with its horn outward to anyone coming \u2014 and I see our country as such a strong country. There\u2019s something so innocent and pure about a unicorn, that in this period, we had to choose something that exists only in fairytales, in fantasies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kirel was chosen\u00a0by a panel, convened by Israel\u2019s public broadcasting network\u00a0Kan News,<\/i>\u00a0to represent Israel in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. She will perform\u00a0Unicorn<\/em>\u00a0in the first Eurovision semifinal on May 9 and if she gets enough votes she will advance to the grand final on May 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the music video for\u00a0Unicorn<\/em>\u00a0below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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