Noa Kirel unveils Eurovision Song Contest entry
The song was co-written by Kirel, Doron Medalie – who co-wrote Netta Barzilai's 2018 Eurovision winning song Toy – Yinon Yahel and May Sfadia.
Israel’s public broadcaster has revealed the song that pop star Noa Kirel will be performing when she represents the country at Eurovision this year in Liverpool.
The three-minute track Unicorn is largely in English with a handful of lines interwoven in Hebrew.
“I’m gonna stand here like a unicorn/ Out here on my own/ I got the power of a unicorn/ Don’t you ever learn,” she sings in the chorus. “That I won’t look back/ I won’t look down/ I’m going up/ You better turn around/ The power of a unicorn.”
The song was co-written by Kirel, Doron Medalie – who co-wrote Netta Barzilai’s 2018 Eurovision winning song Toy – Yinon Yahel and May Sfadia.
Kirel, 21, said the song is about a strong, independent character who can handle anything.
“I feel that in the recent period in Israel and in the world – particularly since the end of COVID – the world is moving at speed and everything is fast and you have to deal with changes really quickly,” she said at an event in Eilat unveiling the song. “We chose a character that is also mythological but is very strong and stands with its horn outward to anyone coming – and I see our country as such a strong country,” she added.
The singer said she hopes the country will unite behind the song as the Eurovision Song Contest approaches.
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