The wait finally ended on Sunday. Since the formalization, mid-January, of La Zarra to represent France at Eurovision, many were impatient to discover the song… The suspense ended this Sunday in 8:30 p.m. on Sunday on France 2 where the artist performed Obviously. The track is a pop car launched by a grandiloquent opening then letting the singer’s voice take the wheel without automatic pilot.
“My heart, my hands, my eyes, my kidneys, nothing belongs to me anymore. I hurt myself, to do good, I forget as if it were nothing. In my garden of hell grow flowers, which I water with my dreams of my tears. (…) Obviously, all these beautiful promises that I hear, it’s just wind. Obviously because after the good weather comes the rain, that’s what we forget, ”begins the text with lyrics tinged with a certain spleen.
“I always sing melancholy, but my song is full of hope, explained La Zarra, Friday in front of the media who came to discover the song in preview at Pathé Parnasse (Paris 15th). Through this piece, I want to say that I am aware that life is difficult but that it does not matter, that I can move forward in spite of that. »
“Because everything was obvious”
“I needed to talk about self-love, universal love,” she adds, adding that she designed the song for Eurovision: “It came quite easily, in three nights. As for the title, La Zarra argues that the word was “in [son] unconscious”: “I often work with melodies and the first word that came to me was obviously. Everything was obvious: to agree to represent France at Eurovision, to make the song with [le producteur] Benny Adams…”
“I sing, my life, yours and a bit of romance. I’m naked in front of you, so give me a chance. From you to me, from me to you, have I succeeded in singing… in singing the great France? she asks in the song’s climax. “This sentence is because I am from Quebec and I had this complex to sing for France. It was a way for me to ask everyone if it was successful, ”she smiles.
” The good choice “
Judging by the reviews gleaned from 20 minutes to the media present, it would seem that the answer is yes. “It’s super effective, judge Matthieu Bobard Deliere of She, who are also very sensitive to the aesthetic and fashion universe of the artist. From the first notes, very dramatic, I loved it. I can’t wait to see the set design at Eurovision. “France Télévisions has clearly made the right choice and is giving itself the means to aim for victory”, reacts hotly Thomas Duseaux, creator and host of 12 points, the podcast that deciphers Eurovisionvisibly thrilled by Obviously. “Before discovering the song, I was in an effervescence that few former French participations were able to provoke me”, he specifies.
“It’s a very radio-friendly title, with a nice message, which stays in mind after the first listen,” confides Philippe Dufreigne of BFM TV. And then, “obviously” is a French word that is understood internationally, a bit like “voilà”. »
Julien Gonçalves, editor-in-chief of Pure charts, believes that this song gives hope for “a very good ranking in the competition”. “In the middle, the song gets lost a bit, he nuances, but the bridge and the end of the song raise the bar. I am in any case happy that France offers a song that allows you to dance. “On the evening of the Eurovision final, which will be held on May 13 in Liverpool, Europe will not fail to wiggle its hips. Of course.