France at Junior Eurovision 2021: Enzo with “Tic Tac”

They’re the reigning Junior Eurovision champions, and France will be hoping to do the double in 2021. Representing the home nation this year is Enzo. He’ll perform “Tic Tac” (“Tick Tock”).

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France in Junior Eurovision 2021: Enzo with “Tic Tac”

French broadcaster France Télévision internally selected Enzo to represent the country at this year’s contest. At just 13 years of age, he will have the challenging task of succeeding Valentina, who earned France their first Junior Eurovision victory in 2020. But it’s a challenge that Enzo will put his singing experience towards.

Enzo is a real citizen of the world who has already travelled to the four corners of the planet and speaks several languages. Born in the Paris region, his family moved to Macao when he was six months old for his father’s job as an airline pilot. They then moved to Hong Kong where Enzo grew up and developed his passion for singing and music.

In 2020, the French public discovered Enzo during his participation on The Voice Kids. The young singer specified that he intended to make the coaches’ seats turn since he had made the trip all the way from Asia. Two coaches finally turned around during his blind audition and Enzo eventually made it all the way to the final.

Enzo is known to be particularly fond of rap and R’n’B. After taking singing lessons to perfect his technique, he gained a following through his Youtube channel. He records and edits the covers that he publishes online all by himself. Initially intended only for his family members, the videos quickly progressed from a few views to more than 30,000 for his freestyle rap videos.

What do the “Tic Tac” lyrics mean?

Sometimes sung, sometimes chanted, “Tic tac” is a song in which Enzo encourages us to live life to our own rhythm.

Enzo uses the ticking of a clock to represent the mundane beat everyone follows day in, day out, during their everyday lives. However, in the chorus, Enzo notes that he inverts this beat and lives out of sync with the rest of society:

Everyone lives life at a hundred miles per hour
Tick, tock, tick
But my rhythm, my music, it’s
Tock, tick
Sharing happiness

The 13-year-old reminds us to savour every second of life. Although we might be focused on the things happening immediately around us, it’s important to escape every once in a while. Taking a note from his predecessor Valentina, Enzo also suggests we add a little imagination into our lives:

Head in your bubble, you forget that your planet is one
Come on, we'll go out, we'll take a walk so everyone has the same
I want us to stop for a bit on one of these blue beaches
Feet in the hourglass
Make room for imagination but don't pretend

The recurring “Tic Tac” refrain runs throughout the song and could be seen as a representation of just how much we let things overwhelm our lives. But Enzo’s advice on how to avoid this is captured best of all in the bridge:

Oh, if only you knew
I’ve been happy since my watch stopped
I do whatever I want

“Tic Tac” lyrics — Enzo (France JESC 2021)

Written and composed by: Alban Lico

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