Expectations have been both high and palpable for the French public in recent days with the news that La Zarra‘s Eurovision 2023 “Evidemment” was about to drop. And finally, on Sunday evening during the program Le Dimanche, our girl delivered with a recorded live performance.
Written in collaboration with producer Benny Adams, “Evidemment” borrows sounds from the great French classics and La Zarra’s many influences, including Edith Piaf, Barbara, Brel and Dalida. Enigmatic and alluring, La Zarra uses enticing rhythms and pop tropes to lure us into her sensual universe.
Evidemment! La Zarra reveals France’s Eurovision 2023 song
The title of the song, which translates as “Evidently” or “Obviously,” is a universal love song that reflects the image of the artist: Mysterious, inspiring and charismatic. In fact, those are the exact words used by Alexandra Redde-Amiel, the Head of French Delegation, when describing the artist.
“Mysterious, inspiring, charismatic, La Zarra is a woman and a modern artist with a very chic French signature! A voice that transports us through time by making us travel to different eras…La Zarra is an iconic artist who will carry the colors of France in Liverpool in May 2023 during the largest song contest in the world.”
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The artist took residency in the minds of the French public following the massive success of the song “Tu t’en iras”. With “Évidemment” La Zarra intends to conquer the European public, too.
A born Canadian-singer who is proud to represent France
Born in Canada to a family of Moroccan origin, the 25-year-old has maintained a privileged relationship with France and Eurovision her whole life. Her mother often sang her Marie Myriam’s Eurovision 1977 winner “L’Oiseau et l’Enfant”
Entirely self-taught, she quickly began to write her own compositions inspired by her experiences, confessions and other sharp emotions. Her warm and distinguished voice allows her to communicate to the public her desires, her hopes but also her disillusions with singular verisimilitude.
When she was revealed as France’s artist a few weeks ago, she shared her lifelong obsession with France, French culture and fashion. Today, it is for France that her heart beats and she intends to prove it by flying the flag in Liverpool.
“I am very proud to have the chance to perform my song in front of millions of viewers around the world.
I am a great admirer of the most beautiful French voices such as Edith Piaf, Barbara, Dalida but also Céline Dion and I am so excited to make all Europeans discover my song which I hope will become theirs. I am very honored to represent France at Eurovision, the most iconic song contest in the world.”
Have you already listened to Évidemment? Do you like it? Let us know in the comments below.
Some parts of the song are beautiful but maybe not good enough throughout to win
CLASSY, MODERN, CATCHY, ELEGANT AND VIBRANT, IT SCREAMS “FRANCE” SO MUCH, I’VE FOUND MY WINNER!! <3
I have the feeling that this song live might be a bit less ‘impactful’ than the video versión and maybe they need to adapt It. I dont know why but I find the song as It is a bit difficult to perform live.
I didnt get the hype. Song is just okay, it miss a lot to be a winner material. If they finished with only a couple of points with way better song last year, I dont think they will do much more this year with this…
Italy and Australia are my top2 so far. Italy fav to win…
Fantastic foundations. Now I hope French delegation listens to feedback and they tweak the song by upping the chorus and backing vocals, before submitting final version by mid March, and then of course work on an unforgettable stage performance, and then this has the potential to go all the way, or near the top.
I think staging for this song might be a bit difficult: i dont see dancers -too many rhythm changes-, It cannot be too conceptual/artistic since It does not match the song. I think It Will be only her so It Will have to rely on her charisma, her movés and her voice.
Among the selected entries so far, I only liked Italy’s entry. The other songs are either trash and absurd; some of them are good but nothing special.
Impossible to get it out of your head after first listen, great job!
I’m French. I don’t like it. It sounds like we were stuck to the past. One thing I admit, the lyrics are good for those who can understand them
I dont understand how some people Say “tu t en iras” could perform well in eurovision (when it is clearly not eurovision successful compatible) and in the meantime Say that “évidemment” is Bad. Évidemment is way more suitable for a good result in May. Even though it is not sure at 100% of course. I would Say top 10 is possible ! I loved the song myself right from the start However, i couldnt remember the Melody After 1 listening BUT, major BUT, i wanted to hear it again very quickly (: i think that s a good thing for… Read more »
WOW! Shades of former French winners and discotheques above, this is currently top 3 (I haven’t figured it all out yet, but it looks like the Big Five are back in big fashion, depending on whether Due Vite is chosen by Marco Mengoni) and will probably be at least in my top 5.
Mais ouiiii now we’re talking! Broad enough appeal to reach most of the continent, but identifiably French enough to give the people what they want. If they can bring an impactful stage show, she’ll do well, potentially very well.
I do like it, in my current top 3, but not the winner, coz missing the very special.
1) CRO
2) FRA
3) CZE
4) EST
5)ESP
6) ROM
7) SLO
8) UKR
9) ITA
10) IRL
Top 10 is possible but we’re not going to France in 2024. The song is quite good but lacks a hook. Sadly, year and a half later Tu t’en iras remains her best song…
I was rooting for her…
I passed for somebody disturbed beause I shared my thoughts during the night so now it’s still day time then it must be more valid to share my impressions, so, this song has something even if for me it lacks of power, it could please like that and it pleases, the wiwi readers don’t like it and wiwi himself is not really pleased by it, but there’s an audience for it, it will have fans and already have some adepts, the reactions except here and probably elsewhere too, are positive overall, it’s already charting well in some countries, it could… Read more »
It’s radio friendly, but it doesn’t have the ‘je ne sais quoi’.
I love a disco-revival queen.
This really feels like if Tourner dans la vide from Indila and Le Reste from clara Luciani had a child. LOVE IT.
Nice song but definately not a winner, her is good though….i think its between finland and israel this israel…finland has good options and israel if it will live up to the hype its gonna be a winner, Noa comes to win it.
La Zarra lived up to the high expectations. It’s my #2 behind Norway and I’ve listened to Norway’s song far more than La Zarras. With more listens it could become my #1 over time. If La Zarra can perform live like Barbara Pravi then she may be a winner
DISCO never died ? ??
Lets just be serious : we just discovered the winner of ESC 23 !!!
I take a screen of my comment right now and will show you it again on May 🙂
Kisses !!!!!!!! (Don’t comment if hating : I don’t come back to my comments )
He he he
I like it, it is quintessentially French and the modern Europop vibe works well with the sophisticated tone. It is in my top 3 so far, and I think it will perform very well because it has so many elements that scream Eurovision without falling into the clichè trap. However, it saddens me that French songs do not do equally well when there are no stereotypical French elements, like with Alvan and Ahez (I still cannot recover from their 24th place…).
It’s really good and has potential on stage i guess… Radio friendly…. True to what you actually hear on the radio in France and what music the french People actually buy. The “évidemment” notes are good but is it enough of a chorus that you could sing along 30 minutes after hearing the song? I don t know… Close enough though..good job. Top 10 would not be surprising for what we ve Heard so far..
Amazing to have La Zarra as part of the ESC. My instinct says I should stay quiet on this one, until the Wiwi Jury (assuming that it’s happening this year).
Very French for sure…
It’s nice I enjoy listening to it but nothing more.
Feel there could of been a great entry here but the song kind off runs out of steam needs a bit more oomph somewhere. Think this will struggle in its current form.
Did not live up to the hype, sadly…
I enjoyed the song a lot, but I still believe we’re yet to hear a Eurovision winner
This is up there as one of the most French-sounding entries that France has ever sent
It’s currently my 3rd behind Slovenia and Lithuania, still waiting for Switzerland and Netherlands to release their songs and hoping that Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Moldova and Portugal make the best choices
So far this year looks like it could be Finland’s for the taking if they send Cha Cha Cha
Right hand side of the scoreboard for me right now. Love the lighting though. May grow who knows
What i like about this song is the cross between Edith Piaf and Dalida, original, yet very French , and the disco vibe suits it very well. Potential winner so far.
… I would improve the instrumental, especially in the verses, it sounds very amateurish, as if it was made with a very basic keyboard! I would also cut the boring instrumental intro and add chorus to the end of the song…
The song sounds a bit artificial / unauthentic to me. We can really feel that they made this song FOR Eurovision, trying to put all the ideas of the delegation in there (the Piaf intro, the disco vibe a la Luciani/Armanet, the part where she talks to the audience like in Voilà, the high note, the « Grande France » lyric that comes from nowhere..??). That’s a lot of information to ingest. I prefer 10 times songs like Tu t’en iras or Vie d’artiste that reflect La Zarra’s artistry without trying to fit to Eurovision. But all in all it’s still a… Read more »
Say what you want, she slays in every second of this song.
a very very good song and this will do very well in Liverpool but it’s not the winner.
I don’t think we’ve heard the winning song yet.
Some people absolutely love it, and some others remains totally cold but that’s the game you can’t achieve unanimity in terms of music, it doesn’t exist. I will try to be the more objective possible even if I’m a big La Zarra fan initially and I listen her music everyday, so for Évidemment, that’s quality, the song is nice, it’s a modern disco beat mixed with chanson, very radio friendly, the voice is good, she is talented, she is stylish, she has the charisma, in fact she has everything, there’s even people getting winner vibes with this one. But my… Read more »
But listening the studio version I think I can feel the beats more, they feel louder and I already prefer, it feels better to me Idk why… I still think a kind of remix to make this song more Eurovision ready and more impactful wouldn’t be a bad idea. It could be a hit for sure outside Eurovision but for Eurovision imho you need more impact.
The bridge, the high note and the end more upbeat are already good though.
The more I listen it, the more I like it, the Évidemment stays in the head, it’s catchy, but I need some changes to be completely in love.
More violon in the chorus like in the drop of “Fille de joie” for example mixed with a disco beat more upbeat and I would be totally in love.
Really do a revamp and bring a Eurovision version more epic and it’s good.
Final thought, it’s unique, nobody will comes with something like that so it will help and
seeing some reactions I’m reassured, it will have fans.
In fact bring just a bit more power in the song and it’s good.
Girl are you ok with that 5am monologue? Lol
Perfectly, I just write my thoughts how they came, is it bad? We are here to share our impressions no? As if it was something crazy…
Sorry France, I’m not really feeling this one. It is a little boring to me, the melody stays in one place and I don’t really like how she delivers the lyrics, almost one word at a time all in the same tone, and without much enunciation almost like mumbling a little. I appreciate the slightly groovy bass line at least.
The beginning of this and I am thinking barbara pravi vibes,by the middle of it thinking quite good,but by the end its average nothing special.
Not a great year but still hoping for the UK and perhaps Sweden to come up with something special,and interested to hear the greece and cyprus songs when released,but not holding out much hope there,we shall see…..
I think this will stand out because most ‘French-sounding’ songs tend to do well. I must say at first listen I was blown away and then in subsequent listens I became less interested—which is an interesting take as it rarely happens that way. Makes me believe with the right staging this will have maximum impact. The opening moments seems to be the high point for the song. This is Barbara Pravi put through the Crazy Horse Paris grinder and could have a moment.
so far THE BEST
Any other year this would be a bad song. But only having about 5 good songs for Liverpool this actually makes the cut. I cannot remember a year as bad as this – song-wise. If it wasn’t for Norway I don’t think there could be a contender for the win. I hope better songs are to come
Norway‘s entry is my definition of a bad song.
Another day without a Eurovision winner.
At last a song that screams pure class. I didn’t really know what to expect but this song seems to encompass several genres of French Music across a timeline of decades. It strikes the right note in this premier re the staging with the lady herself looking voluptious but without being too obvious. Well done France and the selection team.
It can be elegant, classy and so French; but unfortunately it falls into the average zone, there’s no “woooow” moment and at times it sounds repetitive. The team behind this could have perfectly taken this song much further, given La Zarra’s talent, figure and charisma!
I adore this song, though I will admit the chorus and/or the crescendo could do with a slight revamp with the orchestral and maybe even a key change? But otherwise all class.
So far one of the better songs released this year! Perhaps not as strong as the description made it out to be but also not terrible. Can see it doing well and even winning jury vote, but doubt viewers will reward it.
But I do like it and wish France the best!
Classy song in the French style. Bravo.
A few listens in now. It’s like Barbara Pravi had a baby with Monika Lui and called it Kylie Minogue. Totally here for it.
the chorus is really catastrophic
Disco chorus ??
Wow potential winner.
Someone has to win , so in this abysmal year we will have a meh winner.
This is solidly fine, and thus far this year, “solidly fine” has been the threshold for the upper tier. The vocals are lovely, and I love that it has a sense of place in the lyrics — you can tell even from the backing track that the entry is France-adjacent. I agree with most of the other comments regarding the inclusion of disco; however, with regards to the current batch that we have, this ranks highly for me.
Juries will love this. Televoting I doubt.