Eurovision 2017: per la Francia Alma con “Requiem”

La Francia ha comunicato oggi il nome dell’artista che rappresenterà il Paese al prossimo Eurovision Song Contest che si terrà a Kiev (Ucraina) dal 9 al 13 maggio. La scelta (interna) della tv pubblica francese è ricaduta su Alma (vero nome Alexandra Maquet) con il brano “Requiem“.

Si tratta di una giovane artista emergente (di 28 anni) che nel 2013 uscí con un singolo chiamato “Ça reste entre nous”. Rilascerà la sua prima intervista all’interno del programma “Alcaline” questa sera su France 2 alle 20:40. Di seguito un estratto del video ufficiale di Requiem.

“Sono profondamente onorata di essere stata selezionata per rappresentare il mio paese, la Francia, per questa edizione dell’Eurovision. Spero vivamente di contare sull’amore e il sostegno del pubblico e di poter fare la migliore performance possibile” spiega Alma, in un comunicato inoltratoci pochi minuti fa.

“Requiem” è stata scritta e composta da Nazim e pubblicata dalla Bukowski Publishing (Co-prodotta da Nazim Khaled and WE ARE I.V.!), © Warner.

L’Eurovision 2017 sarà trasmesso in Francia sul canale France 4 per quanto riguarda le due semifinali, mentre la finale del 13 maggio andrà in onda su France 2.

Di seguito, il testo completo del brano “Requiem” tradotto in inglese:

Loves die and loves are born / The centuries pass and disappear / What you think is death / It’s a season and nothing more / One day, tired of this wandering / You will go away – not important / Because the world will continue to turn / Even if we no longer turn with it

Hug me, tell me that you love me / Make me smile / In the middle of a requiem / Hug me, tell me that you love me / Make me dance / Until time takes from us / What it has given us

One year, two years, one hundred years of happiness / Because life plucks you like a flower / Make me laugh / I need it / Waiting ‘til the alarm sounds / One year, two years, one hundred years as a couple / And then one day you’re all alone / We cry, but we survive all the same / That’s the beauty of a requiem

Sparks become flames / Little girls turn into women / You think it’s death / It’s a burning log, nothing more /Our tears, our missed chances / We think that we’re important / But the day begins again tomorrow / As if we’d never lived

Hug me, tell me that you love me / Make me smile / In the middle of a requiem / Hug me, tell me that you love me / Make me dance / Until time takes from us / What it has given us

One year, two years, one hundred years of happiness / Because life plucks you like a flower /Make me laugh / I need it / Waiting ‘til the alarm sounds / One year, two years, one hundred years as a couple / And then one day you’re all alone /We cry, but we survive all the same / That’s the beauty of a requiem

Loves are born, loves die / Finally, this evening, I’m no longer afraid / I know that you will still love me / When the earth no longer turns /

Loves are born, loves die / Finally, this evening, I’m no longer afraid / I know that you will still love me / When the earth no longer turns / Hug me, tell me that you love me / Make me smile / In the middle of a requiem / Hug me, tell me that you love me / Make me dance / Until time takes from us

What it has given us / What it has given us / What it has given us / What it has given us / What it has given us