Israel unveils song Noa Kirel will be performing at the 2023 Eurovision: “Unicorn”

Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel

Singer Noa Kirel poses at a press conference in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022, announcing her participation in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
Singer Noa Kirel poses at a press conference in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022, announcing her participation in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Israel’s public broadcaster reveals the song that pop star Noa Kirel will be performing when she represents the country at the Eurovision this year in Liverpool.

Titled “Unicorn,” the three-minute track 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.”

Kirel, 21, says that “Unicorn” is a “song that represents all of us, the whole country, so I hope and want that everyone will support this song” at the 2023 Eurovision in Liverpool in May.

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.

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