Slimane explains why he won’t sing in English at Eurovision 2024

Just a few more hours before the 68th edition of Eurovision begins. Nemo with the title The Code is the favorite of bookmakers. France will be represented by Slimane.

Discovered in 2016 in “The Voice”, the singer then went on to have a string of hits and duets with Vitaa, until becoming our candidate this year for the European competition. “We hope for the best this year with the great artist Slimane”even declared the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron during his state visit to Sweden last February.

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Slimane will perform My love. “I believe that in life, we have no regrets when we do things with the heart. And for me it was too important, I didn’t want to do a song in “I’m going to look at all the songs that won” mode.he comments on the microphone of our colleagues from BFMTV about the song written by the singer himself and by Yaacov Salah and Meïr Salah.

I aim for the place of pride

Slimane

“I tried to be me and I think I want to be loved for who I am as an artist. I wanted to show who I was, it had to be a song that resembled me”specifies the one who “haste” to perform in Malmö. “I’m a bit like a runner in the starting peloton, who wants to go there, who is waiting for the Go”he describes.

“I am aiming for the place of pride, I want to be proud of myself, proud of my team, proud of what will remain, of the video that I will show to my daughter when she grows up”, then assures Slimane. As for the choice not to sing in English, he explains it simply: “It doesn’t necessarily thrill me, because I’m not bilingual”.

Who will succeed the Swede Loreen, with the title Tattoo, who won Eurovision in Liverpool? Answer this Saturday, May 10, on France 2.

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