ISRAEL
Eden Alene
Roots
With both parents hailing from Ethiopia, 20-year-old Eden Alene was born in Jerusalem. After studying ballet for 11 years through her young life, Eden started taking vocal training lessons and soon after decided to pursue a career in music.While living in Jerusalem as a teenager, Eden was in a choir of local young adults who would come together from all backgrounds and religions to show the potential of music to bring people together.
Growing up, Eden was particularly taken with soul and pop artists such as Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson and Chris Brown. She takes inspiration from many different styles and genres of music, including Arabic folk music, Gospel and Opera as well.
In 2018, Eden won X Factor Israel and, 2 years later, The Next Star, Israel's national selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest. Today, Eden serves in the military as a singer in a band and splits her time between performances in the army, in Israel and abroad.
There’s a place that I go to in my head
Just to forget it all
Be myself, where the sun is up
And everything is beautiful

Can't forget my history
Happiness and misery
Don’t care what they do what they say
And what they think of me at all

Now I’m not a preacher
I’m not here to teach ya
But you should know I’m not a girl anymore
My truth is a mission, I hold and I never let go
I love my roots and this I know

I love my roots and this I know
Yeah, I know
Yeah, I know
You let me loose and here I go
Yeah, I go
Yeah, I go
I love my roots and this I know
Yeah, I know
Yeah, I know
You let me loose and here I go
Yeah, I go
Yeah, I go
I love my...

I'm different now
My feelings don’t seem to change with every season
I’m loving myself and I don’t need a reason
You should take me as I am or let me go

I Won't forget my history
Happiness and misery
Don’t care what they do what they say
And what they think of me at all

Now I’m not a preacher
I’m not here to teach ya
But you should know I’m not a girl anymore
My truth is a mission, I hold and I never let go
I love my roots and this I know

I love my roots and this I know
Yeah, I know
Yeah, I know
You let me loose and here I go
Yeah, I go
Yeah, I go
I love my roots and this I know
Yeah, I know
Yeah, I know
You let me loose and here I go
Yeah, I go
Yeah, I go
I love my...

Soon we will rise from our memories
And then, with time, we'll forget we were enemies
Still I hope it takes not to long to realize
Soon we will rise from our memories
And then, with time, we'll forget we were enemies
Still I hope it takes not to long to realize

Now I’m not a preacher
I’m not here to teach ya
But you should know I’m not a girl anymore
My truth is a mission, I hold and I never let go
I love my roots and this I know
Lyrics: Nathan Goshen
Music: Nathan Goshen & Stav Beger