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| Single by Lindita | ||||
| Released | 29 March 2017 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:56 | |||
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| Composer(s) | Klodian Qafoku | |||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry | ||||
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| Language | English | |||
| Composer(s) | Klodian Qafoku | |||
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| Semi-final result | 14th | |||
| Semi-final points | 76 | |||
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| ◄ "Fairytale" (2016) | ||||
| "Mall" (2018) ► | ||||
"World" is a song by Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter Lindita. It was issued as a single on 29 March 2017 by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) and Universal Music. The song was written by the singer herself together with Gerald Xhari, and composed by Klodian Qafoku. An English-language pop-rock ballad, it is lyrically a manifesto that discuss the challenges within a modern society simultaneously calling for rising up against wars and pleading for peace and love.
The song represented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine, after Lindita's victory at the country's pre-selection competition Festivali i Këngës with the song's Albanian-language version "Botë". It ultimately failed to qualify for the grand final also marking the country's seventh non-qualification in the contest. During her minimalistic performance, she was accompanied by four backing vocalists while the LED screens portrayed a variety of imagery.
"World" was positively received by music critics, who praised Lindita's vocals, as well as the song's composition and lyrics. For promotional purposes, the singer performed the song live on multiple Eurovision-related occasions, including in Amsterdam, Madrid and Tel Aviv. An accompanying music video for the song was premiered to the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest on 13 March 2017. It prominently features scenes of Lindita singing her song within an alternate dimension.