[2] She stated that a person's heart, the "light" of the human soul, is "in the middle" of the body, with the song advocating for finding one's true self and connecting with "our divine self".

[7] Jon O'Brien of Vulture ranked the song as 17th out of 37, describing it as dramatic and "unlikely to [better]" Barbu's tenth-place result from 2007.

[11][12] In the grand final that took place on 17 February, it drew a total of 22 points, tying with Valeria Pasha's "Anti-Princess".

The tiebreaker was determined by jury scores, thus giving the victory to Barbu, winning her the rights to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

[17] Barbu was later drawn to perform 11th in the semi-final, ahead of Finland's Teemu Keisteri and before Azerbaijan's duo of Fahree and Ilkin Dovlatov.