Barbara Piévic, known professionally as Barbara Pravi, is a French singer and songwriter. Pravi began her music career in 2014, after meeting French musician Jules Jaconelli. With Jaconelli, she began composing songs. The following year, she released an original song titled “Amour Impoli”, which led to her signing a contract with Capitol Music. She adopted the stage name Barbara Pravi from the Serbian word pravi (authentic), as a homage to her Serbian grandfather. Upon beginning her professional recording career, Pravi performed on the soundtrack of the French version of the Swiss film Heidi with the song “On m’appelle Heidi”.
In 2017, Pravi released her first official single “Pas grandir”. The single was later included on her self-titled debut extended play, which was released the following year. Also in 2017, Pravi starred in the television film La Sainte famille, as the role of Marion. At the end of 2018, Pravi decided to alter her musical style by adopting a more traditional French chanson style, rather than the pop style that had dominated her early releases. In 2019 she wrote the song “Bim Bam toi with Igit, with which Carla Lazzari represented France at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC). In 2020, she wrote the song “J’imagine” with Igit, with which Valentina Tronel represented France at the JESC in Warsaw and finally won (1st). In 2021 she had wrote the lyrics with Igit and Lili Poe and composed the music with Igit for the song “Voila”, with which she represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rottendam and finally took 2nd place; but only reached third place in the televoting.
In 2022, Pravi continued releasing songs, including “Prière pour soi” (English: Prayer for yourself) for International Women’s Day, and “365”, which is dedicated to her fans. Pravi also wrote the song “Oh maman!” with Frédéric Château, with which Lissandro Formica represented France at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan and ultimately won, bringing France its second Junior Eurovision win. In December, Pravi was announced as Florence in the TV film Adieu vinyle. Pravi announced in January 2023 that she had signed to Virgin Records France. She revealed two days later that she was in the process of writing and recording her second studio album.
In late February 2023, Pravi announced her first book, Lève-toi, alongside a single of the same name. A collaboration with Editions Julliard, author Huriya Asmahan, translator Aref Al-Haidari, singer-songwriter Emel and manager Élodie Filleul, Lève-toi was written in French and Arabic. The song was released in March, while the book was released the following day. In late May, Pravi was announced to star in Finalement, a film directed by Claude Lelouch.
In July, Pravi was announced as the opening act of the 9th edition of the Francophonie Games. which took place in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the same night. She sang the song “Lève toi” at the ceremony. The following day, Ferre Gola announced an “upcoming collaboration” with Pravi, no other details have been given thus far. Pravi was seen at his house in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the same day as it was reported. In August, Pravi announced a collaboration with Salvador Sobrai for his new song “les eaux qui me gardent” which was released later that month.
In January 2024 she released her new single “Bravo” talking about self-confidence. In March, Pravi released “Marianne” with Persian singer Golfshifteh Farahani. Soon later, she was announced as part of the cast for the France Televisions TV-series ” Rebelle : les aventures de la jeune George Sand”. In June, Pravi announced her second album “La Pieva” (named after her family name, Piévic) and her new eponymous song that would also be released in June.
