Alibi (with Pabllo Vittar & Yseult)

The title points to the central idea of the song: being someone's alibi, the person who covers for a partner and stands beside them. This fits the loyalty and complicity theme of Sevdaliza's album Heroina, on which the track appears. The song is built as a collaboration between three artists of different backgrounds. Sevdaliza is Iranian-Dutch, Pabllo Vittar is a Brazilian drag performer and Yseult is a French singer-songwriter. One listener described the video's concept as a Brazilian gay drag queen, a Black French lesbian and Sevdaliza joining forces. That reading frames the song as a celebration of queer and outsider solidarity and of female and femme power, as well as a love or ride-or-die pact.

The track has a playful, confident, club-ready surface. Its theme of mutual protection gives it an underlying seriousness: the idea that chosen allies cover for one another against a hostile world.

According to Wikipedia, Alibi was written between 2022 and 2024. The credited lyricists are Sevda Alizadeh (Sevdaliza), Pabllo Vittar, Yseult Onguenet and Eyelar Mirzazadeh. Other writers listed include Mucky, Rodrigo Gorky and Will Knox. The producers are Sevdaliza, Mathias Janmaat and Mucky.

The song was released as a single on 28 June 2024 through Sevdaliza's own label, Twisted Elegance, and later appeared on her album Heroina. Before its commercial release it went viral globally. A remix version followed on 6 September 2024, adding another Brazilian singer, and the song was followed by a sequel-style release titled Alibi Pt. 2.

The rhythmic basis comes from the percussive, danceable patterns of Brazilian funk and reggaeton. Their tight, repeating grooves drive the track and give it a club-oriented momentum. The vocal trading between three singers creates shifting phrasing and a sense of call and response over the steady beat.

Vogue described the song as operatic. It layers Sevdaliza's cinematic, theatrical vocal style over rhythms from Brazilian funk and reggaeton. Listeners also noted an Eastern or Middle Eastern tinge in her contribution, and one reviewer called the mix of Latin rhythms with an oriental touch somewhat generic, though still effective as a pop single. The three-voice structure lets each singer bring a distinct timbre and language-colored identity: Sevdaliza's dark, operatic register, Vittar's club-pop presence and Yseult's powerful vocals. The production credits to Sevdaliza, Mucky and Mathias Janmaat point to a hybrid of electronic and dance-floor elements.

The song went viral globally before its official release. It peaked at number 15 on one chart, and it appears in Pabllo Vittar's chart table with a peak of 16 on another. Audiences received it warmly: on Album of the Year it holds a user score of 82 from 315 ratings and ranks #297 for 2024. Some Brazilian listeners criticised the production as generic, but many praised it as a celebration of queerness and cross-cultural collaboration. The song brought Sevdaliza's work to a wider Latin and Brazilian audience, and it spawned a remix with an additional Brazilian singer on 6 September 2024 and the follow-up Alibi Pt. 2. It is also a key single from the Heroina era.

The word alibi works as the song's central metaphor. It is a legal term for proof of innocence, here turned into an emblem of intimacy, loyalty and shared secrets. Being someone's alibi suggests a bond so strong that it rewrites the rules and protects the pair from outside judgment. The collaboration itself carries symbolic weight: a Brazilian drag queen, a Black French lesbian singer and an Iranian-Dutch avant-pop artist on one track stand for a transnational, queer-affirming alliance.

The title word "Alibi" acts as the main hook and thematic anchor. Its repetition ties the shared-loyalty concept to the memorable, chant-like chorus that suited the song's viral spread. The three-voice collaboration is itself a recurring motif, and it was extended in the later Alibi Pt. 2 release.