‘Festa’ Andrea Bocelli Sings For The John Lewis Christmas Advert 2023 - Christian Music Videos

Andrea Bocelli lent his immense musical talents to the latest John Lewis Christmas commercial, and a new video gives a behind-the-scenes look at how that happened.

Hollywood, and the entertainment industry in general, is not all glitz and glamor. That seen on the television screen or at the theater is the final product of blood, sweat and tears. The entertainment industry is a job field like any other and often requires long, stressful hours like every other occupation. 

A clip posted on YouTube shows world-renowned Italian singer Andrea Bocelli adding his dazzling voice to the John Lewis 2023 Christmas commercial. As the video shows, it’s not as simple as Andrea singing the song one time through and then calling it a day as he collects a healthy paycheck. 

The clip opens in a music studio and gives viewers a look at several Andrea Bocelli records that adorn the studio’s walls. Seconds into the video, Andrea walks into the room, picks up his headphones and stands in front of the microphone.

As Andrea prepares to belt out the lyrics to “Festa,” a voice off-camera reminds the people in the room and nearby to shut their mouths.

“Silence please…we start recording!” the words on the screen read.

Andrea begins singing, and from that point forward, the video is a mix of Andrea and his crew in the studio and the John Lewis Christmas ad featuring the massive Venus flytrap Snapper. 

One man in the studio sits at a computer, monitoring the recording as others sit in the room and silently take in the sight of Andrea singing “Festa.”

But as the clip also shows, not even someone as experienced and talented as Andrea Bocelli is above direction and guidance. At different times throughout the clip, a second man talks to Andrea, who, given his arm movements and hand gestures, dictates directions to him. 

In the clip’s closing moments, Andrea exits the studio after what was likely a long day while singing “Festa” to himself.

Psalm 104:33 “I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.”