44th ADISQ Gala | The excitement behind the scenes

Emotions were running high during the ADISQ gala on Sunday evening. Joy, pride, surprise were bubbling in the room, but also behind the scenes. The Press was able to slip backstage in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier to capture the precious moments that followed the victories of the five big winners of the evening. A behind-the-scenes look at ADISQ, in words and images.

Marissa Groguhe
The Press

“It’s just the beginning”, says Lenoir

All eyes are on him: his big sunglasses on his eyes and his hair pulled up in a lulu under a large NFB cap, Hubert Lenoir hovers in the corridors of the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. “Of course I’m happy,” he says to his friend who asks him how he feels. Everyone accosts him, wants to congratulate him, take a picture, just say a word. Behind the scenes then, his seven trophies in front of him, Lenoir is agitated by the frenzy of the moment, but he seems above all proud. “I’ve always tried not to be a slave to what the world thinks,” he says. But this recognition, it does not discourage me [à continuer], let’s say ! So this is only the beginning for Hubert Lenoir? ” Fuck yeah, It’s just the beginning. »

Ariane Roy’s wave of emotions

At the start of the ceremony, Ariane Roy emerges from the room in her white dress and high black boots with flavor eighties, his first Félix in his hands, for the revelation of the year. The artist seems very composed, but a certain exaltation remains evident on her face. “I did not expect that, if I win, I would be overwhelmed by so many emotions”, she confides to us in the corridor towards the press room, where all the winners will take the posing and giving interviews. “I feel super emotional right now, more than I thought. »

FouKi and Jay Scøtt’s special song

“Every song is your baby and you love it, but you don’t know what people are going to think about it. You can have an idea, but it’s not up to you,” FouKi told us after receiving his Félix. In the entrance to Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, he is surrounded by his acolytes, Jay Scøtt, QuietMike, Pops and Poolboy, who all participated in the creation of the piece. Copilot, crowned song of the year. Did they know what they had in their hands from the start when creating this song? “Our team said there was something special about the song,” says producer Pops. We, locked in our bubble of creating the album, we no longer saw it very well. But she had something. »

A surprise every time for Roxane Bruneau

“I am always amazed! I will never be jaded by this. For the second year in a row, Roxane Bruneau won the Félix for female artist of the year, an honor that still makes her pinch herself today. “My audience is here! she says, looking as happy as she is tired. On gala days like this, she doesn’t eat enough. We run to get her a snack, but things get hectic and she finally doesn’t have time for a bite before going to have her picture taken with her Felix. With an empty stomach but a full heart, Roxane Bruneau says she is “blessed”. “To see the halls full again, the people without masks singing the tunes, everyone here tonight… I can’t dream of better. »

Laura Niquay and the music that unites

” [Ce prix Félix], is the recognition of the presence and evolution of Aboriginal music. The Best Aboriginal Artist category has only been around for three years. For Laura Niquay, this trophy she has just received represents “the sharing of Aboriginal culture, knowledge and language”. The singer-songwriter emanates calm and gentleness. She willingly lends herself to the game of photos and interviews. In an almost whispered voice, before joining the horde of journalists waiting for her in the press room, she tells us: “The important thing is to make music together. It is unifying. »