Arranged by musician and producer Victor Le Masne, the title pays tribute to the French revolutionary song “Ah! Ça ira” and the song “L’Amour est un oiseau rebelle”.
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With this song, Gojira set the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games alight on July 26 in Paris. Mea Culpa (Ah! It will be fine) !)performed by the French metal group with lyrical singer Marina Viotti, is now available for streaming on Spotify, Deezer and Apple Music platforms, AFP noted on Friday, August 30.
Arranged by musician and producer Victor Le Masne, the title pays tribute to the French revolutionary song Ah ! It will be finewhile Marina Viotti reinterprets it in her own way Love is a rebellious birdfamous song from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.
The sequence went viral on social media. Gojira, a French quartet with an international aura, appeared on the balconies of the Conciergerie, one of the most beautiful monuments in Paris, and sang their song in a burst of sound alongside several Marie-Antoinettes holding their bloody heads. Marina Viotti, in a boat setting, joined the scene on the banks of the Seine.
From metal to “Carmen”
The metal group Gojira sets the Conciergerie alight, followed by the Franco-Swiss opera singer Marina Viotti.
Listening to Gojira increased by 106% in France and 80% worldwide on Spotify, the world’s leading music platform, at the end of July. The director of ceremonies for the Paris Olympic Games, Thierry Reboul, said “confident”Sunday, regarding an upcoming release in stores and on platforms of the original music from the Games. “Given the success of this ceremony, there is a real desire to be able to relive it”he stressed to the press.