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“I did this tour as if it were the last. I tried to do everything I wanted to do on stage and I did it with a disciplined and serious team. On the occasion of the Sziget Festival which took place in Budapest, Hungary, Brut slipped into the backstages of Riles’ concert.
“I think he’s one of the only artists who give great importance to having a complete, effective show. What I notice while filming him and following him every day is that, each time, he looks at everything, he says: ‘Hmm, that’s not going well. Next time we do this, we do this.’ He’s, like, ultra-perfectionist.” Rilès’ concert at the Sziget Festival was on August 11, 2022. And for the singer, sharing his energy on stage and putting on a show is a real necessity.
Known in particular for his boundless energy on stage, the French rapper Rilès was at the Sziget Festival in Budapest. And as with each of his performances, the singer likes to give the maximum to his audience. “I like to consider that the stage is like the room. I must be tired, I must give. The goal is really to succeed in recovering as many people as possible.”
For him, playing abroad is an additional challenge. “Abroad, it’s even less of a comfort zone than in France. I sing and I rap in English, so sometimes the lyrics are not directly understandable for an audience that is French. I try to illustrate this with a choreography, with images, with staging”