The cold of winter has settled in France for a few days and is added to this icy hell, the fifth wave of Covid-19 and the arrival of a third mandatory dose. All the ingredients are there to have morale at half mast … and that’s good: On November 29, 2021, all those who have the blues found themselves within the four walls of the Folies Bergère de Paris, in the ninth arrondissement of our capital city. To cry together? Of laughter, of joy, hopefully!
Like every year, or almost, Raphaël Mezrahi actually offered his famous Night of depression, transformed, in 2021, in The year of the blues (and even a little more). The comedian, creator of the event, and Thomas Dutronc, the sponsor of this edition, therefore welcomed, on the stage as in the seats of the room, singers and singers, actresses and comedians, just to smile, as many as possible, to all those who have gradually lost it in recent months. Tears flowed over a few days, however, the evening’s playlist consisting only of sad tracks.
“What is the point of chasing after happiness when the blues are close at hand!“, ironically Raphaël Mezrahi. And that’s how Julie Zenatti came to push the song that evening, on the boards of the Folies Bergère, in front of the singer Ours – Charles, the son of Alain Souchon -, to Alice Pol, Laurent Baffie, director Claude Lelouch, Tex, Jonathan Dassin, Nicoletta, Greg Zlap, Yvan Cassar, Romain and Thomas Leleu, Roland Romanelli, Julie and Camille Berthollet, Laurent Mariotte, Jérémy Frérot, Alexandre Tharaud, Gauvin Sers, Nolwenn Leroy, Camille Lellouche, Bénabar, Cali, Liane Fol, Gaétan Roussel, Sheila, Barbara Pravi – Eurovision 2021 -, Anne Gravoin and Jim Bauer. Even Isabelle Balkany wanted to participate using a video call. Sacred evening …