The rumor has been circulating for several days and is fueling a sustained debate on social networks and TV sets. The singer of Malian origin Aya Nakamura would be anticipated to sing at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, next July, in Paris. In private, the President of the Republic even recommended that he take up some Edith Piaf. On the Grandes Gueules plateau, this March 4, 2024, this clash of cultures amused more than one around the table.
“I’ve never heard it without a vocoder and computers behind it”
And while Daniel Riolo saw a choice “clever” in the most listened to French singer in the world, to use the songs of the biggest star of the 50s, in France, Mathieu Kassovitz, did not hear it that way. The director of Haine, thus commented: “No great, great, great, if she does her own songs, that’s great“.
And to add, ironically: “She can do Edith Piaf, but listen to Edith Piaf what, guys. Edith Piaf is a little girl all alone in front of a microphone, if she tells us that, no problem.” The problem, for the actor of “Munich” is that the star uses too many artifices to be able to claim such a repertoire, he says.
Indeed, assures Mathieu Kassovitz: “I’ve never heard it without a vocoder and computers behind it. If all of a sudden she gets in front of a microphone and says ‘Nooooo nothing’ and we all fall to our knees, she’s the new Marianne!” he sent, full of doubts. And to conclude: “Well, I would just like to hear a song where she sings normally!”
“The Pookie in the airlock is no problem!”
Not impervious to the art of Aya Nakamura, Vincent Cassel’s best friend also clarified, not without humor: “But I love what she does, in her field, I love it, the Pookie in the airlock is no problem!”
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