the records of singer Hervé victims of a manufacturing error

The latest CD by pop-rock artist Hervé mistakenly contains the album of Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi.

“Want to cry and laugh at the same time” : the French musician Hervé discovered with amazement on Friday that all the CDs of his latest album contained by mistake that of the singer of the Puerto Rican hit “Despacito”.

“I don’t have any explanations yet, we think it’s a computer bug in our factory in France”the French pop singer told AFP.

Friday, release day on platforms and in physical version of his album Adrenalinethe pop-rock artist begins to receive one then several messages on social networks to warn him that a “guy sings in spanish on (s)on record”.

“As I like to mess around on the networks, I thought it was a joke from colleagues or fans who said: we’re going to play a joke on Hervé”continues the author of So good from bad.

In full promotion of his album, released without incident on the platforms, the 33-year-old singer decides to take a break to collect copies of his record and realizes that it is good “the guy from Despacito on all (my) CDs”.

“It’s only happening to me. I made, I think, the best record of my life and it’s Luis Fonsi on it!”laughs Hervé Le Sourd, his real name.

For his third album, AdrenalineHervé, male revelation at the Victoires de la Musique 2021, locked himself up with his gang, including Eric Cantona, in a house in England to thoroughly explore his Britpop inspiration and return to the “first loves” from his debut in the Franco-British duo Postaal.

Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi released his album El Viaje on May 17, also at Universal Music, Hervé’s record label. Contacted by AFP about the possible legal or commercial consequences of this mishap, Universal Music did not immediately respond on Saturday.

“I think they will manage with the insurance. It’s not setting up (American star) Billie Eilish either! And then, like that, I’m giving SCH a little head start”the Marseille rapper who released a highly anticipated album on Friday, teases the singer.

Such a mishap had already happened to the French punk rock group Les Wampas, whose 2022 vinyl contained songs by singer Cali.