France: Aya Nakamura: Reincarnation of Piaf

“J’ai pas d’ennemis moi/c’est eux qui m’aiment pas… Un tas d’ennemis/mais j’les connais même pas” (I have no enemies/They are the ones who don’t like me … a lot of enemies/But I don’t even know them) sings Aya Nakamura in her new song, released on Friday last week »Doggy«. The 28-year-old, who is currently the most listened to French-speaking musician in the world, is reacting to racist hostility in recent weeks.

After it became known that Nakamura could perform at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris this summer and perform chansons by Édith Piaf, right-wing extremists were outraged: the Mali-born singer was too vulgar, her outfits and behavior too inappropriate that she could adequately represent Piaf, something of a national saint in France. Even Marine Le Pen, former presidential candidate and politician from the far-right Rassemblement National, had commented on the rumor: Nakamura’s appearance at the Olympics would “not be a nice symbol and, frankly, another provocation from Emmanuel Macron.” The French president wanted to “humiliate the French people.”

However, Nakamura did not allow herself to be intimidated: the singer, who emigrated to France as a child, cheekily wrote on social media to those who were not well-disposed towards her: “I have the impression that you discovered Édith Piaf through me and that I am her reincarnation.” There was support it now from Emmanuel Macron on Thursday: “It appeals to a large part of our fellow citizens and would be absolutely in the right place at an Olympic Games ceremony,” the French President told the press.Larissa Kunert

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