ORELSAN. Nominated four times for the Victoires de la Musique, the rapper Orelsan is the big favorite of this 37th ceremony, which takes place this Friday, February 11.
[Mis à jour le 03 mars 2022 à 15h13] “Today, I’d rather time stop
Ah, what counts is not the arrival, it’s the quest.” After unveiling the clops of the singles L’Odeur de l’essence, then Jour mieux, rapper Orelsan unveils the video for The questanother track from his latest album, Civilisation.
The Norman traces there, in modeling clay, his life through different scenes, from his childhood to the release of his latest album. All made by the artist Patagraph. And as with Orelsan good news never comes alone, the one who was crowned artist of the year at the last Victoires de la Musique announces new tour dates for Civilisationincluding a concert at Paris La Défense Arena on December 9, 2022. The ticket office opens this Friday, March 4 at 10 a.m., on presale.
Orelsan continues to prove its mastery of the art of teasing and promotion. After the release of his documentary never show that to anyonethen the announcement of a tour and the release of his album in pre-orders, Civilisation hit stores on Friday, November 19. Needless to say that this meeting was expected: the opus was already certified gold even before its release, 50,000 copies having been sold for pre-order.
Two days earlier, Orelsan created (again) the event with a surprise and committed single, The smell of gasoline, released with its equally strong clip, directed by David Tomaszewski and viewed more than 2.2 million times in 24 hours on YouTube. Like the album Civilisation, The smell of gasoline talks about the evils of society, the feelings of the rapper, always armed with a sharp pen, between hits cut for the airwaves and more confidential pieces. Among the fifteen pieces on the disc, three collaborations, with his sidekick Gringe, but also with The Neptunes and Skread. So Civilisation is it the rap album of the year 2021?
“If I told you that normally, it was lost in advance”, launched Orelsan in the trailer of Never show this to anyonehis documentary released on Friday October 15, 2021 on the Amazon Prime Video platform (watch here). A film that looks back on the irresistible rise of a “provincial guy” to become “number 1 in rap”, brings together personal video archives, filmed since his beginnings, from his apartment or his first job to the biggest concert halls French.
In the documentary in six episodes, co-directed by Clément Cotentin and Christophe Offenstein, we discover Orelsan behind the scenes, but also “his friends”, all told by his little brother, Clément, who has filmed and kept these archives for twenty years. Among the relatives that we discover in the film, Skread, Ablaye, Gringe and certain members of his family, but also artists such as Soprano, Akhenaton, Oxmo Puccino, Stromaé or Gims.
“It’s a crazy thing”: also in the news of Orelsan, a new tour! After announcing on social networks that he was going back on the road, the French rapper has just given the details: the Orelsan Tour will begin on January 15, 2022 in Caen, ending in Vienna on July 29, 2022. As announced a few months ago, the artist will be visiting Paris, with four dates at the AccorHotels Arena on March 16, 17 and 18 2022.
After these concerts, Orelsan will take over the largest covered hall in Europe: Paris La Défense Arena, on Friday December 9, 2022. For this date, the ticket office opens in presale on Friday March 4. After this date, it will be possible to acquire places on the site of Fnacor on Seetickets by following the links provided.
After announcing four dates at the AccorHotels Arena, Orelsan has revealed all of the cities in which it will perform in concert. Find the complete list and the postponements of dates linked to the new health measures: