Gojira’s 2024 summer time Olympics opening efficiency has been projected on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Again In July, the French group turned the primary heavy steel act to seem in an Olympic opening ceremony, acting on July 26 alongside experimental opera singer Marina Viotti.
Gojira carried out a canopy of ‘Ah, Ça Ira!’ (which interprets to ‘It’ll be high quality’), a tune that was standard in the course of the French Revolution, throughout a section titled ‘Liberté’ (in reference to France’s famed motto ‘Liberté, égalité, fraternité’), which celebrated some of the well-known occasions in French historical past, in addition to the nation’s emphasis on freedom.
“Ah ! Ça ira !” 🔥
Après l’avoir performée avec Gojira, la chanteuse lyrique Marina Viotti revient interpréter la chanson devant l’Arc de Triomphe ! #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/TLmCvm4PmV
— France television (@FranceTV) September 14, 2024
On September 14, the band’s iconic efficiency was projected on Paris’ Arc de Triomphe at evening. Although Gojira weren’t there, Viotti did make an look and carried out the tune stay in entrance of the monument.
Through the ceremony, the band appeared on the aspect of a fortress surrounded by fireplace and bursts of crimson streamers, with Viotti later showing on a shifting prop boat. Their efficiency adopted a portion devoted to Les Misérables and got here simply after a beheaded Marie Antoinette was proven singing.
The spectacle left viewers asking themselves in the event that they’d simply seen “some of the memorable moments of 2024” or a “freakshow”. As heightened reactions on social media swirled, Gojira have been pressured to reply to claims their efficiency was “Satanic”.
Frontman Joe Duplantier informed Rolling Stone: “It’s French historical past. It’s French appeal, you understand, beheaded individuals, crimson wine and blood in every single place — it’s romantic, it’s regular. There’s nothing satanic.”
Regardless of the controversy, it massively elevated Gojira’s streaming numbers, with their month-to-month listeners taking pictures as much as slightly below 2.7million every week after their efficiency, a progress of just about 50 per cent.
Final month, the band launched their cowl of ‘Ah, Ça Ira!’ on streaming platforms equivalent to Spotify, Apple Music and extra.
In different information, Duplantier not too long ago shared an replace on Gojira’s “bold” subsequent album, saying: “We’re very bold by way of writing songs and the standard of it. And we wanna take a transparent step ahead and upward with this album. So we’re placing all our love and power on it.”
