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 10 février 2022 à 11h36] He is undoubtedly the big favorite of the evening: nominated four times for the Victoires de la musique 2022, the rapper Orelsan has a good chance of winning the bet during the ceremony, which takes place this Friday, February 11 live from the Seine Musicale . The interpreter of The Smell of Gasoline won a nomination in the flagship categories of artist of the year, album, song and audiovisual creation.
It must be said that Orelsan had perfectly managed the timing of the release of his album, Civilization, released on the last day of the selections for the Victoires de la Musique. A calendar that leaves no doubt as to the ambitions of the Norman. In total, in his career, Orelsan has been nominated eight times for the Victoires de la Musique and has only missed out on one trophy, in 2012, on the occasion of the release of his album. Mermaids’ song.
In 2018, the Norman had won three trophies: male artist of the year, best audiovisual creation and best urban music album. It is not taking too many risks to advance on the harvest of trophies that Orelsan risks doing again this year…
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, Civilization 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 Civilization, The smell of gasoline talks about the ills 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 Civilization 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 year. 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.
The ticket office for all these concert dates opened in presales on Wednesday October 6, 2021. To obtain a precious sesame and come and applaud the interpreter of The party is overgo to the official website of the Orelsan tour, this way. On the price side, count between 40 euros per place in the pit and 50 euros in category 1. After the opening of presales on the Orelsan site, it is 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: