ORELSAN. In the wake of the release of his album “Civilization” and before the start of his festival tour, rapper Orelsan publishes the clip for a new single, “Dupropre”.
[Mis à jour le 16 juin 2022 à 18h18] “It’s for my city.” Following the release of his latest album, Civilizationreleased last November, Orelsan unveils the clip of his new single, Clean. The Norman rapper offers an ode to the city of Caen, where he is from. We discover him at the racecourse on a sulky, surrounded by his friends, trying his hand at motocross or broadcasting his clip in the Malherbe stadium in his hometown.
A new video to illustrate Civilization, his album which continues to meet with great success. Recently, Orelsan released fifteen new vinyl editions of its latest project, further boosting its sales. The 39-year-old rapper is also preparing to begin his tour of the festivals of the summer, which will pass, among others, by Solidays, Garorock or Les Vieilles Charrues.
“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.
After the release of the hit documentary on rapper Orelsan and his irresistible rise, Amazon Prime announced on Tuesday April 12 the upcoming release of “the rest of the episodes”. For now, the platform has not given any other clues about the rest of the documentary, nor specified its release date.
Released on Amazon Prime on October 15, 2021, the film Never show this to anyone is a box: it is even “the fourth most powerful title in its recruitment of new subscribers”, explained the director of original French creations Thomas Dubois, during a press conference organized in Paris.
“Today, I’d rather time stop. Ah, what counts isn’t the arrival, it’s the quest.” After revealing the clips of the singles The smell of gasolinethen better daythe rapper Orelsan had unveiled the video of The questanother track from his latest album, Civilization.
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 Civilizationincluding 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, Civilization was released in stores on Friday, November 19, 2021. Needless to say, 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 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 Civilization is it the rap album of the year 2021?
“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: