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What guided the choice of guest artists?
This is the first time I do feats. It sounds stupid like that, but I'm always afraid of being told no, like, "I like what you do, I adore you, but for many reasons I cannot be on your album ". And when Jok'Air, whom I adore, whom I saw in concert, told me "I’ll make Amiants with you" I was flattered, happy. Vegedream, the same. Chilla, who poses on Olé Olé with Kayna Samet, is three generations on a hyper feminine title, girl power, but very light and empathic. It was a beautiful recognition. Feeling that we are loved and that people want to work with you, it feels good.
Amiants, it's a real duo. Jok'Air also asserts himself as a singer ...
It's a bit of his trademark. He is a rapper, but when you listen to his albums, there is something romantic, a sensitivity in the voice. Jok'Air has a very urban image, but he may have grills (golden tooth prosthesis - editor’s notes), the guy sings!
It interests you, this trend of French rappers who sing more and more?
It's been evolving for a few years, and there are a lot less complexes to make hyper rap verses and a much more pop voice on the chorus.
What was the atmosphere of working with the Tefa team?
He's far too cool Tefa, so you cannot be stressed too long with him. And then there was Kayna, too. She is gentle, it is the girl who embodies the "peace & love" attitude. In all the people who intervened on the titles, whether authors, composers or artists, there was a common love, a desire to make the project. There was no strategy, everything was sincere.
On the album, what is the song where you most felt that the first take was the right one?
It's Absolem. For the record, I was in the studio with Tefa and the team. And Brav sends us a kind of voice memo that he recorded at home, with his voice. Together with Tefa, and Kayna, we said "we have to do it now". I took a few minutes to put the melody in my head, I laid it on track and I did not come back on it. On pieces like that, febrile, fragile, that come to take my heart, it must be done right away.
FFlashmag October 2019 www.flashmag.net
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