This Sunday, singer Aya Nakamura looked back on her experience at the Paris 2024 Games ceremony to Charles Aznavour's song “For me… Formidable” with the Republican Guard.
Adorned with golden feathers, Aya Nakamura caused a sensation on July 26th, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. For this special occasion, the young woman sang the famous “For me… Formidable” by Charles Aznavour. A performance that quickly went viral on social media. Enough to make an international impression for the singer of “Pookie”, who also confided in this subject during a TikTok live, this Sunday, August 25th.
The 29-year-old singer notably returned, for the first time, to her nomination by Thomas Jolly after the criticism it had aroused. I never talked about this on social media, but I didn't expect it at all. I was shocked, because when I was asked to do the event, I didn't even know what it represented. I didn't understand the weight of the Olympics (…). I asked myself a lot of questions because I saw a lot of artists who asked for the place so that it could be them “, she said. Comments she made in reaction to the speeches of various artists who wanted to be part of it, such as Matt Pokora.
Aya Nakamura Responds to Controversy Over Her Participation in the Opening Ceremony
Known for her outspokenness, the 29-year-old singer continued the conversation with her fans by revealing that she had not followed all the controversies concerning her. With the Olympic team, we organized the show in a relaxed mode. But when I saw things on social networks, luckily I didn't come across everything because I could have insulted mothers ” she confided before adding: “ I'll tell you the truth, before I was a singer, I never had any weird comments about my physique. I think that as a black female artist, I took it from everyone. I've had discussions where people would say to me: 'ah, are you sensitive?' Well yeah “.
But that doesn't matter, the one nicknamed the Queen of France did not let herself be affected by these attacks and congratulates herself on this remarkable performance. It was so good. I'm so proud of myself. I'm happy. It's one more show that was done (…) We had a blast with the Republican Guard. We really had fun during the rehearsals. Aya Nakamura X the Republican Guard, it was banger ».
Regarding the release of a potential single of her cover of Charles Aznavour, the singer simply joked by responding: “ Charles Aznavour, you're joking, he's technical. The way of posing in the 1950s has nothing to do with our way of singing. Go sing that when you're Aya Nakamura! »
