The French singer Woodkid was Friday the guest of “Musique!”, On the occasion of his nomination to the Grammys, in the category of the best clip for “Goliath”. The singer explains that he is ready for all sanitary adaptations to finally be able to resume concerts in festivals this summer. INTERVIEW
A public seated in the open air, of 5,000 people maximum and respecting the sanitary distances against the Covid-19. These are the rules that French music festivals will have to comply with this summer, already pushing some to announce that they will not be held in 2021. On the artist side, some find it difficult to project themselves into a concert of this type. But not Woodkid. The French singer explains in Music! that he is ready to adapt to these measures, without compromising the quality of the show offered to the public.
“A concert in the supermarket in front of 20 people would suit me. To be honest, I trépigne”, the singer is impatient and impatient. “Whatever someone gives me, I’m going. I want to sing.” The singer is already seeing himself “with great pleasure” resuming festival concerts this summer. “After that, people should stand, that they do not get up,” he warns. “But that won’t be my responsibility.”
“We’re sitting at the movies, so why not sit at the concert?”
According to the singer, performing in front of a static audience does not mean putting on a show on the cheap. “Be careful, just because people are seated does not mean that we cannot do something spectacular or have a great moment of entertainment”, guarantees Woodkid, already used to playing behind screens showing real video works. accompanying his music. “After all, we are sitting at the movies, so why not sit at the concert?”
But the singer recognizes all the same that he will regret doing a concert of this type. “I will have a little frustration, because I like to make people dance,” he explains, before resuming his enthusiasm. “But we’ll find a way, we’ll make them dance their heads.”
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