“I think most of the middle-class people who listen to me say to themselves: ‘Aya, she’s an old girl’. When in truth, I don’t even have their time.”
She was long despised by the French media while she achieved unrivaled success. After making the front page of Vogue France in 2021, and that of Monde in 2023, Aya Nakamura is elected “Man of the Year” by the French edition of GQ, alongside Travis Scott, Fary, Panayotis Pascot, François Civil, Léna Situations and Seb la Frite. “Her self-confidence spreads among all women. A symbol of success, legitimate strength, a free spokesperson, Aya Nakamura, singer-songwriter, has become in just a few years an icon, a model and a voice for an entire generation. For this issue of Men of the Year, GQ is proud to be able to honor a woman with artistic power and a flawless career”captions the magazine on Instagram.
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On this occasion, the singer poses on the front page of the magazine to honor her alternative covers of the December issue and answers questions from journalist Rokhaya Diallo, in an interview titled: “Aya Nakamura: ‘Music is a guy’s world and I don’t have a problem with that’”. The artist confides in his relationship to his texts, the music industry, his sexuality, his notoriety, his private life and to freedom. For example, they discuss Pomme’s trophy at the Victoires de la Musique, in front of her, or what Beyoncé represents in her eyes: a supreme model.
She also talks about how she experiences the contempt of certain people towards her, by defining herself as “a renown who grew up with different social codes” : “I come from the suburbs and then I grew up in Paris. I’ve seen a little bit of everything. And I think some people have never seen a renoi like me. And it’s not even bad. Sometimes people may react negatively because they saw things on TV about the Rebeus or the Renois. So I must have the same effect on them. I believe that most of the middle-class people who listen to me say to themselves: ‘Aya, she’s an old girl’. When in truth, I don’t even have their time.”
Signed photos Thibault-Théodore, a portraitist accustomed to exploring cold colors and flashing lights, shows her sporting an afro for the first time in a magazine. Finally, Aya Nakamura is appreciated for her true value and the French media are waking up to her influence on the world of culture and to her genius, quite simply.
2023-11-29 16:11:30
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