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Aya Nakamura to perform “Dégaine” with Damso on stage at the 24th NRJ Music Awards 2022.
NRJ MUSIC AWARDS – He buried the hatchet. Aya Nakamura makes her grand return to the stage at the 24th NRJ Music Awards 2022, broadcast live at 9.10pm on TF1 from the Palais des Festivals and Congresses in Cannes on November 18.
The “beautiful girl”, eagerly awaited by the spectators, will be accompanied by rapper Damso to perform their song on stage. Quick draft, which has racked up over 50 million views on Youtube. With this collaboration, the two artists are also nominated in the category “French-speaking song of the year”. ».
Often synonymous with glitter, red carpets and prestigious guests setting the stage on fire, the NRJ Music Awards also deserve their share of controversy and Aya Nakamura has largely paid the price. Between confrontation, language that forks and fails on stage, the singer has seen it all during the previous ceremonies.
Only three letters on the counter and yet…
Without anyone really knowing how, when he introduced Aya Nakamura to perform his hit Djadja during the NRJ Music Awards 2018, Nikos Aliagas had managed to scratch his first name, however, composed of only three letters. On the stage of the Palais des festivals in Cannes, the presenter therefore did not present Aya Nakamura but “Jaka” Nakamura. After Nikos apologizes to the singer that she, at the time, didn’t take it, it’s the turn of the singer Lio to make the same dump as her by calling her “Ava Nakamura”.
A mistake that did not make the international success star laugh, who did not hesitate to let it be known on Twitter. “You don’t invite people when you can’t pronounce your name correctly!! #Last time », he wrote before deleting his post. She had even declared that she would never attend the NRJ Music Awards again. Far from resentful, Aya nonetheless made the trip for the 2019 edition.
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The controversy had subsequently ballooned and was widely picked up by television sets. Aya Nakamura then took to Twitter to calm things down. “To rectify, I didn’t take this the wrong way, I don’t want that on the show, yes if a little anyway, but I assume I have the simplest name, Aya, and that for two/three o’clock let’s scratch the name, I think it’s strange. And whoever doesn’t understand, I’m sorry, I can’t do anything”. Before adding. “ Yes, I tweeted. Indeed, she made a mistake. It passed, we did another show together (…) he It went well (…) he Said well ».
The quarrel between the singer and Nikos had lasted several months, before finally subsiding during the finale of the eighth season of The voice during which Aya appeared alongside the presenter, after performing one of her songs with one of the candidates.
Leave empty-handed or avoid NMAs? Both for Aya
After a complicated 2018 ceremony for the singer, who came out empty-handed in addition to the controversy with the presenter, the interpreter of “Djadja” and “Pookie”, yet nominated in several categories (Female Artist of the Year and French Song of the Year) most notably against Angèle, during the 2019 NRJ Music Award, she had once again failed to win any awards.
Faced with this empty list, the 24-year-old singer’s reaction at the time of the ceremony was immediate. On Twitter he replied with a well-known meme to a user who imagined the state of his nerves after the show.
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During the NMA 2020, Aya Nakamura therefore preferred to collect her award for international revelation of the year at the LOS40 Music Awards, a Spanish music program, rather than at the NRJ Music Awards as “French-speaking artist of the year” qu she had also won . However, the singer made a thank you message which was then broadcast during the ceremony.
@AyaCrave @AyaNakamuraa Shot for #NMA2020 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭 https://t.co/5vB9TeTSkk
— Mohzefukaz (@Mohzefukaz)
A behavior that had widely reacted to internet users on Twitter. According to them, the singer did well at ” mock the ceremony in front”.
Guest on the set of 50′ Inside in 2021, presented by Nikos Aliagas himself, they were able to return once and for all to their “misunderstanding”. The singer especially clarified her reaction after the presenter’s failed pitch during the 2018 NMAs. “It was my first time on TV singing Djadja, I could barely move (…) I was really terrified […] It’s my impulsive side. I can not do anything about it. I wasn’t happy. I’m proud that I mixed Aya and Nakamura, I think it’s cute.”
Nikos then took advantage of this moment of exchange to present her with the “NMA of French-speaking female artist of the year”, won by the singer during the 2020 ceremony. Bury the hatchet once and for all.
The highly anticipated event for music fans and artists has many surprises in store for us every time… And this November 18, during the NRJ Music Awards 2022, the singer will not find the eternal presenter of the ceremony, Nikos Aliagas but Camille Combal. In question, a bad fall on the set of the Star Academy on Saturday which prevents him from moving to the French Riviera.
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