WE WERE THERE – Monday evening, between two concerts of her XXL tour, the 24-year-old singer made a detour to Paris to deliver an intimate show at Sub Pigalle, in front of 450 lucky people, selected by Europe 2.
After the Olympia and the Zénith in Paris, Zaho de Sagazan rediscovers the intimacy of small rooms. Monday evening, in a packed Parisian club, the 24-year-old singer delivered a show lasting around forty minutes in front of 450 shows who won a place thanks to a competition launched on social networks by Europe 2. The occasion for Zaho de Sagazan to celebrate the anniversary of his first album, The Symphony of Lightning , released at the end of March 2023. But also and above all the platinum disc, i.e. 100,000 sales, of this one, exactly one year after its release.
The Zénith tour began at the beginning of March in Nantes, not far from Saint-Nazaire, the city where it originated. This was followed by a Parisian Zénith, his first, on March 13, in front of nearly 7,000 spectators. The 24-year-old singer thought she didn’t like big rooms, for fear “to lose the privacy of the little ones”. “In the end not at all, there was so much energy, it was greatshe remembers. I love all concerts! And then even when it’s sitting down, where everyone is pissing each other off, there’s always something to find, a smile or a look.” But a Zaho de Sagazan concert where people are bored doesn’t exist. Whatever the room or the audience, the singer knows how to make them dance. On Monday, the public was on fire, ready to welcome the phenomenon of the year, quadrupled by the Victoires de la Musique in February.
The concert may well be held at Sub Pigalle, but it has the feel of last month’s Zénith. The first rows fill up very quickly, so much so that it quickly becomes impossible to move around. The meeting was set for 7:30 p.m., time for fans to jostle at the bar before the start of the first game, an hour later. As at the Zénith in Paris, it is the young Solann who kicks off with her melodious voice. The 24-year-old singer makes her entrance at 9 p.m., dressed in her usual black cycling jacket, to the applause of the crowd. The show begins with its title Aspiration, came to tell, with sobriety and efficiency, his ten years of cannabis dependence. Between two songs, she takes the floor to explain the meaning behind each song and takes the opportunity to dedicate her Symphony of Lightning, title stating that he “the weather is always nice above the clouds”, “for all the little storms in the room”those who, like her, have difficulty controlling their emotions.
And then, “no more ditties”, as she says so well, it’s time for dance and electro. Neither one nor two, Zaho de Sagazan becomes a stage beast again and transforms the Sub Pigalle into a real nightclub, encouraging his fans to dance and “do all the movements in the world as if no one is watching”. Young and old do so without complaining, waving their arms in all directions. The concert ends. Without his stroll through the audience performing his cover of Life is beautiful, a title by Brigitte Fontaine that she repeats at the end of each concert. Many fans, dressed in a t-shirt bearing the singer’s image, waited for long minutes in the hope of meeting her.
“It was great tonight, people were really into it!”, congratulates Zaho de Sagazan after having finished signing posters. An intimate concert before taking the plane to Canada where she will give two shows, on April 19 in Montreal and April 20 in Quebec. But after all this excitement, one question remains, is the weather still good above the clouds? “It turns out, it’s completely false!” jokes Zaho de Sagazan. I assumed that it was a proven fact, since above the clouds, there are no more, but perhaps I should have asked a meteorologist! Whether it’s true or not, the lyrics were able to convince, allowing its author to win, among others, the Victory for original song of the year.