PrintSend this pagesavePartager Event Stromae shock in America! North American tour for the Belgian © E. MaillotStromae in concert in New York, 2014 23.06.2014 - Stromae was already on most European stages this summer, it also comes to conquer America! After Montreal, is in New York that the Belgian singer 29 years has played to sold this weekend. Having got a portrait in the New York Times this fall, a nod to Obama, and coverage of the famous city magazine Time Out, he conquered with malice and brilliantly 2,100 spectators from Best Buy Theater in New York. Strome, Stromaï, Strome, Strom-y? Americans still do not know quite how to say his name (slang maestro, pronounce stromaille in French), but they have already moved on So we dance, remixed by the star Kanye West. Mostly they have dissected his words before coming en masse to welcome its first concert in the United States, weeks before the full stroke testing and masterstroke Maestro American soil. Its so rare to see francophone artists I bought my tickets since January, even though Im not a fan of dance music, I love it! welcomes Gabriella, came to queue early afternoon for a spot in front, while the tickets were selling several hundred dollars on the black market. © E. Stromae Jersey, New York, 2014. Like many young Americans who came to applaud Stromae Friday in New York, she found out on the internet and immediately fell for the artist and his texts which she translated in french. Even before his first appearance on American TV in the Late Night Seth Mayers, Stromae had therefore already won a American youth connected to his lessons that he published on the internet, while the clip Papaoutai already totals more than 4 million views on Youtube. Although youth was discovered on the canvas, the US mainstream media have also succumbed to the charm. Months before arriving in New York, he had already had the honor of a portrait in the famous New York Times which headlined Disillusionment with a dance beat, and explained that Stromae is a rare musicians contemporary happens to directly addressing the gloom of Europe, with an eclecticism which earned him rave reviews. More festive, a few months later, the cultural magazine Time Out which devoted its cover plastered on the streets of New York, Stromae, whose face half-man half-woman marked New Yorkers, accustomed to transgender escapades Lady Gaga. But it was his sharpened look at a changing world and its rich and complex identity (it has a Flemish mother and a Rwandan father disappeared during the genocide) who seduced the Americans, sensitive Stromae Challenge singing in French home. The most important thing is the more emotion language and every culture has to keep his language to bring another vision of the world, explained Stromae on National Public Radio. As Booba or MC Solaar in the 90s, Stromae therefore did not need to go through English to broadcast a message. Everyone can see a bit of himself in his songs. It has a double culture, both African and European, which is the case of many Americans like me, who am half American half-Japanese so his openness affects us, says Anna, a young American fan of 20 who has also succumbed to the stromaemania. So before an ultra conquered and diverse audience (young students, curious baby boomers, mothers, teenagers in bands, some French and other Francophiles) Stromae that arrived on the scene of the Best Buy Theater with his eternal knot-pap look shorts and socks below the knee. Electrifying the crowd had learned his songs and immediately resumed his latest single Ta Festival, which opened a well-orchestrated concert, but sincere, during which Stromae has mixed French, English, Spanish and even to address the new public, accompanying his texts graceful and original choreography. © E. Sromae Jersey, New York in 2014 with four musicians on stage, Paul Van Haver alias Stromae played classics like Alors On Danse, Square Root, Batard, Formidable, Papaoutai or his tribute to Cesaria Evora Cesaria Ave, it was first sung as Cape Verdean diva, sitting at a table with a bottle of rum, before getting up and singing and clapping to New Yorkers. He concluded a show almost two hours with all the same and a final a cappella, who packed a public largely about singing in French. For several years, French artists been very successful, thanks in Phoenix, David Guetta, Daft Punk or who received 5 Grammys in 2014. Stromae could be the next French discovered through its originality and ingenuity promises Michèle Amar, head of the Export Bureau of music produced in France in the United States. But in America, Stromae is mostly perceived as the (beautiful) face and the slender figure of another Europe increasingly heterogeneous, aware and concerned about its future, explains the New York Times in a second article high praise for this singer charming and gifted with an unmistakable style after the concert in New York. Stromae will return to the US this fall, his concerts are already sold out. Official Website Facebook Page Stromae Stromae By Elodie Maillot OF ABOUT A: Stromae
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