Jean-Jacques Goldman, Zinedine Zidane, Muriel Robin, Kad Merad, Soprano, Kendji Girac, Didier Deschamps. But also Nagui, Karine Le Marchand, Kendji Girac, Gérard Darmon, Catherine Ringer, Yvan Attal, Jean-Louis Aubert, Guillaume Canet, Jean Reno, Anne-Sophie Lapix, Gilles Bouleau. They are 350 artists, personalities, united in a clip and a song with a dizzying cast. Not everyone sings, far from it, but each one sent, confined from home, a small video message to thank the nursing staff. They are brought together in the form of an impressive kaleidoscope which scrolls for just over three minutes. An approach for the benefit of the Paris Hospitals / Hospitals of France Foundation, supplemented by a call for donations on social networks.
Who is behind this initiative? Radio silence on the artists' side. Nobody wants to comment, tell or reveal behind the scenes of the project. In time of confinement, this feat is not an easy task. To bring together so many leading artists from all walks of life, it took a thick address book. "Anne Marcassus, the producer of Les Enfoirés, has also given a hand," says an artist, who explains that everyone is a volunteer from the editor of the clip to the press officers.
Soprano and Slimane on the move
According to our information, the Marseille rapper Soprano and the former winner of "The Voice" Slimane are behind this initiative, with the help of Patrick Fiori. But no one wants to say who wrote the song. "It is a collective work and nobody wants to put themselves forward," says one of the participants.
"We have received messages so that nobody speaks individually," said one. It was clearly said to us: We must speak of a collective and not give the names of the authors and composers of the song. "
We just know that it has all gone up fairly quickly in recent days. "I was contacted last week to send a short video," says one of the artists. There was no question of singing, just making a clip. In addition, it is not at all like a collegial piece from Les Enfoirés for example where everyone has their own phrase to interpret. There, it's like a choir from start to finish. ”A technical puzzle but a spectacular surge of solidarity.