"The bear is faithful, monogamous and biennial in his marital duties
,
"
wrote the chronicler and writer Alexandre Vialatte a good fifty years ago.
In 2020, he can also serve as a fairground in the clip of a singer with small girls.
The video had a million views in 24 hours (times want to count views as a popularity index).
And a controversy.
Barely available on YouTube,
Wejdene's
title
16
clip has angered associations of all kinds for the defense of the animal cause.
The latter indeed reproach the young singer - dressed in a fur coat (synthetic?) - the presence of a black bear standing on its hind legs in several scenes of the video.
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“
A black bear has nothing to do in a music video.
We wrote this morning to @WejdeneOfficiel to inform her about the suffering of captive animals and hope that between her and the exploitation of animals in captivity, it's over, it's over!
PETA tweeted, referring to one of the lyrics from
the hit
Anissa
, which propelled the teen to the top of the French charts.
“
The animal exploitation in your clip, was it really necessary?
", Asks for its part the collective The League of Animals, which encourages the young singer to"
become aware of the suffering of a lifetime in captivity
".
“
Future generations are sensitive to the animal cause and your audience is part of it.
And it is with images like these that animal abuse is trivialized!
», Also reacted the Foundation assistance to animals, in a tweet taken up by the humorist Jean-Marie Bigard.
Revealed to the general public on the social network TikTok, Wejdene signed one of the hits of the summer thanks to his title
Anissa
.
His first album,
16
, should be enough to be certified gold, a little over a month after its release.
But you should never sell the skin of the bear ...