In 1998, Sharleen Spiteri, of the Texas group, and Method Man, of the Wu-Tang Clan, ignited the Brit Awards ceremony.
Twenty years later, they meet again for
Hi
, title and clip released this Tuesday, December 1st.
“
It's true that people would tell us,
'What a beautiful time it was, with Wu-Tang, when are you doing it again?'
,
Sharleen Spiteri tells AFP.
But we never forced things, it's like when you like chocolate, if you walk into the workshop and eat too much of it, you get bored
”.
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It was RZA, mastermind of Wu-Tang, who rushed things by finding Sharleen and her band on their land in Glasgow last year for a short film retracing the remix of the Texas title
Say what you want
by the iconic New York hip-hop collective.
The second life of this tube had led to the incendiary performance to the "
Brits
".
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The phonetic double meaning of
Hi
The rogue clip gives a “
humorous
” version of the genesis of
Hi
(released by Pias), as the Scottish singer describes it.
Sharleen and RZA appear there in an unexpected finale.
This video is carried by two little prodigies, Fenn O'Meally behind the camera and Kadeem Ramsay (seen in
Top Boy
or
Sex Education
) in front.
The lyrics - split between Sharleen, RZA and Ghostface Killah, another Wu-Tang figure - skilfully play on
Hi's
phonetic double meaning
, which is understood in English as "
Hi
" or "
High
" like soft drugs.
Wu-Tang rappers also have fun on an imaginary linking Scotland to smugglers and barrels of strong alcohol.
“
Yes, for them the British are pirates, sink ships and traffic whiskey,
” Sharleen laughs.
“
And then the Spice Girls came to my dressing room and they asked if it was possible to meet him, I asked him and he said
'hell yeah!'
(
damn yes!
) and when he got back to New York, the other guys from Wu-Tang cheered him on when he told about this meeting
”.
Just before entering the stage, for what was to be the highlight of the show, she launches to the big guy (over 1 meter 90): “O
n are the Marvin and Tammi of the 90s!
".
Here she evokes the Marvin Gaye-Tammi Terrell duo from the 1960s, without forgetting that
Say what you want
openly quotes
Marvin Gaye's
Sexual healing
.
“
He said
'yeaaah'.
We got into this intro (she sings it) and we tore it all up!
"
And if not,
Hi
-he announced a new album from Texas?
"
Maybe ... Yes, a new album is coming,
" she whispers with great optimism.
Texas and Wu-Tang Clan
Hi
Music Video
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