Twelve years after its release, "Toi + Moi" has become more than a hit, a united hymn. Grégoire's clip has been watched over 43 million times. Her album sold 1.5 million copies. His song is used as a credits to a weekly badge on TF1 where celebrities say "Thank you" to someone who has changed their lives or helped them. And now, it appears in a quadrilingual version whose clip will be broadcast this Thursday in 380 million homes around the world via the television of the sanctuary of Lourdes.
“Until now, I put this song a little aside to make room for the others, admits Grégoire, but this time, it imposed itself on me. In this period when we need solidarity, the sanctuary of Lourdes asked a fortnight ago to the troupe of Bernadette de Lourdes ( Editor's note: whose music he provided ) and me to participate in a TV program support distributed to Christians around the world ( Editor's note: "Lourdes United", this Thursday between 4 pm and 6 pm ). It was time to make a new international version, so that we could understand his message. "
"Toi + Moi" became "You And Me", "Io Con Te" and "Tu Y Yo". The French part is provided by Grégoire, the English by Eyma, the singer of the musical show "Bernadette de Lourdes", the Spanish by Francisco, a member of the troupe, and the Italian by Roman friends of Grégoire, Fatima and Fabio. “For the clip, I launched an appeal on an Instagram story Make a 20 second video on which you dance and to my surprise, I received responses from 25 different countries. I knew it was the most learned song in French schools abroad, but I did not expect that. "
The clip, produced in a few days, features fans of all ages on the rooftops of New York, on Red Square in Moscow, Panama, Bolivia, New Zealand, China, the United Arab Emirates, Japan , in Bulgaria, in Argentina… “We find the spirit of the first clip, where we were gathered in the same room, but on a global scale and adapted to the confinement of many countries, comments Grégoire. By bringing together several generations, several languages, it takes its full measure of sharing. And it recreates an emotion for me. "
