"I made a robbery on The Voice," laughs The Vivi, 21, commenting on the feat he achieved during the blind auditions of TF1's flagship show.
And his passage will elicit as many reactions from the coaches as from the public, it is a certainty.
Indeed, when he arrives, almost nonchalantly, on the huge film set, facing the four seats turned upside down, it is difficult to imagine that Vincent - his real name - will deliver the most impressive performance since the start of the season.
#TheVoice
“I'm going to go from my room to a real stage… and I find it just CRAZY!“ 😱
We present to you The Vivi ⤵ Meet on
Saturday for the rest of the Blind Auditions with @amel_bent @VianneyMusique @florentpagny @LavoineOfficiel and @nikosaliagas ✌ pic.twitter.com/3eWWDbGBh3
- TF1 (@ TF1) February 18, 2021
It is an understatement to say that the choice of his song is daring.
This is a classic among the classics of French rap, "Suicide social", by Orelsan, a particularly technical and provocative track of 5 minutes 48, released in 2011. Its text, in which the artist puts himself in the skin of a man who sends everything for a ride just before ending his days, is glowing.
In this rattle, everything goes: unemployment, racism, administrative phobia, inequalities of wealth, deep France, the pretension of Parisians.
"Farewell to France by Joséphine Ange Gardien"
And among all the attacks delivered at a rate of machine gun, these worms which risk causing some echoes this Saturday evening: "Goodbye all the pigeons which eat in their hand / I understand that I have nothing to do here when I plug the un / Farewell to France by Joséphine Ange Gardien ”.
Remember that the star soap opera with Mimie Mathy has been a sure hit on the front page since 1997 ...
"It is true that I asked myself the question of knowing if I could say everything, in particular the word
whore
on television, but I was completely free", recognizes the young talent, big fan of Orelsan.
“When the production offered me this song, I immediately said yes, especially since I had already covered it in 2015 on my networks,” he explains.
"It's pretty crazy because we were born in the same city, in Alençon in Normandy, and I know like him the youth in Caen", he confides to us, not a little proud of his brilliance on the set. of the singing competition.
“Like him, I love provocation.
Watching people's faces, their reactions, that amuses me a lot.
And then once I had chosen this song, it was impossible to remove that part on the chain.
"
If he started music by singing as a kid in a choir on Tracy Chapman, it is thanks to rap that the young man has built a solid community of fans on social networks.
Tall 1.92 m tall with the physique of an angel with his blond locks and his clear eyes, this enthusiast has stopped everything to put all the chances on his side and pursue a career in style.
“For years, I've been doing this every day, kicker
(Editor's note: a rap technique)
, do some dirty work
(Editor's note: give my all)
and even a little guitar, he explains, mischievously.
I started, I was 10 years old, I found the password for my parents' computer, but it's not very smart to put the names of their sons in line… They had a webcam and I started like this.
I love the technical challenges, when you have to rap fast like in the songs
It's going too fast,
by Bigflo and Oli, or
Feu de bois,
by Damso.
"
A video in partnership with a ... pornographic site
His performances, which notably led him to rap for 24 straight hours on the social network Twitch, earned him a solid community of 2.0 fans.
It is also on TikTok that the production of the show spotted him in 2020. No wonder the young artist, who stopped studying after the baccalaureate, seems ready to invest.
As evidenced by a video in partnership with… the pornographic site Jacquie et Michel.
“They contacted me one night when I was live on Twitch and I said
why not
laughing and then… we did it!
This clip, "Merci qui", shot with the specialized actress Tiffany Leiddi (who wriggles on him), has already posted more than 1.4 million views.
Bodes well for the future.
After an album produced independently in 2018, The Vivi is currently preparing a new one.
Obviously, "The Voice" will give it a hell of a boost.
