30 years after Nevermind, who are the heirs of Nirvana?

Nevermind

has had a huge impact on artists today, beyond guitar groups.

Rapper Travis Scott, often seen with a Nirvana t-shirt, confided in the 2015 show

that Kurt Cobain

by his unconventional speech and his disruptive compositions, by injecting pop in its electric crash.

Other American rappers opt for the same

. Notably Kid Cudi, performing on the set of

in a floral dress. A nod to Kurt Cobain, who died in 1994, dressed in this way on the front page of

magazine

to distill his anti-virilist messages. Post Malone, too, is inspired by the flowery style.

In February 2019 during a press conference, Dave Grohl, the former drummer of Nirvana, now leader of the Foo Fighters, is asked about the legacy of Nirvana.

This one does not slip away.

Obviously, Grohl is not talking about form.

The 19-year-old singer does not speak against the backdrop of angry guitars.

But, like Cobain before her, is aimed at those who do not find their way into an overly calibrated society.

Billie Eilish in the viewfinder

The drummer isn't the only one who thinks this way.

said AFP Charlotte Blum, author of the book

, to be published on September 29.

, adds Benjamin Manaut, conductor of projects at Polydor / Universal, again for AFP.

He refers to the neo-gothic look of his first album released two years ago,

. But Billie Eilish refuses to be labeled and today blurs the tracks, as when arriving as Marilyn Monroe on the red carpet at the

in New York, she who is however used to wearing loose clothes.

It should not be seen as a mercantile concession. Just an assumed freedom, to be as many characters as she wants, as David Bowie could endorse the tinsel of Aladdin Sane or the Thin White Duke, her alter egos. Nirvana was also having fun stepping away from the faded ripped jeans t-shirt combo. In 1994, two months before Cobain's suicide, the group went live on

in strict costumes. And Grohl appears in 2011 in a suit and tie, like the rest of the Foo Fighters, to unroll his abrasive rock at

, a great American show.

Cobain has always refused to be locked in the skin of a punk and cursed standard bearer. Nirvana did not hesitate for a second to leave the independent label Sub Pop to sign on a major (Geffen) at the time of

. At the time, the trio just hoped they could avoid the tough end of the month when it came time to pay the rent. But, against all odds, they will dethrone

Michael Jackson's

at the top of the charts, which they will digest more or less easily.

Here again, the parallel with Eilish comes back.

Her second opus, released this summer and titled

(in French,

, which sounds quite ironically), deals mainly with the weight of success and cumbersome notoriety.

Like

de Nirvana in 1993, crossed by the group's questions after the

tsunami

.