On the occasion of the release of his new album
The Last Will of Mozart,
Maître Gims was the guest of France Inter.
The rapper returned to the closing concert of the World Cup in Qatar.
He had announced it on social networks on November 20 and had been strongly criticized.
Gims will go on stage on December 18 in front of at least one billion viewers.
“It is important to redo the genesis of history,
he explains,
this contract was offered to me a little over two years ago, during confinement.
We were deprived of freedom, we are not well and the world is at a standstill, (…) it cannot be refused.
The artist, who also signed the competition anthem with Latin rapper Ozuna, says he is aware of the debate surrounding the event.
“Today, there are controversies concerning human rights,”
he admits.
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“They would have offered it to me last week, it would have been different. Two years ago, there was no controversy. In the anthem, the message is the union of peoples”
, explains the rapper.
Master Gims stays quite far from political subjects.
“It's difficult to impose one's positions, and it's not something to bring back into the music
,
”
he justifies.
For him the universal message must take precedence.
"
We must dream, the time of the World Cup before returning to our tested and frenetic lives
", concluded Maître Gims.
"There are great artists who have refused and others who have accepted,"
agrees the rapper.
Many artists refused to perform in Doha.
A choice shared by the Colombian singer Shakira or Dua Lipa.
The latter had indicated on Instagram that she would go to Qatar, "
when it has fulfilled all the human rights commitments made when it obtained the right to host the World Cup
".
Rod Stewart also declined to perform at the event.
“Not everything can be bought”
, had entrusted the rocker to the British daily
The Times
.
