There are discoveries that delight.
Lying is one of them.
The 23-year-old Belgian installed her carpet on the Parisian stage of La Cigale on Thursday March 23,
"to feel like home"
.
A way to reassure herself as she launched that evening for the first time on a Parisian stage of this magnitude.
After 11 dates in the provinces to break in, and before a tour in France and Belgium, his visit to La Cigale in the 9th arrondissement, is the high point of his young career.
The public is rather young and discovered it in
The Voice
.
Finalist of the 2021 edition, she did not win the trophy;
but maybe it's luck.
Her coach Vianney - whom she calls her light, her mentor - has become a friend.
He wrote her the song
Et bam
which became a huge success.
She then accompanies him in the first part of his concerts, notably at the Olympia.
On November 18, 2022, his first album was released,
La Vingtaine
under the label Tôt ou tard, which is also that of Vianney.
In February 2023, she was selected in the Female Revelation of the Year category at the Victoires de la Musique and joined the Enfoirés troupe.
This evening, the roles are reversed and it is Vianney who is in charge of his first part.
“I'm not too used to being a first part
, he laughs.
At
“
The Voice
”
, there are very beautiful voices, perhaps more beautiful than that of Mentissa.
A good singer is good, but she is much more than that.
But she will always win in emotion.
She is unbeatable”,
he confides moved between two of his acoustic pieces.
Vianney and Mentissa performed at the end of the concert their cover,
Because it's you.
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Mentissa has charm and sweetness in her, an incredible voice and a beautiful stage presence.
She is accompanied by three musicians: a keyboard, a drum set and a cello.
Influenced by Adèle,
"who made her want to become a singer"
, Ed Sheeran or Olivia Rodrigo, her songs, like
Balance
or
Mamma Mia
, address the concerns of her generation with accuracy and emotion.
Between pop and classic French song, the 11 titles confirm its maturity.
But the young woman has enough to be nervous tonight.
Her boyfriend, who she has been with for many years, her parents, her in-laws (
“what a pressure!”
) and her friends are in the room.
"It's cheating tonight, I know half the room
," she says.
Another family came to support her, the one she created for herself during
The Voice
.
Tarik, one of his former comrades from the singing show shares the title
They dream on stage.
Mentissa struggles to contain her tears.
Another surprise: Slimane, winner of
The Voice
in 2016, performs in duet
Des Milles de je t'aime.
A true declaration of love.
“Thank you for the artist that you are.
You changed my life,
he says.
During the broadcast of the show, I even called Vianney.
You made me cry."
To make this evening even more unique, she performs a new song and a medley of hits with
Rehab
by Amy Winehouse,
Shape of you
by Ed Sheran and Stromae.
The public is standing, excited.
Crescendo
Vianney returns to the stage to close the concert with Axelle Red's cover
Because it's you
that they recorded together on the reissue of Vianney's album
N'attendons pas.
This song, with a crescendo intensity, was a real launch for the Belgian singer with thirty million streams.
This is just the beginning for Mentissa.
Mentissa will be in Nantes on March 28, in Bordeaux on March 29, in Lille on April 5, in Brussels on April 13, at the Francofolies de la Rochelle on July 16, at the Francofolies de Spa on July 22 before returning to Paris at the Folies Bergères December 6.
