GOJIRA Streams Full Olympic Performance Of “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!)”

Gojira is now streaming their cowl of “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in full, versus the audio-only stream we have gotten prior. The duvet was carried out alongside visuals of a beheaded Marie Antoinette and blood cannons, in addition to extra vocals from opera singer Marina Viotti. It is precisely as metallic as you bear in mind it being, if not moreso.

In an interview with Heavy Consequence, Gojira drummer Mario Duplantier spoke a little bit concerning the efficiency and his recognition by individuals in public afterward. “It is actually delicate. As a result of we have been a band for 30 years and we already had a profession and we had been touring worldwide,” mentioned Duplantier. “However, yeah, it is a plus, it is a bonus. You go to a retailer and a few individuals are, like, ‘I noticed you on the Olympics.’ However it’s not like a loopy change.

“Additionally, it is a band that performed; it is not like one individual. We’re a band and an entity, so it is not like one among us was the primary man with a reputation. It is actually Gojira performing over there, however many individuals do not realize I am taking part in in Gojira, as a band additionally. However, no, what we are able to inform it is the general respect for the band now, since we did that. And, as I mentioned, we, we had been very fortunate to have the ability to do it and having this fucking bonus.”

In a separate interview with Rolling Stone, frontman Joe Duplantier touched on the truth that the Olympic Committee might’ve chosen any larger metallic band to carry out and why Gojira was most likely the precise selection by way of capturing the world’s consideration.

“I strive to not suppose an excessive amount of about that as a result of it continues to blow my thoughts [laughs]. The Olympic Committee might have requested actually anyone to play. I am pondering of bands like Metallica or AC/DC which are family names and powerhouses in our style that all of us revere and are our heroes. We by no means thought-about ourselves the largest band on this planet that may be worthy to play the Olympics or something like that. It is so bizarre.

“The best way I give it some thought is it is a problem in 2024 to present hope to individuals, to point out one thing authentic. Individuals have seen every little thing from touchdown on the moon to A.I. So it was a problem for Paris and the Committee to specific one thing recent, new, and authentic [by booking us] and in addition present what France is all about.

“At the very least for our half, the truth that metallic and opera had by no means been seen collectively on TV and in entrance of so many individuals earlier than is an announcement for the nation of France. It’s saying, ‘Hey, look. We’re nonetheless pushing the boundaries on this planet.’ So congrats to France for placing this collectively.”