WOODKID. Woodkid specifies his return with a new single, “Pale Yellow”, as well as his clip, but also by announcing several concerts in Europe, including one at the Seine Musicale in 2021.
[Mis à jour le 12 juin 2020 à 13h21] After his hard-hitting return with the single Goliath, Woodkid unveils, this Friday, June 12, its new single called Pale Yellow. Like the first extract from an album to come, the singer strikes hard. “Yes Goliath, my first single, invokes the gigantic, the titanic, Pale Yellow speaks of the inner machine, of the intimate monster. The song evokes the chemistry of addiction, and the will and hope for resilience, for healing, “explains the artist about this second single, the clip of which was released online at 11:00 am. a Woodkid modeled as a robot, turning on itself and revealing the inside of its mechanical face.
But Yoann Lemoine, alias Woodkid, did not stop there and announced a first concert date in Paris, February 2, 2021, at the Seine Musicale in Boulogne-Billancourt. The Frenchman should have performed this year at Fourvière nights, canceled due to the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, it will therefore occur there next year, on July 20 and 21, 2021. In addition, it will be in concert in Rennes on January 13, in Lille on January 15, in Dijon on January 16, in Nantes on January 30, in Paris on February 2 we said, but also on February 6 in Toulouse and on February 13 in Strasbourg. Woodkid tour ticket office opens Tuesday, June 16 (January 6, 2021 for Les Nuits de Fourvière).
Woodkid and Goliath
On April 24, Woodkid returned with a first single called Goliath. A title as impactful as it is cinematic, for an immediate plunge into the recognizable style of Woodkid, who had made the success of his first album, The Golden Age, released in 2013. With Goliath, the universe is mechanical, made of copper and steel, like the cover of the single, a circular saw disc. As for the title of the song, it obviously refers to the famous biblical character, evoking here the torments of a young man facing his impulses. This new song is accompanied by a clip, released a few hours later, this Friday at 6 p.m. (to discover below). Direction a huge construction site, where “gigantic industrial machines” represent “fear” and “ambiguous fascination” for “human madness”. “This is the world I imagine around Goliath, a world where the dominated can face the gigantic, the insurmountable,” it was explained in a press release.
An expected return, that Yoann Lemoine, alias Woodkid, had started last December, with a mysterious trailer posted on social networks to announce the arrival of a new album. “I’m back! For 5 years, I’ve been secretly working on my second album and a brand new live show. I’m super excited to share it with you soon. See you in 2020,” he wrote in caption. New album and new look for Woodkid, become a model of himself dressed by Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of Louis Vuitton for which the musician had created the music for his fashion show last year.
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