A diva with barefoot

“Due to the lack of merles, we eat grives“, Says the proverb. And what a grim! And in has not lost a change. This unfortunate double defection made it possible to highlight even better the performance of Raye, an indisputable Queen of this third day of the festival, who, who has also known her first rainy drops. Barefoot, evening dress, musicians in suit, pap ‘pap’ or tie, letters of his name illuminated on a red velvet background Broadway: trained in the famous Brit School (like Adele and Amy Winehouse), the young woman offered a crazy class show.

A voice, a truth

Mixing soul, R&B, contemporary jazz and groove, Raye takes his time to introduce her songs. She jokes with her musicians, laughs by discovering messages of marriage proposal in the crowd. She does not hide her emotion either when big screens show young girls in tears during Ice Cream Man. Taken from her album “My 21st Century Blues” published in 2023, this song returns to the sexual assault which she was the victim in adolescence, a crime perpetrated by a pseudo-producer.

There is all the success Raye. A diva voice carried by exceptional musicians, but also disarming sincerity, a sense of improvisation and texts in which a whole generation is recognized. When the rhythm accelerates, when Raye asks her drummer to print a “God Damned Kick”, the whole plain is caught on the Tiktok tube Escapism, Prada or Mascaraanother nugget taken from “My 21st Century Blues”. Large moment.

Damiano in Calimero

At a snack time, Damiano David arrives on the main scene. A darling of his ladies, the leader of Måneskin offers himself a solo parenthesis with “Funny Little Tears“, a cute pop album with varieties, where he tries to reveal his faults. The intention is there. Sincerity and conviction too. But on stage, the charm operates half. Even a quarter …

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Musically, the turn is clear: poppy titles with the Harry Styles. What bothers the most? Not so much her tattooed torso, her gargling exercises before each piece or his existential confessions, but this slightly desperate way of having to justify himself. “”I did rock for ten years, I want to try something else and hey, I do what I want, SCUK MY DICK…“. A concert listened to, then quickly forgotten. A more intimate marquee would undoubtedly have better served this new facet.

Uncompromising

The guitars were also present this Saturday in Werchter. With Amenra, no surprise, no frills. Belgian group with rare ethics, Amenra offers an intense experience. A mixture of raw energy and passages closer to the Doom Metal. Crees and long instrumental spasms. Instrumentalists united behind a completely “inhabited” singer. A beautiful slap.