First plebiscite: Zaho de Sagazan, revelation of French song, tops the nominations for the Victoires de la Musique, being cited on Monday in five categories: “feminine revelation”, “scene revelation”, “album”, “song” and “audiovisual creation” (clip).
Zaho de Sagazan “is exceptional, his album is insane”, describes today Vincent Frèrebeau, president of Victoires, met by AFP before the nominations were revealed. “Many people risk saying to themselves: ‘We’re going to do like Zaho’, but she is extraordinary and not everyone perhaps has her level,” explains the manager. Jean-Louis Brossard, boss of Trans Musicales, portrayed at the end of 2022 “an electro side and a very song side, a character, a voice not heard before, a real stage presence”.
“I don’t know how to make happy songs”
The artist with peroxide hair first brought his unique universe to life live, ticking off the “3 Bs”, namely Brel and Barbara for skin-deep texts and Berlin for the electro atmosphere of the clubs of this city that ‘we find. “I really like making people dance but I don’t know how to make happy songs,” she summarized to AFP after her appearance on a small stage at Rock en Seine, a festival on the outskirts of Paris in August 2022. .
In the wake of his first album The symphony of lightning, the 24-year-old singer’s Zénith de Paris scheduled for March is already sold out. The Victoires de la Musique ceremony is scheduled for February 9. Rapper Orelsan was the big winner of the 2023 edition with three trophies.