It’s a comeback that no one expected. Remember, after signing the hits “Celui…” and “Toutes les nuits”, ranked number one in the charts in France, Colonel Reyel was banking on a deeper title with “Aurélie”, released in 2011. The story? That of a 16-year-old young woman who falls pregnant and who everyone advises to have an abortion, but she refuses. I thought that there might be some questions, but to go from there to creating so much controversy, debate, articles in the press… I didn’t expect to cause so much ink to flow. » explains the artist in the “Face A” format, he who has been accused of campaigning against abortion. While he regularly sings this flagship song from his repertoire during concerts, the one who will be on the bill for the “I Gotta Feeling” tour has thought of everything for his return to the spotlight. “ One of my projects in French is to prepare the sequel to “Aurélie”. I’ve been asked for it for quite some time. I thought I’d give it a try. I finished the first verse and the chorus. I have to get started… It’s coming, it’s in preparation ” he confided to us.
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“Her child has grown up, she has rebuilt her life”
D-Day has arrived! Indeed, Colonel Reyel is today unveiling the sequel to his hit “Aurélie”, to give us news of the young woman. Now, Aurélie is a mother, about ten years later. Her child has grown up, she has rebuilt her life. I don’t want to spoil anything but it doesn’t end very well for Aurélie… » promised us the 39-year-old singer, who sang at the time “ Aurélie is only 16 years old and she is expecting a child / Her friends and parents advise her to have an abortion “. Today, 13 years have passed for “Aurélie” and she still has her child, even if she has “ no man in her heart ».
« Her daughter’s father fled very quickly / She never trusted a man again after that / None of them ever found favor in her eyes again (…) Until the day when the armor / Was pierced with love / Aurélie became a woman / Passion became a flame » intones Colonel Reyel on this more urban, and more melancholy track, since it ends tragically for Aurélie: “ Her true face revealed / When he disfigured her / So much pain and so many tears / Aurélie will give up her soul “. In the clip for “Aurélie 2”, Colonel Reyel surrounds himself with the same actress – Céline – who played Aurélie in the original video for a nice wink and in order to continue telling the story, to a disastrous fate. This new clip was filmed in Toulouse in black and white, with the red color standing out. That of love, of passion, but also of violence.
