Pomme is in full swing thanks to the crazy success of the song “Ma Meilleure Enneme”, shared by Stromae for the series “Arcane” on Netflix. After setting a streaming record for a piece in French, the title, which even ranked in the United States, has more than 200 million plays on Spotify alone, and is still the 10th most popular in France this year. week with 2.7 million weekly reads. A card that obviously gave ideas to a certain Kanye West. A rapper as acclaimed as he is controversial, the American artist was filmed in the studio sampling a title from Pomme, “Soleil soleil”, taken from the album “Les Faults” released in 2019, on his new song.
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“Reasons that seem obvious”
Obviously, the reactions were numerous and enthusiastic on social networks. “ I really like this kind of title! This madman on the bus, what am I saying, this genius must put it in the album », « It’s strong », « Amazing » or « He transforms each sample into a diamond » we could read on X, while the video of Kanye West was widely relayed by accounts specializing in rap music. Except that the exceptional enthusiasm around this extract motivated the French singer to break the silence. “ Hello, I would like to clarify a situation regarding a potential use of my song “soleil soleil” on Kanye West’s next project. I do not know the source of the video and audio content circulating these days on the networks but I never gave my consent for the use of this sample » writes Apple on its social networks, highlighting “ reasons that seem obvious ».
In fact, the singer says to herself “ in deep disagreement with the political positions of this artist (whom she has) despite greatly admiring in the past “. It must be remembered that Kanye West has notably supported Donald Trump and made anti-Semitic or racist comments in recent years. “ It’s sometimes difficult to give up on certain opportunities but I prefer to respect my deep values » underlines Pomme, who will thus oppose the release of the title of Kanye West using a sample of his song “soleil soleil”.
His decision enrages fans of Kanye West French and American, who were delighted at the idea of discovering this new song: “ Just let the guy sample the song! You make a huge thing out of everything and nothing », « She is not known, even in France! Forgive her Ye », « That’s it, it ruined my day », « I hope Kanye releases the song anyway », « Ohh shit, can you even say who?? », « Apple forget it! Kanye can buy your catalog just to get this sample “. Others, on the contrary, welcome his position.
