Aya Nakamura is the queen of French music, whether we like it or not, whether there is controversy or not about her participation in the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She is the artist who sells the further abroad, each of her pieces is a potential hit, she monopolized the awards during the last Flames ceremony etc, etc. Is it useful to add more to your aura? No. On the other hand, there are probably things about her that you don’t know and Generations is here to remedy that.
His nickname refers to a character from the series “Heroes”
Aya is now known to everyone under the pseudonym Nakamura. A name that has nothing to do with the surname of the artist, of Malian origin, born as Coco Danioko. The inspiration behind this name comes from one of the characters of a television series that the singer particularly likes, “Heroes”. In this American soap opera, the interpreter of “Plus Jamais” has his favorite character: Hiro Nakamura, a naive and dreamy Japanese superhero, strong in determination and moral values. A meaningful stage name for the most listened to French artist in the world, who, despite incessant daily criticism, has never given up and is today at the top of the charts.
She wanted to work in fashion
Aya didn’t always see herself in music. In an interview dated 2017, the 28-year-old singer declared that she wanted to be a modeler. A passion motivated by the desire to sketch and create clothes which she ended up abandoning, to launch into music. And she did well.
She is part of a family of griots
It is true that Aya grew up in Aulnay-sous-Bois, in the Paris suburbs. Born in Mali to a Morello cherry mother, the artist nevertheless remains imbued with its culture and its sounds. In West Africa, the term “griot” represents these traditional singers, custodians of oral culture. An element that we find in the artist’s music. In 2017, she also paid tribute in song to a famous Malian artist, Oumou Sangaré, in an eponymous song. This even appears in the music video.
She was approached by the “Secret Story 11” teams in 2017
In an interview given to theOBSthere most listened to French-speaking singer in the world revealed thatshe was approached by the production team of “Secret Story” to participate in the show in 2017. A request that she had no trouble refusingwishing to concentrate on music.
“I was a bit famous on social networks. I was offered to do Secret Story, but I said no. I wanted to be a singer and I didn’t want it to stick with me.”
She was a saleswoman at C&A
After studying to become a stylist, Aya was a saleswoman at the C&A clothing brand. An experience of which she doesn’t have good memories.
“I worked temporarily as a saleswoman at C&A, in Haussmann. It went really badly. When I arrived, they told me do this, do that. It’s starting to bore me. Staying on my feet all day, at 7 p.m., my feet hurt: ‘See you tomorrow, 9 a.m.’ I said to myself, oh yeah, it’s still there. a work. I didn’t go back there. A week later, I recorded my first track in the studio.”
She had a crush on Leonardo DiCaprio
Aya is a bit like many of us. In 2019, during a interview at the Cannes Film Festivalshe revealed the name of her crush, a certain Leonardo DiCaprio, with whom she dreams of having a candlelight dinner. We understand it, too.
