Arielle Dombasle will sing for the arrival of the Olympic flame on the square in front of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris on July 14, 2024, National Day. “I will welcome the flame”she confirmed in The Big Heads on RTL. The opportunity for her to perform her brand new title unveiled Tuesday June 25, 2024 and entitled Olympics. It comes from his latest album Iconics.
“A hymn to the joy of the Olympics”
Initially, the artist intended to dedicate his album to “Women in the Olympic Games”as she indicated to TVMag . She had the ambition to “create an anthem for women, for Olympic champions”. She revised her copy as the Olympics will take place in France. “It is also an anthem to the joy brought by the Olympics in Paris”, she described. She chose to take back the air of the Seventh Symphony the Beethoven. “It’s me who put the words to these harmonies”she told Laurent Ruquier.
“I’m ready to swim”
Arielle Dombasle also directed the video for her song Olympics in which she appears with a platinum blonde wig and in a tricolor outfit. She is alongside “Athletes of beauty, who dance, who unfold in space! It’s something exhilarating »she exclaimed at the microphone of RTL.
The singer is very enthusiastic less than a month before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. “The whole world comes to this capital of beauty and lights. It’s an amazing celebration of all countries, there aren’t many. » And to silence critics of the swimming events in the Seine, she would agree to dive with Anne Hidalgo and Emmanuel Macron. “I’m ready to swim, why not.” I am a great swimmer”she said, ensuring she had confidence in the quality of the water.
