the hit of summer 2024 comes from Deux-Sèvres

“In my cabin, in my forest, in the mountain, I am at peace. » If you're on TikTok, you couldn't have missed this song, which has more than five million views on the social network. We see two thirty-somethings all smiles, singing a reggae tune good vibeson some ukulele chords.

“We posted this video without really believing in it”

At the origin of “summer hit”says TikTok France, a couple from Deux-Sévriens: Andrick Hervouet and Déborah Le Bihan, two musicians aged 36 and 33, living in Saint-Maixent. It was two kilometers from his home, at the bar restaurant L'Ardoise d'Augé, that the couple arranged to meet us.

In this small town of 800 souls, Andrick Hervouet denotes, with his dreadlocks, “his Rasta style” and the ukulele that he carries under his wing. At least that’s what the boss of L’Ardoise, David, tells us: “He first came here three years ago, with his CD in hand. He said to me: “Here, I play reggae, and I would like to play here”. »

Subsequently, Andrick Hervouet returned several times to perform in the establishment, alone or with his group Dream Campus, and more recently under the name Andrick Airways, a duo he has formed with his partner Déborah Le Bihan, since 2020. “I am a fan from the very beginning, assures the manager. Sometimes I asked Andrick while laughing: when do I hear you on the radio? He told me not to worry, that one day he would break through. »

However, while recording the song In my cabin Hastily from the hammock in their Saint-Maixentais garden, on June 7, 2024, Andrick Hervouet and Déborah Le Bihan are far from imagining what awaits them. “We posted this video without really believing in it because we missed it at the end, that’s why we’re laughing,” retraces Andrick Hervouet, ukulele under his arm.

At the time, the couple took their first steps on TikTok, backwards, encouraged by a friend. Just four months after the creation of the andrick.airways account, now followed by 126,800 people, the song went viral: “We were hallucinating. Several thousand people watched the video. »

So much so that in August, a long version was released on all music platforms, resulting in seven million additional views on TikTok. Far from being confined to the virtual, the buzz of the Andrick Airways duo opens the doors to several festivals, such as Bebop, in Le Mans, Come on tour, in Rennes, or even the Kermesse, in Toulouse.

Pure Deux-Sévrien, Andrick Hervouet spent his youth between Niort and Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon, worked a summer as a boatman in Coulon, then six years within the IMA group. Originally from Carcassonne, Déborah Le Bihan worked for around ten years in the hotel and catering industry, before joining Deux-Sèvres and the Andrick Airways group in 2020.

TikTok, kingmaker

Until now, both worked as seasonal agricultural workers, to be able to devote themselves to music. But for the first time, the catalyst that social networks have provided for them will allow them to claim the status of intermittent performers, in September 2025. “Thanks to TikTok, we no longer need to look for dates to make pills, it’s a real relief. »

By the way, why does it work? At the risk of disappointing you, they don't have the slightest idea. “Maybe it was the good-natured side that appealed. We are smiling, we don’t worry and at the moment, it feels good”tried Andrick Hervouet.

Because the duo is keen to stay ” authentic “arguing: “Just because people recognize us in the street doesn’t make us stars. » Fortunately for them, fame does not yet follow them to Augé. Among the regulars we encountered at L'Ardoise, not a single one recognized them.