This Sunday, June 2, the National Rally hit the headlines by broadcasting 1987, a hit by Calogero, at the end of a Jordan Bardella meeting at the Dôme in Paris as part of the European elections. The next day, the artist published a statement on social networks threatening to sue the party. “I was scandalized (…). At no time have I given any authorization to broadcast my music there. I affirm that I would never have given it. My songs are not made for the political framework, they belong to the public and only to the public. I am strongly opposed to my music being co-opted by any party. Paul Ecole, author of the text 1987 and I deplore a serious violation of our moral rights when my work is associated with political discourse. I reserve the right to take any legal action in this matter.“, wrote the famous singer-songwriter, furious.
“It does not matter“
There are countless times the far-right party has used songs without the artists’ permission – the latest was Woodkid. “Why not just ask him for permission?“, asked Adrien Gindre to MP Jean-Philippe Tanguy in the morning Good morning ! on TF1. “Mr. Calogero come back down! It’s a playlist that started by chance, it could have been any song, (…) there was lots of music“, replied the politician dryly, with an unlikely explanation which did not at all convince the head of the political department of TF1. “Well listen, all of this is very far from what people want to know and know for the European elections. (…) All that has no importance“, added Jean-Philippe Tanguy, uncomfortably.
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