Published on 11/12/2024 23:01
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His performance during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games panicked the planet. Since then, Philippe Katerine’s fans have been growing in number. France 2 went to meet this very offbeat artist.
Sunday December 8, Philippe Katerine celebrated her 56th birthday. This is the moment he chose to shoot his latest music video for the title Happy birthday. The extras were fans chosen at random on social networks. More and more fans since Philippe Katerine’s performance at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Painted blue and naked, he panicked the planet. In China, Internet users immediately venerated the artist Smurf, and even invented cakes in his image. Elsewhere, the reception was sometimes hostile, particularly from Donald Trump.
Where does this very offbeat artist come from? He lived a peaceful childhood in Vendée. His mother was a private school teacher and his father was a salesman in agricultural products. Philippe Katerine would have seen himself as a priest, before going off on a tangent. After several hits and more than 30 years of disheveled career, Philippe Katerine is more than ever the UFO of French song. He is also an actor, a multitalented visual artist and, since the start of the school year, a radio columnist.
Watch the full report in the video above.
