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Pomme, here in 2021, claims to have not given permission to Kanye West to use his song “Soleil soleil”.
MUSIC – One « clarification ». The singer Pomme published a message on her Instagram account this Monday, January 6 in reaction to the broadcast on the Internet of a video showing the rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West) in the studio dancing to a sample of his song Sun sun. She claims to have given no agreement.
“I do not know the source of the video and audio content circulating these days on social networks, but I never gave my consent for the use of this sample for reasons which seem obvious to me, being deeply disagreement with the political positions of this artist whom I have greatly admired in the past”, writes the artist in this message in French then in English.
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And continues: “It's sometimes difficult to give up on certain opportunities, but I prefer to respect my deep values. » The rapper has been controversial for his anti-Semitic remarks in recent years, but also anti-vaccine, anti-abortion and pro-Trump. He is also accused of sexual assault.
A video taken without his knowledge
The video in question has gone viral on social networks. The one posted in the tweet from the NFR Podcast account, specializing in monitoring hip-hop and rap news, has for example been viewed 1.4 million times at the time these lines are written. The images also seem to have been taken without Ye's knowledge, who asks the person filming to cut it.
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Sun sun is a piece published in 2019 in the album The Rifts. Since then, Pomme has enjoyed national and international fame with a tour of the American continent in spring 2024. Last November, his duet with Stromae for music from the series Arcane, My best enemy, even became a hit.
As for Ye, almost no information has leaked about his next album which should be called Bully. He has also not spoken since the video was leaked.
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