Caen: a young director offers a clip to Orelsan and receives his congratulations
Decidedly, whatever the subject or almost, Caen (Calvados) seems at this moment inseparable from the singer Orelsan, the successful rapper, who never ceases to praise his hometown in his songs. Result: people sometimes come from afar to see the monuments it evokes or discover their favorite kebab! But that’s not all… He also inspires other regional artists. Thus the very young director Tom Coulommiers, 21, after having had the chance to meet the famous rapper on a set, has just made an unofficial clip of the song “Alone with people around”, taken from the latest album by Orelsan , “Civilization”.
“We met on a shoot I was working on and he was immediately very accessible, very humble. So, I said to myself: why not edit a clip on our side and propose to him? explains the young man.
He immediately brings together a dozen extras and technicians and carries out his project. “I wanted this clip to tell the story of the young people who listen to Orelsan, of his fans, who have the same daily life as the one he had in Caen and who dream of following such a course. This is an opportunity to film both the determination of this youth who resembles him and also to highlight our city again. At the same time, we pay tribute to Orelsan and Caen, ”he continues.
Alas, the rapper declined Tom’s proposal to make it his official clip. But the latter is more than consoled… Orelsan personally sent him a message via social networks to tell him how much he had sincerely appreciated his work and the way in which the city was highlighted.
A great satisfaction for the director, especially since the clip has already accumulated several tens of thousands of views, and many comments translated to Orelsan himself, to encourage him to reconsider his refusal and to adopt Tom’s proposal!