MEDI1TV Afrique : #Chronique_culture du 27-05-24 - 27/05/2024
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00:30Welcome to Medea TV, it's music that questions them in this chronicle that is more precisely
00:44of the Moroccan artist Bede Badia, the singer is preparing a new album and the artist Bede
00:51Badia makes us the pleasure and honor of being with us on the set of Medea TV, Bede Badia,
00:57thank you very much for accepting our invitation. So, as I was saying, you are preparing a new album,
01:05what can you tell us about this album in preparation?
01:09So, this new album will be particularly directed towards a message focused on immigration,
01:19on Islam, on the wearing of the veil, on the prohibition that is imposed on us to wear it,
01:27on madness too, in particular, and a lot of themes like that.
01:33And why this theme? Because I imagine that you have evolved over the course of your long career,
01:38so here we have just seen « Criez ma peine », one of your latest songs,
01:44is it because time wants us to talk about immigration today, knowing that you were born in Morocco,
01:51but that you live in France, you left very young?
01:54Yes, so this idea came to me by being a witness, I would call it abuse,
02:08of the daily racism that our Muslim compatriots can experience within France,
02:16and above all this young Maghreb, which is constantly trampled by police forces,
02:26trampled by the state, and has brought my stone to the building too.
02:35So, Bet Badia, as we heard, reggae is now part of your life,
02:42tell us about your relationship with this music.
02:46So, I immediately liked reggae, the first time I heard it, it was my older sister who listened to Bob Marley,
02:52and I really liked it, I wanted to do it, well, I didn't have permission,
02:58so I couldn't play the piano, but afterwards I sang,
03:02and there were meetings that were decisive, like Mr. Burning Spear,
03:08who took me with him on tour when I was very, very young,
03:11there was Lee Scratch Perry, who worked with Bob Marley, with whom I had the chance to sing a duet on stage,
03:18there was Blue Chantilly, who invited me to London in his studio,
03:23and along the way I met a lot of international artists from the great Jamaican scene,
03:31who made it an honor for me to work with them.
03:34So, what would you like to say to our viewers, you sing in reggae, you sing in French,
03:40but the Arab also sings reggae music,
03:46was it an idea to highlight your mother tongue,
03:50or did you actually find that reggae, the Arabic language, was not so impossible, let's say?
03:58So, it's not impossible at all,
04:00and it was mainly because I am very, very attached to my Moroccan roots,
04:06I stay deeply Moroccan, wherever I am, in any part of the globe,
04:10and it's true that I wanted to be the first to do reggae with Darija.
04:17And was it easy? Was Darija a language that was prepared for this kind of reggae?
04:24Wasn't it easy? Was it an extra effort?
04:27It's true that singing in French, which has become your second language over the years,
04:32because you left very young in France,
04:35but did the Arab ask for an extra effort to adapt to this universal music?
04:40Of course, of course, I had to erase a few accents and anglophonize it, let's say,
04:48so that it could match correctly with Jamaican music,
04:53but it has always been a joy to sing in Darija.
04:57So, before continuing, I would like us to listen to this excerpt together.
05:27And it's going well, that's for sure.
05:38So, Bad Bad Yara, to bring our viewers a little closer,
05:41and I was telling you myself, Bad Bad Yara, it's Bad Girl, it's true that it was the effect,
05:46but why did you choose this nickname for your stage name?
05:53So, Bad, what you need to know is that in English culture,
05:57it's not the definition that we give it.
05:59It doesn't mean bad, it rather means someone who has guts, who goes after things.
06:05And I thought that the wordplay, Bad, with Bad Yara, was good.
06:09And then I must have a little Bad Girl side.
06:12In any case, you can't see it.
06:14So, Bad Bad Yara, I was saying, you are a musician, you are preparing a new album,
06:17but you are, let's say, a touch-and-go.
06:21And there is an aspect of you that is quite important.
06:24I know that you were a model, or you were interested in sewing,
06:28but there is a very beautiful aspect of you, which is the aspect of art,
06:30since you are also a plastician.
06:33What can you tell us about this universe that you touch, which is plastic art?
06:40So, I came to plastic art a little by chance.
06:44I started painting, and then, little by little,
06:47I was comforted by the idea that I could do my job.
06:50I met exceptional people who pushed me in this direction.
06:57And I prepared a collection of 100 paintings, one master per master,
07:02which I accompany each time with a poem.
07:05By the way, here we can see Morocco seen from above.
07:08So, this universe, I know you told me that you haven't shown it yet.
07:13Isn't it one of your priorities,
07:16or are you waiting for the right time to show your work,
07:21so that it is known by everyone?
07:24It is in preparation.
07:26I think I will come to Rabat very soon, in the coming months.
07:31So, Bet Badia, thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
07:34Thank you.
07:35Thank you very much.
07:36I remind you that you are a singer, a plastic artist,
07:39and that you are going to release a new album very soon.
07:45Thank you, dear viewers, for your loyalty.
07:48Stay with us.
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