Equipped with good old disposable cameras, inextricably linked to the 1990s in which Thierry Larose, Ariane Roy and Lou-Adriane Cassidy were born, our photographer Josie Desmarais peeked behind the scenes of an evening full of joy. Here it is summarized, in pictures and in words.
Posted at 7:00 am.
PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, THE PRESS
Small meeting before the show
We sing that we live for music because it remains our most important driving force. This is what I trust most in life. Music was always there for me, it always achieved what it needed to achieve, it never let me down.
Thierry Larose
PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, THE PRESS
A few minutes before going on stage
At the first show of the tour, since we were at CEGEP, we all ate together in a classroom and I told myself that we were the perfect gang in high school. It’s so comforting to be surrounded by people I admire before the show and feel like I’m on familiar ground. I have never felt such a sense of belonging.
Ariane Roy
PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, THE PRESS
Lou Adriane Cassidy in a trance
I’m proud to be a Quebec artist and it seems like that’s not fashionable these days. The numbers found when listening to French-language music are worrying and make me ask many questions about how we as Quebecers perceive what we do and what we are. This project is a way to express our cultural pride.
Lou Adriane Cassidy
PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, THE PRESS
PE Beaudoin and his Tibetan bowl
We recently did the exercise in the studio of avoiding anglicisms, and that’s difficult. At one point I had to talk to the drummer and when I said the words “bass drum” I felt uncomfortable. What does it say about us when we are ashamed to say “bass drum”? Why do we feel guilty about using our own language? Why do we prefer to distance ourselves from our feelings by saying that everything is too beautiful?
Alexandre Martel
PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, THE PRESS
A busy scene
The title song also says that everything still has to be done. It’s a phrase that has both a collective and an intimate resonance, because there are so many things we still have to learn, achieve, experience, understand, and it’s all the better for it. This week we experienced it all: fear, tears, laughter. But tonight there is hope in me.
Ariane Roy