Getting legit emotional while trying to make breakfast because the "1, 2, 3 Soleils" version of "Aïcha" came on and I just
The whole song is in French, these two Algerian/French-Algerian guys singing in French, and then they get to the one verse in Arabic and they stop singing and let the audience sing it instead (at the 3-minute mark)
AND MAN I'M TELLING YOU
Thinking about the history of French colonialism in Algeria, the horrific genocide against the natives there, the brutalization and decimation of the country and its people
The sound of this entire stadium full of people singing in Arabic with such love and joy, in Paris, in the heart of France
That hits HARD. I can't get through this performance without crying every time.



















