Gojira - Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

The official video from their performance of "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira)" from the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony featuring composer Victor le Masne, and opera singer Marina Viotti.

Gojira made history as the first metal band to ever perform at the Olympic Games during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France on July 26. Working alongside composer Victor le Manse, the quartet injected their signature heavy riffs and punishing rhythms into the French Revolution-era song “Ah! Ça Ira”. Joined by French-Swiss mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and nearly 300 classical musicians, Gojira performed from the windows of Paris’ iconic Concierge amidst a grand spectacle of pyrotechnics. The performance made international headlines and was widely regarded as one of the most talked about moments from the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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[LuigiBonacina-lp]

i clearly remember telling my wife "who cares about the opening cerimony, they should have Gojira play, it's one of the best french bands, but it won't happen...". Never been happier to be wrong in my entire life.

[skipalitevandango]

They deserved the first Medal at the Olympics.
A Heavy Medal.

[Tonopp]

Ah finally, a video with no commentary, thank you Gojira!

[romainrisso]

As a French metal fan, I'm still in awe for having GOJIRA playing for the Paris Olympics. Metal is not highly recognized in France and despite thousands of fans, it's a very nich genre of music, so having a French metal band finally under the spotlight is exceptional!

[anotherdayanotherdeadlift]

Playing metal on a castle with an opera singer on a ship is some Metalocalypse level epic shit
This performance makes singlehandly proud to be french. No matter if I'm 100% italian

[kyle]

Will never forgive the BBC for turning the mix down and talking over this performance

[thepunkrocker]

Playing a song about murdering the aristocrats, all that suspended at the windows of the place Marie-Antoinette was sentenced to the guillotine is the most metal thing ever

[michaelpennisten]

Gojira deserves a medal for what they did for the Metal Community.

[pradhyun]

the best part of the Olympics opening ceremony

[toreole]

Metal and opera is such a perfect combination

[bugrahanduymaz]

One of the coolest "middle finger" in history was playing this song in front of world leaders.

[darko.draven]

They deserve a medal for uploading a version without commentary

[buson]

Have you ever noticed that for a brief moment this song was probably the most famous metal song in history due to the amount of people who were watching the opening of the Olympics? I am grateful to have been able to witness this performance live. One of the highlights of rock music this year that shows that metal is more alive than ever.

[redace]

I'm always impressed that they got Mario to wear a shirt!

[shatteredscry]

The location, the fire power, the local opera singer, the Assassin Creed reference, the blood confetti, the band that should win hundreds of awards for this-

[anomanderhc]

1:15 That shot with the hooded guy with the torch looking over the castle. Man, its epic

[muyaman]

I'm sorry but that was the coolest part of the beat that segment!

[foxyninjaa]

Getting the French Government to pay for your music vid is the biggest flex ever

[Kidbizzaro]

I love how open and real the French are about how bloody their revolution was, even though they still regard it as a net positive for quite understandable reasons.

[clamrollvideos]

If this doesn't take the Grammy for best metal performance, I need to see what does. As a metal head, this video brings a tear to my eye each time I watch it. Gojira, thank you so much for this. Absolute legends