TOULOUSE
— It’s always the same dream… Walking on stage unprepared – what do you do in situations like that? asks the singer Raphaël of the AI on his phone.
— Karaoke, replies the AI. It’s your only chance.
A backing track for a popular hit starts blaring at full volume, then cuts out: ‘Sorry, you don’t have the rights to this song…’
Karaoke is no ordinary concert.
It is a free-form, hypnotic experience, bold in its artistic approach. A labyrinth in which Raphaël loses himself amongst his songs, ghostly covers and the voice of an omniscient artificial intelligence.
On stage, four musicians and an actress, but also mental images rising to the surface, illusions, and a karaoke session that turns into a nightmare.
The audience witnesses an inner journey: childhood memories, family ghosts, invoking Bowie or Johnny, real and imaginary crashes.
The show oscillates between humour and vertigo, poetry and technological satire.
Here, the songs are doors that open onto other worlds.
A total show, both musical and visual, where the truth emerges between the words, behind the layered screens.
And where, perhaps, the only solution is to dare to let go of one’s defences.
