Gojira & Marina Viotti - Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)

If you're old enough (and possibly not that old, either) you'll know that some musical performances are so impactful that they stay with you for the rest of your life. Although today's song is only two years old, I believe it is one of those performances. While I usually introduce music that you may not know on this blog, I assume many of you have heard this song before, as it was performed for the first time during the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. It was watched live by hundreds of millions of people around the world, you were probably one of them!The song is "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!)", performed by the French band Gojira and the French-Swiss opera singer Marina Viotti.Before we go any further, let me briefly tell you about my experience that day, or rather, that night. As I live in Japan, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics took place for me on July 27th, from 1 or 2 a.m. (I forgot the exact time) until dawn. I went to bed early the previous evening so that I…