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Aya Nakamura hits back in new single at racist abuse over Olympics rumour

New track features lyrics ‘It’s them that don’t like me’ after far-right backlash against idea she could cover Édith Piaf song

The French-Malian superstar Aya Nakamura, who has been subjected to racist abuse after it emerged that she could perform an Édith Piaf song at this summer’s Paris Olympics, has used a new single to hit back at her far-right critics. Nakamura, the most listened-to French-speaking artist in the world, has faced a racist backlash since reports were published suggesting she discussed the possibility of performing a Piaf song when she met the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in February. Mention of Nakamura’s name drew boos from the crowd at a campaign rally in March for the Reconquête party, which is led by far-right former presidential candidate Éric Zemmour.

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