Overview
- On the release of his album La fuite en avant, Orelsan’s track La petite voix includes the line “Tu vas faire couler ta ville comme les Mbappé.”
- Within hours, Kylian Mbappé replied on X inviting Orelsan to “save” the city and alleging the rapper sought a free 1% stake in SM Caen, a claim presented as his assertion.
- Mbappé and his family acquired roughly 80% of SM Caen in summer 2024 through Coalition Capital, and the club was relegated to the Championnat National after a poor season.
- Caen’s struggles continue, with reports placing the team 10th in National on three wins from twelve matches as a cost-cutting plan confirming 16 staff departures was validated this week.
- Coverage notes the lyric is voiced through a dark, sarcastic persona, and Orelsan had recently called talk of him investing in the club “rumors” while saying he had not met Mbappé.