Here’s what performing at the 2024 Paris Olympics did for Gojira’s streaming numbers

nme.com:

Gojira have enjoyed a substantial boost in their streaming numbers since their performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

The French metal band provided one of the talking points of the ceremony, which took place on July 26. They performed French Revolution-era song ‘Ah, Ça Ira!’ alongside experimental opera singer Marina Viotti on the side of La Conciergerie, a castle turned prison where Marie Antoinette spent her final days.

Their performance made them the first metal band to ever perform at an Olympics opening ceremony.Gojira had already garnered a large amount of Spotify monthly listeners before the ceremony – 1.7million, to be precise (as per Loudwire).

The outlet noted that their monthly listeners shot up to just under 2.7million a week after their performance, a growth of almost 50 per cent.While the vast majority of viewers seemed to love the performance and took to social media to express their enjoyment of the set, some labelled it as being “satanic”.“It’s none of that,” Duplantier told Rolling Stone, “it’s French history.