Things started badly between Aya Nakamura and Nikos Aliagas. When they met on the stage of the 20th edition of NRJ Music Awards, which was held on November 10, 2018 at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, Nikos Aliagas did indeed make a mistake. When presenting the singer before her performance on her hit Djadja, the host’s tongue twitched. Instead of Aya Nakamura, Nikos Aliagas called her "Yaka" Nakamura. The artist hadn't said anything at the time, but still reacted once the evening was over, on his Twitter account: "You don't invite people when you can't say your name correctly !! #LastTime", she wrote, furious.
In April 2019, the young artist explained in the columns of TV 7 days, that she still had bitterness towards him: "He could at least have called me. I was told to give him a phone call after my Twitter post, where I cleared it up a bit, but I think it was more for him to make a gesture ". Aya Nakamura was still present on November 9, 2019 for the 21st edition of the NRJ Music Awards. Still upset, she had been very cold with him the whole evening, going up to him "to put a wind" as internet users have pointed out: "I'm dead, she's got crazy arrogance, love it", had written one of them.
The mea culpa of Nikos Aliagas
But the water visibly flowed under the bridges. Because Aya Nakamura, who recently made revelations about her past as a battered woman, agreed to participate in her show 50 'inside which will be broadcast on TF1 on Saturday January 16, 2021. The opportunity to come back together on their complicated meeting. "This is my first TV singing Djadja. I could barely move. I was really scared. This is where we met ", recalled the singer-songwriter. "I messed up", admitted the singer born with a deformity in an excerpt that premiered on the program's Instagram account. "Then that's my impulsive side you see … I can't do anything about it. I was not happy. I'm proud to have mixed Aya and Nakamura. I think it is. nice, there you go … ", explained Aya Nakamura (real name Aya Danioko), visibly touched by this first step by Nikos Aliagas.
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