Young Niçois Adamé will soon be at the Château Festival in Solliès to present his very first EP on stage.

A return to his roots. This Tuesday evening, Nice singer Adamé will take the stage at the Festival du Château in Solliès, opening for Pierre Garnier. A few kilometers from his hometown—but more importantly, where he had already performed last year at the same time, before Étienne Daho's concert—he recalls: "It was amazing, and the venue is amazing too."

Recently, Adamé was in Gémenos (13), this time opening for Jérémy Frérot. It's not always an easy task: "There's always a bit of pressure, because the audience doesn't come for us. But generally, people are very kind," assures the 26-year-old singer. He adds: "As an opening act, we play for a maximum of 30 minutes. It's short, there aren't many of us on stage - only two instead of four. You have to get straight to the point. If we have songs that are too long, we shorten them or don't do them at all. The goal is to do as many as possible. It's a bit like a business card."

A more rock direction

A calling card on which he can now write his first EP, Demain me manque , released last March. "It's quite special, because it mixes tracks that I've had for a very long time and that I took out of the drawers, and others that were created a few months ago. It's a first EP, the first trace that I leave as an artist."

For this mini-album, he took care of everything, right down to the visuals that accompany the songs. He also asserts a more pronounced musical direction: "It's a little more robust than what I usually do, more rock. That's the direction I want to take. I stay within the song, but I like it when there's character."

He also owes this to his influences. Having attended the Nice Conservatory, he first learned the drums, then the guitar.

In Paris to reach a milestone

At the time, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire were ringing in his ears. These inspirations now infuse his own compositions. As a songwriter, he doesn't hesitate to ask his mother for help with certain lyrics: "I write a lot with my mother. She has a very beautiful pen. And it's funny to hear her words coming out of my mouth," he smiles.

After several concerts this summer, Adamé is planning to release a new single in September. Among the major dates awaiting him: the Café de la Danse in Paris, a 500-seat venue. This will be followed by two dates in the South, in Marseille at Makeda (November 20), and—although it's not yet fully decided—a likely return to Nice. Because it's now in Paris that the Côte d'Azur native is truly thriving.

"Musically, it's a must. There are more people, more concerts... We live better in the South, but Paris is more stimulating, and we have more opportunities to be in contact with record companies or meet other artists." A small sacrifice that he willingly concedes, even if he enjoys returning to the song of the cicadas for his summer dates.

Adamé will be performing at the Festival du Château in Solliès-Pont, opening for Pierre Garnier, this Tuesday, July 15 at 8:45 p.m. Prices: from 39 euros. festival-du-chateau.com