Bloodclat, the Blackout: l'Homme Paille Launches La Fondation Paille…

Bloodclat Makes His Return on Youtube

Upon the announcement of the winners of the Bloodclat challenge, on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, the music video of the same name was premiered live on YouTube. It had already garnered 18 thousand views on the platform when it was removed the following Friday.

BLOODCLAT Blackout

Tweets followed, questioning the possible censorship of the video, as Bloodclat firmly denounces the socio-economic challenges faced by the Caribbean and French Guiana.

Since then, tweets, stories, and posts from personalities, deejays, and winners of the challenge have emerged, questioning the public but also the artist himself about this sudden disappearance.

The launch of the Paille Foundation

#lafondationpaille #laboursepaille2020 #jecroisauxgeniesmartiniquais #nousparnousmême

These hashtags are regularly shared. It gradually becomes clear that this communication seems to lead to a project much more elaborate than mere censorship.

On Sunday, August 16, 2020, a beginning of clarification emerged when a video appeared on YouTube with the introduction:

“The observation is unfortunately too comfortable to be sufficient.”

This was found on the artist's Instagram page with the caption “I’m not necessarily comfortable with the form but the content legitimizes the effort... the little communication pirouette is followed by the BIG JUMP... PS See you tomorrow... not just for #bloodclat then”