Here Is A Pro-Shot Of GOJIRA’s Epic Performance At 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Gojira Olympics Pro-Shot

Last night, the world witnessed an unprecedented fusion of heavy metal and high culture as the 2024 Paris Olympics kicked off with a performance that will be etched into the annals of music history. French metal titans GOJIRA took the global stage by storm, delivering a mind-blowing set that defied expectations and redefined the boundaries of Olympic opening ceremonies.

Gojira transformed the iconic facade of a castle into a thunderous metal stage. The band unleashed a ferocious rendition of the revolutionary anthem “Ah, Ça Ira!” as they stood defiantly in the castle windows. Their performance reached a crescendo when opera sensation Marina Viotti descended dramatically on the river Seine.

The performance was a pyrotechnic spectacle that ignited the Parisian skyline. But the true shock came when the stage erupted with the unexpected image of a headless Marie Antoinette, digitally superimposed, belting out the lyrics alongside the band.

“Y’all the Olympics just took off Marie Antoinette‘s head while playing French metal music?” one viewer wrote on X/Twitter. “This is the craziest s**t I’ve ever seen.”

Another user joked: “One thing about the French, they’re gonna remind you they guillotined tf out of marie antoinette in the name of liberation.”

As GOJIRA‘s frontman, Joe Duplantier, explained, this was precisely the intended impact.

“It was a very bloody era of French history,” he told the New York Times of the French Revolution ahead of the Opening Ceremony, “so it was very metal.”

Eurosport has now released a pro-shot video of GOJIRA‘s performance for all those who missed it.

Watch it here: