Thursday, June 25, 2009

Is the King of the Shadows really ready to relinquish his throne?

Buried deep in the catacombs of M lies a soul that is seemingly dying to step into the lime light. Well, that is what he would have us believe after his teaser video which suggested that things were about to change - the M morphing into a human being, trying to escape the arena then finally exploding into a ball of light. Even his first song invites us to "Decouvrir ses catacombes", but I am not too sure he is all the way there yet.

His new website is void of any photography, and even though in his first video we see him dressed in a blue sweater without the M shaped hair cut, the emphasis is still placed on the puppets whose strings he seems destined to pull.

Dont get me wrong, the video is superb and I love the intimacy and delicacy in which we see this fragile King putting on a big show, but I was expecting more of a raw immediate introduction to the man and not a wine-and-dine-date with hours of foreplay.

I get the feeling that the King of the Shadows is just another M behind which he can hide. Leading me to wonder if M is short for Matthieu or Matryoshka Doll.

> Teaser video
> Official website

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