Stromae in New York
Excerpt: Years later, in 2013, the Belgian singer Stromae performed a similar stunt. On a rainy day in May, he stumbled out of a Métro station in Brussels. His spindly figure was all the more noticeable as he tripped through the surrounding streets, seemingly drunk and singing his breakup song “Formidable.” As passersby rushed to beat the rain, some stopped to observe the pop star as he wavered on the streets. A few people pulled out their cell phones to record the spectacle in front of them. The entire scene was a production.