Indirimbo “Papaoutai’’ y’Umuhanzi Stromae ufite inkomoko kuri Se w’Umunyarwanda, ariko uba mu Bubiligi, yongeye guca ibintu nyuma y’imyaka 13 igiye hanze.

Iyi ndirimbo iri kugarukwaho ku mbuga nkoranyambaga zitandukanye nyuma yaho abitwa Mikeetsmind, Chill77 na Unjaps bayisubiyemo bifashishije uburyo bwa AI bayishyira mu njyana ya Afro Soul.

Iyi ndirimbo yakozwe hifashishijwe AI yagiye hanze mu Ukuboza umwaka ushize.

Kuva yajya hanze byatumye benshi bongera gutekereza ku magambo agize iyi ndirimbo, ndetse hari bamwe batebyaga bavuga ko abantu batumva igifaransa ubwo indirimbo ya nyayo yajyaga hanze bayibyinaga batazi ko Stromae yayiririmbanye akababaro ko kuba ataragize amahirwe yo kurerwa na se umubyara ukomoka mu Rwanda.

Ku mbuga nka Tiktok, Instagram, X, Spotify, Youtube n’ahandi iyi ndirimbo mu ziri kugarukwaho mu mashakiro ndetse kuri Youtube hamaze gushyirwaho nyinshi zakozwe na AI zose hamwe zimaze kurebwa na miliyoni zisaga 10 z’abantu.

Ni mu gihe umuntu ari gufungura Spotify iyi ndirimbo ya ‘Papaoutai’ yasubiwemo ikaza mu zigezweho atiriwe ayishakisha.

‘Papaoutai’ n’ubundi kuva yajya hanze mu 2013 yarakunzwe cyane ko yo ubwayo imaze kurebwa n’abasaga miliyari ku rubuga rwa Youtube.

Stromae w’imyaka 40, afite inkomoko mu Karere ka Nyarungege, Umurenge wa Kanyinya, Akagari ka Nzove mu Mudugudu wa Ruyenzi mu Mujyi wa Kigali.

Avuka kuri Rutare Pierre n’umukunzi we Miranda Marie Van Haver.

Bahuriye i Bruxelles bahuza urugwiro rwaje kuvamo umwana, ariko ntibabashije kubana igihe kinini ndetse Stromae yatangiye guca akenge asanga Se yarishwe muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994.

Kuba ataragize amahirwe menshi yo kubana nawe biri mu byashibutsemo inganzo ya “Papaoutai” yongeye guca ibintu.

Uyu muhanzi ahuje Se n’umuhanzi Cyusa Ibrahim wihebeye Gakondo Nyarwanda.

Izina rye ryatangiye kumvikana mu 2007, mu Bubiligi atangira guca ibintu ariko mu Rwanda batazi ko hari umwana w’u Rwanda.

Mu 2010 yatangiye kuba igihangange ku Isi yose mu Rwanda batangira kwicinya icyara kubera inkuru nziza y’uko umuhungu wabo atangiye kuba icyamamare ku rwego ruhambaye biturutse ku ndirimbo yashyize hanze uwo mwaka yise “Alors on danse”.

Mu 2013 nibwo yashyize hanze album yise “Racine Carrée” iriho “Papaoutai” yatuye Se. Mu 2015 yakoreye igitaramo i Kigali kuri ULK ku Gisozi.

Indi nkuru wasoma: https://igihe.com/imyidagaduro/article/intashyo-zo-ku-musozi-wa-nzove-ku-ishami-ryashibutseho-amaraso-ya-stromae

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Menya amateka ya Stromae ari no mu yakomotsemo iyi ndirimbo ye yongeye kugarukwaho ku mbuga nkoranyambaga

Ku mbuga nkoranyambaga iyi ndirimbo yongeye guca ibintu…

Finally, Someone Who Truly Understood The Lyrics Of The Trending Song Papaoutai And The Only Content Creator To Recreate The Song pic.twitter.com/0LXo9JLOq1

— Somto Okonkwo (@General_Somto) January 18, 2026

What if you were told that the ‘Papaoutai’ song currently making waves is an AI-generated cover (Afro Soul version) of the original?

- The original song was released by Stromae in 2013 and has 1.1 billion+ views on YouTube.

Original… pic.twitter.com/gLkXD3Yvt9

— 𝐀𝐒𝐊 (@askghmedia) January 19, 2026

Papaoutai playing

French Rest of the world pic.twitter.com/fo4O5KRbEG

— rumpel (@rumpel_irving) January 19, 2026

A classic case of language and sound disconnect.

“Papaoutai” is a painful song. Stromae is asking “Papa, where are you? — mourning absence, abandonment, loss.
But the beat is upbeat, rhythmic, and danceable. For people who don’t understand French, the sound speaks louder than… pic.twitter.com/ayqIMHO1dS

— Uzoma Veer (MNITI) (@OwerriTechBro) January 20, 2026

An AI-generated cover of Stromae’s ‘Papaoutai’ is the highest new entry on the Global Spotify chart at #168 with 1.29 million streams. pic.twitter.com/GJLOIfa9Ik

— Pop Base (@PopBase) January 14, 2026

I see new stromae lovers on here due to the song "papaoutai" trending.

Let me show you where to start because Stromae is a genius & you will fall in love with not just his sound but his stories & importantly, his videos.

Start with the albums below.
Then his 2016 concert pic.twitter.com/2VSUsaX4RE

— Ajayi Tolani (@tolz_baby) January 18, 2026

That viral sound you’re hearing everywhere is AI. The original song is “Papaoutai” by Stromae, a powerful tribute to his late father.

Should creators be using AI versions instead of the original? What do you think?

@yinxybelle pic.twitter.com/TKGftEP9oz

— OkayAfrica (@OkayAfrica) January 19, 2026

Rutare Pierre ni we Stromae yakoreye iyi ndirimbo ye yongeye guca ibintu

Indirimbo ya Stromae yongeye guca ibintu ku Isi nyuma y'imyaka 13 igiye hanze

Iyi ndirimbo iri mu zigezweho ku mbuga nkoranyambaga ndetse na Spotify ntabwo yatanzwe