Some artistic collaborations simply seem inevitable and self-evident. Such is the case with Draga. Behind this collective, we find the musician Lucie Antunes at the origin of the project, accompanied by R2B, Theodora Delilez, Narumi Herisson and, more surprisingly, actress Anna Mouglalis. Together, they released the album"Ô Guérillères" on May 30. The idea? To set to music"Les Guérillères" (1969), a powerful and committed work by the philosopher, theorist, activist and novelist Monique Wittig, a key founding figure of radical feminism.
After a performance in Lyon on June 8, at the Nuits de Fourvière, Draga presented"Ô Guérillères" on Friday July 4, 2025 at the Cité de la Musique, as part of the Days Off Festival.
But just before the collective's return, the Parisian festival invited Dame Area to open the evening. The opportunity to get a first taste of the Barcelona duo. A real live performer, Dame Area really got the crowd up on their feet and dancing. Dame Area's hard-hitting, energetic tracks, blending electro and post-punk sounds, transformed the Cité de la Musique pit into a dancefloor for a while. The musician and singer didn't hesitate to leave the stage to join the crowd and sway to the beat while continuing to sing. Simply hair-raising and exhilarating! The duo, so engrossed in their performance, even went a few minutes over the allotted time for their set.
At 9.10pm, Draga took to the stage at the Cité de la Musique. And it didn't take long for the rock music to echo through the Parisian venue. The style? A very "garage" sound, oh so dynamic and directly inspired by The Organ, the lesbian all-female band from Vancouver, Canada, which many have discovered in the series'The L Word'. After a rather timid start, Draga 's energy becomes more and more palpable and truly communicative.
The power of Monique Wittig's engaging, poetic texts only amplifies the intensity of the show. In"Les Guérillères", the French feminist figure imagines an all-female society, where women warriors find themselves fighting against patriarchal oppression. A profoundly contemporary subject.
Monique Wittig 's words resonate at the Cité de la Musique, forcefully and convincingly proclaimed by Anna Mouglalis. More accustomed to film shoots or the stage, the actress discovers the music scene and excels in a disconcerting way. Her husky, singular voice - backed by the backing vocals of the other members of Draga - lends itself harmoniously to the music, as if this project had been conceived for her. It's beautiful and powerful, tense and melodious all at once.
"Ô Guérillères" reminds us of the shows " Viril " and " Troubles " with Virginie Despentes and Béatrice Dalle; two creations mixing rock music and engaged, feminist texts. But here, for Anna Mouglalis, there's no question of offering a simple reading. In fact, the artist has no text in front of her. Her performance goes far beyond that. The actress slips into the shoes of a fighter and a rebel, living each phrase and word of Monique Wittig, like a true warrior. Despite a few minor sound problems at the start of the set, Anna Mouglalis impresses, and gradually lets herself be taken over by the music and the audience's energy, to the point of jumping up and down to the rhythm of the lively sounds at the end of the concert.
" They're in the factories, in the airfields, in the radio houses. They control communications ", Anna Mouglalis forcefully declares, before shouting that " The world belongs to us ", to the approving shouts and applause of the audience. Some of the lyrics are even more incisive, notably whenAnna Mouglalis chants " Elles disent, tu ne seras jamais trop nombreuse pour cracher sur le phallus " (" They say you'll never be too numerous to spit on the phallus "), or when the actress evokes the female anatomy in the track " Clitoris ", poetically tackling a subject that has long been taboo.
After an hour or so, we're left overwhelmed and seduced by the musicality andAnna Mouglalis's incredible, poignant performance, and with a furious desire to rediscover Monique Wittig's work.
Location
Cité de la musique
221 avenue Jean Jaurès
75019 Paris 19
Official website
daysoff.fr























