You couldn’t miss it if you have an internet connection and access to social media. Many users had great fun remixing and staging an excerpt from Emmanuel Macron’s English-language speech at the Davos forum in late January.

It was especially the expression “for sure,” repeatedly emphasized by the president—wearing aviator sunglasses due to an issue with his right eye—that amused internet users.

“Nice”… or “harsh”

The president experienced this sudden virality “in a very friendly and relaxed way,” he told Brut. “It shows that, in the end, you’re not the one who decides these things [the remixes on social media],” he explained. “It can be pleasant; it can be tougher.”

As 20 Minutes reported on January 26, several remixes quickly flooded social networks. Singer Bilal Hassani posted a disco version on his Instagram account, while French Fuse, followed by 4.5 million subscribers on TikTok, enhanced the president’s speech with an electronic piano and a melodica.