3 weeks ago 24th Jul 15:08
Released August 4
David Guetta gears up for another massive summer season by giving us a taster of what we should expect to hear at his legendary F*** Me I’m Famous parties, with FMIF International Vol 2 released on 4 August 2008 on Ministry of Sound Recordings.
In the past twelve months, David Guetta has established himself firmly in a class of his own, balancing mainstream success with global street credibility. Playing in over 130 countries in just 12 months, his touring regime is tireless. He won a World Music Award (with the live performance beamed to billions across the planet), has been voted the No1 House DJ in the DJ Magazine Top 100 and has taken America by storm. Billboard commented that they haven’t seen anything like it in the past decade – and last year’s UK smash ‘Love is Gone’ has become something of a phenomenon, still sitting at No1 on Itunes Dance since its debut in March. The video has enjoyed a staggering 17 million hits on Youtube – and is still growing.
David played to 2 million people at this year’s carnival in Brazil, an experience even he’d never had before. And just this month, he played at Stade De France for 50,000 fans: the biggest ever electronic music event in the nation’s history, promoted by his wife and FMIF partner, Cathy Guetta.
Though Guetta has long been a household name in his native France it’s only in the past couple of years that the rest of the world caught up. He may now be a multi-million selling producer across Europe, chart-topping recording artist and superstar DJ – but it wasn’t always this way. F*** Me I’m Famous evolved because he wanted to grab people’s attention with a little - how shall we say? - provocation.
The brand started as an ironic name for a party, based on his observations on celebrity culture. Fast forward a few years and the name ‘Fuck Me I’m Famous’ has done more than grant David the arena in which to share his talents; it’s almost as globally recognized as he is.
With events now at the Cannes Film Festival, in Shanghai, London and at the Montreal and Monaco Grand Prix, the party, like David, exists in different worlds, somehow transcending the divisions he observed all those years ago.
“The original idea was to have people who don’t normally mix,” says David. “Clubbing had become like ghettos again, so when it comes to my own night I try to do something different. At my party the social barriers come down. It’s about being inclusive and giving everyone something exclusive at the same time.”
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