Les dernières volontés de Mozart (English: The Last Will of Mozart) or LDVM (Symphony) is the fifth studio album by Congolese-French singer and rapper Gims, which was released on 2 December 2022 on the TF1 Group and Play Two labels.[1]
On 5 October 2022, Gims revealed the album's title, its release date and its cover.[2] At the same time, the pre-order of the record was made available,[3] accompanied by three tickets, gold, platinum and diamond to be won.[4]
On 28 September 2022, Gims unveiled a date on social networks, 09/30. On 30 September 2022, Gims released the single "Maintenant".[5] On 10 November 2022, he unveils "Thémistocle" and announces the release of the clip the next day, 11 November at 1:00 p.m.[6] On 14 November 2022, he unveiled part of the album's tracklist containing 14 titles and three collaborations with Carla Bruni, Soolking and Tayc. In reality, the album contains a total of 18 tracks but only 14 have been revealed so far.
On 25 November 2022, two titles are revealed "Après-vous madame" featuring Soolking and "Demain" with Carla Bruni.[7] The album was released on 2 December 2022, containing 18 tracks and three features with Soolking, Carla Bruni and Tayc.[8] On 2 May 2023, the title "Horizon" was released as a single and its music video was unveiled on 4 July 2023.[9] On 13 April 2023, after a controversy about the pyramids of Egypt, he revealed the title "Hernan Cortes".[10]
On 15 September 2023, he released the title "Si te llamo" in collaboration with Maluma, accompanied by its music video.[11] On 6 October 2023, he unveiled "Seya" featuring Morad and SativaMusic. He subsequently reveals several tracks which, like these first two, are not part of the album.