The Papyrus
11/07/2026Front page
Al Paicciamo releases a music video, and nobody dares say what they think
By Chamophélie, special correspondent · 2 min read
Listen to "The Chamo"
The boss hired an orchestra, built a stage at the foot of the pyramids and sang to two thousand people who had no choice in the matter. The song is called "The Chamo". It is, let us admit it, better than we hoped.
Friday, nine in the evening. We had been summoned for "an important announcement regarding the season". What we found was a stage, floodlights, a thirty-piece orchestra visibly recruited that same morning, and Al Paicciamo in a tuxedo.
He took the microphone. He said: "I wrote a song." There was a silence. Then he sang.
What nobody expected
I have to write it, even though it costs me: it's good. The voice is gravelly, a little tired, like a man who has smoked a lot and won a lot. The song is about the desert, the beasts, the money, and a woman he has never mentioned to anyone.
"It isn't a song about racing. It's a song about what you lose by winning."
— Al Paicciamo, backstage, refusing to say more
The video
A video was shot the same night. The boss walks down an avenue, alone, cigar in his mouth, while the desert fills up behind him. It is grandiose, it is ridiculous, and by the end your throat is a little tight. Watch it above, and listen to the track just below.
Apparently it will be unlockable in the game. Knowing the house, we'll pay for it one way or another.