So, Carimi is gone forever and ever? Carimi done and finish? Say, it ain’t so! But that’s the conversation going on right now. Back in July, Carimi member Micheal Guirand left the band, but it was assumed by fans and industry pundits that the two remaining lead members (Carlo Vieux and Richard Cave) would continue either as Carimi or under a new name. But earlier today, both members erased the name Carimi in their social media handles, and then Richard Cave posted a poster with the words FFWD, which many are assuming is the name of an upcoming band that he’s involved with or the title of an upcoming song.

In late summer, shortly after the breakup, Vieux had given an interview to the website Kompa Magazine in which he had clearly expressed his desire to keep the Carimi fire going—but emphasized that only if the band’s manager Fito Hyacinth and co-member Richard Cave would be involved.

But now, in yet another interview to that same outlet earlier today, Vieux contends that he will be pursuing other endeavors—business and personal. Many fans have drawn the conclusion from his statement that he and Cave no longer have plans to continue as co-band members either for a Carimi regrouping or a brand new band.

Fans were increasingly hopeful when last week a music video surfaced on the internet featuring Vieux and Cave. But that music video was in actuality a tribute song for a Caribbean singer Patrick St. Eloi.

Meanwhile, the whereabouts of defunct member Guirand is unknown.

What a sad way for things to end for this band! You can be sure that hardcore fans of the band will not take this well. It’s like a patient’s family being told that he’s disease free, only to be told that a new test has revealed a previously undetected ailment.

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But with endings, and even sad endings come new beginnings. What is FFWD and, if a band, what will it bring to Haitian music?

To be continued!

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