a few time after the single release, farmer performed the song in playback in one television show, "les enfants de la guerre", on 27 november 1996, on tf1, in which she wore the same dress made by paco rabanne as that of 1996 concerts. the recording of the performance took place without the audience, which caused the anger of hundreds of fans who came from france and belgium and who had waited several hours under the rain. this incident was widely reported in the press. "rêver" was also sung in the "nrj music awards" on 10 january 2003. these performance was carried out in live version accompanied by yvan cassar who played piano. it was the first time since 17 years that farmer sang in live on television.