As a music fan, I want to point out that you can enjoy French music in different ways: the lyrics, the rhythm, the musicality, and the historical context. So if I recommend a song, I’ll try to give you the context—why I like it and what makes it special. This is, of course, very subjective.
So, the first song is from Mylène Farmer’s "Desanchanté": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzGmpqN9zZc
The first song could have been Stromae’s Papaoutai, but I chose Désanchanté by Mylène Farmer instead, because she’s one of the most prolific artists in French music. She has inspired countless artists through the themes she explores in her songs love, loneliness, transgression, religion, literature. She has contributed a lot to the French music scene through her style, her music, her choreography, and her very atypical personality.
Today’s music pick is a gentle little song, a sweet treat, a timeless track, by one of the greatest lyricists in French music (even though he’s Belgian, because French is also spoken in Belgium too : P ). If you want to practice reading and pronunciation, it’s perfect!!!! It's " Ces gens-là" of Jacques Brel
Feel free to share your own versions of your interpretations with us XD
The song I’m presenting to you today is a classic an absolute banger coming straight from the city of sunshine: Marseille. It may not be my personal favorite, but since I promised to help you discover French music, I have to show you all its different sides. So now, enjoy this masterclass.
The song ( today lets dicover the électro)
The French electronic scene is one of the biggest in the world, with many DJs, some of them very famous such as DJ Snake, Bob Sinclar, Daft Punk, David Guetta, and even more recently Gesaffelstein, who won a Grammy. But today, I would like to make you listen to some more niche artists that you may not know, yet who have still had a considerable impact on French electronic music: Vladimir Cauchemar, Urumi, Apache and Leblanc.
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