I just wanna take a moment to note that Stromae came out with this absolute masterpiece - which to me is a story about the feeling of disconnect from reality that so many people in a modern “corporate society” experience on a daily basis - at the age of 24.
If I remember well, this song was not planned on radio. A friend of him put it on the air in a small radio, after that everyone got crazy asking who is this guy,... and the magic began as this song went viral everywhere... Stromae showed later that this was not just one masterpiece and luck, but that he is a music genius.
That definitely changes the meaning of it, and is not at all as joyful as the interpretation in the video ... Instead of singing "let's dance" (to forget about work etc.) and thereby saying that dancing is the solution, he rather seems to just describe that people are dancing/clubbing/partying ("so we dance") do to cope with the hardships of everyday life, although that doesn't actually solve anything in the long run ...
@@nathaliepares632 That’s exactly what the song means and as a french person, I agree that the traduction is not right and it really changes the meaning of the lyrics.
I love your Stromae reaction vids! Your expressions to the musical beats and samples is very engaging, as is your face of compassion when the song's meaning hits you at first listen (I need at least five or six goes to grasp Stromae's songs...) You'll find Santé, Carmen and Tous Les Memes interesting to comment on as well! And yeah; that note was lower...
I am so happy that you opened your musical world to Stromae who is, in my opinion, a fabulous artist. Thank you for your reactions, I enjoyed watching them.
I started watching your reactions because you seem to have a genuine appreciation for music. And not just for the music you “like” but for the art form in general. You hear hooks, note transitions, word pairing etc. Stromae is not an easy listen (and I have the advantage of speaking French) but hats off. It’s a beautiful process to watch and I appreciate it immensely.
Stromae has the genius to bring us his lyrics with music and rhythms that are absolutely catchy, unique and so inventive, and above all, always absolutely appropriate to the subject.
Record companies have no sense sometimes, these reactions reach audiences they cannot. How do they not get this? If I had not run across him on UA-cam I would not have bought his CD. You are doing a service sir, keep it up.
"alors on danse" was released in 2010 and made him famous. then came the "racine carrée" album. he went so much on tour he burned out. after the pandemic he released "multitude". have a good listen and thanx for sharing!!
Man, this brings back memories. This song came out in 2009, when I was just 11 years old. Kinda wild to see a reaction to this these days. Thank you! And yeah, this was long before the hiatus. That started in 2015 and he only just came back about half a year ago with Santé, which is another song you'd probably enjoy a lot. He made that to celebrate some of the less celebrated members of society, like cleaners, restaurant waiters or callcenter employees. Or Tous Les Mêmes from 2013 which is about how stupid the classic gender stereotypes are.
Since you're from the UK i highly recommend the song " La pluie " feat Orelsan ( a french rapper known for his texts ). It deals with the comfort found in rain, in towns where nothing moves, where people grow old, lonely, boring... but finding a sense of belonging there. Very melancholic
I love La Pluie. I’ve watched it so many times I’ve lost count. Great lyrics and I love Stromae with Orelsan, they complement each other so well. They are good friends and both humble. Hoping for more collaborations between them.
I would say that the meaning got lost in translation as "alors on danse" is "so we dance" more than "so let's dance" which adds a more fatalastic sense to the song which is about daily boring routine.. I think you would really appreciate "Tous les mêmes" but also, a very very much more intense but very under valued song "Dodo". "Dodo" is talking about domestical violence, all of it on the rhythm of the most famous french speaking lullaby.
If you want a strong song with deep theme no one is singing about except Stromae : ‘quand c’est’ ! Concerns everyone and won’t leave you unsensitive. Cold and harsh, you will understand it really quickly…
i feel like you hit the nail on the head with the fact that even when doing something fun as partying, he still felt forced to "work" to the point of passing out, this guy cant catch a break man
Actually, you might be right about him passing out on stage being a visual representation of burnout. If I remember right, this song was released long before he went on a long hiatus, but perhaps he had already started feeling the burnout by then. If that's true that would mean he kept pushing through his burnout and produced Racine Carree, then went on tour, and eventually couldn't take it anymore and decided to take a long break to recuperate. (This is just me imagining things so please don't attack me if I'm wrong ^^').
According to his German Wikipedia page, it was his African tour in 2015 that he had to cancel partway through, partially because of anxiety induced by the malaria drug he was taking. So that might have been the tipping point on top of the burnout he might already have been feeling.
Stromea is as great like Michael Jackson. He creates a new modern vibe with strong lyrics. Underated artist. It seems sometimes if you are not from the USA you are not immediatly a big hit. Love the way he is and sings in his own language to express himself.
It’s “So We Dance” - talking about how we cope with what we know is wrong in life. And then we burn out from not fixing it because we’re too busy dancing.
To my opinion this song is not about daily boring routine that we can forget with a good party. This is about the deep and strong despair you feel when you realise that you are stuck in a life that keep you occupied 24/7 with all kinds of common problems and that you realise that your life we’ll be nothing than that. And the dancing part is a kind of a loophole indispensable to your survival, so it’s not really a choice. Or you dance or you die. The traduction of the chorus is actually not good. It’s not « so let’s dance » but « so we dance » which really change the meaning. It’s not an invitation to dance but an explanation of why we dance. Using our bodies is this only way to reapprop ours lives. It’s one of our last space of freedom (for now). What is strong with this song is that Stromae talk about something that older people usually feel, mostly when they have kids and serious jobs and house loan. When they realise they completely stuck and that days are full of things to do and problems to solve, without a break. It feels like it will never stop : all the decisions you make leads to other problems and decisions to make and so on. Like it was a slide and you could do nothing but to wait to arrive at the end. But the end means death. This song is actually very dark like all of his songs. It’s nothing about having fun dancing. And it’s nothing about depression. This feeling of being stuck is something that many people feel in their 40’s, maybe earlier, maybe later. It’s not depression, it’s just starting to understand what society has planned for us and how we have chose to say yes without understanding what we were doing. I had to wait my late 30’s to really understands what he meant.
I remember hearing thins when I was younger lol I’m like I don’t understand it but I like it when I was 8 I’m now 14 lol and understand it now I’m learning French 😂👍🏾
Very good analysis of his songs as well as the feeling he had at that time. He had the feeling of being a prisoner of his success and especially of the weight of his celebrity. It is a pleasure to see you react to the masterpieces of this unique artist.
Just for your record - if you want to really understand his process, we became really well know with "Alors on Dance" - at this time his sounds was more electro-pop but very specific still to his own creation - then it evolved also including more latino style sounds, some hints of it already appeared in his album "Racine Carré" with the song "ave cesaria" a tribute to Cesaria Evora. Then he did a kind of burn-out has he had a lot of success very fast, so stopped for a while and his last album is a very beautiful mixed of all he had gone through during the last 6 years, from the depression to becoming a father, it's a very powerful, honest and beautiful journey that he is sharing with us. (and just for you, "Fils de joie" is supposed to be pronounced "Fis (pronounce de "s" and not the "l", it means "son") de joua" - it is a more polite way to say "son of a bitch")
Actually, the initial lyrics where "so we drink" but it was forbidden by the government so to have it played on radio, he had to change them to "so we dance"
What a great reaction videos to both Stromae mv's. I love the fact that you mention that this isn't normally the music you listen to. I didn't listen to poppy music myself, yet I'm a very big fan of Stromae since I've found out about him. He has something special that other pop artists certainly don't have. Something that keeps me hooked and I'm actually a metal-head. Keep the reactions coming. I really enjoy them and I even get to know some other nice artists as well on this channel. 😎👍 P.S.: I see a suggestion in the comments to do 'tous les mêmes' next. I second that. Greetings from the Netherlands.
My parents locked me in a house until I escaped at 15 years old. I lived on the streets and then joined a gang. In the last few years I cut ties with that gang and built a family. So in a sense I did, and the rock I lived under was a great weight, but you people help me lift it everyday with new music ❤️
I was only young then but in England even I don't remember it being popular. There is a remix that's new that uses this song as a sample that seems pretty popular though
This is he's first song that be known, i think you dance, so he win ;) , PS: he Say : danse for dance and chante for sing ( not chance , chance IS chance same in french and english)
Pour information, Stromae explique dans une interview que l’inspiration pour alors on dance s’est basée sur une soirée où il est sorti dans un club et en regardant les gens danser tout en ayant des réels problèmes dans leur vie l’a fait réfléchir à cette fausse attitude qu’ont les personnes dans les soirées à pousser un sentiment de fausse joie quand en fait, elles vont mal. Du coup, cette air dépressif sur un rythme dansant qui accroche.
Also Sante about people we don't notice or see or fils de joie about prostitutes. He is so creative , talented and unique not just the music, lyrics but also the artistic staging, performance and message
I'm really enjoying your reactions to Stromae! Keep em coming😄 I can only second the other Stromae recommendations I've seen in the comments, it's all excellent stuff. Perhaps you would enjoy GIMS too, more French rap but he sings as well. Also, the music videos of "Immortel" and "Changer" have plenty of imagery to explore (just to name a few)✌
The thing is that a lot of those lyrics refers to french sayings About the sky and the body it's a biblical reference because the body of the Christ is what you eat but it's not Christ, not the sky (where heaven is ) it's just you body
Please, react to Benjamin Clementine. Start with "I won't complain". Stunning lirycs. And then go ahead. A superb musician. Then : Jacob Collier (he killed Fix You by Coldplay plus his Tiny Desk) Disturbed (Simon and Grunfukel cover The Sound of Silence, amazing) Falling in Reverse (Popular Monster, and the reimagined The drug in me is you, I'm not a Vampire) Joni Mitchell Snarky Puppy (Lingus...) Tom Macdonal (.....!!) .......
If u want to listen to some more music out of belgium i would recommend "zwangere guy" he is a rapper, but not in french but in dutch. the song gorik pt 1 is in my opinion his best song, just because of the lyrics. the text is very heavy and tells about his childhood.
always loving hearing an English self proclaimed Hype guy speaking about French accent by French speaking artists......or other stuff like they discover something "weird" coming from the continent so not so far, but trying to explain to other "anglo-saxon" speaking countries, as they need you to understand something subtle or deep... well tried
I don't think it's optimistic. He says that we dance to forget, like some drink to forget, and in fact, in the video he does both. And so there's a joyful moment, but then he says that when you begin to think problems are over, there are more coming. And it doesn't end with the joyous dance and singing, but when he collapses and is returned to the real world, dragged back into it. So, I think that it's a pretty pessimistic view, at the contrary. It seems to me that the message is that life is dire and hurtful, and that only for some moments we manage to escape this reality.
Hi Teddy, I am a massive Stromae fan, another artist I really can´t live without is Gil Scott Heron. I do know that I am massively late to this video, but if you could at one point check out "Me and the devil" from GSH I would be eternally thankfull. :)
Hey Bettina! I became a huge GSH fan after Earl Sweatshirt mentioned his name on a track and I was intrigued enough to research him! I even have a few of his old vinyls at home!
@@TeddyGreyOS If you have any videos out realting to him I will be sure to look them up then :):):) If you didn´t, I would encourage you to put a couple out every now and then, too few people have any knowlegde of this fantastic artist and might benefit from being pointed toward him =) Thanks for your response in any case, love your channel!!!
I also advise you another Belgian artist : Loic Nottet Listen to the music "M Mme" it's a really incredible music with beautiful lyrics and he has a really impressive voice so if you could react to this music it would be great !
Also "chanter" (singing) in French is a slang for "doing what you are told". "Faire du chantage/faire chanter" is translated in English as "extorting someone / applying pressure on someone" so when he says "alors on chante" he really means "so we do as we're told." It's also why when he sings, he's being forced to do so by everyone in the club dancing their troubles away (society) with his eyes covered (denial) until he crashes on then floor from exhaustion only to be dragged home so he can repeat the same routine the very next day and until the end of time (keep in mind this was shot by college students on a budget of promised free beer). It is a really nice juxtaposition to the singing and dancing he is alluding to in the song as a way to escape the depressing cadence of life. French is such a nuanced language so it's basically a Pandora's box for creativity or poetry since there's so much meaning you can give to a single word and we're all a little miffed when a francophone artist declares it's easier to write songs in English since that is patently untrue ; it's just easier to get a large mainstream following because English speakers don't appear to be curious about song with lyrics they don't understand. Anyway "Alors on danse" is a very dark song on an intentionally very upbeat tempo to underline how we just go about in a seriously fucked up world with a lot of knowledge yet still chose to ignore the issues and party instead because that's all we feel empowered to do. That was the message of the song.
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I just wanna take a moment to note that Stromae came out with this absolute masterpiece - which to me is a story about the feeling of disconnect from reality that so many people in a modern “corporate society” experience on a daily basis - at the age of 24.
It's about falling in a drinking addiction, the dance are supposed to be drinking to forget about everyday life
If I remember well, this song was not planned on radio. A friend of him put it on the air in a small radio, after that everyone got crazy asking who is this guy,... and the magic began as this song went viral everywhere...
Stromae showed later that this was not just one masterpiece and luck, but that he is a music genius.
The "friend" was Julie Van H
Man, you are gonna love "tous les mêmes" , absolute masterpiece...song and video!! Looking forward for your reaction
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Yes! J’adore “Tous les Mêmes” 😉
Or Carmen
@@assmitab.o.z2132 is that the one with the bird?
Tous les mêmes is fantastic
The song of my childhood I am loving these 😁 also it’s not “so let’s dance” but “so we dance” i feel it makes a difference haha
That definitely changes the meaning of it, and is not at all as joyful as the interpretation in the video ... Instead of singing "let's dance" (to forget about work etc.) and thereby saying that dancing is the solution, he rather seems to just describe that people are dancing/clubbing/partying ("so we dance") do to cope with the hardships of everyday life, although that doesn't actually solve anything in the long run ...
@@nathaliepares632 That’s exactly what the song means and as a french person, I agree that the traduction is not right and it really changes the meaning of the lyrics.
I love your Stromae reaction vids! Your expressions to the musical beats and samples is very engaging, as is your face of compassion when the song's meaning hits you at first listen (I need at least five or six goes to grasp Stromae's songs...) You'll find Santé, Carmen and Tous Les Memes interesting to comment on as well!
And yeah; that note was lower...
and don't forget Quand c'est . Give me everytime goosebumps
I am so happy that you opened your musical world to Stromae who is, in my opinion, a fabulous artist. Thank you for your reactions, I enjoyed watching them.
I started watching your reactions because you seem to have a genuine appreciation for music. And not just for the music you “like” but for the art form in general. You hear hooks, note transitions, word pairing etc. Stromae is not an easy listen (and I have the advantage of speaking French) but hats off. It’s a beautiful process to watch and I appreciate it immensely.
Stromae has the genius to bring us his lyrics with music and rhythms that are absolutely catchy, unique and so inventive, and above all, always absolutely appropriate to the subject.
Record companies have no sense sometimes, these reactions reach audiences they cannot. How do they not get this? If I had not run across him on UA-cam I would not have bought his CD. You are doing a service sir, keep it up.
"alors on danse" was released in 2010 and made him famous. then came the "racine carrée" album. he went so much on tour he burned out. after the pandemic he released "multitude".
have a good listen and thanx for sharing!!
But the real turning point was the preventive malaria drug he got which triggered depression and psychosis
I danced, singed an drunk to this song quite a lot 😂😂😂 it was impossible to escape it. Every bar and night club played it.
IMO it is already and will remain a a classic, in France no party without a Stromae song :)
Man, this brings back memories. This song came out in 2009, when I was just 11 years old. Kinda wild to see a reaction to this these days. Thank you!
And yeah, this was long before the hiatus. That started in 2015 and he only just came back about half a year ago with Santé, which is another song you'd probably enjoy a lot. He made that to celebrate some of the less celebrated members of society, like cleaners, restaurant waiters or callcenter employees.
Or Tous Les Mêmes from 2013 which is about how stupid the classic gender stereotypes are.
"So what was that? a saxophone? trumpet?" We all know its a canard malade. hahah
Un vieux bignou
When you started vibing and dancing, was the best part and made me so happy!! 😂😄 woke up my kids with that song dancing and vibing years ago!!
Interesting fact: the saxophone was invented in Belgium 🇧🇪
Interesting fact: Adolphe Sax' face was used on the 200 frank notes in old belgian currency before the Euro was introduced (about 5 Euro's ) 🇧🇪
@@filipito2 yes! I lived in Belgium in the late 90s and I remember that :)
@@jodie8687 Lovely 🙂 Good memories?
@@filipito2 absolutely
In fact, what he means by "So let's dance" is that we dance to freeze our heads, to stop thinking about the shit of our lives.
I’d add “Quand c’est” to the list. 😍
Greeting from Cambodia 🇰🇭
One of my fav song from Stromae❤️
Keeping up
In South Africa this was a very popular house song back in the day, you'd have it bumping every weekend night
i like your reactions man ! your understanding of the structure and meaning of the songs amaze me. And you don't even speank french bravo!
Since you're from the UK i highly recommend the song " La pluie " feat Orelsan ( a french rapper known for his texts ). It deals with the comfort found in rain, in towns where nothing moves, where people grow old, lonely, boring... but finding a sense of belonging there. Very melancholic
I love La Pluie. I’ve watched it so many times I’ve lost count. Great lyrics and I love Stromae with Orelsan, they complement each other so well. They are good friends and both humble. Hoping for more collaborations between them.
when you are really stoned and that song as loud as possible, you think, you can fly...^^
I would say that the meaning got lost in translation as "alors on danse" is "so we dance" more than "so let's dance" which adds a more fatalastic sense to the song which is about daily boring routine..
I think you would really appreciate "Tous les mêmes" but also, a very very much more intense but very under valued song "Dodo". "Dodo" is talking about domestical violence, all of it on the rhythm of the most famous french speaking lullaby.
Please react to STROMAE “CARMEN” . That’s the song that got me into stromae!
If you want a strong song with deep theme no one is singing about except Stromae : ‘quand c’est’ ! Concerns everyone and won’t leave you unsensitive. Cold and harsh, you will understand it really quickly…
i feel like you hit the nail on the head with the fact that even when doing something fun as partying, he still felt forced to "work" to the point of passing out, this guy cant catch a break man
Actually, you might be right about him passing out on stage being a visual representation of burnout. If I remember right, this song was released long before he went on a long hiatus, but perhaps he had already started feeling the burnout by then. If that's true that would mean he kept pushing through his burnout and produced Racine Carree, then went on tour, and eventually couldn't take it anymore and decided to take a long break to recuperate. (This is just me imagining things so please don't attack me if I'm wrong ^^').
According to his German Wikipedia page, it was his African tour in 2015 that he had to cancel partway through, partially because of anxiety induced by the malaria drug he was taking. So that might have been the tipping point on top of the burnout he might already have been feeling.
Stromea is as great like Michael Jackson. He creates a new modern vibe with strong lyrics. Underated artist. It seems sometimes if you are not from the USA you are not immediatly a big hit. Love the way he is and sings in his own language to express himself.
It’s “So We Dance” - talking about how we cope with what we know is wrong in life. And then we burn out from not fixing it because we’re too busy dancing.
This was huge back in the day!
This was the first hit of Stromae I ever heard ☺☺☺i am watching all your Stromae reactons, love them!
6:06 - 6:28 hell yeah, same reaction the first time that I heard this masterpiece, so sick dude !!!!
You really need to watch "Quand C'est". Stromae's play on words and their sounds leads to a hauntingly beautiful song and music video
Yes the saxo changes the tone
And When you think it’s finished hey then there are more( problems) et quand tu crois qu’c’est fini ben y en a encore !
I love the video to Ta fete as well, it looks like a bery ecpensive production. Carmen is good too.
To my opinion this song is not about daily boring routine that we can forget with a good party. This is about the deep and strong despair you feel when you realise that you are stuck in a life that keep you occupied 24/7 with all kinds of common problems and that you realise that your life we’ll be nothing than that. And the dancing part is a kind of a loophole indispensable to your survival, so it’s not really a choice. Or you dance or you die. The traduction of the chorus is actually not good. It’s not « so let’s dance » but « so we dance » which really change the meaning. It’s not an invitation to dance but an explanation of why we dance. Using our bodies is this only way to reapprop ours lives. It’s one of our last space of freedom (for now). What is strong with this song is that Stromae talk about something that older people usually feel, mostly when they have kids and serious jobs and house loan. When they realise they completely stuck and that days are full of things to do and problems to solve, without a break. It feels like it will never stop : all the decisions you make leads to other problems and decisions to make and so on. Like it was a slide and you could do nothing but to wait to arrive at the end. But the end means death. This song is actually very dark like all of his songs. It’s nothing about having fun dancing. And it’s nothing about depression. This feeling of being stuck is something that many people feel in their 40’s, maybe earlier, maybe later. It’s not depression, it’s just starting to understand what society has planned for us and how we have chose to say yes without understanding what we were doing. I had to wait my late 30’s to really understands what he meant.
I remember hearing thins when I was younger lol I’m like I don’t understand it but I like it when I was 8 I’m now 14 lol and understand it now I’m learning French 😂👍🏾
Very good analysis of his songs as well as the feeling he had at that time. He had the feeling of being a prisoner of his success and especially of the weight of his celebrity. It is a pleasure to see you react to the masterpieces of this unique artist.
This song was written way before celebrity 😊
Just for your record - if you want to really understand his process, we became really well know with "Alors on Dance" - at this time his sounds was more electro-pop but very specific still to his own creation - then it evolved also including more latino style sounds, some hints of it already appeared in his album "Racine Carré" with the song "ave cesaria" a tribute to Cesaria Evora. Then he did a kind of burn-out has he had a lot of success very fast, so stopped for a while and his last album is a very beautiful mixed of all he had gone through during the last 6 years, from the depression to becoming a father, it's a very powerful, honest and beautiful journey that he is sharing with us. (and just for you, "Fils de joie" is supposed to be pronounced "Fis (pronounce de "s" and not the "l", it means "son") de joua" - it is a more polite way to say "son of a bitch")
Actually, the initial lyrics where "so we drink" but it was forbidden by the government so to have it played on radio, he had to change them to "so we dance"
That tiny change made song better
This is an artist I've been listening to literary since 2012 😅 I love how he's being seen more in American culture now
You should react to te quiero, it's really beautifully written
You should watch the making off..its a sketch with Stromae and Jamel and it is REALLYYYY funny
He talks about the problems and how we just dance to get away from them.
What a great reaction videos to both Stromae mv's. I love the fact that you mention that this isn't normally the music you listen to. I didn't listen to poppy music myself, yet I'm a very big fan of Stromae since I've found out about him. He has something special that other pop artists certainly don't have. Something that keeps me hooked and I'm actually a metal-head. Keep the reactions coming. I really enjoy them and I even get to know some other nice artists as well on this channel. 😎👍
P.S.: I see a suggestion in the comments to do 'tous les mêmes' next. I second that. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Teddy there’s no way you never heard of this unless you lived under a rock for the past 10-15 years
My parents locked me in a house until I escaped at 15 years old. I lived on the streets and then joined a gang. In the last few years I cut ties with that gang and built a family.
So in a sense I did, and the rock I lived under was a great weight, but you people help me lift it everyday with new music ❤️
@@TeddyGreyOS I love you teddy
I was only young then but in England even I don't remember it being popular. There is a remix that's new that uses this song as a sample that seems pretty popular though
@@amemelia Anglo saxon world is often too self centered. You guys miss a lot.
Estuve el 28 en el Shrine LA 🥰Simplemente sensacional!!!!!
This is he's first song that be known, i think you dance, so he win ;) , PS: he Say : danse for dance and chante for sing ( not chance , chance IS chance same in french and english)
It would be great if you also react to "Sante" by Stromae.... that song is also a unique one!!!!
… and “Carmen”! 🤩🫶🏻
MASTERPIECE!!!! ❤
fudge, i still cannot concentrate on the clip. you look like a dark haired modern Zeus🤩
His first hit, was very popular in clubs.
I love the Kid Cudi comparison! Would have never occurred to me and I enjoy both artists.
Pour information, Stromae explique dans une interview que l’inspiration pour alors on dance s’est basée sur une soirée où il est sorti dans un club et en regardant les gens danser tout en ayant des réels problèmes dans leur vie l’a fait réfléchir à cette fausse attitude qu’ont les personnes dans les soirées à pousser un sentiment de fausse joie quand en fait, elles vont mal. Du coup, cette air dépressif sur un rythme dansant qui accroche.
I just love Stromae.
Formidable stromae
”Ta fête”!! 🤩❤️🤩❤️
Also Sante about people we don't notice or see or fils de joie about prostitutes. He is so creative , talented and unique not just the music, lyrics but also the artistic staging, performance and message
he’s performing next year in london u gotta go!!
Give a try to the lyrics of Rail de Musique🙂 moving type stuff too but with words play in French to describe an addiction to composing music. Unique.
Please, listen to Carmen😍
He’s different
I'm really enjoying your reactions to Stromae! Keep em coming😄
I can only second the other Stromae recommendations I've seen in the comments, it's all excellent stuff. Perhaps you would enjoy GIMS too, more French rap but he sings as well. Also, the music videos of "Immortel" and "Changer" have plenty of imagery to explore (just to name a few)✌
amazing! his masterpiece remains Quand C'Est, and also Tous les memes!
If you want a lowkey one, try "Dodo", I love that one.
Great video btw!
morale of the song is to escape society probleme you dance
The thing is that a lot of those lyrics refers to french sayings
About the sky and the body it's a biblical reference because the body of the Christ is what you eat but it's not Christ, not the sky (where heaven is ) it's just you body
The prononciation is the same than "a maestro", mae-stro, Sto-mae, Stromae
Love your Stromae reactions ❤ please react to Tous Les Memes by Stromae, ome of my absolute faves.
Hugs from Belgium ❤ 😊
Hello! Please do CL's Spicy remix and Jessie's what type of x blackpink's kill this love bts's on nct's resonance please!!! I'm a Korean fan!
Hello from Ukraine, bro
Watch Ave Cesaria, it’s so good
Sing // Swing ;)
You're missing the masterpiece "Tous le mêmes"!! Great video 👍🏻
The accent its brussel's accent we talk like that
Please, react to Benjamin Clementine. Start with "I won't complain". Stunning lirycs. And then go ahead. A superb musician. Then :
Jacob Collier (he killed Fix You by Coldplay plus his Tiny Desk)
Disturbed (Simon and Grunfukel cover The Sound of Silence, amazing)
Falling in Reverse (Popular Monster, and the reimagined The drug in me is you, I'm not a Vampire)
Joni Mitchell
Snarky Puppy (Lingus...)
Tom Macdonal (.....!!)
.......
It's a goose, not a sax ..
So you don't know stro-mae , mae-stro???
From where are you? 🤣🔥
He is behind next level 😉🇧🇪
Watch the making of ...
The subtitles in English are shit, they miss all the nuances of his great writing
Hoping to see reactions to songs like Santé, Tous les mêmes, Batard, peace or violence
If u want to listen to some more music out of belgium i would recommend "zwangere guy" he is a rapper, but not in french but in dutch. the song gorik pt 1 is in my opinion his best song, just because of the lyrics. the text is very heavy and tells about his childhood.
Try to find "Tous les mêmes " and " Quand c"est"
always loving hearing an English self proclaimed Hype guy speaking about French accent by French speaking artists......or other stuff like they discover something "weird" coming from the continent so not so far, but trying to explain to other "anglo-saxon" speaking countries, as they need you to understand something subtle or deep... well tried
can you react to french rap ? like nekfeu ( les etoiles vagabondes / cyborg ) i think you can find the traduction on rap genius
I don't think it's optimistic. He says that we dance to forget, like some drink to forget, and in fact, in the video he does both. And so there's a joyful moment, but then he says that when you begin to think problems are over, there are more coming. And it doesn't end with the joyous dance and singing, but when he collapses and is returned to the real world, dragged back into it. So, I think that it's a pretty pessimistic view, at the contrary. It seems to me that the message is that life is dire and hurtful, and that only for some moments we manage to escape this reality.
if you're starting to get into french songs you could maybe check out Laylow, I feel like you'd like him
Hi Teddy, I am a massive Stromae fan, another artist I really can´t live without is Gil Scott Heron. I do know that I am massively late to this video, but if you could at one point check out "Me and the devil" from GSH I would be eternally thankfull. :)
Hey Bettina! I became a huge GSH fan after Earl Sweatshirt mentioned his name on a track and I was intrigued enough to research him! I even have a few of his old vinyls at home!
@@TeddyGreyOS If you have any videos out realting to him I will be sure to look them up then :):):) If you didn´t, I would encourage you to put a couple out every now and then, too few people have any knowlegde of this fantastic artist and might benefit from being pointed toward him =) Thanks for your response in any case, love your channel!!!
House 'Llelujah is one of my fav
React to it please
You are my cure ❣- That neck...
Carmen
Singing and dancing are not synonyms, imagine if they suddenly were though.. it would make the choreographers job a nightmare 🤣
Pleeeeaaaaseeeeee listen to Carmen from Stromae 🙏🏽♥️
I also advise you another Belgian artist : Loic Nottet
Listen to the music "M Mme" it's a really incredible music with beautiful lyrics and he has a really impressive voice
so if you could react to this music it would be great !
+1 pour le référencement ! for referencing !
****** Your body has limits the sky doesn't
Also "chanter" (singing) in French is a slang for "doing what you are told". "Faire du chantage/faire chanter" is translated in English as "extorting someone / applying pressure on someone" so when he says "alors on chante" he really means "so we do as we're told." It's also why when he sings, he's being forced to do so by everyone in the club dancing their troubles away (society) with his eyes covered (denial) until he crashes on then floor from exhaustion only to be dragged home so he can repeat the same routine the very next day and until the end of time (keep in mind this was shot by college students on a budget of promised free beer). It is a really nice juxtaposition to the singing and dancing he is alluding to in the song as a way to escape the depressing cadence of life. French is such a nuanced language so it's basically a Pandora's box for creativity or poetry since there's so much meaning you can give to a single word and we're all a little miffed when a francophone artist declares it's easier to write songs in English since that is patently untrue ; it's just easier to get a large mainstream following because English speakers don't appear to be curious about song with lyrics they don't understand.
Anyway "Alors on danse" is a very dark song on an intentionally very upbeat tempo to underline how we just go about in a seriously fucked up world with a lot of knowledge yet still chose to ignore the issues and party instead because that's all we feel empowered to do. That was the message of the song.
And you should really listen to OrelSan's "Basique" about basic knowledge everyone knows but choose to ignore because denial is more convenient.
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1mill - only1 album pls react
My man, react to Tous les meme, You wont regret it! its amazing!!!
fun fact this is not a club song
That accent omg french is so difficult
I just wonder seeing how quick you react and almost start speeking French all of a sudden… Do you make your own music?