MUSIC: STROMAE, why his French songs will blow your mind

Close your eyes and picture the bitcoin value curve. It’s amazing, right? It’s pretty insane! Now keep your eyes close and replace bitcoins by Stromae, and $ by popularity. That’s how big this guy is getting.

Note: there is always news about Stromae coming out (his clothing brand, new songs and stuff). if you wanna be aware of them, the newsfeed is Crème French’s facebook page!

1. And how ubiquitous.

His name, Paul van Haver, Belgian singer, alias Stromae. He became famous in 2010 with “Alors on Danse”, “a mournful anthem that evokes unemployment, divorce, debt, the financial crisis” (NY Times) :

“You say studies/ I say job/ You say money/ I say spend/ You say credit/ I say debt/ You say love/ I say brats/ You say always/ I say divorce/ So we dance/ Then you think the crisis is over/ If it got worse we’d be dead/ But it’s not finished so you shout even louder/ And so we dance.”

MUSIC: CHECK OUT THIS FUNNY SEXY OLD SCHOOL SONG

Your friends have their very own qualities, drawbacks, idiosyncracies, phrases and gestures and you just like them the way they are, and even because they are the way they are. And you know how they can be a of great inspiration for you.

My friend Alice has this nice humour very fond of absurd, puns, unexpected downturns, and other witty stuff. Once in a while, she likes to sing, and sometimes, to my great delight. She once came up with this bawdy song yet very witty, which she sung with a great enthousiasm, spying on my reactions, La Jeune Fille du métro. You will have to speak french for it… or, have it translated by a French friend and it’ll be your turn to watch their reaction!

Lyrics below

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