[MUSIC] Yelle, "A Cause des Garçons"
May. 15th, 2008 02:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldToronto's free weeklies Eye and NOW (1 2) have recently hosted reviews of the Toronto concerts of French pop star Yelle. These reviews, and other press coverage, makes me sad that I missed them.
It doesn't seem too wildly inaccurate to describe Yelle as the French Lily Allen, since like Allen Yelle was discovered on MySpace. In Yelle's case, she was made by the song "Je Veux Te Voir," a song that definitely made fun of Parisian rapper Cuizinier, reputedly a response song to some of his songs' macho claims and to the claims of the wider genre.
"Je Veux Te Voir" is a nice song, with catchy music and great delivery by Yelle. It pokes mercilessly at Cuizinier, as the translated lyrics here make clear. I only feel comfortable in translating the line "Garde ta chemise ça limitera les dégâts bâtaaaaaaaard," into idiomatic English as "Keep your shirt on, that'll keep the damage down you bastard." In an interview with Vice, Yelle was asked about her motives.
The last time I checked, the above video has gotten 2.16 million plays on YouTube.
At any rate, Yelle got her record contract and, after featuring in the French joke hip-hop group Fatal Bazooka's Christmas single "Parle à la main" she released her album. Apparently she's now associated, somehow, with the tektonik dance style, as in this remix video for "A Cause des Garçons" (8.53 million views on YouTube). The original video for the catchy, happy song "A Cause de Garçons" (2.34 million views) is below.
UPDATE (3:03 PM): Google News France and Google News Canada have much more information on Yelle.
It doesn't seem too wildly inaccurate to describe Yelle as the French Lily Allen, since like Allen Yelle was discovered on MySpace. In Yelle's case, she was made by the song "Je Veux Te Voir," a song that definitely made fun of Parisian rapper Cuizinier, reputedly a response song to some of his songs' macho claims and to the claims of the wider genre.
"Je Veux Te Voir" is a nice song, with catchy music and great delivery by Yelle. It pokes mercilessly at Cuizinier, as the translated lyrics here make clear. I only feel comfortable in translating the line "Garde ta chemise ça limitera les dégâts bâtaaaaaaaard," into idiomatic English as "Keep your shirt on, that'll keep the damage down you bastard." In an interview with Vice, Yelle was asked about her motives.
What did Cuizinier do that made you want sing about him having a small dick?
Nothing. I didn’t even know him. It was just funny to do a track about someone who represented French pimp rappers.
Was he mad about it?
Yes. He's pissed off because we got a record deal with that song. He thinks we are successful because of him. But it’s not a hate anthem. I am a fan of his. He's an MC and he should be able to answer a beef. He didn't.
The last time I checked, the above video has gotten 2.16 million plays on YouTube.
At any rate, Yelle got her record contract and, after featuring in the French joke hip-hop group Fatal Bazooka's Christmas single "Parle à la main" she released her album. Apparently she's now associated, somehow, with the tektonik dance style, as in this remix video for "A Cause des Garçons" (8.53 million views on YouTube). The original video for the catchy, happy song "A Cause de Garçons" (2.34 million views) is below.
UPDATE (3:03 PM): Google News France and Google News Canada have much more information on Yelle.
