Four years after the previous one, the Toulouse singer has released his second album, “Paradis d’Or”, a suite of intimate songs where love naturally has a privileged place. Confessions of an established melancholy.
Time has passed so quickly. In 2018, at the age of 22, Foé released a first album, “îl” for the prestigious Tôt ou Tard label, featuring artists such as Vincent Delerm, Vianney and Shaka Ponk. The reception of the critics was good, that of the public much more discreet. Foé continued her path, between Toulouse, her hometown, where she notably passed a DUT in mechanical and manufacturing engineering, and Montreuil, where she now cultivates perfect love with a designer she has known for 8 years. The young man collaborated with the Berthollet sisters, who dress classical music in very fresh colors. And then he was nominated for the Victoires de la Musique in the Revelations category. It was a girl, and no less, who won: Angèle then at the start of a stratospheric climb.
“The Victories moment was truly incredible, Foé recalls. It was so much, so great. Just before I sang, knowing that millions of people would be watching, I wondered what I was doing there. And then I took the stage, as he parachutes, and I was very happy I did. “
For the rest, Foé spent this long period of reflection “drawing conclusions from what had been (son) first album, the feedback it generated, these often evoked references to the old (sic) French song that had provoked “.
The young artist logically thought “that we had to renew ourselves, find a real purpose, move away from the stories of others to tell our own”. What does the album “Paradis d’or” offer today, “more intimate without being completely autobiographical”, which tells the life of a “fairly normal man with whom one can easily identify” and “full of winks in Toulouse that must be discovered “.
From Michel Berger to Elton John
The title refers to Michel Berger’s “White Paradise”, which Foé has listened to a lot, traces of which are still evident. The song of the same name tells the “labyrinth of emotions, the period of doubts that we faced during the confinement”.
However, the artist lived this difficult period quite well: “I was in the South, in the countryside, in a house, surrounded by animals. It is a bit like the Golden Paradise”. This title, and also “Lemonade”, have little Polnareff arias, with female chorus and lyrical excitement. “Obviously, this reference makes me happy. I love Polnareff, in particular Letter to Francewhich is one of the great inspirational classics, like The blue words by Cristoforo “.
These two masterpieces bring us to the piano voice (and the guitar voice) that Foé practiced a lot to build his second album. “It allows you to touch the essence of the songs. And then the piano is so rich in terms of harmonic research. I’m rather melancholy: ballads touch me much more than very rhythmic pieces. Your songof Elton John, To imagine by John Lennon o And I call her again by Véronique Sanson are also marvels that have marked me a lot. “
Three songs particularly catch the eye on “Paradis d’or”: “Commun”, one of the album’s rare electro-pop titles; “Goodbye again”, a “fairly simple tale of a return after a separation, when it would be a shame to interrupt the road there” and “It was good yesterday” which benefited from the precious collaboration of Vianney. “Vianney chose me as the first part of many of his Zeniths. I will always thank him for this sacred push. Vianney is a generous and caring person. I was a bit stuck on this song and I let it listen to me. It helped me that. complete in its very natural way. “
