That was the real tv news on France's biggest network TF1. I think it has about 7 million viewers... but they often end the news with interviews with artists and stuff... not performances though...it almost runs a full hour and the more south you go in Europe you see this (in Italy they sometimes end with cooking tips ;-)). And yes she probably treated him like royalty, his last album (8 years ago) made him king of French language music and then he suddenly disappeared... his comeback was huge news and the lyrics of his song are a pretty good answer to why I guess.
@@JustinCase99999 obviously. I don't think they tried to hide that or would not understand why anyone would think that it was spontaneous? But the lyrics do provide and answer to her last question.
@@squarebelgium To be honest for one second when he started singing I thought he'd gone crazy singing instead of speaking 😁. Then I figured "ooohh it was all planned. Well done. You had me there." Quite unique and innovative PR I have to admit.
Je pense que le jt n redt absolument pas l endroit pour des performances artistiques mais bon en même temps les jt n ont rien d informatif... Infotainment
It's called "Hell" (L'enfer) and it's about suicide, depression and anxiety. He was on tour in Africa with Racine Carrée and was given the anti malarial drug Lariam, which causes side effects of extreme depression and suicidal thoughts. It has since been investigated. He had been working constantly for years and two straight tours. Over 200 concerts worldwide for his second CD, Racine Carrée. His brother, Luc, realized something was terribly wrong with him while in the Congo and cancelled the rest of the tour except for Kigali, Rwanda which was delayed 6 months. Paul Van Haver, his real name, was born in Belgium to a Flemish woman and a Rwandan Tutsi architect who had been at University in Brussels. Soon after Paul was born his father was pressured to return to Rwanda by his father who had financed his studies in BB Elgin. So Stromae grew up by without knowing his father. Because in the mid 90's there was a huge genocide in Rwanda and a million Tutsi we're murdered, hacked to death by Hutus. Stromae's father was one of the dead. His father was never found. Stromae had only been there as a very young child briefly and so the Kigali concert was very important for him, to pay hommage to his father and to meet family he had never met before. He made it there 4 months later. But it hit him very hard seeing the names of the Tutsi dead on a wall. That was his last concert. He had always planned to take a break after Racine Carrée tour, but the extreme depression and anxiety caused by a combination of Lariam and overwork almost stopped Stromae from being a solo performer again. Stromae created his own genre. He has two previous albums"Cheese" and then "Racine Carrée". He also has "Les Leçons" which is how he marketed himself right at the start. They are brilliant. Highly recommend those too. He is my absolutely favourite performer. His interviews in French or in English are very interesting and reveals a beautiful, humble soul. Enjoy! I hope this gives you a little background. He studied Drums, piano and musical theory and later cinematography.
To be clear, Stromae didn't do this for publicity, rather then to share his experience on a platform that has a far broader audience then his music genuinely has. This song was dedicated not to his fans, but to everyone struggling. Bringing it for the first time on the french national channel in front of millions is an amazing way to make his powerfull statement.
Always surprises me how he is so unknown in the UK and the USA when everyone in Europe from Barcelona to Amsterdam, from Paris to Moscow and in many African countries he is considered a superstar. Please checkout his last album with brilliant music and equally brilliant videos. Most of the songs to checkout have already been mentioned by other posts here.
He has so many great songs; anything on Racine Carrée really but especially Tous les Mêmes, Papoutai, Formidable, Carmen, Quand c'est, Alors on Dance (which is like his biggest hit if I recall correctly). He came back a few months ago with 'Santé', which is amazing, and please check out the video of L'Enfer, it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. He's so sincere
Do you think you've been tricked and the whole thing is the video of the song? In fact, France has been tricked because this was a real live interview on France's biggest channel, at 8.30pm, she's the host for national news.
Did you notice that very gentle work with camera, lights and graphics on the wall behind him? Btw. in the last seconds of the song there is audible audio from monitors (speakers) in the studio when sound engineer brings interview microphones back (btw Stromae has 2 microphone ports on him). There is audible small sound of his mouth (tongue, clapping, ...). Apparently one of them has coroid charasteristic or something like that, that's why there is not monitor audio so present. So it's really live and this was live at 8pm, which is prime time. Big up to Stromae as well as to the people behing the camera (lighning operator, camera operator, sound engineers, ...). It seems easy but make it in this quality, it needs some perparations. And they had time for that and that's nice! :)
Actually, it s the 1st time in history of french tv news there has been a live song performance. Melting entertainment or commercial event is not a thing in french news.
This is a real TV news show. Stromae is a genius. Check out his new album multitudes. Fils de Joie is another masterpiece of his. He’s a real singer songwriter. He just came out of a 7 year hiatus. Fame, malaria drugs got to him, and he married and had a kid, so is super happy, despite some harsh introspective songs. His wife and him have their own production company, Mosaert. Both his name and Mosaert are anagrams of the word Maestro. His father was killed in the Hutu-Tusti genocide in Rwanda when he was young. He was Tutsi. His mom is Belgian Dutch speaking, but he is bi-lingual, French and Dutch plus English of course.
Also, everything Stromae is very intentional in everything he does. This was a real newscast on a national news station in France, and he very much planned it to happen that way.
Vraiment Stromae a beaucoup souffert, il a fait une réaction à un vaccin (paludisme) pour un voyage en Afrique et pendant des années il a connu l'enfer et évidemment la dépression a fait son travail de sape 💔magnifique ARTISTE, merci
The offical video clip is out since and it's a really good clip. You can also react to on of deep song "Quand C'est" about Cancer (There are subtitles)
I know you did this awhile back, butt I didn't see any comments tho tell you to watch the official video of this song. It really is a masterpiece. I didn't see a playlist for Stromae. Did you do more of his work? Because he's got things of great ones out there
Thanks for the comparison with David Byrne. I hadn’t thought about that but they are indeed similar in a way. They are both very theatrical and out of the box in a pleasing way. Btw you should see more of him, he’s absolutely brilliant!
Popped up on my feed so here goes... Stromae pronounced Strom-I like the letter name or pronoun I. Song l'enfer means hell. It's based on the artist's own experience of severe depression that was caused by anti-malaria medication while on tour in Rwanda about 7 or 8 years ago. Having been hugely successful in Europe and Canada Stromae seems to have been continously on tour for a few years but due to his illness he cancelled the tour and more or less disappeared in person. Stromae is more than a musician he is a performance artist and his lyrics always have less obvioud meaning beneath the surface and there's often a twist in that many words have a double meaning. There's some surprising content out there.
He don't for 7 years muziek. He was depressed en sick and the muziek is the Same in all songs from the first one til te last one. Hé always world wide influence of difrend culture in his muziek.. listen the other song before you listen tis one.
That was the real tv news on France's biggest network TF1. I think it has about 7 million viewers... but they often end the news with interviews with artists and stuff... not performances though...it almost runs a full hour and the more south you go in Europe you see this (in Italy they sometimes end with cooking tips ;-)). And yes she probably treated him like royalty, his last album (8 years ago) made him king of French language music and then he suddenly disappeared... his comeback was huge news and the lyrics of his song are a pretty good answer to why I guess.
It was all set up and prepared though, obviously. The newsreader explained it on her twitter afterwards.
@@JustinCase99999 obviously. I don't think they tried to hide that or would not understand why anyone would think that it was spontaneous? But the lyrics do provide and answer to her last question.
@@squarebelgium To be honest for one second when he started singing I thought he'd gone crazy singing instead of speaking 😁. Then I figured "ooohh it was all planned. Well done. You had me there." Quite unique and innovative PR I have to admit.
Je pense que le jt n redt absolument pas l endroit pour des performances artistiques mais bon en même temps les jt n ont rien d informatif... Infotainment
Le mec il parle de tf1 alors que la star est le belge stromae
It's called "Hell" (L'enfer) and it's about suicide, depression and anxiety. He was on tour in Africa with Racine Carrée and was given the anti malarial drug Lariam, which causes side effects of extreme depression and suicidal thoughts. It has since been investigated. He had been working constantly for years and two straight tours. Over 200 concerts worldwide for his second CD, Racine Carrée. His brother, Luc, realized something was terribly wrong with him while in the Congo and cancelled the rest of the tour except for Kigali, Rwanda which was delayed 6 months. Paul Van Haver, his real name, was born in Belgium to a Flemish woman and a Rwandan Tutsi architect who had been at University in Brussels. Soon after Paul was born his father was pressured to return to Rwanda by his father who had financed his studies in BB Elgin. So Stromae grew up by without knowing his father. Because in the mid 90's there was a huge genocide in Rwanda and a million Tutsi we're murdered, hacked to death by Hutus. Stromae's father was one of the dead. His father was never found. Stromae had only been there as a very young child briefly and so the Kigali concert was very important for him, to pay hommage to his father and to meet family he had never met before. He made it there 4 months later. But it hit him very hard seeing the names of the Tutsi dead on a wall. That was his last concert. He had always planned to take a break after Racine Carrée tour, but the extreme depression and anxiety caused by a combination of Lariam and overwork almost stopped Stromae from being a solo performer again. Stromae created his own genre. He has two previous albums"Cheese" and then "Racine Carrée". He also has "Les Leçons" which is how he marketed himself right at the start. They are brilliant. Highly recommend those too. He is my absolutely favourite performer. His interviews in French or in English are very interesting and reveals a beautiful, humble soul. Enjoy! I hope this gives you a little background. He studied Drums, piano and musical theory and later cinematography.
don't be tricked, this guy works for wikipedia.
To be clear, Stromae didn't do this for publicity, rather then to share his experience on a platform that has a far broader audience then his music genuinely has. This song was dedicated not to his fans, but to everyone struggling. Bringing it for the first time on the french national channel in front of millions is an amazing way to make his powerfull statement.
Always surprises me how he is so unknown in the UK and the USA when everyone in Europe from Barcelona to Amsterdam, from Paris to Moscow and in many African countries he is considered a superstar. Please checkout his last album with brilliant music and equally brilliant videos. Most of the songs to checkout have already been mentioned by other posts here.
He has so many great songs; anything on Racine Carrée really but especially Tous les Mêmes, Papoutai, Formidable, Carmen, Quand c'est, Alors on Dance (which is like his biggest hit if I recall correctly). He came back a few months ago with 'Santé', which is amazing, and please check out the video of L'Enfer, it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. He's so sincere
Let's not forget Ave cesaria
I personally love Fils de Joie
Do you think you've been tricked and the whole thing is the video of the song? In fact, France has been tricked because this was a real live interview on France's biggest channel, at 8.30pm, she's the host for national news.
Live concert from Racine Carrée tour from Montreal is perfection. It has subtitles and you won't regret one second. A brilliant performer.
Did you notice that very gentle work with camera, lights and graphics on the wall behind him? Btw. in the last seconds of the song there is audible audio from monitors (speakers) in the studio when sound engineer brings interview microphones back (btw Stromae has 2 microphone ports on him). There is audible small sound of his mouth (tongue, clapping, ...). Apparently one of them has coroid charasteristic or something like that, that's why there is not monitor audio so present. So it's really live and this was live at 8pm, which is prime time. Big up to Stromae as well as to the people behing the camera (lighning operator, camera operator, sound engineers, ...). It seems easy but make it in this quality, it needs some perparations. And they had time for that and that's nice! :)
Actually, it s the 1st time in history of french tv news there has been a live song performance. Melting entertainment or commercial event is not a thing in french news.
Un moment de musique exceptionnel comme sait le faire ce génie qu'est stromae.
Yep, it was actally real. I watch french news every day and I saw this live
This is a real TV news show. Stromae is a genius. Check out his new album multitudes. Fils de Joie is another masterpiece of his. He’s a real singer songwriter. He just came out of a 7 year hiatus. Fame, malaria drugs got to him, and he married and had a kid, so is super happy, despite some harsh introspective songs. His wife and him have their own production company, Mosaert. Both his name and Mosaert are anagrams of the word Maestro. His father was killed in the Hutu-Tusti genocide in Rwanda when he was young. He was Tutsi. His mom is Belgian Dutch speaking, but he is bi-lingual, French and Dutch plus English of course.
You guys need to check out his full concert video. It’s up for free on his TH-cam, and it’s truly a work of art.
Also, everything Stromae is very intentional in everything he does. This was a real newscast on a national news station in France, and he very much planned it to happen that way.
go watch the music video!! :))
you should check his old stuff, he is a genious, he just came back after taking a break from music for 7 years
Vraiment Stromae a beaucoup souffert, il a fait une réaction à un vaccin (paludisme) pour un voyage en Afrique et pendant des années il a connu l'enfer et évidemment la dépression a fait son travail de sape 💔magnifique ARTISTE, merci
Fier d etre belge 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪 merci stromae
Stromae is formidable 💚
The offical video clip is out since and it's a really good clip. You can also react to on of deep song "Quand C'est" about Cancer (There are subtitles)
Formidable formidable admirable merci notre beau bébé. Merci....
This actually happened on the TF1 evening news in France.
I know you did this awhile back, butt I didn't see any comments tho tell you to watch the official video of this song. It really is a masterpiece. I didn't see a playlist for Stromae. Did you do more of his work? Because he's got things of great ones out there
Thanks for the comparison with David Byrne. I hadn’t thought about that but they are indeed similar in a way. They are both very theatrical and out of the box in a pleasing way. Btw you should see more of him, he’s absolutely brilliant!
Genius...
Popped up on my feed so here goes...
Stromae pronounced Strom-I like the letter name or pronoun I.
Song l'enfer means hell. It's based on the artist's own experience of severe depression that was caused by anti-malaria medication while on tour in Rwanda about 7 or 8 years ago. Having been hugely successful in Europe and Canada Stromae seems to have been continously on tour for a few years but due to his illness he cancelled the tour and more or less disappeared in person.
Stromae is more than a musician he is a performance artist and his lyrics always have less obvioud meaning beneath the surface and there's often a twist in that many words have a double meaning. There's some surprising content out there.
If you like Dimash and Stromae maybe you need to try Loïc Nottet Belgian singer. Try million eyes.
Pleaseee watch Santé live at Jimmy Fallon
please react to Chennai rooftop jam AR Rahman
I would love a Rahman-Stromaé collaboration.
👍✅🇨🇵
He don't for 7 years muziek. He was depressed en sick and the muziek is the Same in all songs from the first one til te last one. Hé always world wide influence of difrend culture in his muziek.. listen the other song before you listen tis one.
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Urs Multitude
The translation is soooo wrong! Pay attention it reaaally misinterprets what he says
This is by far the worst react to that I have seen. I am a musician and this gave me nothing
Stromae is a weirdo with sad, dark and boring music
Formidable formidable admirable merci notre beau bébé. Merci....