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Angèle - Je veux tes yeux

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium

La chanteuse belge Angèle nous accueille dans le théâtre de sa tête avec son nouveau clip hypnotisant "Je veux tes yeux," "où même les yeux battent le rythme de sa musique. Ici, l’accent est donné sur les sensations que provoquent l’enchaînement ou l’association de certains visuels amenant à une sensualité improbable, décalée, presque dérangeante, qui casse le côté romantique de la chanson d’amour", explique la réalisatrice du clip Charlotte Abramow.

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Mika - Elle me dit

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Fanny Ardant rejoint le chanteur britannico-libanais Mika ou Michael Holbrook Penniman Junior pour chanter Elle me dit. Elle n'hésite pas à jouer la maman impossible qui critique toute la famille!

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Mélanie Laurent - "Circus" & "Tango"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Mélanie Laurent is a French actress and singer, among other things. In this live set, she sings two powerful songs, "Circus" and "Tango."

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Caption 3 [fr]: Passer le jour à ne rien faire, s'offrir le droit de respirer
Caption 3 [en]: Spending the day not doing anything, offering yourself the right to breathe

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Stromae - Papaoutai

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium

In his brilliant song "Papaoutai" (Dad, Where Are You?), Stromae depicts the endless game of hide and seek that some children play with their fathers. Stromae (né Paul Van Haver), who was raised by his mother, lost his own father in 1994 to the Rwandan Genocide.

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Caption 28 [fr]: Un jour ou l'autre on sera tous papa
Caption 28 [en]: One day or another we'll all be a dad

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Oldelaf - Le monde est beau

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In his song "Le monde est beau" (The World Is Beautiful), Oldelaf's ironic take on social networking is bittersweet and not without humor.

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Caption 28 [fr]: Il est prêt à tout, mais au fond
Caption 28 [en]: He is ready for anything, but deep down

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Alsace 20 - Rammstein à Strasbourg

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

German metal band Rammstein has no shortage of fans. Listen to devotees describe just what it is that makes the band compelling enough to sell out ten thousand tickets in just two days.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Si j'avais un jour à les rencontrer, c'est vrai que ça me f'rait vraiment bizarre, donc, euh...
Caption 8 [en]: If I met them one day, it's true that'd be really bizarre, so, uh...

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Keen'V - Tahiti

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this song, Keen'V dreams of fleeing to Tahiti, where he'll "live his best life." If only he weren't in COVID lockdown!

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Caption 7 [fr]: Un jour j'irai à Tahiti
Caption 7 [en]: One day I'll go to Tahiti

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Oldelaf - Le Crépi

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Oldelaf turned his abhorrence for rough stucco walls that scrape your skin into a funky song, "Le crépi" (Stucco).

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Caption 14 [fr]: Quand viendra enfin le jour
Caption 14 [en]: When the day comes at last

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Grand Corps Malade - Roméo kiffe Juliette

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this powerful music video, Grand Corps Malade puts a modern twist on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and even gives it a happy ending. You'll find a good amount of argot (slang) in the song lyrics, including some verlan, a form of slang that's very popular among French youth.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Ils ont seize ans tous les deux et chaque jour quand ils se voient
Caption 3 [en]: They are both sixteen, and every day when they see each other

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Grand Corps Malade - Les Voyages en train

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In "Les Voyages en train" (Train Rides), the French slam poet Grand Corps Malade creates an extended metaphor comparing love stories to train rides. Just as a successful train ride involves arriving at the station on time and catching the right train, a good love story involves finding the right person at the right moment in one's life. See if you can find some other similarities between the two in this gorgeous video.

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Caption 41 [fr]: Et je ne crois pas tout le temps qu'avec la SNCF c'est possible
Caption 41 [en]: And I don't always believe with the SNCF [French National Railway] it's possible

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Kids United - Les lacs du Connemara

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A group of talented French children decide to pay tribute to the famous singer Michel Sardou by singing one of his hits, "Les lacs du Connemara" (The Lakes of Connemara). This iconic song, a tribute to Ireland, still captures the imagination of many French people.

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Caption 36 [fr]: L'on y croit encore que le jour viendra, il est tout près
Caption 36 [en]: There they still believe that the day will come, it is so close

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Stromae - Te Quiero

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium

Stromae sings "Te Quiero" ("I love you" in Spanish). He describes a frustrating relationship that he knows he won't be able to quit.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Donc comme tout le monde je vais en souffrir jusqu'à la mort
Caption 15 [en]: So like everyone else I'll suffer because of it until death

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