💧 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙀𝘽𝙊 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 💧

🌸 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘦 𝘎𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮, 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯.
𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 !

Photo credit: Mads Perch, Vinyle et Audio magazine (cover + page), Edit by Laetitia

🌊 It's been a decade since 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 last released an album, but the long wait is over. The band is finally back with a magnificent record, which flirts as much with the roughness of stoner as with the benevolence of pop, even if the general theme is the end of our world.


🌊 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's new work is entitled 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐, and is addressed directly to planet Earth. Several songs deal with the end of the world. Not because of an atomic war, that would almost be topical, but because of the appalling treatment we have been giving it for years. It is the subject of the third single 𝑻𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆, a track with a deliberate tempo and an obsessive chorus, but also and above all the theme of the enigmatic cover. An image with no other life than the ebb and flow of the tides...


🥬 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 🥬

🌊 So this is what the end of the world might look like, a still life, frozen for eternity in its pictorial beauty. “𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠," 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 tells us. "𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑡 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑢𝑚𝑝. 𝐼𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑗𝑒𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑠, 𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑡ℎ, 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖-𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑏𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠. 𝐺𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ."


🌊 Many fans will no doubt have in mind the third 𝑮𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒛 album, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉, which dealt with a very close reality, that of the plastic that invades our coasts and is washed up by the ocean. Yet this is only the tip of the iceberg. Another song on this new 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 album perfectly illustrates the negative irreversibility of man's hand on his environment, 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔. "𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑦𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝑃𝐹𝐴𝑆 (𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴), 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛. 𝑀𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.”


🌊 PFAS are the result of modern industry. This has contaminated the water, the soil, but also our metabolisms and those of animals. Every day, newborns have tiny chemical residues in them from their parents, the first victims. There is a documentary called 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝑾𝒆 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒈 which tells of the dangers of Teflon, and which questions the potential responsibility of the du Pont de Nemours group. "𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑠."

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach cover

🥬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐨 🥬

🌊 If 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 hadn't recorded anything for a long time - their last album 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 dates back to September 2013 - it's also because the last tour had exhausted the troops. Many countries, many festivals, something like 150 dates spread over two years, but above all performances that were increasingly dehumanised. Chronicle of a death foretold, the band saw no point in an immediate sequel, everything came to a gradual halt in 2018. The trio became a duo.


🌊 The months passed and so did the years, the truce imposed by the pandemic and the lockdown had taken everyone by surprise. But 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 couldn't celebrate his 50th birthday alone in front of his TV screen with a lunch tray, so he started the machine again, slowly but firmly. "𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠. 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟. 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦 ! 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑔𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑠, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 !"


🌊 To bounce back, you have to hit rock bottom. 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍, his lifelong partner, were in the studio. They no longer needed a drummer, a position that was always a bit shaky for them, drum machines and occasional volunteers would do. It was like a return to the early days, when they both found themselves locked in a studio trying to combine their talents for the first time. At the American International High School in Luxembourg, they didn't hang out. However, from that day in 1994 when they met on the London underground, an instant complicity took place. They never left each other's side.


🌊 The first songs quickly appeared and also simply found a large following. But a quarter of a century later, they don't really know how to approach a follow-up. Then a simple but strange idea came up. Why not approach the new album from the end ? First think of the packaging, the cover, then improvise the content, the songs...


🌊 It's a risky business, but it works. "𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝑉 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2020 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 (𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑑𝑠), 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑜."


🌊 There is a song on this record 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔, the theme of which tells a true story about 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏. One day he found out that his neighbours were spying on him. It is true that his private life has always fascinated the media. Ever since he revealed his bisexuality, ever since he became the father of a boy turned actor, with 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒈, 𝑪𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 has appeared in the Netflix series 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒆. Since admitting to using a few recreational drugs. Since he became a star, in fact. "𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑂𝑟𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 ?"

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🥬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐚 🥬

🌊 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐's record deals with heavy themes that instinctively come up in conversation: the ecological disaster, the evils of the internet, the bottomless pits of instagram narcissism, and the deep disappointment that humanity has become. Early in their career, the songs were about the emotions of adolescence and were therefore very introspective. The band had not yet found its place in this world and was looking for ways to occupy it. Today, they have woken up and are finally willing to share their anxieties, as the closing track 𝑭𝒊𝒙 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 seems to indicate. Alas, the disillusionment is huge, and the fight to be waged is colossal.


🌊 It is a harsh and dark awakening, after years of various slumbers, and an anesthesia induced by easy fortune. 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 has sold around thirteen million albums. But 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 didn't want to repeat a recipe, they prefer to question everything. This fits in well with their original premise, acting differently has given a new relief to their music, particularly successful and lively on this record. And so much the worse if the 6 strings have become here a melodic support to the synthesizers rather than a conductor of the orchestra, because it is particularly vivifying.


🌊 "𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑎. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ, 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛, 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚." This song is about the same theme that was mentioned in 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒚, that of homosexuality. But if at the time a reproachful look was cast on this fashion which consisted in claiming to be gay, from now on, it is just the story of a romance outside the heteronormative limits. A fragile ballad because it carries a certain melancholy, it is above all timeless because 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏's voice is particularly ageless. The passage of time has no effect on his voice, which is as nasal and deep as ever, but above all melodious and caressing.

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🌊 This is not the only highlight of the album, however. 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 is a beautiful celebration of the ghosts that accompany us. "𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐼 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛. 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑𝑦, 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒. 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑦.”
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