In a music studio, inspiration can strike at any moment. That night, in the Seine studios, Benjamin Biolay has a tune in his head. And a few words, scribbled on a piece of paper.
“One afternoon, I started to write the music, as always, the melody, says Benjamin Biolay. And in general, it takes a long time to write the text. And there, the key phrase and some phrases of the chorus, they fall off pretty quickly. It’s a the next morning, when we listen again, we say to ourselves ‘that’s very good!'”.
It’s good, but is it a potential single? Doubts are quickly dispelled during a session with the big names of his label. The title has an addictive side.
“When the others listened to it, the people from the record company, I had put it at number 1 on the playlist, I saw that very quickly they wanted to listen to it again. I told myself that in this song I managed to convey what I wanted to convey.”
song of containment
Beyond expectations. How is your sentence becomes Benjamin Biolay’s most popular title on the radio. And on stage, the singer immediately feels the impact of the song on the audience.
“It may seem silly, but when you go to festivals, it’s multi-artist sets, when you have a song that sounds good on the radio, even someone who doesn’t know you listens to it with different attention than if it was just an artist they don’t know. “.
The song will carry the Grand Prix album, which will receive two Victoires de la Musique. For its author, it is a separate title. Represents…
“The confinement, I will tell you the truth, for me. This song, which for me was addressed to a person before, suddenly spoke of what people saw through the window, the deserted life. There are people who have lived a happy life. confinement, and others less”.
At the end of the pandemic, Benjamin Biolay was also pleased. When the concerts resumed, the song lasted more than nine minutes on stage.
Source: BFM TV
