MEGAPTERA, the scientific name for the humpback whale, is also the title of the new album by French producer and composer Rone. After Room With a View — an album and soundtrack for the show created with the collective (LA)HORDE and the Ballet National de Marseille, exploring collapse and rebirth — Rone felt the need to leave the city to return to a simpler life, closer to the sea and nature. Little by little, he moved away from performance to adopt a more hands-on approach, extending his practice beyond the studio into a broader space of listening, exchange, and fieldwork. In 2020, images of sailors playing his tracks out at sea began circulating online. They show cetaceans seeming to react when his music is played. These videos caught the curiosity of director Valentin Paoli, who then imagined the film La Baleine et le Musicien. While the buzz sparked fascination at the time, it also raised questions for the artist: could these music broadcasts at sea have harmful consequences for the marine environment? This question led him to surround himself with specialists — ethologists, bioacousticians, environmental engineers, associations — and to follow a strict protocol in order to attempt the experience while respecting the marine ecosystem. Born from this ambitious film project, the album MEGAPTERA was partly composed at sea, aboard a catamaran off the coast of Réunion Island, as well as on the Breton coast. It takes shape around a singular proposition: trying to resonate with whales through music. The resulting 15-track album extends this open-ended reflection: not only on the ability of human-made sounds to reach whales, but also on the way this process can shape a new form of musical writing, influenced by the depths of the sea.