LE DERNIER PRESENT (vinyl)

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LE DERNIER PRESENT "His music and unique phrasing make him one of the most singular artists in overly conformist French chanson. Don’t miss the HK case." Paris Match "Alexis HK, this rebel of chanson, a virtuoso of writing" Le Parisien "His wit proves once again that the guy is gifted, rich in original writing" Télérama The Mayans didn’t know what they were doing. Their supposed prediction that the world would end in 2012 had an unforeseen consequence: in Le Dernier Présent, Alexis HK talks about the end of time. Sad? On the contrary! He promises: “Each moment as a last gift / When I feel the fear / Of the hour to flee.” A joyful life lesson and a smiling serenity. Alexis HK’s fourth album is at once the sunniest and the most serious he has recorded. It features big questions and a gentle carpe diem, we wander through the territory of therapists and the map of tender feelings. “That famous apocalypse story was the starting point for the song Le Dernier Présent. As a result, most of the songs kept that slightly melancholic idea of an urgency to speak about happiness. In the end, it makes for something quite serene.” And most of the songs seem to answer the injunction to open one’s heart. Thus, Je reviendrai sings “Those who loved me and went elsewhere” and promises to find them again - a very simple meditation on an unfathomable existential vertigo. “I wanted something direct, moving. In the small revolution I carried out on myself, I decided to say things more simply, more openly, but without becoming emphatic.” The album of maturity, as critics say? “I wouldn’t say ‘mature.’ Let’s say I’m less into anecdotes and jokes. I don’t feel serious, but grounded. I have a very pleasant life, everything needed to be happy and, precisely because I have everything to be happy, I bring up this end-of-the-world story to say to enjoy the present - especially if one is happy.” Featuring guests: Renan Luce & Benoît Dorémus on “Ignoble, noble” production Mathieu Ballet