Everywhere We Looked Was Burning

Description

The most natural force comes from these four elements: earth, water, air and fire. These four forces merge art and life. For her third album, *Everywhere We Looked Was Burning*, Emel Mathlouthi felt it was necessary to go back to the source, to the part of the Universe that we have too often overlooked. It is in nature that Emel found the flame of her struggle as well as the tools to carry it out. Both a victim of our debacle and a threatening power, nature and its mythical attributes inspired this new opus, which invites unity, introspection and action. Despite striking differences from her previous works, *Everywhere We Looked Was Burning* should first be understood as a continuation of *Ensen* (2017). After the revolt of *Kelmti Horra* and the identity questioning of *Ensen*, this new album tackles the outside world. The same melancholic and disillusioned gaze turns outwards and directly addresses the world through poetry written in English.