Bomboloni. It’s an Italian word for doughnuts. For Tunisians, these round, golden delights (pronounced with an accent: bambalouni) have become a symbol, a cultural emblem. No celebration is complete without them. They represent family, tradition, sunshine, refuge, joy… And the scent of that Tunisia that flows in Aurélie Saada’s veins, a land she knows only through the memories of her parents, grandparents, and all her ancestors.To write and compose this album, Aurélie delved into her memories, always with the desire to create music that evoked sweetness, languor, and indulgence. An intimate journey to reconnect with her history and her family. With her friend Marlon B as producer, and finding refuge in a small studio perched on the second floor of a Ménilmontant building, Aurélie concocted this album entirely live. Each track was recorded simultaneously and in the same space with all her musicians. An approach driven by the desire to seek depth and shared experience, and to convey that in the fragile, the true, and the organic, there is something precious.Bomboloni contains 11 sun-drenched tracks full of character, where harsh truths and open-hearted shared wounds sometimes slip in. It is an orchestral album, enhanced by strings, timpani, and brass. But it is also, and above all, an album of generous and sensitive songs, of the kind that already made the Brigitte band famous, created in 2007 with Sylvie Hoarau. Together, the two artists released six albums, achieved two double platinum records (‘'Et vous, tu m’aimes ?, 2011'', ‘'A bouche que veux-tu ?'', 2014) and one platinum record (Nues, 2017), before their paths diverged in 2021. The same year, Aurélie directed her first film, Rose, a drama about self-reclaiming for which she wrote and composed the soundtrack. Now, she continues her journey under her own name. And she shares what matters so much: life and truth.
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