Bénabar waited almost 4 years before releasing a new album. We're not going to feel sorry for him! We waited too. We, the public! What does he think!? That we were having a grand old time during all that? That we were twiddling our thumbs? No way! We laughed, we cried, we lived through funny things, less funny things, sad things, less sad things, things here, things there: life, you know. And among all those things we experienced or saw or felt, once we thought back on them with a bit of perspective, let's admit it, it sometimes occurred to us to say: "Hey, that would make a good subject for a Bénabar song." And look at the coincidence, look at the irony, it crossed Bénabar's mind too, and he would say: "Hey, that would make a good song subject for me. And for them." Because that's how he is! He's a selfish person for others. He gorges himself on us and he loves it. And he asks for more, and the more he asks for, well, the more we demand too. So there you have it. Since he doesn't have his hands in his pockets, nor his eyes, nor his ears, he once again observed how the world dances, how it sounds, and with this new album, he gives us back a little bit of ourselves in his own way. He bequeaths us musical sketches, through a boomerang effect, our little slices of life. We will recognize ourselves there, or we will recognize someone else: a friend, a loved one, a client, a neighbor, a colleague. We will hear ourselves think: "Hey, that happened to me or to him or to others." Because, you see, that's how Bénabar is: he speaks to everyone, and it's because he speaks to everyone that he writes like no one else.
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