Carla Bruni unveils this autumn her brand new album. The singer had not released an album of original songs for seven years. A self-titled album, like an absolute signature. Always sensitive, sometimes raw, the little music of the 13 tracks that make it up - 14 on vinyl and 17 on its collector's edition - asserts a temperament, avoiding ostentation. It often attests to a desire for serene simplicity, without showiness or arrogance. Probably because the framework of the songs was very constructed in advance, even before entering the studio. Guitar, piano, a few foot taps, and melodic fragments as the foundation of most of the tracks, in close quarters with Albin de la Simone who produced the entire album. For his very first collaboration with Carla Bruni, the multi-instrumentalist musician - one of the finest on the French scene for twenty years - was keen to dress and stage her new songs that come like so many little miracles. Mainly written in French, the album includes one song in English and another in Italian, a duet performed with actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, the singer's sister. The compositions are by Carla Bruni, Michel Amsellem, Jeremy Reynolds, and Calogero. Listening to this new manifesto "Carpe Diem," one can only grasp a little more of the present. And that is ultimately what disarms in Carla Bruni's songs: the simplicity of the confession. Free, friendly, and loving, therefore essential.
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