Will

Description

From the studio, near La Rochelle, Wilfried HILDEBRANDT took a moment to share on his social media some short videos produced with just his voice over raw instrumentals. Simplicity, clarity, generosity... Lescop, the remarkable friend, noticed them. He said: "If I ever produce one of your albums, I'd like it to be made of these things." Taking him at his word, they sat down at the piano. Quietly building a backbone. Keyboard, hummed melody, a gentle constraint calling for a poetic layer to float over it.From A to Z, Lescop was there, serving this new artistic project, comprising these twelve crisp songs, gathered under a short but full title, WILL.Will as the will to carry two origins, one German through the father, the other English through the music. Wil as Wilfried's short form, among friends. Will as in getting to the point, closest to oneself, and letting it echo in everyone. The whole thing drawn with a clear line, constantly sought after in the production, so that from the first words on the first chord, everyone knows what Will is about. About desire and lasting love ("La Soif"); about anxious but joyful procrastination ("À part ça"); about success ("Rater sa vie"); about alcohol but not too much ("Avant l'ivresse"); about light and the dark side ("Pourquoi j'attire l'orage"); about truth ("Tu ne mens jamais") sung as a duet with Buridane; about the stones of love that build the highest towers ("Au Château Musset"); about the freedom to be in the world with our origins ("On est comme on naît") and to look at it like the Little Prince ("On voit mieux la nuit").Lyrics touched by light melancholy, gentleness, ironic elegance, and the discreet sway of a pop sound padded with a British touch.