Stromae battled burn out and depression for many years. This song is kind of a self-exorcism.

As an Dutch person I grow up with Stromae, he is one of the most inspired artist I ever seen and heard🙃

This is such a great comeback of Stromae.. you should check out his other songs, the message is always strong and deep, whereas the music is overall more positive. Check out things like Papaoutai, Santé, quand c'est, Tous les mêmes, Formidable and more! (Carmen, for instance ;))

oh cadz! I'm so glad you reacted to stromae! and it's curious that you don't know him. He is Belgian and had worldwide success with "alors on danse", after his album "racine carrée" was a huge success he was everywhere and had a concert about every two or three days for a few years. (his videos are works of art, formidable, papaoutai, tous les mêmes, carmen (a satire on social networks), cancer, ..) at the time of starting his tour in Africa, he did the anti malaria and .. that was the beginning of the end.Since then he has been living with the side effects of this treatment. Hallucinations, psychic decompensation, he felt like he was losing his mind and still lives with it today. Hence the suicidal thoughts.. i'm more than happy to hear stromae again i missed hum so much!!

Stromae is really a genius artist. I can’t believe that this the first time you hear him!!! We really want to see more reaction with him. Any song!

Thank you for the reaction to STROMAE. He is from Belgium. His father is from Rwanda, his mother is from Belgium. He sings with full emotion and passion. His songs are meaningful. Great reaction. 100 likes. Hello from Vietnam 🇻🇳.

He's from belgium but talk french , he made so many deep song like "Quand C'est" (about Cancer), "Santé" (About talking and 'salute' invisible people in society) etc...By the way, his nickname prononce like the reverse of Maestro (Stro Ma Hey) ;) Thanks for your reaction ! Take Care !

Always great to see someone discovering Stromae for the first time. He has plenty of other gems and everything he does, every move he makes, every shot you see is planned to perfection by him and his team. For example this was first performed live during the 20'o clock news in France. Mind you, he is BELGIAN. :)

Yes, he is a genius - the person personally I have been waiting for over the years (old lady of 74) - his voice, his composition, his interpretation ! Racine carrée was the first album of his I bought - I'll be there to buy his latest (apparently 4th March, in France as far as I know). Streaming and all the rest, I don't understand. I subscribe to Spotify, but want to have the album in my hands, like a book !!!

he's truly an artist, his music sounds great and there's always depth to it ,from the music to the lyrics and the visuals, the interpretation

when I first saw the video, I actually didn’t understand what all those particular movements meant, now I really felt how he was feeling, like screaming and fighting against those thoughts. stromae is pure art.

Stromae is too good and too talented for this world , He is like a real diamond in middleof all gem stones , i always said if everyone else are singers stromae is an artist , everything from his voice , Music and the meaning behind his songs is spot on and yes is in french and he said he will not sing in english becuase he cant express himself and im so happy that he sing in french let the world catch up

If this is really your first Stromae video, you're inn for a journey my friend!

I suffer from depression among other things and the movements he makes are very much representative of feelings I have. I describe it as "feeling impossible". This song really means a lot to me.

a little thing that can't be traduced and is a very great pun : "réfléchir" in french both means "to think" and "to reflect", so when he says "i've been thinking a lot, and that's precisely the problem about you", he talks about the reflection of himself. his image in a mirror is the problem that makes him have suicidal thoughts.

Please checkout all his other songs, especially from his former album. All of them were great in my opinion, and most of the videos (if not all) are cinematic masterpieces. This video was about his mental breakdown in 2017 after using anti malaria medicine.

Check his songs Papaoutai, Quand C'est, Tous les mêmes, Carmen and so on. Add the subtitles. His songs are all mega powerful.

So glad you found him, Stromae is just brilliant! I really hope you continue with Stromae. He is a real qenius with such creative melodies and beats as well as deep and meaningful lyrics. Check out Papaoutai, Formidable, Tous les memes, Alors on dance, just to name few, you’ll be blown away!

Stromae is a true artist, such a gem ,we've missed him so much 💜

Stromae is so special! 😍 Great reaction

Thanks for being open minded to explore music which isn't in English! In French the lyrics have even deeper meaning. Stromae is a Belgian artist, born Paul Van Haver, he's more than just a singer but a performance artist who composes and writes his own work. He also puts himself in character role for each song. Stromae was huge in French speaking countries about 9 years ago. Energetic and seemingly permanently on tour. If I remember correctly, while on tour in Africa, (his dad was Rwandan), he suffered serious physical and mental side effects to an anti Malaria drug. He simply disappeared overnight and became a clothing designer and manufacturer instead. Suddenly, he's back with a great new album and a global tour including Wembley May 2023. Can't wait!

His physicality, the way he incorporated those movements, mind blowing, seriously.

A song about depression. At the end, you can see that all the song occurrs inside his mind, as the camera finally gets out of his head through his pupile. Excellent video for a more excellent song.

The album came out today and it's a masterpiece ! 35 minutes of pure feels...

Stromae started me on my journey of getting into many different kinds of music regardless of language. He’s a genius in my opinion

To me this guy is one of the most talented creative artists in the industry not jus in europe but worlwide react to tous le memes its my fav🔥🔥

There’s another song that you’d probably heard of stormae it’s called alors on danse. But if you haven’t you should totally check it out!

That's what we call an artist ❤

Good reaction, bro. Catching moments and you show it perfect, that u just understood what he wants to say and espacially maybe what stromae went trough... Our thoughts can be our biggest enemy. Just insane... Keep it up and greetings from Germany :)

What I like with this clip... You start in his eyes, and the camera slowly moves back, showing how alone he is... and it ends in its eyes, as if we were actually in his mind, and he's alone in there. Love it !

Stromae is... genious. He was years away from business and now he is back! I confess: I saw you reacting to him and pushed the like- button before even saw the video. Could you react to his older songs, like Formidable, Papaoutai, alors en dance, and of course his new music like Sante. Thanks for reacting !

Stromae is French Verlan, featuring inversion of syllables in a word, it means maestro.

Formidable Carmen 2 must see from Stromae Thanks

I really enjoyed to watch your reaction :) thank you for sharing it !

Yasssssssssss Stromae yessssssss he is amazing

Magistral stromae👌🏽🌟since 2010

This song is just a hit to the gut. I can't get it out of my head since I heard it. Very powerful. Stromae is a very diverse artist. He's got his own style that cannot be describe. He is the real deal. A true, complete artist. I think what sets him apart is the absolute sincerity he's putting out there. He lays down his vulnerability and what makes him question the world without affect or drama. It's just there like a bug to observe. And he does it to a fun, infectious beat. We both know him and we don't. He keeps his inner most thoughts to himself, but shares just enough to make it universal and impossible to ignore. A true joy.

Sensitivity. That's what I do appreciate in your reactions.

Can't wait to see you react to "Qu'and c'est?" if you find the movements in this music video amazing. Stromae is an anagram of the word Maestro and Stromae is definitely a Maestro. What a genius. Thanks for opening up to his music!

*Stromae is a genius, a true artist!* I'm from Morocco, it would really be nice if you react to some Moroccan songs.. I suggest a rapper called Elgrande Toto; he's the most streamed artist on Spotify in North Africa & Middle East in 2021, he also won promising African artist prize of the year.. _7elmet Ado 5_ is the last track he has dropped 🔥 so can you plz react to it 🙏

Nice rection bro .. i like the fact that you pay attention to the little details .. keep up bro

You pronounce his name as you pronounce the word 'hi' (Strom'i'). It's 'the word Maestro' chopped up in fact - for those who didn't know yet :)'

Hi, I'm only finding this now. You should look up the live version of this song. He does this thing with the screens in the background and it literally blew my mind the first time I saw it. And then I saw it live myself and just... chills...

If it’s the first time you should react some more vids from him. He’s a pure artist 🙏🏻

Yes. Just WOW !

Wonderful reaction, you should try to react to a nice one "Sante" and then he have an older one.. "Quand c'est" about cancer an amazing song but check out for the video! Bonjour from Canada 😊

Amazing video, absolutley amazing artist!

What's up bro thank you for the reaction cadz crew for life

you should check his old stuff, he is a genious, he just came back after taking a break from music for 7 years

those loud back vocals are representing the thoughts and feeling that he's experiencing. You can see it at 4:41 when he said "il faut bien se changer les idées... pas trop quand même", meaning "we should change our thoughts ... but not too much" , and then boom the loud vocals are back for a second . This man is a true gem!

Stromae ❤️❤️❤️

Only today I've learned that STRO-MAE means MAE-STRO. It just makes totally sense.

the name "Stromae" comes form "Maestro". and if you will lissten to his songs you will have to admit his is THE maestro.

I love his Formidable song❤

Maestro ❤️🇲🇷

Trop fort Stromae toujours autant de frison quand j’écoute cette musique

His always has a deeper meaning to his songs 💖 it's art and the beat and melodies are enchanting. His last single was a few months ago Sante, check it out.

Take a look, if you have not already at some of his earlier and most recent works. His style is unique in storytelling, lyrics, and choreography. This one is a bit more on the nose but as you pointed out is just as, if not more powerful than his others despite the small budget.

Genius....

That's why he is my favourite artist

liker tout les francais!

He is an artist. ARTIST. No a bad song. He stopped a few years ago because Social Media and the public made him sick. One of my fav songs is Carmen about Twitter lol

I know all Stromae songs anyway... But yeh, keep watching Stromae pleeeease, as we love watching you while you're watching Stromae. My God you are so beautiful

Гений.

In fact, Stromae worked very hard many years. He did some several musical concerts. In Africa, he caught the malaria virus which made him very sick. He was already very tired with the musical tours and at that time he started to have a severe depression. His brother thought this could be a side effect of Malaria because in severe malaria, people may be affected by a high level of consciousness disorders. So he told him to check up at the doctor office and, he saved Stromae's life because they found Malaria virus. Malaria caused him a lot of dementia. Later, he came back to sing this song in live on French television, this song is about dementia, suicide and fight against itself. You should know, after the show at french tv, the SOS suicide call number increasingly ''exploded'' and drastically. The proof that his music denounces certain things that are still taboo in our Western society when we are all affected because depression, loneliness, suicide, everyone goes through this hell (l'enfer) someday. Actually, this song expresses this part of his lifestory during which he went into exile for 7 years to fight his inner demons, before returning better, in the way to expose to the world the great problem of this century's most unknown disease. By the way, he's Belgian, not french

one of the best songs i have ever heard...

Perfect reaction

This is the reaction I‘ve been searching for. I saw some ppl just laughing and not taking it serious.

MERCI 💔❤‍🔥

Ayy nice koko

The second syllable is pronounced like the word 'fair'

You're right, it's French but he's a Belgian singer. 1st time on your channel, where are you from? You have a little accent but as a French person I can't tell where it's from! Cheers from France!

He is a legend man check out more video enjoy

Loved your reaction! Im from Belgium :) Hope you react also too Papaoutai and Tous le meme ♡ Greetings from spain!

a real slap in the face...

i think u cut it a little early and missed the epanadiplose (with the camera back in his eyes and then zoomin out), suggesting at the end of his fight with himself he is just back in his initial suggest (i.e. IMHO the fight is vain, u can't kill these ideas and the loneliness inherent to mankind) Whatev a beautiful song oh btw i'm french and yeah this song is in french, but (sadly for us french people) he ain't french but one of our belgium neighbors :)

Powerful, indeed !

Depression don't have cultures ..thank u Stromae

il a reconnu le piano, c'est déjà pas mal

Stromae i s a real genius. That's a fact.

Your eyes.. beautiful!

great reaction react to Teri Ore from Singh is King ! its a great song it is sung by shreya ghoshal you will love it !

STROMAE MASTERCLASS

You need to react to tous les memes, formidable, and papaoutai by stromae !!

Did you ever react to 2 others songs from Stromae : "Papaoutai" and "Fils de joie" ? which also are powerful

StROmae not stORmae. But great reaction, loved it.

Please, listen and react to the song Mr/Mme by Loic Nottet : 6 minutes long and very sincere song about mental health. It's in french with english subtitles (Loic is a young songwriter and dancer from Belgium, just like Stromae)

I'm so glad for your reaction, cause I'm fan of dax and stromae I need to say for all dax Dan's spam him about stromae

You have to react to Stromae- Papaoutai

You should listen to Loïc Nottet he's another belgian artist !!

Here’s a live performance video with English subtitles ☺️ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7J0qbxytrzbe2Q.html Stromae is a Genius in my opinion!!

He's from belgium*

Do a reaction to Mexican artist Xavi or Peso Pluma. Not by any means my favorites but they are very popular right now all over the Americas

"is that french?" lmaoo

Please reacting to Stromae. Looking forward for it

Something totally different. But i would love to see you react to a song called Intergalactic Emotional Breakdown by this artist called I Hate Models. Its electronic music aswell but different

he worked with billie eolith on her video to her song hostage

French singer singing in french: Him: Oh wait was that french, i think it was french lel

Bro if u like Stromae pls react to 'Carmen' and 'Formidable'... MASTERPIECES