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Stromae is belgian Orelsan is a french rapper The original song is HABANERA (famous classical song) from CARMEN (opera)

Stromae is BELGIAN, not French. Stromae means "maestro" in verlan. "Verlan" is a street slang and consists of saying the words backwards. Stromae's father, his name is Paul Van Haver, was a military man and he was shot in the Rwandan genocide.

Stromae is a genius. Madonna wanted to work with him. He was going to become an international star but he made a very severe burn-out and stopped everything to live a normal family life. He is tremendously intelligent.

The melody is inspired by an opera song “carmen” i think that’s the name of the opera🤔

Unfortunately, as often with translations, we lose subtleties and richness with the text. For example when he says '' coup d'hashtag "translate by cut like #. In fact in french" hache "(that we meet in the word hashtag) means an axe. So there are puns that you can't hear beacuse of the translation.

It's really difficult to translate this song because there are a lots of puns. For example : "garde à vous" means "take care of you" and a military posture (when they are all together and say hello with their hand on the head). "c'est comme ça qu'on s'aime (it's how we love) c'est comme ça qu'on somme / consomme (to but, capitalisme, and so on)

So I see many comments about Bizet, Stromae or Orelsan, let me tell you that Sylvain Chomet, the one who did the animation, is also quite famous. He was nominated for the Oscars for three of his animated movies (La vieille dame aux pigeons, Les triplettes de Belleville and L'illusionniste) and also won a bafta for the best short animated movies (La vieille dame aux pigeons). So yeah, another pretty talented guy!

Stromae is so talented and his songs are deep I really wish he would come out with a new album!

He is a Belgian singer!!!!🇧🇪🇧🇪

Stromae is Belgian and I’m so proud of him! The sample is from Bizet’s Carmen

The beat is from a great opera named ................. Oh surprise " CARMEN" made by Bizet ................... 😎😎

Carmen is an opera by Georges Bizet from a novel by the author Prosper Merimée. It ended in 1875. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen

People on birds are Barack Obama, Justin bieber, the queen elizabeth 2, Kim kardashian and lady gaga

Stromae is a the inversion of syllables of the word Maestro

Stromae has a degree in sound engineering

I love when stranger ( for me cause I am Belgian) are interested about our artist. Stromae is the biggest one in Belgium but in France too. He was the king in the music industry. All the other singer were agree to let him being "special". They know his talent and were probably agree to collaborate with him. Thank you for you video. Hope you will listen to "Papaoutai" and "quand c'est" there is a true big story in both. Thank you again for the interest.

Omg omg omg thank you thank you so much to do this reaction i haven't watched it yet but im sure ill love it thank you so much 💙

I LOVE STROMAE. His clip for Formidable is absolutely brilliant. I don't know if a not french speaker would catch it like we do though, I'd love a react for that one!

thxxx for this super reaction and Stromae is indeed a super artist. Very proud to be belgian just like him. Thxxx once again

Yep! Taking over the world. It makes you think. Stromae is a poet. Love him. A true artist. Thanks for spreading his talent. 🤗

Hello again Andrew, After a long time, YT proposed me again this reaction video, I don't know why (?), but I rewatched so, lol. You raise a very interesting question about the French expression: "crever comme des rats" (die like rats) which seems to be used in English as well. Yes, it's the same expression. But be careful, however, in the particular context of this song and the clip which illustrates the text of it very well, *"we're all going to die like rats"* in the song refers to the origin of this popular expression which takes up the idea of the very famous German tale *"The Pied Piper of Hamelin,"* in which a flute player is recruited by the mayor of a village to hunt the rats which have invaded the city for payment. The flutist hypnotizes the rats to the sound of his instrument, and they follow him to the river, where they drown. The mayor and the inhabitants of the village nevertheless decide not to pay and drive the flutist out of the village. This one comes back at night and plays his flute. He thus hypnotizes all the children of the village, who quietly leave their homes and blindly follow the sound of the flute to the river to suffer the same sad fate as the rats. It's therefore regarding this tale that this expression is used here, which corresponds perfectly to the idea of the text of this song by Stromaë, who, here, draws a parallel between the bird on Twitter and this flute player. Peace, folks. ☮🤗

He is not french he is a belgian and he makes every beat by hemselve

You are totally right

The whole song is on how addiction nibbles slowly your life away

opera song called l'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Hey if you like Stromae i recommend you OrelSan, he's a pretty famous french rapper. I recommend you the song "Tout va bien" there's subtitles on it !

The music is from the french Opera named Carmen, that's why he called the song Carmen.

He based the riff on the " L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" ARIA from the CARMEN opera (Bizet)... Thus the name of his song. Its also been redone and called "Habanera" in English. You'd be AMAZED at how much new music is made with whole sheets of classical music. Serving as the base.

As a Belgian I kinda get annoyed at you for calling him French as he is a Belgian singer

i love this commentary video! it's so cool to hear someone else's perspective even though i'm also american. i'm a huge language nerd and learning french, and i memorized this song to help with learning. your spirit is really cool too, how you are open to learning more about stromae. the comments have told you all the info i know too lol. i'm glad you checked out more of stromae's stuff :D

Carmen is the most played opera in the World. It's a french opera.

The bird is also a metaphor for ego

I love the phrase "I cant think of what it is" talking about the melody yeah that is Carmen

He is world famous and started with electronic music and use social media to give people a lesson see his video in Belgium square or canada underground where he pretend to be drunk so that people film him and put on the net but it was a hidden camera video clip for his song "formidable"

Congratulations on reaching 2k subscribers :-) It was only recently when you hit the 100, then 1000, ... so pointing it out on a song about social media followers seems quite appropriate lol. They speak a bunch of different languages in Belgium, French is just one of them (the official / main language depends on what part of the country you are in, usually French in the south, German in the east, and Dutch in the north, if I remember correctly). If you ever go over there, try spending a few days in Brugge, it's great in the off-season (too many tourists in the summer). The beer is amazing.

French dude bit late to the party here, you got all the metaphors right and the intention of the artist explained. I don't understand the dislikes, might be from belgium tho.

7:30 its even worse, the lyrics translation in the captions are...Meh at best honestly When he says " c'est comme ça qu'on s'aiment et c'est comme ça que nous somme/consomment", it means thats how we love ourselfs, and thats how we are/consumate", since the Social Media "culture" is also a results of our Consumerist society Consomme=Consumate, but Consomme, also sounds like Que nous somme=How we are. So the whole thing about the Twitter bird eating and getting bigger and bigger, is also a reference to the saying "You are what you eat" On EST ce que l'on mange, wich is written in this song as "C'est comme ça que nous somme/c'est comme ça consomment" 9:12 Yes, its From the Opera Carmen, the song is "L'amour est un Oiseau rebelle" (Love is a Rebelious Bird). 13:13 in french we use "crêver comme des rats", but a good translation would be to Die a dogs death, but yeah its the same idea.

he choreographed the video for hostage from billie eilish

Love Stromae! He writes very deep lyrics but usually the accompanying melodies are upbeat and very catchy. This one has incorporated elements of the Carmen opera. You might recognise his “alors en dance”.

The translation definetely does not do justice to the amazing lyrics he does with all the play words and the word rythmic although you cannot do much better without a lot of effort. Anyway, glad you appreciate this amazing composer/singer/musician, he is one of my favorite artist 😀 keep up the great work mate !

just saying this...a french speaking performer...who made it to the madison square garden...doing a FRENCH SHOW...and now you may got the picture how big this guy is in europe

The bird gets bigger throughout the video to represent the importance it gains on stromae’s life

En direct ici nous pouvons observer l'effet STROMAE . Juste 10S de musique te transforme en Philosophe confirmé 😂

Merci.

orelsan's name appears in a song that stromae and orelsan cowrote (along with maitre gims) called "avf" which is the french acronym for "f you" essentially haha the line it appears in is "demande a raelsan (orelsan's name but slightly phonetically written) on va tous finir en cage" "ask orelsan- we'll all end up in cages" that song is about politics haha

Hello Andrew. Thank you for the upload on KZfaq. This is what I call a reaction video.

Orelsan, great French rapper. Worth listening !

He's a DJ. He makes his own beats.

Yes his name is Paul, the bird is Twitter of course, and he plays a lot of words and produce his music mixing styles, rap, carmen is a classical song about love but love that explore passion and hate...

Stromae is from Belgium

HE'S BELGIAN !!!!!! (like me)

yessss twitter and the music is from : Carmen: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Dear Natural Reactions, I love the fact you regonized quality. Stromae isn't a singer songwriter, he is an artist. He delivers each song, you should watch a video of some of his life performances, the one in Madison Square Garden for example. Or watch any other video of him. Personally I find "Sommeil", "Quand c'est?" and "Dodo" his strongest songs.

Translation "love love love" isn't accurate: in french "j'aime" means "I like" AND "I love"...

Stromae (Paul Van Haver, Belgian BTW) makes his studio versions mostly by himself, as he also directs the visuals, but uses great musicians in concert, and great graphic artists in his clips. Envie de Bizet ? Try Gotainer - Poil au tableau (music inspired by La garde montante, from the same opera "Carmen") : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ic2YlKlky8nKnHk.html Sorry for the bad French pun. Oh, and the word"consumer" also exists in French and means burn to ashes.

Loved it 😍 Can you do a video on NOLA - fatigué please ? I love him he’s so good ! Love from France 🇫🇷

more from him :ta fête, papaoutai, quand c'est, formidable, and with Orel san : la plui

Stomae is a such a Maestro of the French language, words games/twist and irony, he is compared by some to Jacques Brel.

yeeeeeees stromae

he makes all his beats himself

He's not French guys, he's from Belgium! Just to let u know. Best wishes! =).

Hey, I love your videos ! Actually, I’m French, and love Billie Eilish, that’s why I first went to your channel. Well I’m sorry to say that but, Stromae is not French 😅, he’s from Belgium. But he’s speaking French, because in belgium you’re speaking English and French 😂. Well, from Belgium there is also Angèle, a great singer, I recommend you “Balance ton quoi”, and lot of her music ! Now if you want to react to French singers, you can react to “Bigflo et Oli” there are brothers, and rappers. There’re awesome ! There is also lot of others French great singers, that others subscribers recommended you ! Thank you so much, continue Billie Eilish videos, there is lots of others amazing songs ! (I know you love the Beatles, so there is a video from the oscars, where she sings yesterday from the Beatles, this makes me cry ! There is also her dance video from Ocean eyes !) I love your videos, and it’s super cool because you’re not speaking to fast and I can actually understand what you say !

stromae does a mix of rap/electro/pop/synth/hip hop, and i wouldn't classify him as either a rapper or a singer really a song of his that sounds more "singy": dodo a song of his that sounds more "rappy": batard but most of his songs are a mix :)

Isn't it making reference to the pied piper, that lead the people off a cliff

He is Belgian

Stromae!! Yes! Please check out Tous les Même by Stromae, very catchy!

i really like your YUNGBLUD videos could you react more to him? Anyways love all your videos!

You should really litsen some Orelsan's song , he is very good

Wesh les belges on a compris

C est Carmen le son de l'opéra 'abanera '

Stromae is from Belgium, not France.

Orelsan is a french rapper

You need to react Soda Stereo Música Ligera

He is from BELGIUM not france

React to indila with Parle a tá tete please

React to : Bosh - buisness Key largo - comme un ouf Jok'air - sa maire aux mères Captaine roshi - Le crime chante PNL - Naha

well he's not french. he's from belgium he writes, does his music ... and everything basically and btw you should really react to Orelsan !

Love this vid but I really like when you react to melanie martinez so if you could Sippy cup is next thanks 😊

Les critiques américains coupent trop souvent les chansons. C'est dommage

Not French, Stomae is from Belgium. It is pronounced Stoma"é"; it is slang for maestro, inverted syllabus!

Stromae is Belgian

Another real artist! (It's pronounced stro-my, not stro-may.) Fun fact: Stromae has collaborated with Billie Eilish on the MV for 'Hostage'.

he is from belgium

Was Papaoutai kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pc97nZOLxL7Smpc.html on the Stromae list? If not, it's a good one. And if you do it, follow up request for the acapella cover by Pentatonix kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icl0fM5_yNe-mnk.html

Can you react alip ba ta

Do your research!!! He may be speaking French but he's not French, he's Belgian! I get wanting to be surprised (so don't look at any of their videos etc.) but at least do some basic research on who they are.

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