Christine and the Queens has released her stunning new single ‘People, I’ve been sad.’ Chris premiered the song via the ColorsxStudios YouTube channel.
‘People, I’ve been sad’ is a passionate and personal synth ballad that entwines English and French lyrics. Chris’ Colors sessions finds her alone in a purple room. She looks amazing, channelling Bowie in mega heeled boots and a shiny blue blazer.
Watch: Christine and the Queens – People, I’ve been sad
Chris – aka Héloïse Letissier – is still riding on the success of 2018’s Chris LP. Her second album under the Christine and the Queens moniker, Chris capitalised on the crossover success of 2014’s Chaleur humaine.
That album, Letissier’s debut, picked up renewed international interest courtesy of the single ‘Titled’ – an English language rework of Chaleur humaine‘s ‘Christine’.
As a result, two versions of Chris came out simultaneously – one featuring the original French lyrics, another with English translations/interpretations. It was a successful ploy as the record took Chris to the main stage of Coachella and Primavera, and caught the attention of UK pop star Charli XCX.
The pair ended up working together on ‘Gone’ from Charli’s breakout LP, Charli. Charli described ‘Gone’ as being about “learning how to be comfortable with who you truly are,” and the single was met with unanimously positive reactions.
Theneedledrop’s Anthony Fantano praised its “incredible production, singing, chemistry and writing,” calling it “easily one of, if not the best collaboration of the year.”
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Watch: Charlie XCX & Christine and the Queens – Gone
Chris appeared in a Pitchfork feature last October to speak about her favourite album of the 2010s. She selected Kanye West’s Yeezus and exercised no moderation in summing up what the album means to her.
“It’s not an album; it’s a mountain,” she said. “It’s an immense, granite form aggressively rising from volcanic soil. It questions everything: sound, elegance, bluntness, how far one can go. It’s pure hubris, mixing politics with extreme intimacy, braggadocio with immense vulnerability. I always come back to it whenever I want to know what courage is.”
