{"id":1467,"date":"2022-05-04T13:45:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T20:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T01:38:17","slug":"frances-dua-lipa-cest-vrai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/2022\/05\/04\/frances-dua-lipa-cest-vrai\/","title":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s Dua Lipa? C&#8217;est Vrai!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/484e99b7bca534e9300bac0d853b5e62e3115cfc\/0_751_3378_2563\/master\/3378.jpg?width=1020&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=bd857f8d08abaaccd94d862b28b6e605\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">French pop sensation, Ang\u00e8le, poses in a bold red top (red is her color). Photograph by Manuel Obadia-Wills.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang\u00e8le, a Belgian pop singer, and absolute sensation in France, has been releasing boppy Francophone music since 2016. After a number of hit singles, she&#8217;s become a frequent player on France&#8217;s top charts. A recent collab even featured Dua Lipa (famous worldwide). Ang\u00e8le&#8217;s music has a distinct sound and clearly enunciated songs, making them great for students learning French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Fever\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3wJVBz7gvGTwTWVAxFa6ny?si=6b525c5f9a3f4394&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A recent collab with Dua Lipa, featuring Ms. Lipa in English, and Ang\u00e8le in French.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I discovered Ang\u00e8le while taking my first French class at Reed, in search of French music to play while I did homework. I turned to a friend that was studying abroad in France and pursuing a French major. Her playlists were full of this artist&#8217;s work. After a couple of listens, I understood why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Jalousie\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3U5x1rplpJNKR3Xg88EfLi?si=ed618470058c443e&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My favorite song by Ang\u00e8le, on my favorite album of hers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her song &#8220;Balance ton quoi&#8221; in support of the French Me Too movement also received notoriety. Its title is a play on the trending hashtag #BalanceTonPorc [Denounce Your Pig] of the Me Too Movement. The song&#8217;s lyrics and music video all address France&#8217;s culture of sexism and issues of consent.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ang\u00e8le - Balance Ton Quoi [CLIP OFFICIEL]\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hi7Rx3En7-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This music video offers a cheeky reply to sexist comments received by the artist and supports France&#8217;s Me Too movement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang\u00e8le&#8217;s music is available on all streaming platforms, and her music videos are also a fun watch! Check out Lolo Zoua\u00ef for a similar sound, with a slightly more techno-electronica feel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ang\u00e8le, a Belgian pop singer, and absolute sensation in France, has been releasing boppy Francophone music since 2016. After a number of hit singles, she&#8217;s become a frequent player on France&#8217;s top charts. A recent collab even featured Dua Lipa (famous worldwide). Ang\u00e8le&#8217;s music has a distinct sound and clearly enunciated songs, making them great &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/2022\/05\/04\/frances-dua-lipa-cest-vrai\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;France&#8217;s Dua Lipa? C&#8217;est Vrai!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,69,89],"tags":[172,173,170,171,104,174],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-levels","category-french","category-music","tag-belgium","tag-france","tag-french","tag-frenchmusic","tag-recommendation","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1674,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions\/1674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}