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RENTRER CHEZ MOI- CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS.

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  Chrisitine and The Queens regresa con una nueva canción tras su álbum Paranoia, Angels & True Love y después de publicar en fin de año su excelente versión de Staying Alive de los Bee Gees -con algún verso de Night Fever - que ya interpretó en el Festival de Cannes de 2023.  El nuevo tema viene  por sorpresa y es cantado completamente en francés. Rentrer chez moi parece regresar al pop minimalista y envuelve en su atmósfera reflexiva . Como ya dije en mi reseña de To Be Honest , Christine brilla en sus letras poéticas y existenciales y lo vuelve a hacer aquí, con la sencillez y autenticidad en la expresión del sentimiento por encontrar el amor y el refugio.   Siempre que Christine canta enteramente en francés, suele acompañar un sentimiento -con la excepción de su último disco, donde predomina el inglés- de intimidad, vulnerabilidad y delicadeza , como hizo en Chaleur Humaine , en las baladas de Chris y en   la mágica  Rien Dire .  El existencialismo se enfatiza en el puente

TO BE HONEST- CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS .

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  No quería acabar el año sin escribir sobre una de las mejores canciones del 2023.   Christine and the Queens ha regresado este año , después de lanzar Redcar et les Adorables Étoiles , con Paranoia, Angels, True Love . Como primer single, se lanzaba en marzo  To be Honest , la estrella del disco. To be Honest  es una carta donde Christine    nos cuenta sus inseguridades    y sus miedos, llena de paradojas. Pese al tono de confidencia y reflexivo de la canción, como de pensar en voz alta ,  To be Honest sirve  también a Red para abrirse y explicarse públicamente.   To Be Honest emociona y, aun siguiendo la estela más fría de la producción de esta era, la desnudez y vulnerabilidad casi se tocan al escucharla. La poesía es el límite para Christine and The Queens, como publicaba en su perfil de Twitter hace unas semanas, y en esta pieza nos deja frases para recordar, que resuenan y se quedan con el oyente por mucho tiempo ( I’m trying to love but I’m afraid to kill’    o ‘And I've

REDCAR ET LES ADORABLES ÉTOILES (prologue)- REVIEW

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  Christine and the Queens vuelve con Redcar, un trabajo abrupto, casi enteramente en francés y con su característico toque teatral.   Christine and the Queens (ahora Redcar ) ha vuelto este 2022 después de algún retraso en la fecha de lanzamiento de su nuevo proyecto y de los shows de presentación.  Si su segundo capítulo, Chris , era un disco liberador y de fresco pop , Redcar es mucho más íntimo y abrupto. Redcar está marcado por la situación personal del artista , que perdió a su madre en 2019 y que ha expresado su deseo de utilizar los pronombres masculinos. Hace unos meses concedió una entrevista a The Guardian , con la que se puede entender ,en su amplitud, la situación del artista y el porqué de este disco. Ante la incomprensión social , quizá se muestre el mensaje de aceptación que siempre ha perseguido (‘We accept you’ de la película  Freaks (1932)). El artista cambia por segunda vez de nombre enfrentándose de nuevo a las convenciones sociales y se presenta con una nueva

CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS IS BACK WITH 'JE TE VOIS ENFIN'.

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 Christine and the Queens has unveiled her new single ' Je te vois enfin' two years after releasing the EP 'La vita nuova' and months after releasing the two-track-EP 'Joseph' with two covers ( Freedom by George Michael and Michael Fugain's Comme L'oiseau ) that she performed in the Global Citizen festival. The single is written and produced by herself and mixed by Mike Dean (known for working with The Weeknd or Travis Scott) and hints a new era. Christine is no longer Chris, but just ' Redcar' , as she's been using as username in her socials. The song talks about forgiveness, which could be connected with the archangel Saint Michael references she's been posting.  With the start of a new era, a new and completely different character or persona appears. This time Christine hasn't got her hair cut, but she is always in a classic striped suit with her red, fingerless glove that she started using in the Global Citizen performance and

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2020 (TOP FIVE)

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  1. Imploding The Mirage - The  Killers.  This album has an incredible way to capture immensity and euphoria (of finding trust,love and unavoidable faith), as it is shown in  the wild synths on My Own Soul's Warning (with Bruce Springsteen's influenced vocals) and Dying Breed . However, it is also able to draw peaceful joy , like in the serene 'Blowback'. The record is an enchantment and delight of finding a new way full of authentic feelings, excellently brought to music. Maybe that belief in authenticity and powerful love is what we needed this year.  2. Foolish Loving Spaces- Blossoms.  The Stockport band succeeds in their complete and finest analysis of love, which makes you swim through alt -rock ('Your Girlfriend' and 'Like Gravity') and pop perfection ('Oh No (I think I'm in Love)' and 'Swimming Brain') .  3 . After Hou rs-The Weeknd. An unexpected bet for pop without leaving R&B . His admiration for 80s pop came just in t

SONGS THAT WILL MAKE YOU CRY (TOP TEN)

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  1.'She has no time'-KEANE:  Tim Rice-Oxley wrote this song to Keane's vocalist, Tom Chaplin, when he was fighting against unrequited love. Tom's vocals give you goosebumps as usual , but there is some disenchantment in his voice that will surely make you cry. 2. 'The River'-Bruce Springsteen: The song exudes sadness from the harmonica intro. The instrumental feels simple compared to his other songs. The storytelling lyrics are full of frankness and sincerity. The story of  the young couple having their dreams destroyed suffocated by life in a small town will definitely move you (' No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle' //' No flowers no wedding dress').  3.'Ocean Eyes'-Billie Eilish:  A great way to show the fear of falling for someone through Billie's voice , full of vulnerability.   4,'Run'-JOJI:  Dive into  melancholy caused by an untrue relationship. Joji's vocals are sad and feel like he is crying out hopeles

BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES OF CHRIS CHAPTER- TWO YEARS SINCE CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS RELEASED 'CHRIS'

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 Two years ago , Christine and the Queens dropped her second studio album, which we have already reviewed back in July. With a new image, Christine tried to show something has changed from her vulnerable, but also determined debut album, Chaleur Humaine.  The first single, Girlfriend, had Christine not picking up between a genre, neither musically (she oscillated between funk and synth pop). Dancing got also more theatrical, with a brilliant set design, which developed in a 'must' to understand the album, to complete CHRIS experience. That is why we are going to go over the best performances of Christine while she was touring this second chapter. 1 . GLASTONBURY 2019 :With this album, she could return to Glastonbury after her 2016 set. This crowd was special to the singer, who had demonstrated its affection during her festival debut . 'Glastonfreaky' she claimed during Girlfriend performance. 2. COACHELLA 2019 : Apart from Glastonbury, she toured around the world '