Name: Christophe Willem
Date of Birth: 1983, 3 august
Place of Birth: Enghien les Bains (French city in the north of Paris)
Nickname: La tortue (The turtle cuz when he doesn't sing, he's really shy, he looks like a fearing turtle in his shell)
History: This guy has won the last French Pop Idol with a lot of succes. He creates an gigantic buzz in France around him, as his voice is really peculiar. He's a UFO in France, some people he sings like a girl, it's partly true, he has a really soul dive flow but he also can sing really down. This buzz was also created cuz during the show he resung, recreated, remade, redesigned every songs he made. Morever the songs were really sucking, really old fashionned but he made something awesome with those songs. Especially a remake of Staying alive of the Bee Gee's in which he was making the three voices of the singers in three differents ways, going high voice going down voice in a moment. He's the latest trend in France and his album is already a big commercial success. It's the most download album on I-Tunes France.
Discography:
Singles:
-Sunny (remake of Boney M) (2006)
-Elu produit de l'année (Chosen as the best products of the year) (2007)
Album:
-Inventaire (Inventory) (2007, 17th april)
highly recommanded: Jacques a dit (Jacques said... It's a popular child game in France where u must do everything Jacques is saying. Jacques is one the child who's playing. But this song is kinda sad), Double Je (Double myself, double game. In french, game and myself is pronouncing the same way), Intemporel (Timeless) and Chambre avec Vue (Room with the panorama, composed by Christophe Willems himself)
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_ajjKrJmgc the single MV: Elu produit de l'année (Chosen as the best product of the year)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2teQHw5_s Sunny (remake of Bonny M)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8M4IWgW8mg The famous Staying Alive i was talking about.
Here is the lyrics of the single with translation of course
: De tous les salons
In every conventions
Les foires et les
The exhbitions and
Grandes expositions
Big expositions
Souvent imité
I'm usually imitated
Souvent copié
Usually copied
Jamais égalé
But never reached
Harrod’s et Wal-Mart
(no need to translate ^^)
Ont fait de moi
Have turned me into
Un produit vraiment très smart
A really smart product
Vraiment très smart
A truly really smart product.
Chorus:
Je suis le locataire
I'm the renter
D’une gloire éphémère
of my faddish glory
Elu produit de l’année
Chosen as the best product of the year
Grace a mon inventivité
Thanks to my creativity.
"Radio Monoprix"
(no need to translate, just for information Monoprix is a chain of Grocery sotres in France, especially based in Paris)
Susurre mon prénom
Whispers my name
Les samedi midi
Every saturday afternoon
(It means the radio of the grocery is broadcasting his songs in background sound while people are making shopping)
Mes sourires offset
My offset smiles
Font déborder
Votre boîte aux lettres
Make your mailbox full of ads
Cora et Shopi
(No need to translate, Cora and Shopi are another chains of grocery stores in France)
Feront de ma vie
Will make my life
Un produit fini
A ended product
Fini, tout est fini
Ended, everything is done
CHORUS
Et quand viendra l’inventaire
When the inventory will come
Je serai le produit
I'll be chosen as the product
De l’année dernière
Of the last year
Elu produit de l'année...
Chosen as the best product of the year
If u wanna more lyrics of the album, PM me or ask here, i'll make another translations