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[man speaks French indistinctly]
[mouthing silently]
[cheering intensifies]
[mouthing]
[crowd chanting] Angèle, Angèle, Angèle…
[hosts] Angèle…
[Angèle in French] It happened so fast. And it was so intense.
-[fans cheering] -[man] Angèle, will you marry me?
[crowd continues cheering distantly]
[Angèle] It feels good to put it into words.
DIARY
I'M SUFFOCATING
FAKE
SUCCESS?
[Angèle] To be able to tell the story the way I experienced it.
Damn. I always look terrible whenever I use this camera.
[Angèle] And no one will ever be able to tell it better than I can.
[crowd cheers]
[pop instrumental plays faintly]
[thumping pop music playing]
[Angèle] No one's ever ready for this.
When I ended up being on every show overnight,
I was super happy…
but I also thought, "Why am I here? Why me?"
So I created this girl.
An improved version of myself. A combination of my fantasies.
The Little Mermaid.
A princess.
Hélène Ségara.
Priscilla. Ariana Grande.
All those I secretly wished I looked like.
Here's the thing…
I have lost the real Angèle.
LOST
[ethereal music playing]
I don't know who I am.
WHO I AM
1. WHO IS ANGÈLE?
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Citizens are to stay at home in order to avoid
any kind of physical contact…
[Angèle vocalizes]
…outside their close family circle.
All gatherings are forbidden.
[cheering]
[woman continues on TV]
[cheerful music plays]
[Angèle] Lockdown, day one.
Today is March 14, 2020.
Not sure what the weeks to come will look like.
♪ We're under lockdown ♪
[breathing rapidly]
[burps]
[giggles]
Since I have nothing to do, I'm experimenting.
[vocalizing]
[Angèle] Lockdown, day five.
I feel like it's been two years since I last wrote something.
Today is March 19. This will take for-fucking-ever.
I'm sick of being
under… lock… down.
[Angèle] At first, I didn't want to make music.
I told myself, "I shouldn't be working. I'm on a break."
I've built a kind of shelter for myself.
With a hi-fi system and everything. The DIY way.
And that's when I wrote a lot of stuff.
-Hey! -[playing pop chords]
[distorted gentle music plays through speakers]
-[music stops] -Why does it sound like this?
Why is it so saturated?
[music continues playing]
[Angèle vocalizing on software]
BRUSSELS ILY
APRIL 20, 2020
-[clicks tongue] -[music stops]
[Angèle] I started thinking about another album during lockdown.
I hadn't before. I was busy touring, promoting myself.
I had no other choice but to tell myself,
"Okay. What do we do now?"
I was lucky that my first album became a success.
But I was 20 when I wrote it. Now I'm 25.
My life has changed a lot in five years.
I've experienced a lot.
I can't keep singing about the same things.
[music plays on speakers]
-[music stops] -I don't like it. It's annoying.
[Angèle] I'm expected to be as successful.
It's natural to feel pressure,
but I think I'll go someplace else and try something more personal.
But I don't know where it'll take me.
WHO IS ANGÈLE?
I forgot what it was like to be on my own with my piano.
Asking questions like, "What do I want to talk about?"
"What do I really care about now?"
[imperceptible]
LOCKDOWN - DAY 36
[in English] ♪ One time Never give it up ♪
♪ Two times ♪
[crowd] ♪ For all the love I got ♪
♪ Three for you ♪
[Angèle] ♪ Where are you? ♪
[Angèle] If the pandemic hadn't happened,
I probably would have been traveling, partying…
I wouldn't have confronted these fears
in such a direct way had I been able to avoid them.
[crowd cheers]
Pepette.
The chamber of secrets.
I have so much brol.
BROL - MASCULINE
(BELGIUM) MESS, CHAOS
I mean, real brol.
We might have the notebook of secrets.
I don't have my notebook?
-[dog whines] -[chuckles] Pepette is stuck.
♪ Why did you write ♪
♪ Everything down in notebooks ♪
♪ Of secrets ♪
Ah!
One notebook of secrets.
ONE LIFE
WHO IS ANGÈLE?
[Angèle] I write a lot because I need to…
write. That's why I write songs.
I've always written in diaries. I have so many of them.
This is really the beginning.
I didn't have any songs yet.
It's crazy how much lousy stuff I wrote.
I used to write such awful lyrics.
"Online and connected, but not to me. Waiting for a sign."
The first lyrics to "Je veux tes yeux."
The top-line was different.
♪ Online and connected, but not to me Waiting for a sign, there's none ♪
["Je veux tes yeux" plays]
♪ Online and connected, but not to me Waiting for a sign, there's none ♪
Good thing I changed the top-line.
WRITTEN AT 23
"It's late. I'm in my Paris apartment. I feel like reading old notes."
"Don't know who I am anymore."
WHO I AM
"I work more than I breathe, and I'm suffocating."
I'M SUFFOCATING
"What makes me happy? Success?"
"The 350,000 followers?"
"The ten million views on 'La loi de Murphy?'"
"What makes me happy is fake."
"Me, my image. Nailing it. Me, myself, and the singer Angèle."
"Everything else is pointless. I'm ashamed of it."
[melancholic music playing]
"I feel a void when I get home
because I realize that this is all pointless,
fake, impalpable."
"I used to be alive. Full of doubts, questions, desires."
"Now success is my only desire."
"I run away from everything else. I used to be free."
There you go. [chuckles] Crazy, huh?
I USED TO BE FREE
[Angèle] At the same time,
I wouldn't trade my life for my old one. Even if I could.
Because what's happening to me is beautiful, and wanted.
And I worked hard for it. It's what I've always wanted.
[piano playing simple tune]
REAL LIFE
♪ I'll be one of those other women ♪
♪ Those who give you pleasure ♪
♪ Your games will be ours ♪
♪ If that's what you wish for ♪
♪ I'll shine brighter ♪
♪ To rekindle the flame ♪
♪ I'll turn into gold ♪
♪ To make you love me… ♪
[Céline Dion song continues on speaker]
-Hello? -[woman] Yes, hello.
[in Flemish] Hi, Mom.
[mother speaks indistinctly]
[in French] We could meet on Sunday night.
[mother] Yes, I'll be there.
We'll have fries, for a change.
-Take care. See you on Sunday. -I love you, Mom.
-I love you, dear. Bye. -Yeah. Bye.
[gentle music playing]
[Angèle] Look. When I was a kid, this was a tower.
That was like the World Trade Center to me.
I never knew what it was for.
That was my elementary school.
We're going back to see my school.
Oh, it's amazing
to be here.
To find myself here.
Crocodiles!
I must've spent five years of my life waiting for the bus here.
My parents used to be a bit late.
So we're arriving in Linkebeek.
I put a sweater on Pepette so we'll match, 'cause I'm crazy.
She's too cute.
I find it so beautiful here.
You get bored very quickly though.
We're literally in the middle of nowhere. That's home.
[Angèle babbles]
Let's go see Granny.
[mother] Pepette! My little darling.
[Angèle] Hey, how's it going?
-I'm filming. -[Pepette barks happily]
[mother] Hello, you cutie.
[Angèle] Hey.
Have you seen the stuff there?
[ethereal music playing]
[babbling]
[in English] Yo! She's Laurence Bibot and you are Angèle Van Laeken. Yeah! Oh!
[baby Angèle babbles]
[imperceptible]
[Angèle chuckles]
-[in French] How are you? -[Angèle] Yes, very well. Is that Spritz?
No, that's grenadine.
[ethereal music continues]
[Laurence] Angèle?
-What? -How are you?
Yes, I'm fine.
WRITTEN AT 13
[Angèle] "I'm young. I have amazing friends."
"I love my school. My parents, my brother are great."
"I love music, I love parties."
"I love piano."
"I love candy."
[speaks unintelligibly]
"Playing, screaming, dancing. Dancing like no one's watching."
[young Angèle laughs]
[Angèle] "I love singing. Old American movies."
"I love Audrey Hepburn."
"If I were to keep explaining why I'm happy today, for no reason
I'm going to start crying. Yes."
"That's real life."
-[father] All the shows. -[Angèle] That's funny.
The good old days.
"Bravo, Martine."
October 26, 1996. I was one year old.
Less than that.
She was on stage when I was ten months old.
That's the time you had…
-When I fainted? -You had a breath-holding spell.
[Angèle] Right.
[father] That was the start of you asserting your shitty temper.
[Angèle] Exactly.
But look at me today.
[dramatic music plays]
Look at that, honey. Look.
-[brother exclaims] -Baby.
[Laurence] You're the newborn, miss, aren't you?
Who's that, Roméo? Your little sister, what's her name?
Angelo.
-No, Angèle. -[Laurence laughs]
-Yes, Angèle. -She's not a boy.
Names have a story for us. With Roméo, we went quite far already.
We picked Roméo…
Johnny. Always good.
Elvis.
And Kiki.
When I fell pregnant,
I didn't know the gender.
Though I believed it'd be a girl. That's what I wanted.
So, yes, I wanted to go for legendary names again.
I was thinking about the women that made history.
Cleopatra was a little too much.
Joséphine would've been the middle name because of Joséphine Baker.
We decided… No, "I decided."
That'd be more honest. I went for Angèle.
[gentle piano music playing]
She was an amazing toddler. A gorgeous little girl.
She never had an awkward phase.
[cries]
I did some modeling.
Uh, I saw some very beautiful girls.
And I saw how sad they were.
I thought, "That's strange."
"Is beauty more of a curse than a blessing?"
So I told Angèle,
when she was four or five,
"Listen. You're very pretty."
We were in the car.
"You're very pretty." Hmm.
"But that won't be enough."
"You're pretty. We know. But work on something else."
THE MOTHER
"You seen your mother?"
But it goes out the other way.
Know what he said? "Go wash your butt, you slut."
[TV host] Laurence Bibot, also known as Marinette.
[Angèle] I grew up with famous parents. My mother is an actress.
My father is a singer.
So fame, to me,
has always been something I knew about.
It wasn't new.
Both my parents were artists. They were very creative.
They were on stage, in the spotlights.
They were inspiring, funny.
They knew how to take up space.
Maybe too much sometimes.
My brother and I were lucky to experience this.
And even though they were only popular in Belgium,
and their success was modest,
we still felt like we grew up in their shadow.
[ethereal music plays]
DIARY
CAUTION NARCISSISTIC PERSON..;
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS BIG FLAW INTO CONSIDERATION
[Angèle] Wait, look.
That's interesting. A bit sad.
"Every time I mention my parents, people can't help but mention their job."
"'You listen to him on the radio? Is your mom still funny?'"
"'Do your parents record themselves off TV?'"
"'I saw your mom on TV. She rocks.'"
"I don't care."
"I'm… currently… saying… they're impossible."
"People don't see me. I'm just 'the daughter of.'"
Crazy. May 1, 2011.
I'M JUST "THE DAUGHTER OF"
[imperceptible]
[father] Shh! Go play out there.
[plays guitar]
[chuckles softly]
The kids suffered from our fame. We didn't realize that.
They were "the son and daughter of."
When we were running errands at the supermarket or whatever,
people would come up to us.
For the kids, I…
They once told us it wasn't always easy. We didn't realize it.
We do now.
Now that it's the other way around.
[laughs]
We're no longer…
Sometimes, I…
I'm just "the father of."
THE FATHER OF
[hip-hop music playing]
Brussels is coming!
It must have been something for my father.
A "wow" feeling.
Just like me when I saw my sister nailing it
while I was in it too, making a name for myself.
Imagine what it's like for my dad. He's almost 60.
And his kids…
Let's start with me. I was doing my thing.
[rap music playing]
He was like, "What?!" It blew his mind. "How many views this week?"
I said, "10,000 views."
[exclaims] "That's crazy."
He was shocked.
THE RAPPER BROTHER
SISTER OF
DAUGHTER OF
[ethereal music plays]
[imperceptible]
[Angèle] They became "the parents of." That's crazy.
They became the parents of.
I still spend time apologizing for being here.
But…
I was just looking for recognition
as a person,
as an individual,
independent of my parents.
[teacher] Good. Hold on, I'm not sure.
[Angèle] When I was playing music,
I could feel I was worth something. I had something to say.
Fortunately, Ania, my piano teacher, saw that I had something right away.
So she encouraged me.
[playing cheerful melody]
People would ask who was playing the piano. "Angèle is."
I could feel I was worthy again.
That made me feel valuable.
But I couldn't play in my room by myself.
If people were too busy, I couldn't play too loud.
I couldn't sing too loud.
I didn't want to draw attention.
So I also learned how to play softly
and sing very softly.
-[metronome clicks] -[piano plays tentatively]
[Marka] That's good.
[Angèle] My father was demanding since that was his job.
If I played piano, he'd often say,
"You need to work on it more."
He would think I wasn't diligent enough.
-La… La… -[plays corresponding note]
-Re… -[plays note]
-[chuckles] -Let's do it together.
[Angèle] We couldn't play just like that… It wasn't just a hobby.
[playing peppy melody]
"Why is my father so, one, annoying?"
"Two, why does he want me to be a professional musician?"
"Just because it's his job doesn't mean it should be mine."
[Marka chuckles]
Go on.
[playing simply]
[Angèle] "'Music requires way more work.'"
"Well, I'm sorry, Marka. I don't like music as much as you do."
"I love piano. I do. But it'll never be my job."
"I love piano. I do."
"But it'll never be my job."
You read that right. "It'll never be my job."
Crazy.
MY PLACE
BRUSSELS 2 FIRST VERSE OK
[demo plays on speakers]
[Angèle on software] ♪ I owe my name to you ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ I missed you ♪
-Damn. -[plays chord]
That's it.
It's not that hard.
BRUSSELS ILY
[Angèle] The lockdown wasn't easy.
Not for anyone.
I lived in different places.
I was stuck in Paris for a while.
Fuck!
Two.
-[metronome clicks] -Is it interesting?
[demo starts and stops]
Hold on. [hums melody]
[Angèle] I love Paris. It's beautiful. There's everything you need.
But it's not home.
I wanted to write a love letter to the city in which I grew up.
♪ Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you You're my favorite ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
[Angèle] It's those little things, simple and personal things,
that governed the second album.
It might not be as universal as the first one.
It's not going to change the world, but it's sincere and close to who I am.
-Well, I think so. -[pops lips]
[gentle music plays]
I think that making music for me,
since it was my dad's job,
it was hard to keep it just a hobby.
At the same time, I didn't want it to become professional.
I was stuck in-between.
I could tell I was talented and that I liked it,
but I didn't want to push it further. I didn't want to do my dad's job.
I thought it was a difficult job.
Even harmful to his mental health. That's how I'd sum it up.
DANCE IDEA
I was really against smartphones.
I had a Nokia.
I didn't have Snapchat or Instagram.
Just Facebook, period.
A good friend of mine told me,
"You're going to love Instagram." I was like, "Me, love it?"
I said, "No, thanks. I'm not interested in drawing that attention."
So I signed up to Instagram.
Since I was studying music,
I thought I could use it to make music.
[in English] ♪ There's just one thing That's getting in the way ♪
♪ You know I hate sleeping alone ♪
♪ Killing me softly with his song ♪
♪ Killing me softly ♪
[Angèle in French] Then I started singing
and recording videos.
To avoid criticism,
I was making jokes.
It was easier to laugh about it, to put costumes on,
to just make funny faces.
It let people know I wasn't taking myself seriously.
[gasps]
Thanks, bye.
["At Last" playing]
[Angèle] I'm not confident,
but I have no followers, so there's nothing at stake.
Only my friend who signed me up. A few friends.
Some of them find out I sing. They're surprised.
My childhood friends find out I sing.
But that was it at first.
I remember very well
a few of the first reactions I got.
I remember Sylvie's.
I CALL SHOTGUN ON THE MANAGER POSITION!
I know Angèle well, yes.
I have known her for 21 years. Yeah.
We attended the same school. We lived close to each other.
I used to look after Angèle's class in kindergarten.
When I was 16, I babysat her.
When I wasn't old enough, her parents would drop her at mine when on tour.
The first time I saw Angèle on Instagram, I think it was her first video.
I posted a comment as a joke.
I said, "Shotgun on the manager position." That's it. [chuckles]
At that time, I knew she was just having fun.
But she could sing. She had personality. There was something.
It wasn't my job but I thought, "Why not give it a try?"
I was thirsty for projects back then. I wanted to do lots of things.
I felt that Angèle had huge potential.
I did make her leave her room
to perform in bars.
She was quite hesitant.
"What are we doing?"
I'd say, "Close your eyes. Trust me."
We started off like this.
[Sylvie] Give me the tape. I'm sending the video to myself.
Sylvie, what's it like to hang out with someone eight years younger?
[Sylvie] It makes me feel so mature.
I'm always on my knees.
Angèle soon nicknamed me "Daring Sylvie."
It does suit me well.
Angèle is the scared one. She doesn't dare to do things.
I want to smash doors open.
So, yeah. "Daring Sylvie" it is then. Nice to meet you.
DARING SYLVIE
THE MANAGER
[sings indistinctly]
MARCH 7, 2016
[Angèle] I was where I was supposed to be. I felt good.
I thought, "Music is my place."
But I was so scared of failure!
With a singer as a father, an actress as a mother,
I felt the need to prove that I wasn't the little girl.
But I didn't talk about it with them because… I didn't want their help
or, even less, to draw their interest
because I'd be ashamed if I failed.
Sylvie believed in it.
She'd say, "It'll be amazing." I didn't believe at all.
Sylvie was already thinking about shows at the Archiduc,
a famous jazz bar in Brussels.
I was studying jazz music. I was having a hard time fitting in.
Asking myself if I deserved it. I was still learning.
I did that show, and it was sold out.
I met Nicolas, my second manager, there.
It would have been impossible without Sylvie.
Sylvie got me out of my room.
She got me out of my family home.
I FUCKING LOVE MY LIFE FUCK
EXCITEMENT OF THE DAY
[phone vibrating]
[Angèle] Nicolas got a call.
Damso's team were looking for someone to play keyboards.
And, uh, I'm not sure by what miraculous chance
my name was mentioned as a possibility.
I also don't know by what chance
it came to me opening the show.
[Nicolas] I got a call
from Damso's tour producer,
asking if Angèle was interested in playing keyboards on Damso's tour.
That was a surprising request.
"That would be cool, but can't she open the show too?"
I didn't realize what I was saying as I said it.
I wasn't visualizing
what it'd be like to have her open for Damso.
With his audience.
[crowd cheering]
[Angèle] It turns out Damso didn't want a rapper to open the show.
He didn't know my songs because they hadn't been released.
He hadn't heard any of my songs.
He'd only heard my piano cover of "Bruxelles."
♪ Brussels, my beautiful ♪
♪ I'll meet you soon ♪
♪ As soon as Paris… ♪
[Angèle] He thought that cover was great.
And he thought, "All right. It's going to work out."
Damso, at the time, he had a huge influence.
And everything he touched could potentially turn to gold.
When she asked me, even with how much I loved Damso,
I said, "No, you're insane."
"His audience isn't ready. They won't give you a chance," blah, blah.
[gentle music playing]
DRESSING ROOM - ANGÈLE
[Angèle] I'm offered this improbable thing,
even though at the time I wasn't into rap music.
I was into the whole jazz thing.
I was starting music, but I wasn't into that.
"Why me? What does it have to do with me?"
And "what do I have to lose?"
It was a real debate.
My mother said, "Go for it. Nothing to lose."
That was true. At that time, I didn't.
[suspenseful music playing]
[crowd cheers]
FIRST SHOW
[crowd chanting] Come on!
[Angèle] I'm backstage. I hear that the crowd is already psyched up.
The lights go off.
Back on and I walk on stage.
I get booed straightaway.
2,000 people booing.
They're booing me as if I wasn't welcome there at all.
[crowd booing]
[Sylvie] I remember I took my phone out to film.
I can hear people starting to scream.
We realize that people are not enjoying themselves.
They're booing. Like… [jeers]
They're calling her names. We were like, "Fuck."
[crowd booing]
[Angèle playing and singing]
Nico and I looked at each other and said, "What were we thinking?"
"Why did we do that?"
"We're going to destroy her. Her confidence will be crushed."
[crowd cheers]
[Angèle] Damso walks in.
He hadn't seen anything.
People start cheering him. I'm playing like…
[exhales] Thinking, "What the hell was that?"
[Damso] I think… it was tough.
I didn't realize.
I was doing my thing.
Later on, I learned that it had been touchy.
Give it up for Angèle.
[all cheer]
[Damso] They thought I was crazy for doing this…
If I like someone, I go for it. It came naturally.
I didn't think, "I'm gonna break the codes."
I'm not breaking any codes, I'm just going for someone who…
I like their soul and energy. So let's just do it. See?
I posted something on Instagram, asking people to support her.
Because it's hard indeed.
YOU CAN'T SEE HER WELL BUT SHE'S GOING TO NAIL IT
[Angèle] We're headed home.
The mood is quite low.
Sylvie falls asleep.
I'm in bed, staring at the ceiling. I can still hear people shouting.
"Is it going to be like this for three months?"
I start thinking,
"How am I going to handle it?"
I don't want to see it as a failure.
That would be the worst for me.
At the same time, I don't know how to avoid
having to face such vehemence.
To face an audience who doesn't want me there.
SECOND SHOW
[Sylvie] How do you feel?
The usual. I'm nervous. But it needs to be done.
-[Sylvie] What'd you do before arriving? -I pooped.
[Sylvie laughs] She's a bit tired.
Where's Angèle?
Oh, she's here.
[Angèle] I get on stage.
Not sure what was going through my head then,
but I started to feel determined.
At least, it felt like it.
Deep down, I wasn't confident at all.
I thought, "Let's do it another way."
I don't want to give people the chance to let me know they're unhappy.
[in English] Let's go.
[crowd cheers]
[in French] Good evening! How are you?
Are you ready?
[crowd cheers]
My name's Angèle. I'm glad to be here tonight.
Thank you, Damso, for inviting me.
[crowd cheers]
[Damso] They're happy.
They're happy.
[crowd chanting] Angèle!
[in English] ♪ One time ♪
[crowd] ♪ Two times ♪
♪ Three for you ♪
[Angèle in French] Against all odds, people just started saying my name.
Just shouting my name.
-Angèle! Go Angèle! -Yes!
[Angèle] It was a bit of a joke too,
because people didn't expect to see me on stage,
so it needed to become a joke.
We were complete opposites, so it was just funny to do that.
I think I managed to make the most of this absurdity.
He had nothing to gain from supporting me, giving me visibility.
He did it for the love of music.
Because he loved what I was doing.
What's crazy is that it continued later on.
We're working on new projects.
It's great that we've made this thing last.
I learned a lot with him at the time that helped me afterwards.
I was more driven after that.
I also felt like I've always had to prove something when I was on stage.
Suddenly, I couldn't do anything but just own up to it. No cheating.
And no seeking to please.
[in English] ♪ One time Never give it up ♪
♪ Two times, for all the love I got ♪
♪ Three for you ♪
[Angèle in French] I started writing on my own.
From then on, I started to feel
more fulfilled with my music because it felt like me.
I'd think of something and I knew how to make it.
This young woman is going viral
among both French and Flemish speakers.
Her name is Angèle.
Her song's called "La loi de Murphy."
-[radio DJ] Angèle, "La loi de Murphy." -[Angèle and Sylvie scream]
[radio DJ] A crazy live set.
[song plays]
[Angèle] My God.
[in English] ♪ One time Never give it up ♪
[Angèle in French] What happened was great.
I couldn't have imagined it would work out this fast.
We knew nothing about how to promote an album.
We didn't plan anything.
We weren't ready at all.
We put the video on YouTube.
I had no record label.
I didn't have a lot of resources. We were independent.
And millions of people reacted to it.
And I saw this happen
from my small Brussels apartment.
I don't know what's going on. I see the comments.
I can feel it becoming a thing.
I think to myself, "I may have made a huge mistake."
"It may be getting out of hand."
HAPPY?
I'm very scared, because e-mails…
At what time did I send this? Okay. 5:20 p.m.
"Hi, Sylvie and Nicolas. I'd like to apologize for my crisis."
"I know you're working hard. I don't want to blame you for my fears."
I could have sent this anytime.
"You both need to know who I really am."
"On stage, I try to put on a front."
"I'm doing it because this is a huge opportunity."
"It opens doors."
"All of this is amazing."
"But this is for the ANGÈLE project." All caps.
"When I say I can't complain, it's true."
"It wouldn't make sense to do so when we couldn't have hoped for better."
"But how come I haven't been able to sleep for a month
and that I've been having panic attacks and crying five times a day?"
"I'm just sensitive and anxious."
"I can't separate the personal from the professional."
"The project's called Angèle. I need to face the consequences."
"What's happening scares me."
"I think no one knows because it's too amazing to be scary."
"But since last Monday,
my real face is on YouTube."
"It's really me. I wanted that too."
"I'm starting to look back on everything that's happened."
"I'm starting to get messages and offers."
"I have to face that alone."
"If it doesn't work out, that would've been my failure."
"In short, I don't want to be a diva, saying no one can understand me,
but I mean what I'm saying."
"I'm freaking out. I'm having panic attacks again."
"I know it's not going to change and might get even worse,
but if you could understand where this is coming from, it'd be great."
"I want to thank you for what you're doing."
"I don't say it enough. I mean it."
[chuckles] Wow. That's crazy.
Well…
That's crazy because I could have written this a week ago.
And, well, that's reassuring. I'm true to myself.
At the same time, it's reminiscent of a strange period.
It's true that when "La loi de Murphy" came out,
I wasn't having a good time. Yet, it was the beginning of everything.
There was this moment when I was very untroubled,
very, um… free.
I was doing music, but I could go out.
I could party with my friends, while still doing music.
I was having a blast.
But then, suddenly, the song is released.
People react to it. I get the first messages and reviews.
So, all of a sudden, I have to face something violent.
You get direct feedback from millions of people.
At home, by myself wearing pajamas.
Greasy hair, dirty teeth.
You're facing your screen, and you see thousands of views,
and thousands of people all around you.
You're paranoid.
The day "La loi de Murphy" came out, I was feeling paranoid.
I felt like everyone was watching me.
Even though no one cared.
I just kept crying after that. I'd cry all day at that time.
I was scared! I thought, "What am I getting into?"
Maybe I was that scared because, deep down,
I knew that I wouldn't let this go,
that it was what I had wished for.
Because I wanted this to happen, but there was a part of me that was like,
"Oh, geez! What's going to happen?"
ANGÈLE, HEAVEN-SENT ANTI-MUSE
Playboy gets in touch. They want to improve their image.
I know about the magazine.
They want to feature a portrait of me.
They explain that the next issue of their magazine
will be focusing on feminism, on women's voices.
And it won't be sexual.
I hesitate a bit, but end up accepting because it could be interesting
to talk about my music in this magazine.
It's at odds with what they do and maybe…
And things may change.
I did the interview, it went well.
The day I saw the magazine, I was surprised at first,
because I thought the portrait they painted was quite inaccurate.
What's more, right away, the photo that they chose…
We had shot it a few months earlier, very innocently.
We had decided not to publish it
because as I was young, blonde, with red lips,
and I was pouting,
we thought it was too seductive.
And I was already scared at that time to be sexualized against my will.
I wasn't comfortable with that picture. It wasn't the right time.
They were really interested in this picture,
but I had forbidden them to use it. I knew it'd be misinterpreted.
I discover when I open the magazine
that they used it even though I had said no.
The real trauma was the day after.
Belgian tabloids publish this picture too
and with the title,
"Daughter of Marka and Laurence Bibot poses naked in Playboy."
All my fears combined.
FIRST COPY OUT SATURDAY
That is to say, being "the daughter of, the sister of," and in a sexual context.
ROMÉO ELVIS' LITTLE SISTER
My worst nightmare. I felt humiliated.
At that time, I was just starting to get confident.
I had started my own record label, my publishing company.
I was independent. No longer living with my family.
I had managed to do it on my own. Write and play songs…
I was really starting to tell myself I could do it on my own.
With that first article, it came down to, "No, you're just a girl."
A pretty blonde, who takes her clothes off for men
as the only way to get noticed.
VOICE MESSAGE SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
[Angèle sobs on recording] I'm sorry, yesterday… in one of those magazines,
they wrote the worst things about me in my life.
"Laurence Bibot's and Marka's daughter naked for Playboy magazine."
I saw that and I cried all day.
I can't get over it. Looks like there's nothing I can do.
The world is an awful place where people want to sell me
and they use my image…
[sobs] I'm 21.
I spend my life trying to send good messages to people,
write beautiful love songs…
I'm very careful about what I do, what I show,
and I want to be natural.
I hate this superficial world
where girls are sexual objects.
Now it's getting out of hand. I get caught in it.
[sobs] The worst headlines
with my parents involved.
It's a public humiliation.
I don't feel well. I don't want to play. I don't want to do anything anymore.
[Angèle] After that came months of total control of my image.
I was very affected by this event.
But I also felt determined afterwards.
I thought I would never be "the sister of, the daughter of" again.
That's not who I am. I'm someone.
I work too hard to be associated with this.
What affected me was to realize that even today,
even if it wasn't the image I wanted, though that could've been the case,
a girl posing like that was seen as a negative.
That she should be ashamed. That it deserved to be in the papers.
[gentle ethereal music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[ethereal music intensifies]
♪ Everyone only wants dough ♪
♪ That's the only thing That makes them hard ♪
♪ Everyone only wants fame ♪
♪ That's the only thing that moves them ♪
♪ What's the point then? ♪
♪ You're so lonely behind your screen ♪
♪ Thinking about what people will think ♪
♪ But they don't seem to care ♪
[vocalizing]
[Angèle] It feels so weird to think that all these cars
are for me.
Like those guys… They're coming to my show. So weird.
Them too. [gasps]
That man peeing over there… He's going to see me perform.
They know who I am, and on top of that,
their Saturday night is devoted to my show.
Ten, nine, eight…
No, seven… [laughs]
five, four, three, two, one…
Happy new Brol!
That's it. Brol is out, friends.
Hey! Hey! [cheers]
♪ It's all for me ♪
♪ I'm very happy ♪
[laughs]
We've been waiting for this album for a year.
It's finally out. It's already a success.
The tickets for the Olympia sold out in two hours.
Are you happy as we are?
I am, but I don't realize it. Maybe less than everyone else.
AM I HAPPY?
Ooh.
-Are we there? -[man] Yes.
Fuck! [exclaims]
Holy shit. No way.
We'll drive like… [chuckles]
[woman] Is it crowded?
[Angèle in English] What?
[in French] This won't be possible.
-[gasps] -[man laughs]
[Angèle] No way.
No…
[man laughs] It never stops.
[fan] She's here!
[crowd cheering]
[sweeping classical music plays]
[Angèle] It's hard to understand.
I need the people who listen to me.
At the same time, I find it unfair
that people love me that much but that I can't reciprocate.
Especially for someone like me who likes interacting.
I realize the love the public gives me,
I can't really reciprocate it in the same way.
I can reciprocate by doing a show,
by writing songs, but that's it.
I can't see every one of them
the way they see me.
It's super unequal and frustrating.
[crowd screaming and cheering]
[fan] Marry me!
I'm so sorry. We have a train to catch.
[cheering]
We couldn't let you all in.
So I'm really sorry. But…
-[fan 1] Angèle, will you marry me? -[fan 2] You're beautiful!
[all yelling] Angèle!
-[Angèle] I'm so sorry. Thank you. -[fans] Angèle!
[fan] When will you be back?
[fans yell and cheer]
[ethereal music playing]
[Angèle] No one behaves normally with me.
No… No relationship is normal anymore.
I remember this one festival.
We got off stage.
Lots of people wanted to take a picture with me.
It wasn't the right time. Unfortunately, I can't really lie.
I'm spontaneous.
So if I'm sad, angry, or not feeling well,
I can't pretend and put on a fake smile.
I said to the girls,
"I can't go and see them."
People started to call me names.
They completely lost it.
I remember one woman with her kids,
who shouted,
"Come on, grab her hair!"
The kids started pulling my hair. [chuckles]
I looked down,
and someone else said,
"You're a shitty star."
And… Yeah, I do remember
not understanding how we got to this point.
Thinking, "What am I for them?"
"Am I just a star?"
Yes, I am. They don't know me.
They don't know I am a human being.
After that show, I'm going to poo like everyone else.
To them, I'm just a star.
So if they don't get a picture with me, it's disrespectful.
And in a way,
when you do music
and you become famous, there's something tacit about it.
Now you belong to people.
LOST
EMPTY
FREE
WHO I AM
I'M IN A PROPER SHITTY SITUATION
[music plays faintly on headphones]
[Angèle] ♪ …the party ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you ♪
[Angèle] Let's do the whole chorus. It sounds great, right?
RECORD VOCALS (WITH TRISTAN)
Small detail with… [sings notes] "Brussels, I love you…"
♪ Brussels, I… ♪
Right.
♪ Brussels, I love you ♪
It's as you wish, but you need to choose.
♪ Brussels, I love you ♪
Does that sound better?
[changes notes] ♪ Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you ♪
And now it's like, "Brussels…"
♪ Brussels, I love you ♪
-That part, "da-da." -[Tristan] Yeah.
-Try, "na-na." -♪ Brussels, I love you ♪
Yeah. That one is more natural.
-It's all good. -Okay.
[dreamy music playing]
[imperceptible]
[Angèle] I'm attending the Cannes opening next week.
I have armpit hair.
I want to keep it. Just like that.
It's very long.
Actually,
I want to do it, but what's hard
is that people don't support it.
People tell me I can't do that.
I'm like… I can. If I…
In real life, I wouldn't have shaved it.
Why would I do it for Cannes?
I'm all dressed up, but I don't want to have to do that.
I don't feel the need to shave.
Why would I do it?
I know I'll be lashed out at.
I don't want that either.
I don't want it to be about that.
I want people to talk about my performance.
Not about my outfit or my armpit hair.
[paparazzi] Angèle! Down here!
Angèle!
[driving pop music playing]
[Angèle] "I dream of freedom,
of setting myself free before I can be free on stage."
"Of being confident,
not paying attention to people's comments."
"I dream of sunshine, showing my curves through my dress
without the Neanderthal comments on the internet."
"I dream of a man looking at me without judging or worrying,
without wanting to possess me."
"I dream of feeling pretty without needing Instagram to prove it."
"I dream of dreaming."
♪ They all talk like animals ♪
♪ Badmouth every pussy ♪
♪ It's 2018 Not sure what you're thinking ♪
♪ But I'm more than an animal ♪
♪ I see that rap is all the rage ♪
♪ The dirtier, the more successful ♪
♪ Hey, it's time we break the codes ♪
♪ A girl should speak her mind ♪
♪ So let me sing to you ♪
♪ Go f… yourself ♪
♪ I won't be on the radio… ♪
[reporter] Her song "Balance ton quoi," a reference to #MeToo…
#SNITCHONYOURPIG
…has become a feminist anthem in just a few months.
[crowd] ♪ So let me sing to you ♪
♪ Go f… yourself ♪
[Angèle] I wrote "Balance ton quoi…"
YOU'LL NEVER HAVE OUR SILENCE AGAIN
…after a guy bothered me in Brussels.
ENOUGH WITH RAPE
Women's voices were starting to be heard
and artists were committed to changing things.
I didn't think I had the legitimacy to say anything about it,
but I understood that I had a voice.
People recognized themselves in this.
FROM BEYONCÉ TO ANGÈLE FEMINISM GOES POP
FEMINIST AND POP ICON IN THE NY TIMES
POST-#METOO FEMINIST ANTHEM
HOW DID IT BECOME A FEMINIST ANTHEM?
Is it clear for everyone?
When a girl says no, I feel like most of the time, it means--
It means no.
No. Okay.
[crowd cheering]
[band plays pop music]
[Angèle] It's great if the song made people aware there are issues to tackle.
But it spun out of control.
Even though I completely agreed with the claims
and I'm still committed today, I'm not sure that this was what I wanted.
Being that exposed.
Some people might see me as a know-it-all.
People would come up with things to blame me for.
-[music ends] -[crowd cheers]
Focus on Roméo Elvis.
He's involved in a case of sexual assault.
The singer was accused on Instagram
and he apologized.
He said he used his hands
in an inappropriate way.
He thought he was replying to an invitation.
As for the singer Angèle, his sister,
she was asked to snitch on her brother on social media.
SNITCH ON YOUR BROTHER
#SNITCHONYOURPIGBROTHER
SNITCH YOUR ROMEO
ANGÈLE ACCOMPLICE SILENCE MEANS AGREEMENT
SHOE'S ON THE OTHER FOOT EDUCATE YOUR BROTHER PLZ
YOU DAMN FEMINIST GO JOIN YOUR BROTHER
[Angèle] I barely left my house for three months.
It was an explosion in my heart, in my family.
Because just like anyone else,
I condemn what my brother did, obviously.
It was so violent and saddening
to realize how much some people rejoiced over it.
Me, a feminist who spoke out,
as if I was responsible.
As if I had to pay too.
As if it wasn't hard enough already to hear about this,
and to see my brother in this situation.
No.
On Twitter, people were asking me to react right away.
Otherwise, the battle I had been fighting would lose credibility.
I CONDEMN
IT'S ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT SINCE HE'S A RELATIVE
THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE OF MINDSET
[Angèle] Sexist and sexual violence is so omnipresent
that sometimes I feel like we'll never make it.
Then I look around
and I realize that people can slowly evolve.
People can be aware of all this.
My song isn't going to change things,
but people growing more aware and speaking out will.
Be it my brother, my best friend, my colleague…
I'll always condemn what goes against my beliefs.
The way women are being treated
and the way we teach men how to behave with them
must change.
SHE
Oh, good Lord…
She's great there too.
Besides, I never would have thought…
that she would have done…
-Is it modeling? -[Sylvie] Yes.
Oh.
My darling…
If your grandpa was still here,
he'd be proud.
She's fantastic…
What a beautiful kid.
[exclaims softly]
She's a real model, huh?
[gasps]
[Sylvie] You're the first to see these.
-Really? -[Sylvie] Yeah.
Ah, Granny Pilou is not just anyone.
[Sylvie] For sure.
GRANNY PILOU
THE GRANDMOTHER
[ethereal music plays]
[Angèle] Granny Pilou is my grandmother. I'm very, very close to her.
She lives in a different world from mine.
She brings me back down to Earth
because she thinks my job is amazing, but she doesn't understand it.
Even though I did these things, I'll always stay her granddaughter.
It allows her to stay simple and, most importantly, honest with me.
[both speak indistinctly]
[Angèle] Tell me, Granny, which do you prefer?
Lemon or sugar?
Lemon or sugar tart?
-Sugar. -Okay!
No. This won't do here, honey.
-[Sylvie mumbles] -Yes.
[Sylvie] Put the cans away.
What do you think of my style, Granny?
Well, it's a little special. I don't really like it.
[Sylvie laughs]
At least you're being honest.
-Yes. -You asked what I think.
[Angèle] Yes, at least you're honest.
It's hard.
Dating back to the war…
[ethereal music plays]
24 YEARS OLD
[page turns]
[Angèle] "I really want to write."
"I'm getting used to not understanding my life,
but this time, that was unexpected."
"Even though I had thought about it before, several times even."
SHE
[imperceptible]
IN LOVE
[TV host] Angèle is the new big star.
Tomorrow, her new relationship will be disclosed.
So, you'll see in the video.
Look at it closely. We can't show just the picture.
Okay? So, look closely. Tomorrow's cover.
SHE'S FOUND LOVE AGAIN
LEAVING THE RESTAURANT ARM IN ARM ISN'T LIFE GREAT?
She… She…
She said, "Don't tell Granny."
"I'll tell her."
One night, she called me.
I knew already.
And, well, I was a little bit…
abrupt in the way I talked, probably.
She said, "Granny, how are you doing?"
"I'm fine."
Well, I'm starting to…
She said, "What's going on?"
"Nothing," I said.
"I need to tell you something." I said, "No. You don't."
"I know."
That's it.
[gentle music plays]
[imperceptible]
[Angèle] The guy actually outed me.
He was the first person to say on the air that I was with a woman
even though it was complicated for me
to grasp it, to consider it.
It was intimate.
He did it, even though…
I mean, it could have, um, caused problems in my family.
She would have liked
to give me more…
How should I put it?
More of an explanation about it.
I've always asked, "Why a woman?"
"Why a man?" she replied.
[imperceptible]
[Granny Pilou] It may be because of my age.
[Angèle] There are so few LGBT role models
that I realized quite late that I was bi.
I was 23.
I couldn't keep lying to myself.
With my situation,
I didn't just have to face my family, their questions,
the fear of being rejected,
I also had to face the public's opinion.
SHIT SHE'S A LESBIAN
REPORT ME BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S A DISEASE
SELL-OUT EAT YOUR FUCKING RAINBOW
YUCK I'LL UNFOLLOW
[Angèle] The issue is my coming out was stolen from me.
While it's great that young people can relate to gay public figures,
I would have liked to decide on the time and the way to do it.
There's a reason why people are scared of coming out.
Consequences can be brutal.
All that matters to me now
is that falling in love can be normalized.
No matter the gender.
A public figure's sexual orientation shouldn't be headline news.
It should be a fact, normal.
When I was 15 or 16, I would've liked to have more LGBT role models.
That way, I wouldn't have lied to myself.
Thinking of this calms me down.
YOUR QUEEN
[playing classical arrangement]
♪ If she only knew how you look at her ♪
♪ She would be scared ♪
♪ If she only knew how you think of her ♪
♪ She could harm you ♪
♪ But give her some time ♪
♪ It could allow you ♪
♪ To be together again ♪
♪ She's going to need time for sure ♪
♪ To forget about her bias ♪
♪ You would like her To be your queen tonight ♪
♪ But two queens together Is not really a thing ♪
♪ You would like her To be your queen tonight ♪
♪ You don't really care about kings It's not for you ♪
[imperceptible]
♪ You would like her To be your queen tonight ♪
♪ But two queens together Is not really a thing ♪
♪ You would like her To be your queen tonight ♪
♪ You don't really care about kings It's not for you ♪
[Angèle] "I'm writing today because you helped me."
"Brol had just come out."
"We talked about it with friends."
"They loved 'Ta reine.'"
"I hadn't listened to it. I stayed quiet. The day went by."
"At home, I listened to it. It's as though you talked to me."
"'Ta reine' had been written for me. It's narcissistic, but it felt amazing."
"For the first time in my life, I was attracted to someone."
"A girl in my class."
"If she knew how I looked at her,
she would have been scared for sure."
"A physical, emotional roller coaster."
"The first time I felt something for someone."
"I knew it was happening, but I didn't get it."
"Honestly, I don't know who I am,
but I feel understood before I get to understand myself."
"For that, thank you."
THE NEW ERA
Ooh.
I always look terrible whenever I use this camera.
Maybe the hair.
So the other day,
I made…
-[kettle bubbles] -I'm making tea. It's noisy.
I made Laetitia listen to the songs.
She's a friend. My press secretary in Belgium.
I made her listen to the songs. All good, and she's like,
"Not sure about the lyrics."
"Compared to Brol, I feel excluded."
"I feel like this isn't as good."
That's not what she said, but she felt frustrated
because on Brol,
all the subjects that I tackled
were much more universal.
It spoke to anyone. This is more introspective.
That's true.
I've experienced other things since Brol came out.
Not necessarily music-related.
And, um, I've grown up. I'm more of an adult.
And I'm more…
I'm more ready to talk about serious matters.
I don't know. I'm getting worked up.
Plus, I think I'm going round in circles music-wise.
And… [sighs] It's annoying me
because I feel like I can't do anything.
[yells] This video is useless. I'm sorry.
This is what happens when I make music. I never finish my sentences
because I talk to myself like an old crazy person. And…
I'm going back and forth to make tea.
I have doubts about everything I write or create.
I feel like a loser. That's what happens.
LONDON NOVEMBER 28 2020
-[Dua] Little rascal! -Yay! Dua!
-Yay! -[in English] How are you?
[Angèle mumbles]
-It's so good to see you. How you doing? -[in English] I'm fine.
Hi, my dear.
-How are you? I'm good. How are you? -[Sylvie] Good. Not too tired.
[Angèle in French] I ended up being part of a pop star's project.
I was able to observe, like a fly on the wall,
how it worked from the inside.
On the one hand, I was impressed to see
who this absolutely amazing woman was.
She was talented and she was approachable. Much more than I thought.
It was reassuring because I realized you could be a big pop star
and be approachable.
[Dua] No!
♪ Maybe with time ♪
♪ It will go away ♪
♪ And yet somehow ♪
♪ I don't see it happening ♪
♪ Just like a medicine ♪
♪ I am nothing without you ♪
♪ I know that I try ♪
♪ And waste time in your arms ♪
[in English] ♪ I've got a fever ♪
♪ So can you check? ♪
♪ Hand on my forehead ♪
♪ Kiss my neck ♪
♪ And when you touch me, baby ♪
♪ I turn red ♪
♪ I've got a fever ♪
♪ So can you check… ♪
[Angèle in French] I felt pressure because it had been months
since I had last performed.
Because this is really next-level.
I thought to myself, "What am I actually doing here?"
I asked myself that.
Honestly.
Really. The girl sings, dances…
I mean, she's a beast.
I just thought, "I'm not as good at all."
"I'm going to head home."
[song ends]
[all cheering]
Where's Linkebeek? [laughs]
[Sylvie chuckles]
[woman in English] Oh, my God, it's gonna be amazing!
[in English] So excited, so excited.
[Angèle in French] I'm not sure this is what I want for me.
Something that big.
But the energy, the ambition,
the craziness even…
Not being afraid… It's inspired me for what's next.
What's next for me.
[spacey music playing]
BRUSSELS, ILY FINAL
[in Flemish] One, two, three! Yes!
[in French] ♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ I missed you ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ You're my favorite ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ I missed you ♪
♪ You're the loveliest ♪
♪ Yes, you are ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Paris is calling me… ♪
[Tristan] Well, Angèle?
-Hard at work. -How do you feel about the album?
I'm actually quite superstitious.
I didn't have any expectations with the first one.
I'm trying not to have any.
It's hard.
♪ They keep on going ♪
♪ Even though she said It's not like it used to be ♪
♪ They keep on going… ♪
[Angèle] Music-wise,
I'm very happy with what we've done.
-[pop music plays on speaker] -[playing chords]
[Angèle] I'm much happier with the lyrics, but I know it won't be as popular.
It's more personal.
[groovy pop music plays on speakers]
Maybe less unifying.
Though we didn't plan for the first one to be unifying.
It was just very naive.
[vocalizing]
The goal is to keep doing what I do. To continue…
Yeah, keep living and take my place, more than ever.
That's what I did with this album. I took my place.
The first album did happen this way,
but luck is everywhere.
I would need to be as lucky with the second album.
But I should also take that place and own up to it.
Now I'm here. I need to give it my all.
THE NEW ERA
IT'S OKAY TO REST
MAKE LOVE
LEARN HOW TO SAY NO
LISTEN TO MYSELF!
[Angèle] People often ask if I have dreams and actually,
as much as anyone else, I believe.
I think my dream now
is more of a personal quest.
Not so much the professional one.
It never has been.
I dream of being relaxed,
of having the right people around.
Of growing up, learning from my mistakes.
Of being someone who is good to people.
At the same time, who gets goodness back.
If my parents had had more normal jobs,
I think I would have a more normal job.
Maybe I would be very happy.
But actually,
I'm having an amazing time.
I love… I love my life.
I just had to adapt to it
because it happened fast.
And, like, deep down,
I wanted it to work out so bad. Or, not that I wanted it to work,
I just didn't want to fail.
I wouldn't have said, "I want to nail it" to someone out loud.
I would write it down.
But I couldn't say it because it…
I'm sure it brought me luck not to say it. I'm superstitious.
I think I didn't say it
to avoid unpleasant surprises.
If it didn't work out, nobody knew I wanted it to.
Though it wasn't true.
[dreamy pop music plays]
[Granny Pilou] Well, I wish her…
the best. The best for her.
For everything to be okay.
Now, I can feel her becoming a woman.
She's starting to stand up for her beliefs, her desires.
She talks about it.
She used to be
way quieter.
I think.
I thought to myself,
"Would it be possible
for my granddaughter to become a star?"
I didn't dare say that to people.
I would say, "She makes music."
"Yes, but…"
They would say, "I saw Angèle on TV!"
"She's become someone."
[Sylvie] Did you know she's an actress now too?
No.
-You didn't know? -No.
She never tells me anything.
She's unbelievable.
Since she got that dog…
[Sylvie chuckles]
[Angèle] Okay, recording.
Pepette, did you pee?
You peed! Where did you pee?
It's just to say that the album is finished.
I think.
That scares me to death.
As usual.
I don't know how it'll be perceived and how…
How the audience will, ha! Will listen to it.
But that's not…
really up to me anymore.
This album is me at 25.
My quarter of a century.
It appeared to me that I wanted to keep it real.
Not try to be what I'm not.
I hope I'll never forget that.
I'll always be the girl from Linkebeek who writes simple songs.
Even if life changes,
that will stay with me.
Because all this…
is me.
Let's stop here.
Have a good journey.
[kisses]
THE END
♪ I missed you ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ You're my favorite ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ I missed you ♪
♪ You're the loveliest ♪
♪ Yes, you're the loveliest ♪
♪ Paris is calling ♪
♪ When I want to go home ♪
♪ When I miss the gray sky and the rain ♪
♪ I feel better when I see you ♪
♪ The cities are beautiful ♪
♪ But I can only think of you ♪
♪ When I miss my country and my city ♪
♪ But I'm not forgetting you ♪
♪ We don't have the longest history ♪
♪ We know it ♪
♪ We haven't always won ♪
♪ I usually have an attitude ♪
♪ Even if it is hard to be hopeful ♪
♪ When you're not first in line ♪
♪ The Marolles, Flagey Saint-Gilles, Laeken ♪
♪ I owe them my name ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ I missed you ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ You're my favorite ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ I missed you ♪
♪ You're the loveliest ♪
♪ Yes, you're the loveliest ♪
♪ Whoa, oh ♪
♪ Paris is calling ♪
♪ When I want to go home ♪
♪ When I miss the gray sky and the rain ♪
♪ I feel better when I see you ♪
♪ The cities are beautiful ♪
♪ But I can only think of you ♪
♪ When I miss my country and my city ♪
♪ I'm not forgetting you ♪
♪ And if one day she's divided ♪
♪ And we have to pick a side ♪
♪ That would be an awful nightmare ♪
♪ All of this for a language ♪
♪ I had my most beautiful moments ♪
♪ In French and in Flemish ♪
[in Flemish] ♪ Let me say it in Flemish ♪
♪Thank you, Brussels, for my name ♪
[in French] ♪ And if one day She's divided ♪
♪ And we have to pick a side ♪
♪ That would be an awful nightmare ♪
♪ All of this for a language ♪
♪ I had my most beautiful moments ♪
♪ In French and in Flemish ♪
[in Flemish] ♪ Let me say it in Flemish ♪
♪ Thank you, Brussels ♪
[in French] ♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ I missed you ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ You're my favorite ♪
♪ Brussels, I love you Brussels, I love you ♪
♪ I missed you ♪
♪ You're the loveliest ♪
♪ Yes, you're the loveliest ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Paris is calling ♪
♪ When I want to go home ♪
♪ When I miss the gray sky and the rain ♪
♪ I feel better when I see you ♪
♪ The cities are beautiful ♪
♪ But I can only think of you, yes, yes ♪
♪ When I miss my country and my city ♪
♪ I'm not forgetting you ♪
♪ Paris is calling ♪
♪ When I want to go home ♪
♪ When I miss the gray sky and the rain ♪
♪ I feel better when I see you ♪
♪ The cities are beautiful ♪
♪ But I can only think of you ♪
♪ When I miss my country and my city ♪
♪ I'm not forgetting you ♪
Are you kidding me?
[flaps lips]
That's how you thank me.
Right in front of…
in front of my success?