{"id":26057,"date":"2017-02-17T16:28:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T15:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=26057"},"modified":"2018-03-23T12:37:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T11:37:16","slug":"have-you-heard-are-we-awake-by-french-singer-tal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/have-you-heard-are-we-awake-by-french-singer-tal\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Heard &#8220;Are We Awake?&#8221; by French Singer Tal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of time, music has helped us express ourselves in another way besides just speaking. Styles change and trends emerge, but music remains something important and essential in every culture.<\/p>\n<p>Headed to France any time soon? Turn on the radio and you&#8217;ll certainly hear the song we&#8217;re featuring today. The singer, Tal, has been active since 2009 but has been making a bigger name for herself recently, especially after being named <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-best-french-music-of-2016\/\"><strong>artiste f\u00e9minine fran\u00e7aise de l\u2019ann\u00e9e<\/strong><\/a> 2016. She has a very commercial voice that reminds me a lot of me Rihanna, and her songs are just as catchy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ta41PEpotFw\">This<\/a> was the first song I heard by her, and it still gets just as many plays on my phone as it did a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Just as many <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/learn-french-pronunciation-with-beyonce-britney-and-adele\/\">anglophone singers sing in French<\/a>, some francophone artists sing in English. That&#8217;s the case with today&#8217;s song: the title and some verses are in English, but there&#8217;s still plenty of French for you to learn from and listen to. It could be a smart tactic, too &#8211; there&#8217;s a law in France that requires 40% of music played on the radio to be in French. Mix a song with French and English, and how does it get classified?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s give it a listen:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TAL - Are We Awake (Clip officiel)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sKMcA02L-wQ?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><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>L\u2019impression d\u2019une vie dans le noir<br \/>\n<\/strong>The feeling of a life in the dark<br \/>\n<strong>L\u2019ennui \u00e9teint tous nos espoirs<br \/>\n<\/strong>Boredom turns off our hopes<br \/>\n<strong>Inconscient, une vie illusoire<br \/>\n<\/strong>Unconscious, a deceptive life<br \/>\n<strong>Et incapable de voir<br \/>\n<\/strong>And unable to see<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mais tu sais que sans en avoir l\u2019air<br \/>\n<\/strong>But you know that without seeming to<br \/>\n<strong>Tu construis l\u2019histoire<br \/>\n<\/strong>You&#8217;re developing a story<br \/>\n<strong>\u00c0 chacun sa gloire<br \/>\n<\/strong>To each his glory<br \/>\n<strong>S\u2019arr\u00eater, quelques heures s\u2019en aller<br \/>\n<\/strong>Stop a few hours, go<br \/>\n<strong>Comme un avion qui passe dans ce monde qui nous laisse<br \/>\n<\/strong>Like a plane passing in this world that&#8217;s abandoning us<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sommes-nous \u00e9veill\u00e9s ?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Are we awake?<br \/>\nAre we awake?<br \/>\n<strong>O\u00f9 sont nos je t\u2019aime ?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Where are our &#8220;I love yous&#8221;?<br \/>\nAre we awake?<br \/>\nAre we awake?<br \/>\nTime to wake up right now<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mais combien faut-il de refrains utiles ?<br \/>\n<\/strong>But how many helpful repetitions do we need?<br \/>\n<strong>Combien de chansons dans les airs ?<br \/>\n<\/strong>How many songs in the air?<br \/>\n<strong>Vie facile, sortir de la ville<br \/>\n<\/strong>Easy life, going out of town<br \/>\n<strong>Et s\u2019\u00e9veiller vers la mer<br \/>\n<\/strong>And waking up by the sea<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mais tu sais que sans en avoir l\u2019air<br \/>\n<\/strong>But you know that without seeming to<br \/>\n<strong>Tu construis l\u2019histoire<br \/>\n<\/strong>You&#8217;re developing a story<br \/>\n<strong>\u00c0 chacun sa gloire<br \/>\n<\/strong>To each his glory<br \/>\n<strong>S\u2019arr\u00eater, quelques heures s\u2019en aller<br \/>\n<\/strong>Stop a few hours, go<br \/>\n<strong>Comme un avion qui passe dans ce monde qui nous laisse<br \/>\n<\/strong>Like a plane passing in this world that&#8217;s abandoning us<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sommes-nous \u00e9veill\u00e9s ?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Are we awake?<br \/>\nAre we awake?<br \/>\n<strong>O\u00f9 sont nos je t\u2019aime ?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Where are our &#8220;I love yous&#8221;?<br \/>\nAre we awake?<br \/>\nAre we awake?<br \/>\nTime to wake up right now<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I want to be awake<br \/>\nCan\u2019t let my mind be asleep all day<br \/>\nGonna pack it up, pick it up, be on my way<br \/>\nCause I\u2019m motivated, dedicated<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s a mind revolution<br \/>\nLove is the solution<br \/>\nNo man can escape evolution<br \/>\nSo we have to free our mind<br \/>\nAnd find our mission, hey!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sommes-nous \u00e9veill\u00e9s ?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Are we awake?<br \/>\nAre we awake?<br \/>\n<strong>O\u00f9 sont nos je t\u2019aime ?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Where are our &#8220;I love yous&#8221;?<br \/>\nAre we awake?<br \/>\nAre we awake?<br \/>\nTime to wake up right now<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Are we awake?<br \/>\nYeah, yeah, hey hey<br \/>\nAre we awake?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What do you think of using English in French songs?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of time, music has helped us express ourselves in another way besides just speaking. Styles change and trends emerge, but music remains something important and essential in every culture. Headed to France any time soon? Turn on the radio and you&#8217;ll certainly hear the song we&#8217;re featuring today. 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