{"id":5486,"date":"2011-04-19T06:44:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=5486"},"modified":"2014-06-12T17:06:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T15:06:53","slug":"a-refreshing-zest-of-rbhip-hop-in-french-zaho-promises-and-delivers-je-te-promets-i-promise-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-refreshing-zest-of-rbhip-hop-in-french-zaho-promises-and-delivers-je-te-promets-i-promise-you\/","title":{"rendered":"A Refreshing Zest of R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop in French"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our<strong><em> mot-cl<em><em>\u00e9<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/strong> (keyword) over here has always been\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">*<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>VARI<em><em><strong><em>\u00c9<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/em>T<em>\u00c9<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/span>* (<strong>VARIETY<\/strong>)<strong>!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Comme vous l&#8217;avez <em>d\u00e9j\u00e0<\/em> mentionn<em>\u00e9<\/em> dans vos commentaires <\/strong><\/em>(as you&#8217;ve already mentioned it in your comments), <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/trasnparent-not-your-parents-cours-de-francais\/\">The Transparent\u00a0French Blog<\/a><\/strong> is all about <strong><em>la vari<strong><em><em>\u00e9<\/em><\/em><\/strong>t<em>\u00e9 du contenu<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>(variety of content)<strong>: <\/strong>From <strong><em>le rap <em>fran\u00e7ais <\/em><\/em><\/strong>(French Rap), with pioneering groups such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/tag\/dmcv\/\">IAM <\/a><\/strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-first-hit-of-french-rap-early-90s-mais-vous-etes-fous-oh-oui-are-you-crazy-oh-yeah\/\"><strong>Benny-B<\/strong>.<\/a>, to cutting-edge\u00a0<strong>French N\u00fc Metal<\/strong>,\u00a0such as <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/%E2%98%85-sidilarsen-ancienne-etoile-ancient-star-%E2%98%86\/\"><strong>Sidilarsen<\/strong> <\/a>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/eths-nu-metal-subgenre-en-francais-m\/\">ETHS<\/a><\/strong>, &#8220;<strong>synthpop&#8221; <\/strong>and <strong>&#8220;electro&#8221; music <\/strong>with<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/quoi-you-didnt-know-that-daft-punk-is-french\/\">Daft Punk<\/a>,<\/strong> without of course omitting &#8220;<strong><em>les classiques<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; of French song, like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/non-je-ne-regrette-rien-edith-piaf\/\"><strong>\u00c9<\/strong>dith Piaf<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/un-gamin-de-paris-yves-montand-a-parisian-boy\/\">Yves Montand<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/jacques-brel-vs-colonel-gaddafi-zangra-meets-zenga-zenga\/\">Jacques Brel<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>\nIt is therefore only natural to introduce today yet another <em><strong>genre <\/strong><\/em>that <strong><em>jouit <\/em><\/strong>(enjoys)\u00a0a wide audience in <strong>France<\/strong>: It is <strong><em>le R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop <strong><em><em>fran\u00e7ais<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zaho - Je Te Promets (Clip Officiel)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6yUb-hqF_wY?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 style=\"text-align: left;\">Talented, yet keeping<em> &#8220;les pieds sur terre&#8221; <\/em>(&#8220;feet on Earth&#8221;),\u00a0Zaho sings &#8220;<em>Je Te Promets<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;I Promise You&#8221;)<br \/>\nHer\u00a0<em>chanson <\/em>has very little to envy Johnny Hallyday&#8217;s 1987 famous song by the same title<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>* &#8220;<em>Je Te Promets<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;I Promise You&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>T&#8217;aimerais que je te dise que je t&#8217;aimerai toute ma vie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d like that I tell you that I&#8217;ll love you all my life<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>T&#8217;aimerais que je te promette toute mes nuits jusqu&#8217;\u00e0 l&#8217;infini<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d like that I promise you all my nights to the infinite<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>T&#8217;aimerais que je te suive \u00e0 jamais sans faire de bruit<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d like that I follow you forever without making a noise<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et que je comprenne tout ceci sans que tu le dises<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And that I understand all that without you telling me<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te dire ce que je ne sais pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t tell you what I don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te donner ce que je n&#8217;ai pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t give what I don&#8217;t have<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te fuir m\u00eame si tout nous s\u00e9pares<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t run away from you even if you tear us apart<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tout ce que je te promets, c&#8217;est un nouveau d\u00e9part<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>All I promise you is a new start<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>J&#8217;aimerais que le temps s&#8217;arr\u00eate lorsqu&#8217;on se parle<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like time to stop when we talk to each other<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et qu&#8217;apparaisse en plein jour dans le ciel un milliard d&#8217;\u00e9toiles<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And that, in the middle of the day, appears a billion of stars in the sky<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pour que je fasse un <em>v\u0153u<\/em>, sans que mon soleil se voile<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So that I can make a wish, without veiling my sun<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et qu&#8217;on puisse \u00eatre \u00e0 nouveau deux, sans se faire ce mal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And that we can be together again, without hurting each other this much<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te dire ce que je ne sais pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t tell you what I don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te donner ce que je n&#8217;ai pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t give you what I don&#8217;t have<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te fuir m\u00eame si tout nous s\u00e9pares<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t run away from you even if you tear us apart<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tout ce que je te promets, c&#8217;est un nouveau d\u00e9part<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>All I can promise you is a new start<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et j&#8217;aimerais me cacher sous tes paupi\u00e8res<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;d like to hide under you eyelids<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pour que tu puisses me voir quand tu fais tes pri\u00e8res<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So that you can see me when you pray<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et j&#8217;aimerais les casser, toutes ces lumi\u00e8res<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;d like to break them, those lights<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Celles qui t&#8217;emp\u00eachent de voir un peu plus clair<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ones that hold you from seeing a bit clearer<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mais je ne pourrais te dire ce que je ne sais pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>But I couldn&#8217;t tell you what I don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te donner ce que je n&#8217;ai pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t give you what I don&#8217;t have<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te fuir m\u00eame si tout nous s\u00e9pares<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t run away from you if you tear us apart<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tout ce que je te promets, c&#8217;est un nouveau d\u00e9part<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>All I can promise you is a new start<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te dire ce que je ne sais pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t tell you what I don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te donner ce que je n&#8217;ai pas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t give you what I don&#8217;t have<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et je ne pourrais te fuir m\u00eame si tout nous s\u00e9pares<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t run away from you even if you tear us apart<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tout ce que je te promets, b\u00e9b\u00e9, c&#8217;est un nouveau d\u00e9part<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>All I can promise you, baby, is a new start<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2tA_HUx3RqI\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2tA_HUx3RqI<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Zaho sings &#8220;<em>Je Te Promets<\/em>&#8220;,\u00a0<em>en direct <\/em>(live) on French TV<br \/>\nThe audience <em>en reste m\u00e9dus<strong><em>\u00e9e <\/em><\/strong><\/em><strong><strong>(is dumbfounded) by her voice<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our mot-cl\u00e9 (keyword) over here has always been\u00a0*VARI\u00c9T\u00c9* (VARIETY)! &nbsp; Comme vous l&#8217;avez d\u00e9j\u00e0 mentionn\u00e9 dans vos commentaires (as you&#8217;ve already mentioned it in your comments), The Transparent\u00a0French Blog is all about la vari\u00e9t\u00e9 du contenu (variety of content): From le rap fran\u00e7ais (French Rap), with pioneering groups such as IAM and Benny-B., to 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