Yelle Shares video for “Complètement Fou”

Yelle has released a colorful new video for the title track which is now available for viewing. The video, directed by French Collective Milord and L’Etiquette, upholds the song title’s meaning, “completely crazy.”

Yelle recently released a lyric video for the “Complètement Fou” that is accompanied by a translator app. The lyric video features the French lyrics of the song with the English translation overlapping, creating a complex image. The app works to decode the video by letting the user choose whether they’d like to view the original French lyrics or the English translation by holding their phone up to the music video screen and selecting a language. The user is also able to toggle between the languages in real time.

Although “Complètement Fou” is the only video currently available for use with the app, lyric videos have been created for each song from Yelle’s forthcoming Complètement Fou album and will be published once the album has been released.

Complètement fou. If you’ve got even a barely passable grasp on functional French then you’ll know what those two words mean. Bonkers. Bananes. Completely crazy. It’s a phrase that not only goes a long way to describing the gleefully mad electronic pop of Yelle – it also applies to the group’s unusual rise. They have taken their time between neon-streaked albums, sung every fizzy song in their native tongue, poked fun at their peers, and stayed clear of trends. And now, nearly a decade after forming in 2005, they’re releasing an album produced by Dr. Luke and his team. See? Complètement Fou.

Yelle’s third long-player will be released on Kemosabe Records and the team-up makes good sense. “We just do things we love,” says Yelle, née Julie Budet. “This is the only rule we have. At the end of the day this is what makes Yelle: Spontaneity.”Yelle sought a lyrical partner for Complètement Fou as well: “a French dandy called Jérôme Echenoz,” in her words, though he’s best known as Tacteel (of TTC, for those who remember the details of Yelle’s 2007 debut, Pop Up). “We used to do everything by ourselves,” she says, “but we wanted to open the circle this time around because we love people!” She insists there are no direct dis songs in the vein of “Je Veux Te Voir,” only “some winks here and there… not personal, more about society.” To wit, she counts Votaire’s monumental 1759 satire Candide among the LP’s influences.

At the heart of Yelle today is the same spirit that brought the pair formerly known as Julie and Jean-François together, as great friends, in 2000. They initially called their project YEL – an acronym for “You Enjoy Life” – but the exuberant, feminized, Francofied shout they’ve taken for a moniker suits them perfectly. We yell when we are happy with the world and we yell when we’re pissed off at its ways. But we probably yell our best when we’re complètement fou.

Yelle

Complètement Fou

Kemosabe Records

Release Date: Sept. 30, 2014

1. Complètement fou

2. Ba$$in

3. Coca sans bulles

4. Les soupirs et les refrains

5. Nuit de baise I

6.Toho

7. Moteur action

8. Florence en italie

9. Un jour viendra

10. Nuit de baise II

11. Jeune fille garnement

12. Dire qu’on va tous mourir

13. Bouquet final

TOUR DATES:

10/9 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club

10/10 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza

10/11 – Washington D.C. – 9:30 Club

10/12 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
10/14 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre

10/15 – Toronto, ON – Virgin Mobile Mod Club

10/17 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop

10/18 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

10/19 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre

10/21 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre

10/22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

10/24 – Seattle, WA – Neumo’s

10/25 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club

10/26 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom

10/29 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre

10/30 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom

10/31 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda

11/2 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern

11/3 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
11/6 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s

11/7 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest

11/8 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues

11/10 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft

11/11 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle

Posted 25 September 2014
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