Let's just not bury the lede.
Angèle is from Brussels, Belgium. This song is a love letter to her hometown and her home country. Written during the pandemic, when she was forced to be away from Brussels, she wrote what will undoubtably become their tourism anthem..... and an anthem for a unified Belgium (yes, the country splitting apart on language lines is a real possibility).
This was the lead single off her 2022 album Nonante-Cinq, or, as we say in numbers, 95. She was born in 1995, so... well, title makes sense.
Anyway, the song was a hit in all of Belgium, and elsewhere in Europe. And it's delightful.
By the way, not joking about it being a tourism anthem. This is unofficial but, still.
Also, used in a LOT of TikToks about Brussels.
@lisasloodts Lights in Bright Brussels ✨#bruxelles#bxl#brusselsbynight#brightbrussels#lightfestival#brussel#travelbelgium#visitbrussels#traveltiktok#travellife#fyp ♬ Bruxelles je t’aime - Angèle
But you didn't come here for the TikToks. You came for the cool live performances.
And the first is from French television, and it's not the electro-pop version, but rather a quiet, piano-driven one. Her voice pairs so well with the piano, which she is playing.
Worry not, friends. She also does the original version live - extending this version in Montreal to north of eight minutes that do NOT seem wasted. It's high energy, even when it's a love letter for a different city - and listen to all the Quebecois singing along about Brussels.
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