Clou nails Christmas

Parisian artist Clou has been around for at least 10 years, opening for many major artists in big venues. As for Christmas, Clou wrote 'Chant de Noël' (‘Christmas Carol’), which features soft harmonies contrasting with lyrics that dismiss Christmas altogether. She sings “sonnez hautbois, résonnez musettes” ("sound the oboes, resound the musettes"—an old French wind instrument) from the traditional French Christmas song ‘Il est né, le divin enfant’ (‘He is born, the divine child’), which is a French, year-round way of announcing something very obvious.

As Clou mentioned on Instagram in early October, she was dreaming of an anti-Christmas song as a response to the joyful melodies that highlight gift-giving and family. 'Chant de Noël' started off as a sort of hymn and turned into something completely different when she recorded it. “I hope it will give you the strength to face this holiday or to avoid it.” Clou also sings about not wanting to listen to her father tell her what’s wrong with her life and would rather stay with ‘the one that puts the real magic in her life.’ That definitely rings a bell.