CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS
shares new video for
‘COMME SI’
AHEAD OF HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COACHELLA RETURN
AND JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE DEBUT NEXT WEEK
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“A benchmark of perfection… Chris demonstrated that pop can be
important, vital and worthy.” Sydney Morning Herald, ★★★★★
“A truly 21st century pop star… the sort of rapturous reception
you’d expect from a stadium-filling artist” – News.com.au
“At Letissier’s first Australian performance, we saw an artist in her pomp…
Why fit in, when you can stand out?” – The West Australian, ★★★★ ½
“Simply incredible” – X-PRESS Magazine, 9/10
“A master class in contemporary performance” – Beat Mag
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Following her triumphant Australian debut tour, Christine and the Queens unveils the official music video for ‘Comme si’, the latest single to be taken from her critically acclaimed second album Chris, which appeared on almost every critic’s best of 2018 list. The video, directed by David Wilson (Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala and Arcade Fire) and inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet, sees Chris use the expressive and exaggerated street dance style of Krump to subvert the tale of the doomed Ophelia – watch below…
Chris shares the ‘Comme si’ video, which was shot in Thailand, ahead of her highly anticipated return to Coachella, plus her nighttime performance will be live-streamed worldwide via Youtube. Coachella visited Chris on the eve of her two sold out performances in the 18,000 capacity Parisian venue AccorHotels Arena last December, to create a Coachella Curated documentary (see the teaser HERE). Chris also announces her Jimmy Kimmel Live debut performance next Tuesday, April 16.
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Chris reveals her inspiration behind the video: “For me, the whole idea of the video is to twist the terrible ending of Ophelia, as a myth, an idea. In Hamlet, Ophelia is, of course, the unlucky lover, the rejected one; but her madness and the suicide that ensues is also symptomatic of a whole era: the young girl, unwanted, unloved, simply cannot live. She’s doomed, she disappears, she melts with nature. Insanity is also really interesting in this play, for it is the sign of a mind deranged by rejection, as if she couldn’t remain in the world after being unwanted by Hamlet. Looking at Millais’ painting, and thinking of Comme si as this erotic reverie of subverting rejection with self-empowerment, I started to dream of giving that myth a welcomed, witty twist. Let’s undo that tragic ending; let’s cheat death, if you will. Let’s bring Ophelia back from the dead, to express her desire and madness with exhilaration, as something that elevates her, instead of pushing her to the shores of death. With that fantastic what if, everything became possible; what if Ophelia is oozing with a strange power, her own? What if we brought something extremely modern like Krump to express lust, to bring humor and creepiness, to make Ophelia our own hero? What if it was time to tell a new story, one that brings us more ecstasy than the one we’re used to being told?
The choreography uses the idea of unrequited love, like in the song’s lyrics, but since it’s Krump, we can add dark humor to it, cartoonish vibes if we want. Krump is perfect to me because it’s wild, sometimes with the childish energy of mime, sometimes with the pure stamina of jabs, and it can tell all the nuances of crazy love, use darkness as something contagious. Ophelia, raised from the water, battles furiously with it, and the original painting is suddenly shattered by a powerful feminine figure who finds another way to be unforgettable.”
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Christine and the Queens landed her groundbreaking album Chris and multiple singles, ‘Girlfriend’,’Doesn’t Matter’ and ‘5 Dollars’ on to nearly every “Best of 2018” list: Time Magazine, NPR, Pitchfork,Rolling Stone, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, Associated Press, Noisey, FADER, Esquire, Refinery29, Consequence of Sound, The Daily Beast, plus named #1 album of the year by The Guardian, Evening Standard, The Independent and Clash.
Chris was written, arranged, produced and performed by Christine and the Queens. It is the follow up to her already-iconic debut record Chaleur Humaine, released to global acclaim in 2016, and selling more than 1.3 million copies to date.
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“The most subversive, game-changing pop star we have” – DIY, ★★★★★
“a subversive pop masterpiece – that somehow sounds effortless, too” – NME, ★★★★★
“pop music that truly matters” – The Guardian, ★★★★★
“A perfect pop record” –The Independent, ★★★★★
“an electric blend of unforgettable imagery, emotional depth, and lurid pop-funk” – Pitchfork
“It is unapologetic, pulsing with lust and the intoxicating pleasure of desire.” – i-D
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