{"id":15745,"date":"2018-04-27T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2018\/04\/27\/stromae-returns-with-new-song-and-video-defiler\/"},"modified":"2018-04-27T17:17:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T17:17:00","slug":"stromae-returns-with-new-song-and-video-defiler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/stromae-returns-with-new-song-and-video-defiler\/","title":{"rendered":"Stromae Returns With New Song And Video, 'D\u00e9filer'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n “Like it or not, we have a market value, from childhood to the shroud,” Stromae sings in “D\u00e9filer.”<\/p>\n

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After five years, Paul Van Haver is back with a melancholy new song that also serves as a promotional video for his newest clothing collection. “D\u00e9filer” [March] is Stromae<\/a>‘s first official release in half a decade, since the release of his 2013 album Racine Car\u00e9e <\/em>[Square Root].<\/p>\n

The clothing on display is the newest capsule collection for Mosaert, the unisex fashion line led by Stromae and his wife, designer Coralie Barbier.<\/p>\n

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As the Belgian artist’s French-speaking fans already know to expect, Stromae’s lyrics are packed with multiple layers of wordplay and meaning. With its dreamy electronic texture and plangent mood, “D\u00e9filer” contemplates movement \u2014 on the catwalk, in protest, in military formation, but also walking through one’s life and experiences. (The word “d\u00e9filer” has several meanings in English: to march by, as soldiers or models would, and to pass by, as in years passing \u2014 and also to scroll, as one scrolls on a phone.)<\/p>\n

“We walk in ranks,” he sings. “In groups or not, we walk alone. Like it or not, we have a market value, from childhood to the shroud.” He then goes on to address our visuals-first world: “Child, before learning a trade, you must first learn how to retouch the photo on the resume.”<\/p>\n