Alcest - Autre Temps [official music video]

[@TuskKult]

About a month before my fiancée died, we were on our way driving to a faire and this song came on a satellite radio show that was showcasing a metal song from each European country. Of all the songs, this one I thought was the most beautiful and fit the mood and the weather of the day. Sunny, warm but with intermittent rain showers, so beautiful cumulous clouds were being ignited with light, and those golden rays were coming between the scattered clouds. She said that she'd sent this song to me before, grabbing onto my arm and asking if I remembered, and though I didn't remember exactly in the moment, it was absolutely familiar. Exactly a month after her death, Alcest released Spiritual Instinct which I accidentally stumbled on. It made me cry and the energy of the album reminds me of the love her and I shared. It didn't click for some time that this was that same band, but when I inevitably clicked on this song it was as if she was right there with me, I cannot hear this song without crying the most painful but simultaneously happy tears accompanied by a warmth that washes over me. Not long ago when I finally saw the music video for this song here, I couldn't believe it. It just ripped my heart out in the most painfully beautiful way possible. Still just hits me so damn hard. In grief, it can be hard especially as a man to find your tears, but when I need the walls to come down, when I need to feel her, this song is a portal to the love her and I bare for each other.

[@QuiXoLP]

really beautiful said :) i wish you the best, stay strong! :)

[@urban_phantom7750]

I believe that real love never dies, and across time and space we connect, waiting to reunited in the after life. Live well my friend, and feel comfort knowing that she'll be waiting for you when it comes time for you to depart from this world

[@omurcangokgul]

Damn... painful

[@medusa6491]

This is heartbreaking... I'm sorry, the pain might never leave. If so, use it as a strength to move forward !

[@meichey00]

Thank you for sharing that! I am also a widow. I use bands like this for the same purpose. They give me the moment I need. Feel free to reach out and inbox me if you like.

[@ReyLangosta]

Sometimes hurts me, sometimes heals me.

[@xXDannyThePunisherXx]

doesn't it...

[@ghrtfhfgdfnfg]

Duck you

[@postthraumaticheamnesia]

@@ellen_draven Yes. Best comment ever.

[@The_heir_to_sorrow]

true...

[@shaunhamilton8217]

@@ghrtfhfgdfnfg You're going to quack at them and peck them?

[@laoh7215]

My husband and & i got married with this truly piece of art... it was the best choice i ever did

[@kaladin7487]

That's beautiful (:

[@dheemanghosh9191]

this is the most beautiful thing i read. bless you guys! :')

[@sirvladharkonen6200]

dont eat bread in front of the poor

[@christmasdenier]

Based

[@soukainasahar]

That is truly beautiful, am getting married soon I might be choosing an Alcest song as well

[@Dom1Dark0]

I feel so sorry for people who cannot feel music like this

[@Yeldineyintun]

Umm but your name says otherwise. 😂😂

[@t-rizzy208]

​@@YeldineyintunI believe the username is a reference to a Suicide Silence song but I could be mistaken

[@fredferguson1226]

@@t-rizzy208 The song is called No pity for a coward so I doubt it

[@Dom1Dark0]

​@@Yeldineyintun guys i made this account 15 years ago... Are you really ranting my music taste as a kid.

[@11gokey]

My son asked me to listen to this song. I'm really glad that he did. I'm loving this.

[@MountainViewFor2]

Me too. Today. ❤️

[@shurik121]

I heard this song hundreds of times and still get shivers every time I listen to it. So much emotion in it.

[@llKoopav2ll]

shurik121 true this

[@massimogalli4903]

+shurik121 True! and listening while looking@ the video is definitively pure melancholic emotion

[@SadisticKillerXx]

Listening to this music makes me wanna live, like I can do anything, its magic.

[@elgringoloco2379]

yes so lets twerk

[@calebcrittenden]

Twerking rn thanks

[@FranciscoBurrola]

Came here to twerk

[@Soulflytribe04]

Read the lyrics before saying that

[@vidddism]

That's, precisely, the feeling. Every single time I listen to it.

[@kartmit1017]

you know the song is great when you listen to it regularly for 2 years and still don't get bored of it this is the best song i have ever heard

[@Bball1129]

this is so dope brother !

[@edgarallanhoe-w2s]

word

[@kartmit1017]

Dhruv Bishnoi You said it

[@edgarallanhoe-w2s]

Kartik Mittal Its great to see I am not the only Indian guy who listens to Alcest.

[@francescosorana8706]

Still here after years of listening. Still my favorite song of all times.

[@StephSantidragonslayer]

So beautiful. This song makes me cry.

[@sea-goatbr7588]

Let me make you smile

[@kamilbierdzio3701]

#metoo

[@ivanivan5511]

Why?

[@darkpastisalive3563]

Cry is nice

[@Weiss_Fudder]

I knew Alcest through this song in 2013 when I met the girl I then considered the love of my life, someone that I just wanted to be close even living too far from her. I never knew if she heard Alcest once, as time has passed and we weren't talking anymore, nor I was hearing Alcest for a long time. Back then I imagined us like the couple of the video, idealizing it, even though I had my feets on the ground, at least a beautiful friendship it would be. Turns out this 2021 she has passed away... And I am here again. I still imagine us like the couple of the song... in Heaven. For now, I'll just have to get older like in this video without her by my side, only in my memories and in my heart.

[@Iter-1]

Мне кажется, что в комментариях собрались люди с самыми печальными и романтичными историями. Аж сердце защимило в груди

[@surrealsoupuniverse]

Please try to move on..she wouldnt want you to be lonely.. stay strong

[@Weiss_Fudder]

And I'm here again... After losing another friend...

[@reaguurder1285]

@@Weiss_Fudder kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWeod5prmryKoq8&ab_channel=TheChannelOfMusic

[@allouttabubblegum1984]

That's so sad, I hope it motivates you to pursue your next love harder, you never know when we're going to be gone.❤

[@inerfalwar557]

Do you remember your lost love, your last toy, the last song you sang, your last laugh? This song give you all this back, all your memories back. This song is beautiful...

[@dheemanghosh9191]

loved what you wrote

[@AlPacinoLeBoss]

This song is just so beautiful, one of the best I came across

[@adrianzyskowski620]

+Jester Head In Flames fan here too! Just wondering who did you first hear: In Flames or Alcest?

[@AlPacinoLeBoss]

hupal mupal In Flames ;)

[@catseye2885]

Jester Head nice cover! Shows you have nice taste in music

[@bogivaldr]

definitely in the top 5 of the best songs ever written

[@utilisateur166]

Normal evidemment i'ts french so C'est super bien

[@foojam2002]

Not even.

[@mgagliardi2011]

@@foojam2002 . Yeah. I agree. It's a good song but not top 5 ever written. Not even close for me. Cool to hear someone likes it that much though. Rock on ya'll 🤘

[@samiralveshaddad9269]

Y from Brasil... And not understand Franche... but Y now... This is Great

[@oliverham9701]

Wow there buddy... Slow down

[@collectmybrains]

I hope more people find the beauty in this song

[@shuaybw3138]

I usually listen to rap,i looked for music like this to be more open minded and i gotta say i'm not dissappointed

[@ArtistOfMyLife]

I'm flowing away... Endless world full of unseen colors, sounds that I haven't heard yet... Full of beauty that isn't able to be expressed only in words... Cool refreshing wind makes me reborn, lifts up my soul... True happiness shrouds me... I'm free, I can release my feelings, let go all my pains, fill myself with pure beauty and love... Only world that I feel I belong to, where my real presence is kept... Ooooh, how far it is! Really transcendent.

[@waving_sunlight]

He lets you see the paradise.

[@snixbae]

I can't believe to this day i didn't knew Alcest until I saw them live as a foreband to Katatonia eight years ago. This track is my all time favorite of everything I've ever heard. I find myself always comes back to this song in confused times and everything feels fine afterwards. Such a healing music.

[@Jordo246]

Saw these guys open for Opeth last night, really fucking good.

[@instantdeath99]

Alcest and Opeth in the same concert? I am ridiculously jealous.

[@Jordo246]

instantdeath99 Not only that but Opeth played an amazing setlist, a song from each album except Orchid.

[@wandererofinternet8600]

JoRdOguitarman1 every band that opens for opeth is great as them.

[@nicoleavery7238]

What a show

[@_Skylark]

Neige is a genius, really. Incredible as always 0.o

[@kaustavganguly4034]

It has been many many years that this song has remained consistently as the most beautiful song to my ears. To me, Autre Temps is the definition of eternal beauty.

[@bastth]

I listen to this song every day when I wake up. brings me serenity.

[@xycrophrene]

☂

[@powerslave88888]

There is something really beautiful about this music, which feeling I cannot really describe in words. But I am really sure this music connects to people with traumatic incidents in his/her childhood. I was raised by a really lovely mum but also a strong choleric and narcistic stepdad. I once have talked to my mum and she sad she was really afraid that something could happen to her and I would be left alone. She never have said this to me when I was a child but she transmit this feeling to me and so I was always afraid when I was left alone at our place. I quess this music speaks to this very vulnerable part in me that wants to heal. So said, I will always come back to this beautiful music but realizing also that this speaks just to a part of my innerworld so it will be no good to get lost in this music. Consciousness is the key

[@powerslave88888]

In Addition: The Trauma always wants to be healed. So the aim is to get more and more acceptance for your vulnerable innerparts that healthy relationships can be developed. Trauma happen in relationships ans trauma heals in relationships!

[@excalle]

Lyrics translation : "Another Time" A distant prayer, carried by the evening wind, Enlivens leaves in their languid dance. Hear the song of the old trees, singing for you, For the dark, resting woods. So many seasons have passed; they did not wait. The golden leaves dying on the ground, Will be reborn under bright skies, As this weatherworn world remains the same, And tomorrow, you and I will be gone.

[@catherinehart5949]

But it is even better in French.

[@TheBrewdonkey]

Beautiful, meaningful lyrics. Go to hell Taylor Swift.

[@marinacraciun4724]

Perennial

[@ragnid]

I still only daydream about that girl I never met in life, Alcest helps me to deal with being left out all alone, without any hopes for better future, without any friends or accompany, its music that encourages you to walk thousand miles blindly in the nature and forget all emotions and reality

[@tolis2k8]

I love every person on this planet but i keep a special place in my heart for those who can fully understand the awesomeness of this album! Alcest

[@Boojumish]

Their best album. Which is saying something!

[@marielquiros6718]

beautiful song and video...

[@blaise626]

Heard this song live when the band performed in India (BOA) and since then m listening to this song...it just helps me being me

[@raghavagrawal14]

Wish they come to Mumbai too next time they are here

[@hellgal88]

Lucky you!

[@cakeofthepan2233]

Like fine wine..it's just getting better and better..the world needs this beauty so much.

[@TomGalonska]

I remember seeing Alcest live once, and it was magical. Everybody was in another state of mind, kinda like a trance.

[@chalkabira5255]

Can completely imagine & agree to this.

[@Rexperto6454]

I can easily imagine. I was on a Thy Catafalque concert a few weeks ago and it felt the same. No other band like them really.

[@yuna6705]

I can totally imagine that and am so happy about the fact that I'll be able to experience this in October

[@ticometal1]

essa musica transcende qualquer estilo musical....coisa linda! rs

[@danieldiazmoreno6464]

The day I met my girlfriend she recommended me this song. I fell in love with both the girl and the music.

[@TurnerRentz]

I am using this one for my wedding reception playlist.

[@danieldiazmoreno6464]

@@TurnerRentz We got married last October, and we used this song when we were saying our vows. It was só magical...

[@Ottorocker1]

La música de Neige me llena de paz y tranquilidad, es innegable la capacidad que tiene para generar sentimientos en las personas... Jamás me ha pasado algo así con alguna otra banda. Es algo tan espiritual que me llena de dicha cada vez que escucho a Alcest, desde la primera vez que oí Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde hasta ahora es algo que no ha cambiado nada. Tan solo me queda agradecer por lo maravilloso que entrega con sus composiciones!

[@spiros8531]

It brakes my heart and blows my mind to discover such music diamonds much later than the were created ! I first found Alcest (thanks to KZbin) last summer! It could make my life more beautiful earlier! Well done Alcest!!! Respect from Greece!

[@aaronrose7090]

They remind me of old ulver

[@Blossom2366]

After listening to this masterpiece, I began to love Alcest and also the person who suggested me this...❤

[@NaomyGC]

I really love their songs. They can create a magic atmosphere.

[@pspsbebek9276]

Aynen öyle :)

[@sfrxn_duz8379]

Pas fan du Black Metal originel et encore moins de la musique Française de maintenant mais la c'est du lourd ! Très mélodique, mélancolique, poétique, ballade et vaporeux ! J'adore !

[@herverichir700]

Enfin un groupe Français qui fait du Rock Métal français ! Cela ferait longtemps que l'ont attendez ça ! Bravo à tout le groupe et je vais partager sans manquer de vous suivre sérieusement.

[@creedbratton1375]

Why can't more artists be more ambitious like this. Any ways, long live Alcest and Jesu.

[@MrSeekersome]

Most beautiful rock music I have heard in decades. Very moving. Neige is truly gifted.

[@massimogalli4903]

There is this kind of "magic" in music, that brings to human beings these so different reactions in listening to it. No matter the genre, this message is unique to the listener. Personally I feel this every time I listen to music. With Alcest it is what it is: every time it's like the first time, and simply I cry, almost on all songs, but with this, and with Ecailles the Lune part II it's really hard to manage until the end. For me it's a real life-saving to be in love with music. Without music there would be an infinite emptiness in my life, that nothing else could fill

[@trillyblack531]

Sei venuto al concerto il 16 novembre a Milano?

[@massimogalli4903]

Purtroppo avevo altri impegni, ma li ho già visti 4 volte, tra cui la serata memorabile con i Mono

[@emilymarie4108]

Not gonna lie, I actually teared up a bit when I first heard this. It's just..beautiful. ❤️

[@StevetheEvilWeevil]

Watching them play this live in Rouen, France last year with my long term gig buddy was one of the highlights of my life. We drove over from the UK and went drinking in a French bar before and after the gig and it is a night I will never forget. He'd lost his son a few months before the gig and it was his first night out in a while and he said he needed the break. One of my best nights ever!

[@gihanekoraytem3375]

Une prière lointaine que porte le vent du soir Anime les feuilles dans leur danse alanguie. C'est le chant des vieux arbres entonné pour toi, Pour ces bois obscurs maintenant endormis. Sans nous attendre tant de saisons ont passé; Les feuilles dorées s'en allant mourir à terre Renaîtront un jour sous un ciel radieux, Mais notre monde érodé restera le même Et demain toi et moi serons partis.

[@kentucky1519]

Thanks for posting this because now I know what he's saying in English

[@hidayamedjani7091]

Vous êtes un hero monsieur merci infiniment !

[@YamikoBVB]

Magique... Alcest est un des meilleurs groupes au monde, et mérite d'être plus connu. Il y a tout de même 71 personnes qui ne comprennent pas la musique.

[@liinaalina]

I discovered this band only 4 months ago and it feels like I skipped something really important, but now I'm so happy that Alcest appeared in my life and I hope they will be back someday 🥹💙

[@aurorelune]

pour ça que je profite de chaque minute et que je remercie pour chaque sourire dans cette courte existence

[@vdirceu.u]

Aquí los fans Mexicanos de Alcest!!!😃

[@carlitoxb110]

Colombiano 😅🤘🏾

[@juliuszdzierlatka5076]

I've made a very close friend in Europe. Now I'm back in America, and this song reminds me of her, thank you :D

[@Nedinabox]

This is the first song I have heard by Alcest. Great lyrics, great music and great video. It's a heartbreaking song but it is addictive none the less.

[@burak1995]

what a wonderful lyrics with a wonderful videoclip, you guys are just amazing. As a guy from middle east, i need more songs like this to have peace, relax.

[@Kindred_Wolf]

Spotify recommended this band. Best thing ever.

[@prophecyBC]

thanks, check out the whole catalog!

[@fenrizara]

I was at work, watching this video for the billionth time, and, for the first time, burst into tears. Tears of joy and sadness all at the same time.

[@rahulsharma-og1xt]

This song gave a new birth to me. Have been listening this for over 4 years now and every time it brings in me a wave of happiness, positivity & energy. Thank you alcest for this beautiful creation. You are probably the only album i listen to when I lost in the mountains, alone.

[@MetalleuPoilu]

Merci, Neige, de produire tant de beauté.

[@b.bkrueger1394]

Magnifiques paroles, cette chanson ne se démode pas.

[@文好雨]

Neige's always good at finding and expressing the softness in humans. Behind that lies his devotion to music. Great work, I expect more!

[@degs8619]

A veces me provoca llanto y otras me provoca una sanación que sólo experimenté entre los árboles de mi infancia, testigo de cómo siempre volvía a refugiarme allí de las malas personas de mi entorno, del abuso. El canto feérico, los acordes, los tempos... Una atmósfera que insta a las personas altamente sensibles a encontrarse, ya sea consigo mismas, con otras PAS y/o con la madre naturaleza 🌬️🍃🍂🍃🍁🍃💜

[@sinnstiftung3719]

Best song of everything Alcest ever produced - so many truth in it

[@adamm3049]

This music is really something truly special. I remember having the priviledge of seeing Alcest and Anathema perform once. Hearing this song live, and looking back at that and closing my eyes and thinking about it. And crying because of how beautiful it all is. This music and art is a blessed gift..

[@metendosemcuspe]

1:01. Amazing!!!

[@michaelklee1188]

My favorite song from Alcest! I love it.

[@Helloitzkenny]

The guitar intro to this song (it's in the spotify and album version I believe) make this song so much more beautiful.

[@tundewarrior]

This song carries so much emotion. Their music are brilliant and magical.

[@evaever1201]

Fall in love w/ dis song too much!

[@lilwho5308]

I LOVE THIS BAND

[@dreamerphi9702]

Je viens de découvrir ce groupe... quel coup de coeur, J'AIME !

[@sadtrack]

This song always make me cry...

[@neidanmusic]

Totally unknown for me and cannot live without it from now on. So beautiful song and amazing landscapes! ART

[@vinitjha1610]

I found this track today My dad used to listen to it back in 2010 I was 9 years old and loved the groove but soon he passed away and so did this but I'm very glad that I found this today it's the happiest day of my life ❤️

[@cultking216]

I can't seem to get over how amazing this sounds. So touching and heart warming....Neige is one of the most passionate musicians of this time.

[@andryrib]

Era da tempo che cercavo un misto fra ambient e metal..bhe..gli ho trovati! I love Alcest

[@RaminduDeshapriya]

Music, lyrics and visual art could not be any more perfect than this.

[@abhisheknaha]

Am from India. Don't know French but this is magnificent.

[@francoisSwine]

There is no problem, it remains completely impossible to understand

[@gladson41]

Francois Swine Really? Even if you speak french this song is hard to understand?

[@francoisSwine]

completely ;-)

[@francoisSwine]

hahaha It is sure that his voice is clear and beautiful, otherly, I wouldn't have seen the video but it's just impossible to understand without the lyrics, believe me ;)

[@edgarallanhoe-w2s]

***** believe it or not they have a huge fan base in India .

[@awindowtothesun]

Alcest remain an enigma in plain sight of our reminiscing. This video emphasizes just that: a longing for better, brighter days. How solemn.

[@landowar2162]

This music video raises so many questions and gives so many answers at the same time.

[@giuliaarm]

this is the most beautiful music i’ve ever heard!!

[@cakeofthepan2233]

you really cant deny this song..so good

[@francescoandtheblackswans]

Brilliant

[@NeverScared986]

Not many songs make me cry. This one does.

[@ronald.mora.castillo]

Alcest, une offre musicale formidable. Souvenirs d´un autre monde c´est on album préféré!

[@jamoman0277]

Ronald Mora j'adore ca aussi! C'est trés encroyable!

[@DennyHoffmann]

I just discovered this band recently thanks to the algorithm gods of youtube, and I have no words to explain how much I'm in love with this song

[@prophecyBC]

Really just now?? You Are a latecomer, but so, so, SO much welcome, Douglas!

[@InfinityPotato97]

Yeah, Alcest is one of my most favourite French bands. I hope you will this band so much as me.

[@dheemanghosh9191]

have you heard the sound of your heart ripping below a wall of sound, well this is it. this video. this circle of life. i keep coming back to it to cry and smile at the same time. every week. since 2015

[@kaladin7487]

Dheeman Ghosh Something draws me back to Alcest also. It's like experiencing another world.

[@dheemanghosh9191]

Sehnsucht!

[@angelbastidamorante7981]

Alcest gracias por existir y crear estas maravillas, simplemente genial.

[@yousifmufeez5955]

this will always remain one of the best songs ever written.

[@MrCannibalSpork]

Such a lovely atmosphere. So depressive, yet so romantic, and overwhelmingly beautiful. Neige is a god

[@williamgabriel4323]

feels really amazing how a song can send you to heaven for a brief time and make you almost forgot your mundane problems. really glad this kinda music exists

[@misterpaifelippe3649]

Gostei muito dessa banda, me traz uma calmaria, muito boa!

[@iancardoso7706]

feliz por ver outro BR

[@victorhugochagas3815]

Em qualquer lugar sempre haverá um BR, haha.

[@AlexsanderSamuel]

Sim huehue.Amo essa banda

[@rlspb]

Muito boa essa banda

[@LeticiaCoimbra]

Uma sensação muito boa!

[@fredd3233]

Trop beau/so beautiful! I was lucky enough to see Alcest live in March 202 just before the covid apocalypse - I miss live music!

[@rowena1428]

Lyrics in English: "A distant prayer, carried by the evening wind Enlivens leaves in their languid dance. Hear the song of the old trees, singing for you For the dark, resting woods. So many seasons have passed; they did not wait. The golden leaves dying on the ground Will be reborn under bright skies As this weatherworn world remains the same, And tomorrow, you and I will be gone." ~Niege is brilliant

[@kentucky1519]

Yeah he is he's unorthodox personality really helps because he's able to better express himself through music than word

[@Fenril99]

Sublime. Je suis heureux qu'Alcest continue son chemin après leur deux superbes premiers album, et un EP non moins génial. Magnifique.

[@matheusslay6199]

essa musica é tao bonita que eu passaria anos escutando ela sem para não se escuta ela apenas com os ouvidos mais tbm com a alma

[@dodosantos1000]

Sim

[@Iscaria]

.. :) I so wish that some decades from now people will look back in history and see that circle of artists as the visionairies they are. This is massively beautiful.

[@foresakenprincess]

I cannot stop listening to this song, and it brings me to tears each time I do, its so beautiful

[@gutterdrown]

hi

[@ladonnaluna]

And this song is for remember that life is a supernatural event day by day in each person, each heart beating, each soul breathing.

[@SamuelSilva-bq9is]

Uma viagem no tempo...

[@marcelecamilo6503]

Alcest gives a hug in my soul that only me could do it. From a soul to a soul, hope see you in the concert in 2023

[@VictorLejarsa]

j'aime bcp! trop bon! urra du Brèsil!

[@petra.mirage]

I sing 'Autre Temps' and 'Souvenirs d'un autre monde' for my son as lullaby, he seems to like them. He have no words yet to tell me, but he always sleeps away with a peaceful smile. Alcest made some of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. This one is really special for me though. I always loved to compare life to falling and fading leaves. The part 01:50-02:50 is my favorite part, the melody and those lyrics together... when I heard it for the first time, it made me close my eyes and cry silently. " So many seasons have passed, they did not wait. The golden leaves dying on the ground Will be reborn under bright skies As this weatherworn world remains the same. And tomorrow, You and I, will be gone." (impossible to translate it to english as beautifully as it is in french) Truly transcendent, this song can not be from this corrupted planet... It must be a memory from an other world. Merci Alcest.

[@ShdwftheSuN]

Neige finally captured his imagination on film!!! pure awesomeness =D

[@ordinaryvalley]

Still cant get over how good this song is..