"ChatGPT Tells an American to React to These French Artists-And I'm Shocked!

[@valmierquere4319]

why paris? and not france?

[@mypassportlife]

Because when I visit I’m usually in Paris, cities like NY can have their own style of music, like Drill music. Idk if Paris does or not.

[@httadeleheidibay]

@@mypassportlife no not really, it’s less of a thing here in France. Of course there are regional songs but the pop in general is very diverse and it’s not because of cities. I can only think of one particular city inspired kind of genre, it’s Marseille’s rap (Marseillais rappers) Marseille is the second biggest city in France if you didn’t know, it’s in the south, it’s very beautiful (love it :3). It can be compared to Chicago and/or Detroit tho lol, the French TV usually compares it to Mexico City but they are exaggerating a bit 💀 but the climate is more like LA 😂

[@sakuras25]

Mc Solaar is literally a poet. If you want to learn French, read his texts. He uses the French language in all its fullest extent because we have words with lots of different meanings.

[@loganleborgne420]

Justement il y a tellement de double sens que c'est une vraie galère...period!

[@LizzieJaneBennet]

"Je suis l'as de ♣️ qui ♠️ ton ❤️, ♦️-line" ... J'adore ! 💗💗💗

[@mypassportlife]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Darkanteros]

MCSolaar is basically the OG of French rap. His lyrics are pure poetry, he plays with double meanings and sonorities like a virtuoso.

[@mypassportlife]

I feel bad my french isn’t good enough to understand! 😭😭

[@catfrexfrecat1800]

In France, the lyrics are more important than music, so if you want understand all the subtilities of our culture, clic on traduction for the clips. Mc solaar was one of the first artists (in France) to sing in rap in the years 80's-90's, Gim's and Clara Luciani are artists of the 21 century. Our artists are very diversify because our culture is very diversify.The time of Edith Piaf is dead even if a certain type of artist copy her old style of music like Barbara Pravi (eurovision 2021).

[@marc_hm_]

Who are you to prentend that in France the lyrics are more important than the music? You speak for the whole french population? It's just not true. It's just your opinion.

[@catfrexfrecat1800]

@@marc_hm_ I am french and 62 old, so I have a very good musical culture, thanks you !

[@marc_hm_]

@catfrexfrecat1800 im french too 😄😄😄

[@Cedric-id9yg]

Les paroles étaient importantes, regardes ce qu'on a eu pour les JO 😂

[@catfrexfrecat1800]

@@Cedric-id9yg , je parles pas trop des artistes à la mode style anakamura ou jules où oui effectivement le niveau a fortement baissé, non moi je parle des artistes d'avant ma génération (années 50) jusqu'aux années 90, après ça part en sucettes.

[@Ousjames]

Clara Luciani is actually talking about breast cancer

[@odyssee3001]

Not really, her song is against sexism, misogyny

[@Ousjames]

@@odyssee3001 She’s talking about both but the main topic is breast cancer even if it’s not explicit

[@tigerkub9]

I looooved MC Solaar in the 90s, yes he's still around. One of the greatest rappers, his lyrics are smart and his play on words is like no one else's. Caroline, this song, is talking about an ex and the guy reminicing about their time together and him having a hard time seeing her with someone else. No swear words, no insults about women, no nudity, just smart rap.

[@nonofoot9344]

I think you can react to more of Gims , basically he was a rapper of Sexion d’assaut ( a group with 6 others rappers ) and then he started on a solo career with Bella that you’ve heard but he continues to do a lot of hits like sapé comme jamais ft niska ( an other iconic French rapper ) and did 620M views

[@LetsChillPage]

On Clara Luciani this translation is not bvery good here the good one : The Grenade Hey you, What you're looking for? You've never seen a fighting woman? Back in The dreary town with me, And I'll reveal to you How I bite, how I bark! Take heed! Under breast, the grenade, Under breast, there, take look! Under breast, the grenade. Take heed! Under breast, the grenade, Under breast, there, take look! Under breast, the grenade. Hey you, But what do you think? I'm just an animal, Disguised as madonna. Hey you, I could badly hurt you! I could dourly wound you, yeah, In the shivering night, Take heed! Under breast, the grenade, Under breast, there, take look! Under breast, the grenade. Take heed! Under breast, the grenade, Under breast, there, take look! Under breast, the grenade. Hey you, You should stop fairy tales; I'm as voracious, As alive as you are! You know That there, under my chest, A rage is in slumber That you couldn't suspect? Take heed! Under breast, the grenade, Under breast, there, take look! Under breast, the grenade. Take heed! Under breast, the grenade, Under breast, there, take look! Under breast, the grenade. Take heed! You're welcome.

[@marjoecolo]

The video has been uploaded 3 years ago but yes this video clip & song (mc solaar) is actually older than youtube guys 😅

[@matissebrement1938]

You should absolutly listen to orelsan if you are in rap, grand coeur malade if you are in slam and Soprano/ Calogéro if you are in cosmopolitan music, and if you want to listen to the greatest french speaking musician you should listen to stromae

[@LetsChillPage]

The scratcher on Mc Solaar's title is Jimmy Jay, who's also his producer. In the mid-80s, he opened for the funk band D. Train and became the French DJ champion at the DMC (Disco Mix Club) Awards in 1989.

[@taratata91100]

You should listen: Yame "Bécane", Orelsan "basique" or "l'odeur de l'essence", Kery James "lettre à la république" or "PDM" feat Kalash, I am feat Wu tang, Stromae, Jacques Brel "ne me quitte pas"... And so many more. You can find the clips with english subtitles on youtube 😊

[@mypassportlife]

Thank you boss!

[@loumuller9266]

And diams (marine or ma France a moi)

[@funkyshakespeare6122]

Mc Solaar is a great song writer !! I teach middle school French here in France and I had my pupils study that song to explore the play on words in poetry. You should try "Solaar pleure", in which he depicts his afterlife battle with evil, it's beautifully epic !

[@asame8842]

Mc solar Caroline songs is old 90s

[@mypassportlife]

🤣 it took me a min to catch on! I didn’t realize at first until I started looking at the clothes n footage more!

[@mypassportlife]

Hey do you have any recommendations on artists I should check out!

[@Fabr.ice.]

Old rap : IAM - Petit frère NTM - laisse pas traîner ton fils Ménélik- bye bye STROMAE : Fils de joie

[@loumuller9266]

Pnl and Sébastien Tellier

[@LovLance]

How don’t you know GIMS. He one of my top played artists.

[@mypassportlife]

😭😭 I’m happy he’s on my list now!

[@Nerivan-911]

I'm french and i don't listen to him, i have to much respect for my ears...

[@azik3817]

@@Nerivan-911 ah gros c’est déjà 10 mieux que ven1 respecte gims frérot

[@ImVez_]

GIMS is not french btw

[@Everest_31]

A French artist I really love is Grand Corps Malade. He does slam and is also a great film director ! His lyrics are true poetry

[@mypassportlife]

I added him to my list!

[@SilverNrGy985]

MC Solar is a well known and old school french rapper, the video is from the 90's

[@vb5152]

If you want listen classic : Brel "les vieux" Brassens " chanson pour l'auvergnat " Nougaro " dansez sur moi" Aznavour "hier encore" 😊 reggiani serge "les loups sont entrés dans Paris " Gainsbourg "je t'aime moi non plus" Jacques dutron "il est cinq heures Paris s'éveille " Jean ferrat "le chant des partisans "

[@mypassportlife]

Thank you boss!! Im going to check them out!!

[@unirreductibleathee8467]

hey, if you really want to learn about french music and the specificity of our songwriting abilities you really should go back at least in the 60's... In terms of incredible lyrics look out for Brel, Brassens, Serge Gainsbourg, Christophe, Barbara, Jane Birkin, Jacques Dutronc, Françoise Hardy, Michel Polnareff, Maxime LeforestierDaniel Balavoine, Claude François, Jacques Higelin, France Gall, Véronique Samson, Jean-Louis Aubert, Alain Souchon, Laurent Voulzy, Stephane Eicher, Michel Jonasz, William Sheller, Michel Berger, L'affaire Louis Trio, les Rita Mitsouko, Vanessa paradis, Téléphone (rock), Axel Bauer, Zazie, Benjamin Biolay, M, ... so many great music to discover... enjoy !

[@mypassportlife]

Merci! I saved your list to check out!

[@medok76620]

Gims -Spyder. Banger 🎉

[@handzxvi3717]

ChatGPT a W for this

[@mypassportlife]

I think this was a great into to some artists

[@anonyme2333]

I recommand listening Angèle (with Gims) - Démons

[@Ousjames]

With Damso you mean?

[@Cedric-id9yg]

"I was not excepting that" you know how I feel after McSolar, such disapoitment...

[@carolineblanc6182]

If you want some old school hip hop you should definitely try IAM, NTM, 113, Oxmo Puccino, Kerry James, la Brigade, Lunatic...

[@mypassportlife]

Thank you! I saved your list

[@sikarie]

Caroline from mc solaar got out in 1991

[@fredericlehun1620]

Vos analyses sont construites. C'est bien ! + 1 pour le référencement !

[@mypassportlife]

Thank you boss!

[@Soulothy]

Bonne chance dans l'apprentissage du français There is belgian singer Stromae who has beautiful songs in french but IMO it's kinda advanced he plays with words and meaning a lot. A recommandation Orelsan - Paradis, i think there are even subtitles for it. It's softer than his usual style but i really like it

[@arthuring1793]

Great react ! If you want some more MC Solaar go check for his banger live session on legends musiques you wont regret it !

[@frederichardy8844]

MC Solar, Caroline : 1991

[@papaol6040]

While using ChatGPT (which is a great idea), use it till the end to ask it more context into the Artist or its lyrics, like all the play on words in MC Solaar’s music. That might also help you avoid looking like a fool laughing out loud about breast cancer because you use one of the worst translation tool that exist, aka Google translate… It could also guide you into knowing which songs to react to : Gims’ 2010s music VS more recent ones that are very different

[@mypassportlife]

That’s mad smart! I didn’t think to use ChatGPT that way!

[@cecilelpt5808]

you should react to indila, she is the french singer with the most views, even if she's not currently active

[@PixieDust18]

15:35 ... no it's just Spain 😐

[@rdnzzl3074]

Jul Werenoi Ninho PLK Tiakola Gazo SDM Damso (from Belgium but speaks French) Hamza (from Belgium but speaks French) Stromae (from Belgium but speaks French)

[@syllb7234]

Mc solaar lyrics are vrey great ,don t pass away ...

[@nonofoot9344]

I think if you want to react to French artist the most iconic of them it’s Indila ( maybe you already know her) and if you want to react to French rap you have a lot of things ( Ziak , Menace Santana , freeze corleone …)

[@mypassportlife]

I don’t know indila, but I’ll definitely look into your list! Thank you

[@j-rmarimoutou7767]

Mcsolaar : over 20y old song

[@mypassportlife]

It’s took me a while to put it together 😭🤣

[@MrKylljoy]

Pretty much all (not all but you get me) lyricists in french rap are Mc Solaar's legacy. He was just too good

[@SIP100Ka]

If you like those songs, you can listen to some Francophone songs like Stromae (he's from Belgium), Damso (also from Belgium) Also Maître Gims or now "Gims" was in a rap group back then "Wati B" Wati bon son (feat. dry) Sexion d'Assaut. ... Ville fantôme (feat. Sexion d'Assaut) ... Laisse tomber (feat. Dr. ... Bavon (feat. Charly Bell) ... Billet facile. The Shin Sekaï, Abou Debeing, Dry, Dr. ... Le choix (feat. GIMS) ... Dévergondé (feat. L'Institut) ... Je ne dirai rien (feat. The Shin Sekaï & Doomams) Here are some of their greatest hits, Black M was also in Wati B and also has amazing songs !! Also you can react to some Orelsan he has many amazing songs

[@ludx_fer]

I would recommend to listen to Luidji. He's a famous French singer and rapper, he has a lot of songs from different genres like Hip-hop, Rap, RnB, one of my favorite is called "Monde". Bigflo and Oli are two brothers, they make a ton of good music too.Their most famous one is "dommage" but i peresonally love "sur la lune" and "autre part" among many others ofc. Also Gims was part of a group called "Sexion d'assaut" in 2010 (they're now separated since 2013) I used to listen to them a lot with my brother when we were younger. You should totally check them out !

[@03venomp02]

le nouveau western by MC solaar is really great

[@tamanthefile9425]

Hi, as you're more interested into rap, hip hop style, you could listen to Orelsan or Stromae

[@cloudwalker9572]

Mc Solaar is old music, it's 90's early 2000s french rap, he is super known. This is like you asked chat gpt for an american artist and it told you Tupac or Biggie. xD 90s early 2000s french rap is amazing you should look into it, I'll give you some names but that's barely scratching the surface there's IAM (I recomend to listen to "La fin de leur monde" which is in my opinion the best french rap song, look into the lyrics they are heavy), you already know MC Solaar, there's also Suprême NTM, they are like to me the 3 corner stone of rap in France. La grenade is a metaphor for breast cancer, I can understand that it's funny as hell if you don't get the metaphor though. Gims was in a group with basically the whole generation that followed the 90s rap named Sexion d'Assaut and that would in my opinion mark the death of the french rap as it's a group made of people that grew up with 90s rap and rap will follow Gims exemple and regress (because yes what you heard from Gims here is considered rap in France. After that french rap became crap. The biggest recent names I know in rap are Gims, JuL, Aya Nakamura that should give you an idea of how much it has regressed when 90s french rap was nearly as good as US rap. Someone has said Orelsan in the comments and it's one of the decent modern one. Now for things that have nothing to do with rap/hip hop, we are really good in electro in France, most famous we have Daft Punk, David Guetta, lesser known I'd recommend Bob Sinclar, Justice, Madeon, Kavinsky, M83, C2C, Caravan Palace, Carpenter Brut. Biggest french artists since post WWII I would say are: -Johnny Hallyday, basically french Elvis Presley if he lived until 2010s, was at his height in the 60s before falling off in the mid 70s, coming back in the mid 80s until the 2000s where he rode off his earlier success -Claude François, it's old french pop from the 60s, a disco period in the 70s before going into early french pop of the 80s, it's hard to find an equivalent american artist but he marked his time. He "wrote" "My Way", he was a fan of Frank Sinatra and one of his greatest pride is knowing Sinatra "sung" his song named "Comme d'habitude" -Mylene Farmer is basically french Madonna, starting in the 80s really hard, kind of a rennaissance in the 2000s early 2010s going for a more Lady Gaga style

[@marevababault5695]

Yeah it's old 1991

[@loumuller9266]

Lol we don’t listen to mc solar and gims currently, it’s okay but it was ten years ago (i’m french and from Paris)

[@mypassportlife]

Does Pairs have its own style of music like NY?

[@antoinecadalen8355]

Pour le coup, Gims a connu une très grosse résurgence en 2024. Il a été n°1 avec 2 chansons différentes tout l'été et a désormais une troisième chanson dans le top 10 du SNEP (le classement officiel). D'ailleurs, l'EP dont ces 3 chansons sont issues a finalement atteint la première place du top album début 2025, sans supports physiques et avec seulement 7 chansons. Donc il y a clairement encore beaucoup de gens qui l'écoutent.

[@antoinecadalen8355]

@@mypassportlife Not really. Marseille (France's second biggest city) has its own rap music, which is very popular in Marseille and in France overall. Nowadays, the most popular rappers from Marseille are Jul and SCH, but the OGs are definitely IAM. There used to be a rivalary between them and a parisian group called NTM. The rivalery between Marseille ans Paris is still there, but it's not really about music, it's mostly about football (soccer). Paris doesn't really have its own popular music style. There are obviously rappers in Paris but their music doesn't have a very distinctive sound. And if there were a Parisian music genre, it would either be cabaret or chanson, but neither are them are popular nowadays. And by the way, the one who is the closest to this genres among the three artists you checked out is from Marseille's region, south eastern France (it's Clara Luciani). Gims and MC Solar both grew up in Paris region, even though none of them was born in France. In fact, Chat GPT gave you the names of artist who were about to perform in major parisian venues when you asked for popular artists in Paris but they are not necessarily the most popular parisian artists. Still, it did quite well providing you something etlectic and rather accurate. Clara Luciani does work in Paris and has been one of the best selling female artists in France since her first hit actually became one (the one you've listened to) and Gims is one of the best selling french rappers of all time (I would say he's number one since the actual number one, Jul, releases several albums per year, whereas Gims catalog only counts 5 albums and some other songs). MC Solar is also a good one because he's the founding father of french rap and well, he did grow momentum in the 90s. Now, if you want to check out songs from Parisan rappers who are currently popular, look for Werenoi (best selling album of 2024), PLK (2nd best selling album of 2024), SDM (7th best selling album in 2024) and Tiakola (only rapper nominated for best album at Victoires de la Musique in 2025, aka the french Grammys). Aya Nakamura is undoubtably another artist who grew up in Paris region you should look for if you want to hear what's popular in Paris region (and in France, and abroad). She performed at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony and her performance is basically the most watched TV footage ever in France.

[@artemis4458]

You should listen to Yamê, Nekfeu, Orelsan, Stromae, because asking chatGPT to show you only most famous Paris rapper isn't...trully representative.

[@mypassportlife]

I agree! That’s why I need y’all to keep me up to date!

[@artemis4458]

@mypassportlife i am also French. That's why i can tell that's not very representive. Hope your next reaction will be truthfull and has food has the first one.

[@CH-oo1ko]

Mc Solaar : Caroline As de trèfle qui pique ton cœur, Caro(line) Ace of "clubs" that "spade" your "heart", "Diamond ". Interpretation : diamond = carrEAU the name of the girl is CarO(line). "EAU" and "O" it's the same sound. It's pure and beautiful poetry !!!

[@marcapouli7805]

Hi! Try to activate subtitles when you can, you will learn a bit of french inconsciously ;)

[@mypassportlife]

Im always worried the translation will be off 😭 u think I’ll be ok?

[@marcapouli7805]

@@mypassportlife Indeed if subtitles are off, it could be misleading. Auto generated subs are off when there is a lot of background noise or music. If it is quiet, or if subs are not auto generated, you can give it a try

[@Difdauf]

Mc Solaar would be as hard as french language can be. Not really for beginners. You can try Stromae, it's easier to understand.

[@mypassportlife]

😭 I can see why! I’ll add Stromae to my list!

[@jeanmichelmoulin7532]

French artists ?

[@mypassportlife]

I asked ChatGPT to show me popular music in Paris! I should have said that in title

[@TailleferAlain]

Mort de rire. Il n y a que des commentaires de français. Ça va pas faire avancer les choses.

[@mypassportlife]

Aye! I love yall suggestions on what music I should check out! You kno better then me!

[@Tyu-f1s]

"french"

[@rhdrhd3255]

3 SHIT song bravo chatGPT lol what a bad choice of french song

[@misakisinsornot]

"who is the most popular music artist in paris?" You know Paris is not France? Because it can happen, when you said that, (bc u told a city) that you can have else than popular artist in the country ANd artist who are not french? Because they are known in Paris.

[@mypassportlife]

Oh I knew that! It’s like with the US, artists that are popular in NY people may have never heard of in LA. Big city’s sometimes bring different vibs, I’m definitely aware