Alcest - Les Iris

[@Victor.Ackerman]

This is the last song that my best friend sent me before he disappeared. He stopped responding to messages for a day, a week, and then for a month. He deleted all of his friends except for one girl, with whom he only communicates. I miss him, he was a great person, one of the best. I regret that I didn't spend a lot of time with him when his PC was taken away. Only when his computer was returned to him, we played one evening. And then sometimes corresponded until this misfortune happened. I still can't understand why he did that. And this song now reminds me of him. I won't forget you, Timur.

[@AlkaRez]

I've done this. In my mind a wasn't thinking about anyone but my self. Didn't have a high opinion of my self so having others worry didn't even come to mind. This comment brought that old thought process back. I was selfish.

[@jessica_schrecklich]

Happened to me too. His name was Dean. I still think of him. Maybe this song will help me. They must have had their reasons.. Thanks for sharing, hope you are doing well these days.

[@jessica_schrecklich]

​​@@AlkaRezI hope you are better ❤

[@aubries3633]

This story is beautifully warped. I have self-isolating tendencies and go weeks without replying to anyone, I understand how difficult it must be to be on the other side, I'm sorry

[@jessica_schrecklich]

@@aubries3633 Can't blame you, sometimes we need some solitude, too ❤️

[@PrakharSrivastav]

This song is just out of this world .. I don't understand a word and still it seems so profound and transcendent ... amazing amazing music by Alcest.

[@MementoMori1775]

You don't understand a word because there ARE no words :) he's just making sound, some of their songs are just written that way.

[@stephanelosardo3579]

@@MementoMori1775 in this album i think most of the lyrics are written in french

[@MementoMori1775]

@@stephanelosardo3579 Most of their songs are, yes.

[@isosthenie8271]

Check out Amesoeurs

[@carlitoxb110]

Lyrics Mais un peu de sang colle ta peau au pavé Et j'ai peur, et j'ai froid C'est ma mort, c'est ta mort que je vois Ils ont écrasé ta tête et ton coeur Ils t'ont tout volé, pauvre spectre écrasé J'ai envie de pleurer; pourtant je ne t'aime pas

[@David93434]

5:47 is pure bliss, it sounds like an explosion of life and colors, but also sadness as the colors eventually start to fade. Alcest is nourishment for the soul, I feel so lucky to have come across this music.

[@egodormiosedcormeumvigilat4353]

I too feel lucky; I've been looking for Alcest, the "eye of daye."

[@Dimthedark]

Very well put 🖤

[@elliottellis6849]

I know I'm quite off topic but does anyone know a good site to stream newly released series online ?

[@coltliam2514]

@Elliott Ellis Flixportal xD

[@elliottellis6849]

@Colt Liam thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service :D Appreciate it!!

[@Scarlette0128]

Still find this song amazing after 14 years. Wish Alcest will someday tour in the US.

[@mantislife7463]

They have like 2-3 times in CA but that was like 10 years ago.

[@mmstudio4664]

This song feels like you're in an immense garden with a beautiful girl just walking around with you.

[@sergeyromanenko6329]

The Best song on Souvenirs and one of the best songs Alcest ever made!!!

[@ArtistOfMyLife]

I always find Alcest songs so transcendent...

[@OscarVargas]

+Akvile Ne All of them...

[@egodormiosedcormeumvigilat4353]

"Transcendent" is exactly the right word. These songs pass directly through particular substances (and their accidents) to the universal, abstract realities they share: and so more closely approach transcendent Being.

[@pescadomaligno]

I totally agree, this song is pure magic and Alcest songs in general are so unique and perfect, I find it hard to believe that such a great and talented band is so underated, people rather listen to shitty music nowadays

[@franco5506]

The release in the 6:45 such a blissful ending

[@owenwishon9675]

Whenever I hear the last minute of this song all I feel is peace

[@dweller3435]

forever the most perfect work of a drummer

[@dianerocher9944]

groupe magnifique,qui fait planer et transperce notre esprit d'une pureté !

[@holyshiet787]

My best friend died 10 days ago in a car accident, and when i heard this song especially the part with the blast beat,my tears went instantly. I think i should avoid Alcest for a couple of months haha

[@magnusbruce4051]

Sorry for your lost. One of my friends also died in a car accident about three months ago and I know it's difficult, but it helps me to remember that people will always live through the memories of people they knew.

[@holyshiet787]

Yes but those things are hard to realize. You see,during mourning times you just want that person to be in your life, and it hits hard when someone says "They will be a great memory we won't forget" You want someone back you do not want a memory, you want that person,and that's the problem at first until u realize that in your life you will met others like the person you lost and it will be less stressful :)

[@gulinotm]

Man, that part of the song makes me want to cry even when things are going ok

[@Miniapplesauce]

How could I have overlooked this album, it is fantastic

[@parkerunze4718]

Por la semaine dernière, J'ai l'écoute à ta musique, et Je suis en l'amour. Le tambours et retour de guitare sont très intéressants, sans parler de gentil en non oreille. Je l'aime musique chsussure-regard, but cette album est une catalyseur por son place dans mon cœur. Merci pour ta musique, il q modifié ma vie.

[@peyshatesheaven9422]

Best Alcest song ever.

[@zrollins]

Hardcore Sigur Ros! This stuff is magic.

[@charleshaupt6834]

Beautiful haunting lyrics and harmonies..

[@Max112023]

this beautiful song helped me come to terms with a very painful time in my life. thank you Alcest

[@yoapinelli3736]

Escuchen este tema cuando conduzcan o van en autobús por una zona de verde natural, se siente una intensidad tremenda , increíble inspiración lo que puede darnos una excelente canción cómo esta obra maestra

[@equisde1573]

El año pasado mis clases en la Uni terminaban a las 7pm y debía recorrer 14 km de regreso a casa con el transporte completamente lleno. Alcest estuvo ahí para calmar mi ansiedad. Era indescriptible sentir paz en medio de un autobús a punto de explotar por la cantidad de gente en su interior.

[@franlopez5341]

@@equisde1573 Totalmente Alcest es una banda que con su música atmosférica te envuelve, al punto que ni te das cuenta en donde estas

[@CHClNO-qn8gr]

Siempre que salgo a caminar al bosque esta canción acompaña mis pasos y bajo su influencia comienzo a tomar fotografías de mis hermanos árboles

[@donarturo6628]

Man, i just found out about this band. They're awesome!!

[@adityadebnath9301]

It's such a beautiful song, it'll make you cry

[@korayertug794]

It's actually quite beautiful coincidence that I discovered that band at the time I started learning French!

[@turanyasar3375]

thats not a coincidence. google listens to our phones, utube knows what we do everytime. if u had started to learn chinese, things would have been different.

[@leonardodavinci2230]

I started learning french!

[@eddie.26]

I started learning french because of Alcest.

[@weaintfriendsweaintfriends7346]

now listen to peste noire, their first demo with Neige is amazing 😍so trancedental

[@Bobysisland]

So, my dear non-french friends. Where are you now with french ? Où en êtes-vous avec le français ?

[@tongliu5755]

It's hard not to love Alcest's music. Alcest一定是把生命的奥义参悟透了才能写出这么好听的音乐。

[@ynn7048]

Realmente amo ésta canción, me hace sentir en casa.

[@DanielRibeiro-qk8gj]

ouço ha 10 anos e os sentimentos que essa musica me traz sao os mesmos...

[@Joaquin7M]

Perfecto, la verdad que me enamore de esta música, hermosa banda! Hail from Uruguay!

[@wemoveincircles]

Pure perfection!

[@Natalialimagd]

ah, essa banda é perfeita

[@pizzayologame]

uma br aq,q raro

[@tonyhalf9177]

@@pizzayologame Mais um :)

[@bleonardu]

@@pizzayologame outro! ❤️

[@ivanivan5511]

gatinhaaaaa

[@V-SZN]

I am so fucking late..but this band is amazing and I'm glad I stumbled across them. This makes me want to cry dude I'm not even joking

[@63BUSHWHACKER]

Just discovered this, stunning, my song of the week.

[@刁韮勹]

my fav song of yours

[@RhumChanh]

Awesome !!!

[@martinthegooner4849]

Simply awesome, love this band

[@DTB1752]

this guy*

[@willersandervan]

SALUDOS DESDE BOLIVIA ! UN GUSTO ESCUCHAR A ESTA BUENÍSIMA BANDA !

[@CidaBorges]

Essa música é uma paisagem sonora.

[@igorsobral3]

Um olhar da alma através da janela. Uma simples, delicada e sublime conversa entre almas através do olhar, da íris. Você descreveu de forma perfeita! Uma paisagem sonora... E quanta beleza pode ser vista através dessa projeção!

[@shriyasridharamaiya9216]

bands like these are why music is the ultimate art ;-; I've found you again, my oxygen T__T It's been a while since Tool and Rishloo and Katatonia ;-;

[@shriyasridharamaiya9216]

Yo! Ssup, jazzy? :3

[@shriyasridharamaiya9216]

Pretty cool :) How's peaches? :P

[@shriyasridharamaiya9216]

How so? D:

[@shriyasridharamaiya9216]

wai naught? :(

[@egodormiosedcormeumvigilat4353]

How did so many would-be respondents to your reply fail to respond to your reply itself? I agree in my heart with your sentiment. This band is likewise air to me.

[@corgispotter]

Alcest is what real music should sound like. Dying breed.

[@ANDER....]

EXCELENTE HOY EN DIA Y SIEMPRE

[@g00d4her_]

simplemente hermoso

[@ernestoleighton3067]

This one makes me headbang while crying

[@bastth]

Essa música é de outro mundo. 🖤🌜

[@FloydCouncil727]

yes

[@AndresAcheron]

increíble como te atrapa el sonido de éste tema en especial

[@4thpvoid]

perfect!

[@BlackGazerJess]

6,551 views and only 61 likes?!...that proves the fact "the human ears go deaf due to inability to stand perfection"...

[@ariyohidayat3091]

239.752 views and 21 dislike, hmm i think the dislike people finally accept the perfection

[@ejenplitobarces]

3k likes now

[@rosaaguilar6694]

Amor eterno...

[@viniciusoliveira1987]

Easily one of their top 10 best songs.

[@sergeyromanenko6329]

Absolutely!

[@arcelitex]

I'm ready now..

[@silverdreams03]

True beauty

[@rayinoue2]

Eu sinto muitas coisas ouvindo esse álbum

[@prophecyBC]

Gracias

[@DanielRibeiro-qk8gj]

sentimos...

[@MrLolito123]

perfection

[@thetravisgreene]

6:47 damn.

[@Aizix_]

This riff is already amazingly beautiful on acoustic (4:26) but then it goes all distorted blowing my mind every single time I listen to this masterpiece.

[@rainywolf]

So... is He just mumbling/humming? Searched for lyrics in french but it doesnt seems like that is what He's singing. Beautiful song nonetheless, truly sublime.

[@edgarallanhoe-w2s]

rainywolf he often does that, he's singing notes/sounds

[@hoaxtuesday]

Neige is using a made up language in this song. At least one song on every album has no actual lyrics and he's just singing in tongues.

[@lizhedmadrigal2407]

¡Hermosa!

[@martinmartinezcarmona1581]

4:27

[@luteriocastana3022]

Martín M. Carmona

[@carnicaisbanda6494]

Perfeito!

[@Rybos]

Best song in the world next to Le Secret

[@liinaalina]

4:26 my favourite part 😭🩵🩵🩵

[@kartalyigit65688]

ah 3:17 omg

[@iheartmetall]

Best part of the song

[@giuseppesalemi6405]

When music is NATURAL ESSENCE

[@ronium]

Charming Wanna know the lyrics....

[@arasmuradi3324]

what genre of metal is this it's beautiful.

[@salomeizquierdo4203]

Is shoegazze Black metal, his new album"Kodama" same this great!!!!

[@D0pamine.3091]

Shoegaze

[@xFuzzyxPicklesx]

check out catherine wheel

[@yaroxkendo3043]

Blackgaze, mixing shoegaze with black metal

[@Fogdiver69]

Or could be included in the broader genre of Post-Metal, which includes Blackgaze.

[@lovepungentspell]

💘

[@maxmarsh9938]

So based

[@coryleblanc]

found alcest long time ago when i discovered post-rock

[@АлександрМенделеев-г3э]

More specifically; Blackgaze.

[@TheGraveyardZombie]

So Alcest!

[@dream431ca]

Well, gotta buy this album. Have 3 Alcest albums. I seem to have missed one.

[@bluBlaq33]

Love smoking to this song

[@Lushoegaze]

Uno de esos me gusta es mio. Soy de Chile (= !!

[@ejenplitobarces]

Saludos compatriota ;)

[@ekwnfhwndgv561]

what genre of music is this?

[@Rybos]

Shoegaze

[@chaveensanka]

පට්ටම පට්ට සින්දුව

[@purv3y0r]

Yes machan, this is a masterpiece

[@Immoskyl]

So groovy, so powerfull, so doom, so epic... YEAAAAAAAH

[@busra8293]

MÜZİĞİ ÇOK SEVİYORUM

[@leonardodavinci2230]

My name is İris so 🤪

[@despertardaconscienciacristica]

Mine too

[@irisvumi]

mine too❤

[@lightyagami1980]

the best

[@borisf.6572]

A quand un album Alcest entièrement acoustique ? :)

[@kubraacarturk3878]

Şaheser

[@sisii23]

♥

[@halinasurvivor4408]

🥰

[@cemcem2479]

Mais un peu de sang colle ta peau au pavé Et j'ai peur, et j'ai froid C'est ma mort, c'est ta mort que je vois Ils ont écrasé ta tête et ton coeur Ils t'ont tout volé, pauvre spectre écrasé J'ai envie de pleurer; pourtant je t'aime

[@Rybos]

Those aren't the lyrics though

[@cemcem2479]

@@Rybos these are the nearest lirycs of the song i actually find, if you find a better version comment with it bruh and not sfascià ru caz madò

[@Rybos]

@@cemcem2479 There are no actual lyrics to this song. This is what he said about the song Sapphire but it applies here too: "Some people asked for the lyrics of the song but actually this one does not have any. I am using my « invented language » which is made from spontaneous/improvised sounds without any specific meaning. Since the very beginning of Alcest, ¼ of our songs contain this language and it’s a way for me to sing without having to be restricted by the signification and sounds of a « real » language. « Les Iris », « Kodama », « Délivrance » and many others have been written in the same way." - Neige

[@cemcem2479]

@@Rybos i know, this is the nearest lyrics because they can emulate the sound, so i can not mumble when i try to sing this song

[@juanidelgado8029]

@@Rybos when and where did he say this?

[@ivanivan5511]

Long time ago, I remember falling asleep by the only girlfriend I had while playing this album.

[@tastedawaste1367]

Swag

[@davidg.d6188]

10 👍

[@marioparot8336]

does anybody have the lyrics?

[@Anarkoacrato]

+Adrian Schilbach ahaha lol really?

[@marioparot8336]

+Adrian Schilbach probably... you are right xD

[@clandestina6382]

+Toolman329 I think those lyrics are not from this song. I saw them like 3 years ago as well, but I feel that those words dont belong actually. Furthermore, the translation is fucked up, I mean doesnt sound like Alcest lyrics.

[@TheCallofduty4man]

But a little blood stuck your skin to the pavement And I am afraid, and I am cold, this is my death, this is your death I see They crushed your head and heart They stole everything from you, poor broken ghost I feel like crying, yet I don't love you.

[@alic.8996]

+jefferino pupperino that's a translation from a song of dark sanctuary, not alcest :)

[@flotsammordecai1809]

Cuando andas bebiendo y viendo fotos del pasado 🥴🥺 y empieza a reproducirse Alcest 🥴

[@Azileb27]

Esta cancion no tiene letra o si?

[@prophecyBC]

no

[@clandestina6382]

@@prophecyBC I knew it!!! and here several individuals posted some fake lyrics

[@robertneige3765]

♥ 5:05 das geilste was es im shoegaze gibt thx Neige ♥

[@elpohloco7654]

[@emmavet87]

This Is Emo Metal ❤️

[@iheartmetall]

No, it's blackgaze ❤

[@janparadowski4894]

Ok why does this remind me of Sigur Ros

[@prophecyBC]

Later on, they actually produced "Shelter" in Iceland.

[@elmegder.r5552]

catharsis !!

[@7c6wprq]

buttered

[@paulchaussereau9726]

GRR GRRR....

[@JogaCrimson]

Mi rola

[@ivanivan5511]

nostalgia, shit

[@lilyrose8062]

2:41 the mini solo thing, can anyone tell me what notes are being played? Thanks

[@betul7157]

♡

[@prophecyBC]

you are welcome