Stromae - Fils de joie || FOREIGN REACTS

[@flo1794]

His new album has probably the best beat variety ive ever heard and the crazy thing is he does EVERYTHING himself (beats, lyrics,

[@IcarusNadir]

I recall him saying in an interview that a different producer/composer made the beat for santé

[@flo1794]

@@IcarusNadir its one of 2 songs in the album he didnt produced alone

[@noahpolimon]

he also gives ideas for the video clip btw.. that's what i heard at least

[@TessaSjoberg]

@@noahpolimon yeah he enjoys video production, he also did one of Billie Eilish' videos

[@roza2603]

Its a tribute to sexworkers. First he sings from the point of view of a client, then a pimp and last a police. In the chorus he sings from the point of view of a son of a sexworker.

[@LadyNikitaShark]

Him being from Belgium, it makes sense.

[@ChantaltheFrency]

@@LadyNikitaShark what do you mean?

[@Rainbow-gc6kh]

@@LadyNikitaShark What's that supposed to mean?

[@k.v.7681]

@@ChantaltheFrency Because, proportinately, there are a lot of prostitues in Belgium compared to other countries, mainly working on the country's borders and big cities. 12M inhabitants, about 15 to 20k prostitues. Compared to France, 35k prostitues but also nearly 70M people. Those numbers are disputed and approximate however, due to legal differences. Prostitution is legal in Belgium, while pimping is a crime. France, (to stay on the comparison) deems all prostituion illegal.

[@Jamiro_Van]

@@k.v.7681 thats why there are less sex workers in France its illegal there

[@black4pienus]

I like that he always sings about subjects that aren't glamorous. He sings about real life things. And often things that are too real for casual conversations. One of his biggest inspirations also used to do this. Jacques Brel. Also a legendary Belgian singer, but from another time. He has been called the Modern Jacques Brel before.

[@PierreMiniggio]

5:03 Honestly you could call it contreversial. The title alone of the song could be considered contreversial. "Fils de joie" literally translated means "son of joy" but what it really means is "male prostitute", and listening to lyrics you can also understand it as "son of a prostitute". And in the song he talks about prostitutions and subjects that revolve around it.

[@denns5971]

Hello personally I have another interpretation of the title In French there is an expression which is "fille de joie" (girl of joy) which means prostitute or bitch Here he replaces girl by son of joy that means son of a bitch as he sings in his music "I'm a son of a bitch as they say" the title means "son of a bitch"

[@PierreMiniggio]

@@denns5971 You basically interpreted it the same ways as I did, you just detailed how I came to these same conclusions :P

[@denns5971]

@@PierreMiniggio not really ahah, " son of joy " doesnt mean " male prostitute " but " son of bitch "

[@kaihiroku8495]

@@denns5971 Yes, basically he switched them up. "Fils de pute" being son of a bitch, "fille de joie" being litterally a prostitue. But "fils de joie" could very well be a male version of prostitute, which also goes to show that we don't have a term for male prostitues in french. Maybe he wanted to point that out as well? Like, it's always the women we disrespect. The wordplay is so deep.

[@rachelc2227]

He dont means male prostitute but the sun of mother prostitude. In old time we said in french for prostitude women Fille de joie. Stromae wanna said the sun because he saw tv show with children the mother protitute ansd hard was for this children.

[@gordonalain]

Guess this is why he's indeed a maestro! His music is creative, high quality and he has a message for all of us. And he's Belgian... so very proud of this genious.

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

You are listening to a pure genius

[@ChrisRock1]

This beat is Brazilian Funk, in a interview he said that he used different nationalities beats

[@Yetisoup]

he always mix multiple music genres, it's his trademark

[@kristyhulse3]

Lol your reaction in the beginning is my reaction when I first heard his music. Some songs have a good beat to vibe to, some have really good lyrics, but when they have both and it’s so cohesive it’s *chef’s kiss* 👌🏽that’s what Stromae brings with every song and music video.

[@mel-kd8wx]

There’s no one else doing it like Stromae

[@soujablo8574]

J'adore Stromae, I love Stromea, ich liebe Stromea,! أحب سترومي، ❤️

[@blogumabrasileira]

Thais beat is “carioca funk”, from Brasil 🇧🇷 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💎💎💎💎

[@mikatteba225]

Each verse present a different perspective. The 1st verse customer Second Pimp Third Police officer The Chorus is about the son.

[@lalybou8774]

This vidéo was made in the Park of Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium represent 😉🤣🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@Maxij0k3r]

Gonna pause at 5:00 because I need to give you an follow. I love how you are reacting to this! keep on doing so good!

[@Zulu369]

The funniest part of this video is when the "Fils de Joie" was translated as "Please enjoy". :) 2:19

[@matt-san4475]

Hi, I am belgian like stromae and I m really happy you like it. I really like it too. Very cool video

[@Shujaa_Bilali]

King Stromae

[@venox314]

Nice reaction dude! Hard to find English reactions to Stromae haha. TIp there are subtitles on the Music Video

[@kevinkodia7156]

Ça déchire en effet... We are all son of b...

[@chucku00]

The way you're talking about the beat is really interesting : I would be thrilled if Stromae would leave the "quantize" button untouched and produce some beats à la J Dilla...

[@arqrogersantos]

This music is Inspiring by Brazilian Funk

[@yadr8529]

Check out formidable by stromae the lyrics are really strong!

[@michalovesanime]

Some women do want ( or like) to be sexworkers. Women also enjoy sex, shocker I know. Women are no different from men, socialization is where the big difference come to be. There are plenty of men out here being free sexworkers and no one bats an eye. Sex work is work, one of the oldest professions. Every human being deserves respect. Sex is not shameful, sexwork is service work. And with all the people partaking, in secret, it just shows how fucked up our societies are. How hypocritical. There is nothing wrong with being a sexworker. And for the women who do it and don't have a choice, if we really cared for these women we'd help them out of poverty. We don't care, we only care to judge them

[@sailorfan86]

Fils de joie = Son of joy

[@noemiestephane8081]

not the same meaning. you can translate as fancy son or fancy boy

[@sailorfan86]

@@noemiestephane8081 thought it might have a different meaning. Thx

[@emmanueln8415]

It's a pun from "fille de joie", a phrase which in French is synonymous with "whore". " A girl of joy", meaning a woman who gives men joy. When he says "Fils de joie" (son of joy"), he posits himself as the son "fils" as the son who doesn't disavow his mom, albeit the latter is a prostitute.

[@sailorfan86]

@@emmanueln8415 oui je m'en douter. Merci.😁

[@vincentguillot4154]

@@emmanueln8415 Why don't you explain this to me like I'm five?

[@mrvk7532]

🎧👍

[@PierreMiniggio]

Premier commentaire :P

[@noahpolimon]

the title is pronounced "fis de j-oo-a" btw fis like in fist, de with a french e, then french j, oo like in fool, a like in cat

[@crotal3426]

Stupeflip Vite!!!!

[@arqrogersantos]

BRAZILIAN FUNK BRO

[@gisellazambuto-sitra9513]

Stromae Belgium 👊

[@FOFINHA82]

This is brazilian funk..

[@hjdumoulin-ewart5487]

Here Stromae helps us understand what he wanted to do with this song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZivYoyOrJl4hKs

[@eduard9307]

Stro-Mae. Mae-Stro. for easier pronunciation of his name

[@utuberlol]

If you can pronounce the name just say this in your normal accent "Fees the jwa"

[@togofortezza6306]

Хоронят кали. Туда ей и дорога. Отвергаю этот сценарий.

[@sebastienichtertz8879]

you re acting too much!!

[@foreignreacts]

😢

[@reniasva]

Sadly Stromae is always trying to come off as a deep thinker with impact on society, yet it comes off forced and tacky. This is neither controversial nor shocking. He's just repeating things that are beyond debate. Leaving the lyrics aside it's a decent sounding pop song.

[@evabarlia6820]

"decent sounding pop song"? The words that you chose to describe this song are surprising to me. "Decent" for me doesn't give justice to this song. Pop, on the other hand, is a completely different genre than this song. Seriously I could use so many words for this song but "pop" is definitely not one of them.

[@djee475]

I'm guessing your opinion is as good as anyones, even though I haven't fellt someone was this wrong in a while 😆

[@reniasva]

@@evabarlia6820 Different people, different opinions.

[@reniasva]

@@djee475 Glad I could bring that sensation back. Some people need it to feel superior. You're welcome👍🏻

[@caiofonteneles9300]

"yet it comes off forced and tacky" what the hell, you couldn't be more wrong about Stromae. He's always talking about things that doesn't have the attention it deserves, one example is "moules frites", a track of his previous album "Racine Carrée", that talk about STD's, but in a little "fun" story about a guy that like sex but seems to not care about protection. And probably will die because of it. This "decent sounding pop sound" it's a mix of classical music with brazillian funk, which I, as a Braziliian, love so much because here this genre was always treated as something prohibited and of bad taste, but after decades it became one of the best details in brazillian culture. For me, as a brazillian artist who knows the history behind the brazillian funk genre, inspiring a belgian artist and he even mixed with classical music (artists already done that here, but by doing that he shows how deep he searched and studied this genre to work with it on his album), this fill me with pride because it's a powerful genre and he used in a fantastic way. The wrong thing you did was just listen and talk the first thing you thought. You need to search why he did that, watch his "track by track" that he's doing on his channel. Understand why he chose this genre, why the lyrics sounds like that. Every artist has a motive behind every choice they make, and Stromae knew exactly what he wanted, how it needed to sound, what the best choices to make. Even after 8 years of hiatus, he kept evolving his art and this project is an example of that.