Stromae - papaoutai (Official Video)

[@Steerre]

I took 3 years of french in high school, and I’m proud to say I now understand the word “papa”

[@zahraaalsaffar7303]

Sterre Valenteijn LmAo

[@mareks.9967]

Congrats man ! 😍😍😍

[@kandikanesnkisses]

Papa ! Papa papa papa, papa ? Papa :D

[@2brainded240]

Salut. Comment ca va. Je mappelle Alejandro. Bonjunee

[@Steerre]

Aletron DJ je ne parle pas Francais

[@AllnewSpr]

This song will never die...

[@yasminalfahad5604]

YESS

[@shunn3y]

Sure!

[@mariadefatimatavares7776]

It's imortal 😌

[@ElifGuleer]

Definitelyyyy 🙂

[@tessemo]

His father did tho😟

[@agentg0215]

This man is an actual genius and this song is a masterpiece.

[@enearoque4019]

Yeah thats so true

[@blackyoulikka91]

Littéralement

[@thegeeks16]

This one and any other song from him, he's a GOD by himself

[@pioupiou6518]

Mdlol calme toi frr nan jdec en vrai t’a raison

[@DARKshadow-wl3eb]

Oui

[@AdonisCoder]

Such a beautiful hidden meaning at the end of the song. It says that after missing his father for so long, the boy has learnt the only thing that he saw in his father, to be absent from the lives of his future children.

[@patricknzeyimana8777]

This song never gets old. After all these years, I still love it

[@extrm161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoXGYoyIpthkbJI

[@justb5174]

Yeah, me too

[@elifbozbey5462]

I think so too

[@Kinelo22]

yea

[@maevabacarahmed1565]

T'as raison, j'adore.

[@Wilcast25]

Now that I am going to be a father, this song hits me a lot, I want my son to never have to wonder where his father is and that he always sees me as his support...thank you MAESTRO I heard this song as a child and now I understand it as an adult. Pd: my boy have 1 year old and he likes this song!!!

[@aidan5956]

Good luck 🤞

[@blackblue7372]

Good luck

[@ruzenkaceralova6979]

I wish you a lot of love

[@sha78962]

Sometimes fathers be present physically but not emotionally or mentally.This is the reason my friend favours and respect her mother more.I think this songs also talks about that.

[@Wilcast25]

@@sha78962 also talk about that you right

[@slimesenseiii1014]

As a man with no father, it’s really amazing for him to shine light on people like us being envious of kids with fathers they can learn from. Amazing job

[@mechouekriad7686]

واو

[@whatshername3158]

Same here.it feels like an eternal feeling of halfness,like you'll never know who you really are.I always have an unbearable feeling of emptiness

[@qquenk]

I have lost my father 2 years ago and it rly hurts loosing somebody ur close with back then I haven't understood the song but now I understand it too good. I hope you will live a life without loosing more people in your life and rest in peace ur father.

[@samypons3185]

oh

[@kesqry6159]

@@qquenk rip bro im sorry to hear that but life is going on u must forgot it somehow

[@Soumaya__mt02]

Qui est là en 2025?

[@Sawnyschuler-w9l]

Moi

[@pig001white]

Moiiii

[@Celestin_Durkio_Fame]

🎉

[@emilieblanchard2744]

Moi

[@LalaAïchaDiouf-q2t]

Moiii🎉

[@xem8]

10 years later and still a masterpiece!

[@IM_Ex]

100%

[@so_bored.billies]

Sure

[@elektrogstanzl]

Why shouldn’t it be a masterpiece just because 10 years pass?

[@Maybe_791]

@@elektrogstanzl Blud didn’t even understood

[@benito96]

Oui trop!!

[@christiancy2514]

it's very rare nowadays to find a dance track with meaningful and impactful lyrics... this is timeless, stromae's a legend

[@danijelamikic5363]

All his songs are legendary,he is not only making music,but he has hard observation of society.He is brave also becouse he speaks abouth things that nobody speaks

[@tvrealite4576]

Slt Je viens de sortir un son qui parle d'amour, votre soutien m'apportera beaucoup merci kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJW0k6OuhL-jotk Ps: laissez votre avis..

[@soniaselami6637]

@@tvrealite4576 tenue pour iuduuruururur

[@ommass3odmahamdhossam697]

للبة

[@ommass3odmahamdhossam697]

@xxx yyy لةوةىةةا

[@selinx2319]

C‘mon Stromae, the world needs your music again..

[@muratcakir6782]

Is stromea died

[@bjrl703]

@@muratcakir6782 no

[@AlmirAbazi]

@@muratcakir6782 really no i dknt belive it

[@AlmirAbazi]

@@muratcakir6782 he is not died

[@AlmirAbazi]

Selin X yes we need him

[@AluheJacob]

I will forever love this song

[@KllmnKllmn]

Still listening to this song. Simply a masterpiece

[@Maayan27]

same

[@ap0l085]

Same

[@iidanixi8441]

Right

[@biancamihaela7598]

iiDanixi ❤️

[@goose5706]

Kllmn123 Kllmn123 +1 innit

[@areejatif3500]

Well, this SONG WILL NEVER DIE.

[@roeifox2077]

its so true!

[@lapuerkdejaehyun4330]

Still a bop

[@arcjesse]

2020- TikTok joined the chatroom.

[@smokerx6291]

*youTube algorithm has entered the chat*

[@salmaestro]

It's so popular on the Internet, I'm wondering how popular it is in France.

[@nobody-hi4qv]

Okay, can we please acknowledge that kid's dancing skills? He got talent!!!

[@days3348]

Yeah, he's also very expressive.

[@StairwayToHeaven211]

That's Rubix!!! Now Criminalz family, go search his video, he is massive.... Absolutely brilliant.

[@kristinajunuen1596]

Ikr!!!

[@ikarusxv]

Which one? All the dancers in this video are really good

[@techwithtee8721]

The girls too

[@marinakatzlein7259]

Chaque fois, je pleure quand j'ecoute cette chanson. Un artiste extraordinaire❤

[@marcinkuleta8264]

We need more songs that tell something important.

[@latifaboujrad3705]

You are right I miss Stromaes songs so hard

[@shoaibahmed9071]

'Cause Stromae songs explain reality. Stromae really needs to come back in musical industry 💓

[@marcinkuleta8264]

@@shoaibahmed9071 Yes, he does.

[@marcinkuleta8264]

@@latifaboujrad3705 So do I.

[@diamondminor]

AND SHES LOOKING AT YOU YOU YOUYOU YOUY YOUT YOTU YOU YUPUY YUPU YOU YUPY YOU YOU YOU YOU YOJ YOU YOUY OYI YOYI YOU TOU YOUUUUUUU

[@margothelleputte6703]

2013: papaoutai 2019: stromaeoutai

[@persona._.5114]

doesn't make sense

[@ii-sxolar-ii1700]

Stromae et ne fait plus de musique mais il et en contact avec Soprano

[@persona._.5114]

@_xTwelve the young lad oooooh

[@kylvvxhd7103]

Margot Helleputte 🤣🤣

[@hibahchaib8045]

@@persona._.5114 It actually does. Papaoutai means dad where are you? And since Stromae stopped making music for years now, he played with words by saying stromaeoutai which means Stromae where are you?

[@alibln_viervier2161]

This song is still legendary after all this years

[@otsayderdz5683]

Yes 😎😎😎

[@wiktorshowtime8242]

Yes 😎😎😎

[@Qqq_29-A]

YES BRO

[@uchihaisabela2088]

Yeah 💝💝

[@wiktorshowtime8242]

YES BRO

[@kb9512]

On his absent father, he declared in 2019, "My father was never there for me. He left right away. He was a runner, a flirt. I learned much later that I had half-siblings. He was an architect who went back and forth between Belgium and Rwanda. I must have seen him twenty times in my life, and he died during the Rwandan genocide. But he had already disappeared for me, and when I learned of his death, I didn't cry. Perhaps I hadn't prepared myself. The fact remains that we won't be able to make up for lost time with this dad we didn't see when he was little."

[@9l910]

For those who don't know, his father wasn't a deadbeat or someone who didn't care for him, he was killed during the rwandan genocide in the 90s

[@jvaughndaniels3062]

Fuuuuck. Poor dude.

[@yfen-]

Well this just churned fucking dark

[@dinopawn]

oh pour guy

[@jdbrad2302]

Dang that's so sad

[@OnlineFriend4u]

Oh ok

[@swietpiet]

It still gives me goose bumps, the emotions it carries is incredible

[@senyeugeniekolamou9551]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kyzma-p6c]

👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤

[@leonardop.6450]

i needed to listen to it because of a french homework, it brought me back memories

[@mariamjanjalashvili2713]

@@leonardop.6450 M 😁e ŵ uuffitrrrffffyihk

[@ניין-י9ש]

What was this famous for again? Something related to football?

[@gergelyczimmer7627]

It's really impressive that this song is almost 9 years old but still has about one million views in every two weeks. Never gets old.

[@sarahfnnd]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@vladi2725]

@@sarahfnnd hahah

[@user-rv7ge1tc4l]

it sounds like it could be released in 2022. SO FREAKIN GOOD

[@stuartmartindale5774]

Welcome to gcse students across the UK doing french

[@ktosti06]

@@sarahfnnd bro....

[@fluffypenguins5253]

It's crazy how we are listening to these songs again as different people,

[@miran4205]

Right.. this song just popped into my head because I loved it as a 10 yr old but didn’t understand a word and now years later I graduated from high school and speak French fluently it’s crazy

[@baptou3263]

Lis pas mon pseudo

[@user-uw5yp5bo4y]

Im from Greece and I don't know how to speak French. But i wanted to know what the lyrics mean and i googled it. I am wondering how many of that kind of songs we are enjoing while others crying....

[@Mateusz-hw7sf]

I fully agree.

[@hamidaccent8060]

@@miran4205 ٢

[@mumami3880]

My favorite music videos are ones that have a message to say and this one has an important one to tell. Definitely deserves to hit 1 billion.

[@yeahpz6520]

almost...

[@Robert-gs7vc]

so close

[@Priya-xq5iy]

So so close

[@EvoZzz_PES]

yw bwoi hit 1b now

[@lankyboi23]

Guys. We've done it. 🥂🗿

[@dermitdem1179]

for me this is a timeless electro/pop hit it has a great story wich touches me, a nice video, emotional performacne without being too cheesy or unenjoyabke because of a performance thats too sad It has a great balance and is just a nice piece of art i always come back here to enjoy it its a nice experience all the time normally i dont listen to this kind of music cause too many people dont have this good balance either its too boring, too cheesy too repeatative or overall just to uncreative this one here is just Awesome in many ways :)

[@jordandamico05]

This is what a true artist is. You do not even have to understand the words to know exactly what he is singing about.

[@ridgetoppropertieskenyaltd6929]

Exactement!!

[@DiamanteDea]

@@ridgetoppropertieskenyaltd6929 🙌🙌

[@isacastro6796]

Laisse

[@Jackson-bd8kq]

Mhmm but I literally know 10 languages and I love French XD

[@DiamanteDea]

@@Jackson-bd8kq french is my fave too

[@francoismartin4405]

The song is about the absence of a father, a story the singer himself experienced. Born of a Belgian mother and a Rwandan father, he had a fickle father, killed during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The singer confessed during an interview to have cried during the writing probably for the lived side.

[@ekilo3374]

@@benleaper5390 I speak French and I can tell you he had right, it's about the fact he don't have a father.

[@francoismartin4405]

Ben Leaper French is my native language and your comment is misleading, the singer has not mentioned war once in the song and the song is not about the effects of war but about the absence of fathers.

[@NadaiX]

ik

[@thatlionwhocosplays]

@@benleaper5390 Erm, no Stromae said it's about growing up without a father, also English is my native tongue but I've been studying French for 4 years now

[@guccion]

@Allô français canadien Québec ?

[@riosnyder6122]

He is one of the most creative and influential artists. And I respect him for that

[@NJOverclocked]

Wish he would come back.

[@MittensWichen]

why this making me cry

[@didierdrogba6945]

​@NJOverclocked He just made a beautiful song

[@JoshuaOgbeide-c1n]

L’une des meilleures musiques françaises

[@kekyoin3732]

We had to analyze this song in class today. It's been 5 years and i finally got the meaning of this song, dispite it being so obvious. His father doesnt pay attention to him, he's physically there, but not mentally paying attention to his son. The son saw the families together outside, the ones dancing, something he never got to do. At the end when he also turns doll-like, it signifies that we're basically newer versions of our parents, since our parents are our role models for our whole childhood, we learn from them and so the son became just like him.

[@toltec1983]

it's true he lost his father when just a child but it seems he wasn't around before either.

[@tessakaczmarczyk7110]

I'm french so I heard it much and it's true, his dad is gone to battle in Rwanda, and he died here. It's a terrible story...

[@inoahguy44]

@@Ok-rz6bh Stromae's dad was killed in the Rwanda genocide when he was 12. That's the reason behind this song.

[@kiimpchi9192]

That's deep. More deep than I expected.

[@kekyoin3732]

@@kiimpchi9192 nice pfp lmao

[@toastman4205]

this song has a better story than ever drama movie ever

[@ela242]

helaal

[@redox_reaction_phox]

Combined

[@aaliyah5710]

AYEEE HES COMING BACK!! HE SAID HE WAS WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM AND WILL RELEASE SOON BUT SAID FASHION IS STILL HIS PRIORITY!! 🥰💖💖

[@cherrounsiham7793]

@@aaliyah5710 oò

[@batatastin6787]

🙃

[@aknurich1215]

his voice when he sings Où t'es, papaoutai, there is pain you can clearly hear despite the dancing music.

[@moonbear9502]

Happy Father's Day to those who deserve to be fathers.

[@Urmom-co2ro]

and to those that had to grow up quicker without dads

[@nosiphosithole5701]

Everyone deserves a father but some don't have. But thank you to the mothers are the mother and father to their children

[@i_aint_posting]

yeah, well, i still waiting for the milk

[@nosiphosithole5701]

@@i_aint_posting Well keep waiting

[@singoller3749]

Almost everyone. Stop overreacting

[@-noonecalledalex-9841]

As a person without a father, this song hits hard.

[@nikdvanajscak6538]

Agree!

[@vineshram]

Only if you know French

[@-noonecalledalex-9841]

@@vineshram there are captions in the video

[@vineshram]

@@-noonecalledalex-9841 I didn't see that sorry

[@-noonecalledalex-9841]

@@vineshram No worries :)

[@wurldprincess]

I’d like to thank my French class for helping me find this amazing artist

[@Lily-mk2ky]

ARMY you are everywhere!

[@wurldprincess]

Lily heehehehe

[@Marigold11037]

Ayy same fam!

[@cosmicgrowthspurt]

SAME

[@محمدتيوب-م4ن]

@@Lily-mk2ky papa ode 😂😂😂😂😂

[@blessingnnam855]

January 2025? I keep coming back here😊 My best French music❤❤❤ PAPAOUTAI!

[@ZapR21]

Me 6 years ago when hearing this song : dancing Me hearing this song now while understanding the lyrics : cry Anyone same experience ??

[@user-yz1fu8nq6l]

no

[@andrewsummer3521]

yes

[@umedboykamolzoda7292]

me too

[@power6798]

What happened ??

[@halden3014]

heh

[@Joe-os8or]

Its sad he stopped makin music :( he was a legend

[@moonlightcaroline2423]

He did?

[@МоеМоя-и6р]

he left due to illness

[@АндрейСтарчиков-ф7ь]

@@МоеМоя-и6р какой болезни?

[@velikimilos]

@@МоеМоя-и6р Which illness?

[@МоеМоя-и6р]

andrey starchikov говорят, что поехал а Африку и заразился малярией. Поздно начал лечение. И потом решил не возвращаться на сцену((

[@doralkwn2475]

Never met my biological father , with a toxic mother, no siblings, this song just goes straight to my heart and I feel the pain and it has me in teears. Magnificent song and great artist. ( Update : Thanks to everybody for the kind words for me in the comments. You are all beautiful people ❤️)

[@user-sg4tp7dm8y]

There will always be love

[@lais9671]

Is your mother biological or adoptive? I never met my biological father, my adoptive mother is toxic and I have no siblings. Coincidence or not?

[@doralkwn2475]

@@lais9671 my mom is biological. I lived without her until i was 9yo so I dont have that mother-daughter bond, sometimes I wish I just wasnt born at all 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@anonymously2525]

@@doralkwn2475 sending love to you, ❤️

[@doralkwn2475]

@@anonymously2525 so kind of you. Thank you very much 💓

[@erikblue7842]

I don't get affected much by music or videos normally, but this just hit straight in the heart. Actually made me cry. A great music-video and video, I love it!

[@mclovinthewalrus2375]

This shet popped into my recommed, saw it was from 2013 and had almost a bill views, i dunno where i have been but i have never heard this song neither understand a word, this song is Mehh tho.

[@lws7394]

@@mclovinthewalrus2375 That says more about you than about this classic. As well the fact that you're too dim to use the subs to know what it's about.

[@Misternificent]

I cry every single time I listen/watch this.

[@michaelmalinowski7278]

in germany a father has only a right to work. It is not allowed for him to even talk to his children without the permission of the mother. The child belongs only to the mother, only she has the rights. Therefore there is a petition to make pressure on the goverment to implement the resolution 2079. Please sign this petition, everybody in the world is allowed to sign: genug traenen

[@jbaroff]

He lost his father at 9 years old...

[@unbekannteruser2418]

Many people don't seem to understand the serious backstory behind this song. The father of Stromae died during the Rwandan Genocide of 1991, thus making our beloved singer grow up without a father.

[@rationalblasphemy]

lol noice

[@ClaudioMastroianni]

It's not about that, it's about an absent father (as in "not able to be a father"). There's a verse in the song saying that everybody is able to make a baby, but not everybody is able to make a father.

[@icet1100]

*1994

[@rangariraishanterozvinonet9767]

What a sad story, may his soul rest in peace!

[@lateaminferna157]

🦊🐅🍆🍓🍆🍒🥔

[@Limb00.]

this song kinda just hits hard to the soul especially the part when he says "we all know how to make babies, but know one knows how to make papas" thats just so true. we all know how to create a child but do we have what it takes to be a parent. do we have what it takes to be a good example for our children and this song even coming out in 2013 should be seen know because how life is going in 2018 there are more children in this world then there is responsible parents!

[@than3500]

ItzFrisk that touched my heart ❤️

[@madeonearth3429]

Ohhh jeaahh stromae is one of the last really good songwriters, ge makes it himself and the message is always something hurtly underrated by most humans...

[@pedrolessalima2243]

formidable

[@9ray587]

Omg so true

[@serenalaini813]

so true and sad

[@cherifiakram]

11 years later ?!

[@elvinbabayev2590]

You may not know but hidden sorrow is there in music, stromae lost his father when he was 9, he express how much he missed his father. God bless our parents 🙏

[@ornanddupont4052]

Yes he lost his father in 1994

[@ZenithSvizzera]

Rwandan genocide, his father is a Tutsi.

[@yasminlima2272]

Isint this a song about an absent father since the beginning?

[@Koltone_]

Oh wow I didn’t know this. I thought that it was abt his dad constantly working Bc it mentions that in the song so I figured it was abt him just wanting a companion like everyone else:(

[@viktorie888]

I loved this song as a kid even I didn’t know what it was about. I lost my dad when I was 5 :(

[@escapingchange4038]

This is more creative and meaningful than most american music videos yet, this is French.

[@luigisme]

But why don't anyone understand that Stromae is NOT French but Belgian? It's not because you speak english that you are English, you could be American, South African, Australian... Well it's the same for the other countries and for french

[@dappercthulhu4386]

Luigisme à but lucratif Oui Oui mon ami

[@mitridi8422]

Noémie Steele Ferme ta gueule.

[@luigisme]

Michael Farrar Hein? J'ai pas compris pk tu me dis ça...

[@MDRubel-wg5vh]

+Luigisme à but lucratively

[@abdelkarimdebbah9512]

"Everyone knows how to make babies, but no one knows how to be a father" So true...

[@akrambechari2261]

How to make a father*

[@abdelkarimdebbah9512]

@@akrambechari2261 I know, I wrote it like that to be more clear... I can understand French don't worry :D

[@lahxhensem8757]

No matter how bad they are. They are our father

[@abdelkarimdebbah9512]

@@lahxhensem8757 nope, they won't have my full gratitude if they're bad. They always repeat the sentence "you're old, you know what's right or wrong" even though their sons aren't old just so that they can escape from responsibility, and then they wanna get treated like they're father of the year.

[@jordanalano8337]

o ojk

[@slykyungmin]

ça fait tellement longtemps que je n'ai pas écouté cette chanson wow

[@lucettederamaix4508]

@slykyugmin Et cela fait du bien du bon STROMAE!!

[@eliangasser4618]

My respect to this man. Wrote a song about his dead father and gets people dancing.

[@ownedit7]

Goated🐐

[@jens2049]

incredible song

[@Ben10_0]

I will kill my dad and post a banger song,stay tuned

[@idkmanlol8556]

@@Ben10_0 same

[@Pain-pt4qe]

SİUUU

[@FilmingLavender]

Both my grandparents and auntie died in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, my mother and her two siblings being the only survivors of the family, my dad was also not around in my childhood aswell this song hits so different for me. Congratulations on a billion views Stormae ❤ 🇷🇼

[@taisiaantisheva1763]

God bless you and your family! 😭 heartbreaking story

[@ddv1647]

All the best to you

[@ADAM-EL-YAZIDI]

Pourquoi, cette chose est horrible !!!

[@JohnDo-qu7jf]

Ekm

[@agnidas5816]

you know it's bad when you gotta specify the year (there has been another genocide there since)

[@nadimakram6803]

my father died a few days ago. this song is making me cry uncontrollably. may he rest in peace.

[@HoneyTea23478]

Aw I hope you are feeling better soon. I’m sorry for your loss.

[@fortuneteller8767]

May he rest in peace my friend. May we all do .

[@clxut8649]

Désolè pour ta perte Sorry about your loss

[@wanjikugakuru4405]

Pole sana. May he rest in peace and may you be strong

[@user-nq8yv5jc6o]

🕊✨

[@haveaniceday365.]

Tu es vraiment la chanson aussi

[@mink5260]

Stromae’s dad was killed at the Rwanda genocide, and his dead body was cut into peaces. As a child I never understood the meaning of this song and just thought it sounded good, but now it really hits me hard...

[@danayee448]

😳😳😳

[@mink5260]

Charlie Hebdo also made a sickening drawing, with in the middle Stromae saying “papaoutai” meaning “daddy where are you?” Then pieces of the dead body of his dad saying “ici” meaning “here”.

[@BLAISE20K]

Is rwanda genocide but we will always remember all

[@philyrakwan687]

😢 💔.....

[@mink5260]

@@BLAISE20K oh yeah sorry

[@SixFingerspiano]

Stromae is an insanely talented person. He may not be pursuing a career in music right now, but he finds himself in fashion. I still want to hope that he will return to the ranks, because the world needs his music, needs his impeccable dance plasticity and needs new answers to questions. Health Stromae!

[@salmonella6051]

I really really hope he comes back :(

[@Amstersaram]

Heard he's planning on releasing an album this year

[@SixFingerspiano]

@@Amstersaram Super!!!

[@salmonella6051]

@@Amstersaram YESSSSS 👏👏

[@mkofficail8592]

Abonnez-vous à ma chaîne

[@octogonSmuggler]

10 years later and this music video is still so freaking cool. Love how they use the different dances to express emotions.

[@Potatoman17]

Dude FR

[@petraspikova3725]

Je dokonalé 🙏👏👏👏

[@IISiLeCII]

bff

[@johnbubble5347]

yep

[@shalini3057]

turn on subtitles

[@MarianneBouhouli-vh6qj]

Bonne année 🎉🎉

[@rajoff2806]

This video is still alive after 8 years and will be forever This video is legend 🥺🥺

[@anamachiana]

Literally 😭

[@viotterknight8346]

Agree

[@Nicotine46]

Woaw. It was a long time since I did not watch this clip and in my memories the video has something like 2-300 millions views which is already amazing. But now, although the song is 8 years old, it's at 800M !!!! I guess it never gets old

[@rajoff2806]

@@Nicotine46 yes👍

[@sara_jillzi]

Because the story of a child searching for a parent's presence never gets old

[@DomSolanke-t]

Me 6 Years ago when hearing this song: dancing Me hearing this song now : cry Anyone Same experience ??

[@itssme-fq8kk]

Thats called nostalgia

[@megdicheomar7211]

Yeah me respect from tunisia

[@MehdiAinlhout]

same

[@sosa5853]

LEONツ KUL oui aussi la même

[@adamsviridovich9837]

the same situation....

[@mbaiboudhachristianbertran6798]

This song reminds me of my childhood. I grew too fast.

[@joelautone6493]

22

[@krishnier1576]

Same.. I quote "She'd never grow up and I'd grow up too fast" said by a character in a book after her parents were killed in front of her. She had a little sister to look after

[@Waaa-aa]

Tu me manques papa❤

[@jellypenguin8377]

I don't understand a word but I still love this song...

[@serinemosbah7193]

Jelly Penguin. papa ou est tu? =Dad where are you?

[@jellypenguin8377]

Sérine Mosbah I know what the English lyrics are but I forgot most of them

[@NickMorvan]

il ne parle même pas francais

[@grandinspain3379]

Jelly Penguin f fds h et urjr, yd t k t b yryyiyyuyyyyyyyuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijfr se gré. Le

[@vanessax4351]

Me either and i learn french on school 😂

[@ITS_FGW]

This song is engraved in everyones memories from high school french class, and most of us didn't even understand at the time.

[@pugslypugsalot6330]

I know it from just dance 😂

[@jackmaloney2841]

Yes😂

[@redakassimi9657]

Hahaha french people like we understood

[@arms1077]

@@redakassimi9657 It makes us proud !

[@djwow2265]

Yeesss My dude 😂😂 I’m so glad I’m not the only one

[@sheldten903]

Didn't understand the point as a child But for now, yes. Touching and nostalgic

[@MrKK-gn5ml]

Your image is touchjng and nostalgic too

[@توفيقبكاي]

هههههههه

[@توفيقبكاي]

بق فيق

[@madhulinasaha5418]

Stromae est dans une autre ligue ❤❤❤

[@luyannemarcal4114]

I can’t believe this came out seven years ago already

[@guesswho3]

time goes by so fast

[@Wolterhon]

More like eight

[@taab9354]

Ikr what a banger

[@husain3190]

ikr our lives on earth are short

[@gwnkaas6015]

@@husain3190 exactly

[@zsofiiihhh]

"Everybody knows how to make babies, but nobody knows how to make Papas" that's a line that hits me everytime

[@piratetongpo2001]

Grandfather

[@mdchala]

same

[@LuOsorio]

True.

[@oceanhu9332]

bro, there's kids here

[@Bigboy-dq6zq]

@@oceanhu9332 that's what the song says you dunce

[@M4FrmDatWay]

Almost 9 years and I still come back here to listen to this masterpiece

[@kevadesu]

same

[@Rena..-]

frfr

[@sameerjawhary1885]

This is so good

[@TS-zd2ud]

*The ETERNAL GOD would do anything for you!!* Even out of love for you he went to the cross as a human!! Philippians 2:5-8

[@hauntedtofu]

You explained my whole life in so few characters. Thank you

[@HorrorDust-cx4po]

1 BILLION VIEWS !!!! I MILLIARD DE VUES !!! GOOD JOB ! BRAVO !!!

[@andreapicucci3810]

It's 2021. I have a normal family. Mom and Dad still alive and they love me. Zero tragic stories in my life. After years, i still can empathize to this song and cry like a baby. Stromae we need your music.

[@nyx.2314]

Couldn't have said it better

[@abdullahegemen7404]

U r right bro, this is not depend on nationality or country. I got same emotions too. Empathy...

[@woutdendoncker2220]

You don't have to speak french to understand the message. I am from belgium but the dutch speaking part and i try to learn french just to understand his songs better

[@melissacan402]

😂😭😭😂

[@woutdendoncker2220]

@@melissacan402 what is wrong with u??

[@johngomis7843]

2013: papaoutai 2020: *Stromae* outai

[@tracor8777]

Il est où ?

[@sasukelaamala6371]

@@tracor8777 chpa

[@eg-lion-5004]

Tracor il est devenu fou il et skisofrenne

[@53chevro32]

😂

[@tracor8777]

@@eg-lion-5004 ok

[@arnaudemmanuel3407]

This song describes my story exactly. I lost my dad at 2 months of my first birthday (I was a 10 months old baby). Growing up I just kept asking my mum all the time where my dad is because all my friends have daddy and I felt different. I was always sad to see my friends with their dads. You have to live it to really understand. God bless Stromae

[@uykusuzozgun655]

Koruyacağına eminim canım.

[@arnaudemmanuel3407]

@@uykusuzozgun655 Thanks dear

[@beingthegreatofalltimeaint5139]

Don't worry my friend, work hard achieve your dreams your father will be very proud of you trust me🥰 All the best for your future god bless 😊

[@arnaudemmanuel3407]

@@beingthegreatofalltimeaint5139 Thanks God bless you

[@nursedasecilmis1106]

I did feel so upset when I read to your story. You are so strong , I serious. If you have goals , please don't give up them. Achieve your goals ; your dad is seeing you and if you'll achieve your goals he will feel so proud , I'm sure this. I hope I will make a smile on your face when you read this. God bless you , greetings from Turkey.

[@FRLeeuwe]

Been a fine record for me for years. Always dancing to the nice tune. After a while you didn't hear this song anymore. A few years ago I had to learn French for work and last month I heard this record again. At first I thought "nice song it remains too," until I heard the lyrics and let it sink in. This time it came in hard for a moment.. 😢

[@tee_grandpa3339]

I can't believe that Despacito is more popular than this masterpiece

[@inspireandbeinspired579]

I love despacito but this song really is a masterpiece

[@JuanPablo-yq2sr]

Agreed.

[@jazx4620]

IKR

[@sirusThu]

because no girls

[@noisyy3876]

@@sirusThu the truth.. :(

[@TheBassHeavy]

I have no idea why but I really like the French language in music even though I can't understand it.

[@ncylea2981]

SoundArtist Nice

[@wallflower3723]

SoundArtist It sounds awesome in music, but spoken I don't like it too much.

[@OopsieeDaisee]

Inspires me to learn french :)

[@OopsieeDaisee]

***** what?

[@ncylea2981]

what ?

[@coisant1349]

every time i listen to this song I legitimately feel hurt and just want to cry. stromae is such a good artist to be able to convey such emotion in just one song.

[@patrickboschetti4523]

❤️

[@PoeticFantasy]

me too

[@anuarm5f90]

Because this story is close to a big part of our planet's population, but no one talks about it , all songs are about sex and love

[@leafyproductions9479]

I'm not crying my eyes are sweating

[@anonym5612]

Love from germany🇩🇪 2025

[@hotcheetoguido]

this needs to hit 1 billion. I have been listen to this song for 10+ years and it never gets old.

[@Sadist.og1742]

Here before 1 billion

[@emanuelmartiniano8411]

Up

[@Ti5ou]

999M

[@Priya-xq5iy]

IT DID

[@thatissoquebecishh2134]

1 billion lets goooo

[@naut7560]

WE PASSING FRENCH CLASS WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@mohammedislam7782]

Les paroles du Prophète Mahomet que la paix soit sur lui. Jésus a prophétisé l'avenir de toutes les écritures à qui le livre est venu d'Adam, Taurat Injil Yajurveda Samveda Rigveda Atharvaveda, Tripotka Bible, je dis à tous, pourquoi n'a-t-il pas suivi les paroles du prophète Mahomet que la paix soit sur lui après la révélation du Coran . Si l'on veut atteindre le paradis après la mort, il faut croire en Allah et obéir aux lois de tous les livres d'Allah.❤

[@user-sh7fr9wj1h]

@@mohammedislam7782nope Muhammad is a false prophet

[@SteveNotMapping]

This is a sad story

[@danabi5671]

I don't even understand French but this is the best song i ever

[@redeyegaming3338]

It's pretty much just saying Where Are you Dad? We've been looking for you and Mum says you're working

[@MissMerieM1995]

+Danny Boy read the lyrics! they're powerful, and the strength comes also from the puns

[@aksellrami211]

+RedEyeGaming Not really dude

[@p.a.681]

+RedEyeGaming More complicated than that, lol.

[@MissMerieM1995]

+listen to my mixtape its fire to whom are you talking to dear? You feel okay? (:

[@Aridni_18]

NOSTALGIA

[@jennathemartian5614]

It doesnt matter how many years go by, im always coming back to this song. its just that good. been years and im still thankful for my 6th grade french teacher for showing me this song.

[@flaviolatini9464]

Even my teacher taught me this in 3rd grande and im still remebering it

[@ashna.04]

Ya even my French teacher told me about this in grade 9th 😊❣

[@alysaterre885]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5Waqp2QoMh7rrc

[@Egg_1]

This song hits different when you understand the lyrics

[@Sloomow]

i understand them and what makes it sadder is the fact that its about his dad who died in war

[@en2-joserivera896]

I have AIDS.

[@cloroxbleach7262]

Ikr my teacher showed me this in school years ago and I just thought "he, catchy" and now I think "big sad".

[@refia7500]

@@Sloomow true,i thought this was a happy song before i saw the lyrics

[@himanshuinca]

I see now.. what you mean..!

[@LifeWithPaw]

The fact that this comment section is still active after 7 years is lit.

[@kelby2329]

poggers

[@bobatearevolution9143]

@@kelby2329 uwu yeah

[@based_guild2401]

Exactly

[@fatimafatimaa1371]

English guys are here😁😁 im dont wanna annoy u but i just want to ask do u understand the lyrics?

[@83yWasTooShort]

@@fatimafatimaa1371 Not everyone, but I do, I translated them

[@dianaalabede5539]

Years before he met my mother, he went on a pilgrimage and gave Quran education. When I was born in his family, he had 7 different sacrifices sacrificed for each day in his own country and prayed for 7 different teachers, but since my mother could not leave her mother, who had Alzheimer's disease, he abandoned her and me when I was 6 months old in my mother's arms. If you ask, he is a perfect devout Muslim, I have never seen anything of his fatherhood. Being a father is not possible by saying "I love you, my daughter, I will come to see you, my daughter" on the phone. Dad, what kind of racism has your daughter been subjected to? The Kaaba has been destroyed. You cannot become a father just by writing your name on your identity card. Where are you, father? Where are you?

[@mochayappe]

My friend sang this as an assignment for our French class and he nailed it.

[@aysunr.6045]

be proud of him :)

[@mochayappe]

@@aysunr.6045 I really was. I thought this was a hard song to pull off so I did another one I liked. Super proud!

[@mochayappe]

@FknSlytherin It was sort of our formative test that we have once every month along with other tests. So our teacher either gives us lyrics (to which we can have to make a tune on or sing with instrumental) or he gives an actual French or English-translated song, The first two times we were given a choice of tune with our lyrics and the last time it was two songs and we had to sing any one of them. One of them was PapaOutai.

[@ricardooliveira4781]

I'm watching it for an assignment hahaha

[@mjnm4235]

Lol I did that ages ago good times

[@glassestarzan8702]

Stromae: *Sings about growing up with an absent dead father* French speakers: *tears up from meaningful strong lyrics* Non-French Speakers: *bopping at the club*

[@deusdeusasmodeus]

i see people dancing to this while for me my throat starts hurting . i lost my dad when i was in the age of getting really attached to him i was 4 ( he got killed so it hurts even more that i lost him because of another human )

[@olfaamri3787]

Glouglou lg’est b’CHF g

[@ilushkaxs]

But there're subtitles on English

[@alliesakat]

You just gotta bop through the pain

[@Elif_ouighour.turque]

🤣

[@elderly_gentleman9489]

What's so sad about this video is that you could see the kid's potential. Because his dad wasn't there for him, he had to find his own way- and he created a beautiful and unique style of expression along the way. All the other kids were exact copies of their parental figure- but because the main character broke that mold, instead creating a style based around the absence of his father. It's so sad because for a minute, you think he's really going somewhere- and then he gives in to his doubts. He feels like he can't be a real, full person without a dad. He feels that he could never become a 'real man' because he had no one to mold his life after. It's so sad that he doesn't realize that you don't have to have a good dad to become a good person.

[@kehana2908]

something like I was thinking

[@fredalaloopsie7390]

wow i never thought about it like that but reading those lines as i was hearing the song. chills started running down my spine as i realised how accurate it was and i started feel really dumb for not having seen it that way yet. you gave even more meaning to this song, thank you for opening my eyes.

[@elderly_gentleman9489]

Aw- I'm glad I was able to share my interpretation- although you're not dumb because it's not the only interpretation that can be taken from the song/ video:) Yeah- that theme really just stood out to me because I know people who never really had a good home life. They feel like they'l never be able to get out of that cycle or be any good- and it's so sad. Glad I could help you see the song from that perspective:)

[@Sybaris_Rex]

That the boy solidified at the end is the most painful of it all. I wouldn't even argue that it's following only. I can imagine another world after the video that the boy 'follows' his father as a way to save him. ...call me an optimist but...

[@trophytroll2500]

Ella Morring what he’s saying is dad where are you in French because when he was younger his dad died

[@borisgorodotsky]

One of The Best His Works!

[@peteswafflemeyer5620]

This is one of the saddest, impactful and stirring things I have ever seen. I never thought a modern pop song could ever tear me up like this..

[@jbaranowski1990]

Yes. Stromae has got big talent to make pop songs with great melody and very important message in lyrics. I love that! Same with Alors On Danse. I love those songs. Very emotional and very true! It's not usual thing in pop songs these days!

[@user-pm4pr5om3i]

معك حق 🙂.

[@planetarianprince5945]

If you feel the music no matter the language it'll make you emotional

[@user-pm4pr5om3i]

@@planetarianprince5945 Haha I'm kidding you're right about that

[@user-pm4pr5om3i]

@@planetarianprince5945 I do not understand the language, but I know that it is an emotional song, but it makes me feel very excited and makes me go crazy fast on the road to travel 😂😂😂.

[@a.s2764]

Gosh I love this song even though i don't speak French

[@ninamora8320]

Papaoutai=Where are you dad

[@a.s2764]

Alba Rbx Is this song about his dad then?

[@tvdberge]

Tabby .S yes.in fact his dad Abandoned him when he was young,so he wonders where he hides and he waits impatiently for him to come back,Which he Never did (his dad went Back to Rwanda ) and i believe he is Dead now.

[@a.s2764]

tvdberge oh ok, thanks for clearing things up for me!

[@tvdberge]

Yw:)

[@yooooo1126]

This song is actually pretty deep if you understand the lyrics and know his story behind it

[@Oshuin9]

Very intense message!

[@yooooo1126]

@@Oshuin9 yeah ik he did an interview for a dutch television show thats how i know

[@lindboukelghoul444]

Yeah thats right at first i thought it was a funny song or something but after learning French and seeing an interview i understood and it is actually a nice song with a deep meaning

[@mohamedorayith4626]

You wanna explain to us foreigners 😂😂

[@phobos1835]

@@mohamedorayith4626 He is singing about how he is seeking his dad beacause he was raised alone by his morher because his father died in a war. It was somthing like that.

[@d.g.5367]

I feel goosebumps every time when they start to dance together ❤

[@elayos5053]

why is does french language sound so good even do i dont understand 1 word

[@alineamine3055]

The substitles are available now

[@sophiesessa747]

This song is about a sons father who wasn’t there fro him and he saying why did you leave me dad 😂

[@zoulkarneinbagagnan3995]

Except pApa 😂

[@julienleveaux3113]

C la magie de la France 😅😅😅

[@ceranc]

because music is universal

[@mou.2129]

This never gets old! ^^

[@vikas-mh7ki]

true

[@nikazaridze2420]

Ikr.

[@nek2995]

King Momo yup ^°^

[@xxroomixxgt9530]

King Momo true af

[@neuftroiss]

King Momo still a Sick song 💪😍😍

[@karolinakristensson2857]

Ok, but no one is gonna talk about how sad this song actually is

[@MrButz_05]

Lol everybody is talking about

[@yogurtgaming0]

The song made me cry. I don't have a dad too. Like stromae. Last i've seen HIM i was 5 years.

[@yogurtgaming0]

Now i'm 11. I forgot how he sounded Like. His smile. All i remember is he's face. Kinda. I have depressions SOMETIMES. and i changed alot. Stromae's music is in my heart.

[@karolinakristensson2857]

@@yogurtgaming0 OH... Im sorry, I wish I could understand how you feel... But it must be Unthinkable

[@norabora624]

@@yogurtgaming0 hey :) if he's the one that left you, then it's not worth crying. my father didn't care for me in 16 years and to this day he never spend a cent on me. But I don't care anymore, I don't need a father who wouldn't care about me anyways.

[@ridha4737]

Cette chanson ne sera pas oubliée par l'histoire

[@MrFabbb2]

castind etc parfait longue vie mon pote

[@mksah2515]

إنت عربي يا رضا 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@janamasri3149]

@@mksah2515 اه و الله و انا عم فكر متلك

[@janamasri3149]

انت عربي صح؟؟ من لبنان

[@mksah2515]

شكرا جنى مصري

[@sathyan67]

Everyone gangsta until anyone understands the meaning of this song Thx guys for the 1k 💛

[@switcheroo3660]

Even with the meanings this song has, it's still amazing

[@average_cat_owner9803]

anyone who speaks french knows the meaning of the song i mean even the title shows it pretty clearly

[@tygex7825]

Just imagine how many people are listening to this song with u right now

[@pantherclone4102]

IT'S OVER 9000!! no it's my clone,

[@gorilla10x46]

my dad

[@AlluraAdams-x5o]

And since I own them now. I can do it as many times as I want. Over. And over. And over. Again. Because I OWN them.

[@danyzain7329]

strome: singing about kids who lost their fathers everybody in the room: 🕺🤸💃

[@XiomaraThaGoddessMeow]

So accurate 😭🤣😭

[@aliabdulkaream9328]

No u r wrong not just about losing There are many kids whose parents are alive but actually not alive and i was one of those kids i cried when i saw this song

[@picklejuicez7]

Literally everyone in French class lol 😂

[@danyzain7329]

@@aliabdulkaream9328 im sorry for that man, but i meant that the melody is catchy and danceable not the lyrics... best wishes for u

[@alexiso.k.9119]

Hes singing abt his dad dying in a genocide too...