Le chant des sirènes
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| Studio album by Orelsan | ||||
| Released | 26 September 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
| Genre | French hip hop | |||
| Length | 62:54 | |||
| Language | French | |||
| Label | 3e Bureau, 7th Magnitude, Wagram | |||
| Producer | Broad Rush, Marc Chouarain, Cookin' Soul, Orelsan, Félipé Saldivia, Fred Savio, Skread | |||
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| AllMusic |    |
| Best Ever Albums | 69/100 |
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| Sens Critique | 6.2/10 |
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Le chant des sirènes is the second studio album of French rapper Orelsan, released on 26 September 2011 by 3ème Bureau, 7th Magnitude and Wagram Music.
In its first week, the album entered the French Albums Chart in third place with 15,529 copies sold in its first week, and is certified platinum in France. It has received generally positive reviews from music critics.
After his debut album Perdu d'avance in 2009, Orelsan said he was "resting on his laurels" and that he had "gone through hard times".
The album is called Le chant des sirènes (French for "the siren's song"), because it is "at an age and in an era where there are many temptations, many addicitions, a lot more than in the time of our grandparents. All my songs talk about it," explains Orelsan. In a similar fashion he explains the title of his album:
The album deals with what happened in Orelsan's life since his first album. "I did a tour, going into show biz," he explains.
In an interview with Les Inrocks, Orelsan says that he didn't know what to talk about anymore. He explains, "In my first album, I talked about the previous ten years of my life, and at the time I almost never lived at all: I did a tour, sparked a controversy and banged three groupies (laughs)." On his first album, Perdu d'avance, Orelsan wrote fourteen songs without touching up anything, and threw about thirty songs away before finding "this mix of rapping and singing, this mix of myself and someone I'm not." He also says that he introduced more fiction, something that he wouldn't do before. He continues, "I confined myself at home, I went on vacations alone. I was at times very depressed." In another interview, Orelsan explains that the album's title song "Le chant des sirènes" was "a breaking point".
According to the rapper, the song "La petite marchande de porte-clefs" is one that "dragged on for a long time". In finding a subject matter for the song, he explains that he came across a report on the post-Olympic Games in Beijing and what happened to people who were exploited there, and also saw something on the kidnappings of children in China. He says that he imagined "the destiny of a girl my age who would've lived all that."
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