Screenshot from the ‘La thune’ MV: youtu.be/m3YX8zlR4BUĪnother highlight from the record is ‘Jalousie’ (Jealousy), which epitomises the jealous girlfriend stereotype, becoming deeply suspicious over any interaction that her boyfriend has with another girl. The song is accompanied by an opulent, colourful music video which sees Angèle firing money out of a gun with a huge grin on her face. Her debut opens with ‘La thune’, a commentary on bougie celebrity culture and the way that the rich construct their perfect lives on Instagram. One of my favourite things about Angèle is how whimsical she is, especially in her music videos. Success on that scale surely can’t be ignored by the British music industry, so I wouldn’t be surprised if ‘Brol’ were to be re-released in English in the next couple of years. She may be unknown to most Brits, even to fans of other European pop exports such as Christine and the Queens and Sigrid, but she has a hefty 1.3m Instagram followers and is already selling out arenas across France and Belgium. Miraculously, I found hope in the form of the Belgian popstar Angèle van Laeken, whose debut album ‘Brol’ (roughly translating to ‘Dump’ in English) is one of the best pop albums I’ve heard in recent years. Now, with the reality check that Brexit is (potentially) on the horizon, I decided to depress myself even more by looking to the continent to see if there were any other talented artists that I was missing out on. She seemed to encapsulate everything great about Europe that we were beginning to distance ourselves from. Her first three hits ('La Loi de Murphy', 'Je veux tes Yeux' and 'La Thune') serve as a refreshing introduction to her musical identity.Īngele's confidence and skill have seen her cover Dick Annegarn and invite her rapper brother Romeo Elvis to feature on her album ('Tout Oublier').In the summer of 2016, when the UK voted to leave the European Union, Christine and the Queens broke through with ‘Tilted’ and the English version of her stunning debut album ‘Chaleur humaine’. Free-spirited and independent, she goes against type time after time, sticking fingers up her nose and covering her hair in pasta. After studying jazz, Angele began releasing covers of pop classics via Instagram and built up an incredible following. This Linkebeek home girl is something special.īorn into a family of artists, Angele has music in the blood. She headlined at this summer's major festivals and made her debut appearance at the Olympia on 13 March 2019. Angele set up her own label (Angele VL) and single-handedly booked out the Trianon in May and November. Up-and-coming stylist Charlotte Abramow takes care of her image. She writes her own lyrics, creates her own sounds, and hones a graphic feel that mirrors her own personal style: hard-hitting and direct.
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This is the new breed of urban pop, in which identity, class, neighbourhoods and skin colour are irrelevant.Īngele is a bedroom music producer with an in-your-face 'Do It Yourself' emblazoned on her oversized sweater. An epitome of the age we live in, she transcends musical borders, throwing out the rulebook when it comes to style, image, social classes and ethnic groups, a bit like Brussels, Europe's pop capital: a more relaxed, less uptight version of Paris. At the tender age of 22, she struck out against the system, gently poking fun at the idea of fame and its trials and tribulations. Over the past few years, the Internet has been churning out cookie-cutter Instagram stars, but Angele stands out from the crowds busy clogging up YouTube. I find myself spending less and less time in Belgium, so it feels very comforting to me." The word reminds me of my childhood and my country. Brol means mess or chaos, but it has a light, optimistic feel, it's not a negative word at all.
"I just wanted to have a Belgian word in my title, and this one always made me smile. The Belgian musician was this autumn's hottest name with her debut album Brol, a Belgian slang term that is particularly close to her heart.
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