{"id":22542,"date":"2019-07-24T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=22542"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:16:15","slug":"billy-bird-i-want-to-take-up-the-challenge-of-not-hiding-behind-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/musique\/billy-bird-je-veux-relever-le-defi-de-ne-pas-me-cacher-derriere-les-mots\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Bird: \u00abI want to take up the challenge of not hiding behind words\u00bb.\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pal\u00e9o Festival 2019 - Jonas Follonier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><em>En ouverture de la premi\u00e8re soir\u00e9e du Pal\u00e9o sur la sc\u00e8ne du Club Tent, la folkeuse lausannoise Billie Bird s&rsquo;est impos\u00e9e en dr\u00f4le d&rsquo;oiseau fort prometteur. Rencontre dans l&rsquo;ombre chaleureuse de deux parasols, apr\u00e8s son concert sous le chapiteau. Pour mieux la conna\u00eetre et mieux l&rsquo;\u00e9couter.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more Lire l'entretien-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jonas Follonier: The music platforms, in their very broad definitions, classify you in the folk\/rock vein. How do you define your musical genre?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Billie Bird: Je r\u00e9alise des choses tellement diff\u00e9rentes, que ce soit sur mes EPs ou sur sc\u00e8ne, que je d\u00e9finirais ma musique comme de la folk hybride. J&rsquo;aime bien me laisser la libert\u00e9 de me diriger vers des choses tr\u00e8s pop, tr\u00e8s rock ou tr\u00e8s soul. Ce qui me donne parfois un c\u00f4t\u00e9 un peu mystique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>J&rsquo;ai eu l&rsquo;impression d\u00e8s la premi\u00e8re \u00e9coute de votre discographie que vos chansons sont de plus en plus pop rock et de moins en moins folk. Est-ce que je me trompe?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You're probably right. My latest EP, <em>Les D\u00e9ferlantes<\/em> (2018), propose une musique clairement plus pop. Mais ce qui est important, c&rsquo;est que \u00e7a reste de la chanson. C&rsquo;est pourquoi je d\u00e9finirais ma musique non seulement comme <em>folk<\/em> hybrid, but also as a <em>song<\/em> hybride. Le rock reste cependant tr\u00e8s marqu\u00e9 en studio comme sur sc\u00e8ne, l&rsquo;instrument principal \u00e9tant la guitare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Losing Your Mind\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5Ecdmty3Ng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>From Billie Bird's latest EP, \u00abLes D\u00e9ferlantes\u00bb (2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D&rsquo;ailleurs, j&rsquo;ai remarqu\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y avait pas de piano dans vos instrumentations. Ce qui donne un c\u00f4t\u00e9 plus \u00e9pur\u00e9 et plus rock.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tout \u00e0 fait. Quelques sons de clavier par-ci par-l\u00e0 que j&rsquo;ai instaur\u00e9s dans deux ou trois morceaux, mais pas de piano \u00e0 proprement parler. \u00c7a reste des sonorit\u00e9s tr\u00e8s mineures, quoiqu&rsquo;il y ait aussi quelquefois des accords majeurs. Je cherche \u00e0 cr\u00e9er un <em>groove<\/em> et en m\u00eame temps une profondeur. C&rsquo;est essentiel pour moi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The Night<\/strong><\/em><strong>, c&rsquo;est la chanson phare de votre avant-dernier EP, au titre \u00e9ponyme. <\/strong><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesinrocks.com\/inrocks.tv\/billie-bird-oiseau-de-nuit-et-chanson-envoutante\/\">Les Inrocks<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesinrocks.com\/inrocks.tv\/billie-bird-oiseau-de-nuit-et-chanson-envoutante\/\"> loved it<\/a>. Qu&rsquo;est-ce que \u00e7a fait d&rsquo;\u00eatre encens\u00e9e par un magazine culturel d&rsquo;une telle envergure?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J&rsquo;\u00e9tais folle de joie. Ce fut une incroyable reconnaissance. Il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;un magazine que je suis \u00e0 titre personnel, et c&rsquo;est en plus un m\u00e9dia fran\u00e7ais. Je suis donc tr\u00e8s honor\u00e9e. En tant qu&rsquo;artiste, \u00eatre pouss\u00e9e par les m\u00e9dias m&rsquo;aide beaucoup. C&rsquo;est un sacr\u00e9 coup de pouce!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00abUne pop francophone inspir\u00e9e par les ann\u00e9es 80\u00bb, a \u00e9crit St\u00e9phane Deschamps. Revendiquez-vous l&rsquo;influence des <\/strong><em><strong>eighties<\/strong><\/em><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oui, totalement. Je suis n\u00e9e dans les ann\u00e9es quatre-vingt et j&rsquo;ai beaucoup \u00e9cout\u00e9 de musique de cette p\u00e9riode, ce n&rsquo;est donc pas \u00e9tonnant que tout \u00e7a transparaisse dans mes chansons, dont <em>The Night<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Billie Bird - The Night (official video)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VIMXvlGmw20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Another current artist, and a French one at that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YSXmv4iKZVU\">who released a track entitled <\/a><\/strong><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YSXmv4iKZVU\">The night<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong> et inspir\u00e9 par les ann\u00e9es quatre-vingt, c&rsquo;est Juliette Armanet. Est-ce une artiste que vous \u00e9coutez?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je dois dire que j&rsquo;\u00e9coutais tr\u00e8s peu de Juliette Armanet jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 ce que j&rsquo;aille la voir en concert. Franchement, je me suis pris une claque. J&rsquo;ai trouv\u00e9 son interpr\u00e9tation et son attitude g\u00e9niales. Et je pense que son <em>live<\/em> corresponds quite well to the <em>live<\/em> que je recherche: quelque chose de tr\u00e8s humain et de tr\u00e8s musical, avec de l&rsquo;autod\u00e9rision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pourquoi \u00eatre pass\u00e9e de l&rsquo;anglais au fran\u00e7ais dans vos chansons entre celles de 2013 et celles de 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C&rsquo;est une question de franchise dans ce que je souhaite dire. Je veux relever le d\u00e9fi de ne pas me cacher derri\u00e8re les mots. On ne d\u00e9conne pas avec la langue fran\u00e7aise. Cette d\u00e9marche est exigeante, et \u00e7a me pla\u00eet. Le passage au fran\u00e7ais m&rsquo;a \u00e9galement permis de trouver ma propre forme d&rsquo;\u00e9criture. A la fois tr\u00e8s rythmique et tout en images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What are your plans for the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outre mes concerts, je sortirai un nouveau titre \u00e0 la rentr\u00e9e et un autre sortira s\u00fbrement en automne. Je suis \u00e9galement en train de travailler sur un disque. J&rsquo;aimerais bien arriver \u00e0 dix chansons, m\u00eame si avec moi on ne sait jamais ce qui va arriver! Peut-\u00eatre que \u00e7a d\u00e9bouchera \u00e0 nouveau sur un EP. Dans tous les cas, je souhaite continuer \u00e0 \u00e9crire des morceaux et \u00e0 les partager sur sc\u00e8ne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Write to the author: <a href=\"mailto:jonas.follonier@leregardlibre.com\">jonas.follonier@leregardlibre.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo credit: \u00a9 Pal\u00e9o Festival 2019<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00abWe're not messing around with the French language. 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