In this verse Indila addresses her suffering, and through the use of a phonetic resemblance she indicates that the source of her suffering is France (or likely the people of France). Here’s the lyrics video if you want to follow along. Let’s have a look at some of the lyrics to dive deeper.
Interestingly, in the same interview she says that Dernière Danse was the first song that she wrote on her album, and that once she had written it, the rest of the album flowed very naturally.ĭernière Danse is about the emotions that a young immigrant woman feels in Paris, having to cope with racism and discrimination day in and day out. In a 2014 interview she discussed how early on when she was writing songs she struggled because all the words seemed “too small” for the emotions she was trying to convey. Indila wrote Dernière Danse with her husband Skalpovich, the French DJ-turned-producer.Īlthough Indila is quite reserved in interviews, she talks about her struggle to fit the size of her emotions into words in her songs.
Indila has said that she chose “Indila” as her stage name because of her love for India. Indila has sung in French, English, and also Hindi. Although she has kept a lot of her life story private, Indila has described herself as a “child of the world” of Algerian descent, but also with heritage from Cambodia, India, and Egypt. In order to really understand the lyrics, we need to know a bit about Indila. Try as I might, without you my life is just a beautiful display, meaninglessĭernière Danse by Indila: Lyrics Breakdown & Explanation J'ai beau trimer, sans toi ma vie n'est qu'un décor qui brille, vide de sens I want to run away, for everything to begin againĮt je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danseĪnd I dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance Dernière Danse by Indila was the first single off her debut album “Mini World.” We review the French lyrics and English translation below, and dive into the meaning of the lyrics and some vocabulary from the song.
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