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March 22nd, 2023

LUMIÈRE unveils Glam, the vibrant title track of his upcoming sophomore album

LUMIÈRE
March 15th, 2023

Laurence-Anne embodies the nocturnal world on the bewitching Polymorphe

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March 13th, 2023

Population II signs with Bonsound

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March 13th, 2023

Les Louanges wins the JUNO award for Francophone Album of the Year

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March 9th, 2023

Täbï Yösha tackles toxic relationships on Vampire, a new R&B single in French

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March 7th, 2023

Elisapie unveils Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass), a delicate cover of Blondie's hit and announces live performances of her new show Uvattini

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March 1st, 2023

Lisa LeBlanc returns in full force with Quoi-ce tu fais ça pour?, an irresistibly groovy earworm

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February 23rd, 2023

Claudia Bouvette returns with Highly Unrecommended, an anthem for hopeless romantics

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February 22nd, 2023

Producer and multi-instrumentalist Félix Petit teams up with Klô Pelgag on Babyfoot, a new song released under the moniker FELP

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February 15th, 2023

LUMIÈRE recalls the frenzy of Parisian nights on Liszt-o-mania and announces GLAM, his second album

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February 10th, 2023

Sophia Bel releases Anxious Avoidant Deluxe

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February 8th, 2023

Sophia Bel unveils the song Lighter Fluid two days prior to the release of the album Anxious Avoidant Deluxe

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Les Louanges returns with Sur la mélodie, a brand new single featuring French artist Ichon

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February 2nd, 2023

Täbï Yösha presents Pause, a sexy and powerful first single to be released on Bonsound

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February 1st, 2023

Philippe B releases Nouvelle administration, his first new song in 6 years

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January 31st, 2023

Lisa LeBlanc and Les Louanges nominated at the 2023 JUNO Awards

January 18th, 2023

LUMIÈRE strikes back with the electrifying new single Rock Band

LUMIÈRE
January 11th, 2023

Sophia Bel opens up about addiction on the new emo-hyperpop track No Sleep

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LUMIÈRE recalls the frenzy of Parisian nights on Liszt-o-mania and announces GLAM, his second album

Less than a month after the release of the dazzling single Rock Band, LUMIÈRE is back with Liszt-o-mania, a song at the crossroads of folk and rock music inspired by a late night adventure in Paris. He also takes this opportunity to announce GLAM, his sophomore album to be released on April 28th via Bonsound and available for pre-order on vinyl, CD and digital formats now. Featuring an irresistibly melodic keyboard line, this new song aptly sets the tone for his upcoming album.

In the winter of 2022, Étienne Côté (aka LUMIÈRE) was in Paris to work on new material. After attending a concert at the prestigious Philharmonie de Paris, he went to the bar across the street. Once there, his glance met that of a young man, setting the stage for the dilemma that LUMIÈRE describes in this song: should one follow their intuition and go towards the other or stay in their corner, hoping that everything will happen without having to initiate anything?

A nod to Ken Russell's iconic film of the same name, in which Roger Daltrey (of The Who) played the most over-the-top of classical composers (Franz Liszt), Liszt-o-mania evokes the duality between two diametrically opposed worlds: rock and classical music. On one side, irreverence; on the other, conformity. But just as Liszt embodied it, these two worlds may have more in common than one might think.

It’s with spectacle, exaggeration and excess that LUMIÈRE presents himself on GLAM. After singing his desire for emancipation on his first album A.M.I.E.S.A.M.O.U.R., Étienne leaves the countryside to perform in the city with the ambition to conquer the world. GLAM tells the story of an artist who is both lucid and idealistic, aware of the pitfalls of show-business. Behind this glamorous facade, a more introspective side of LUMIÈRE is revealed, one which opens up about his fears and doubts with candor. Once the spotlight is gone, the singer returns home with his shyness, anxiety and an unfulfilled desire to fill a void.

Further pushing the musical blend of its predecessor, GLAM presents a new, more assertive, exuberant and glamorous LUMIÈRE. The album recaptures the codes of the lush music of the 1970s, while returning to the raw energy of the 1960s, an era marked by the popularity of folk, psychedelic rock and chanson française. By looking back to this era, LUMIÈRE offers a multidimensional synthesis of the musical genres that have shaped contemporary pop.

This new album follows an eventful 2022 for LUMIÈRE, who performed in France on several occasions as the opening act for Pierre Lapointe as well as for French pop star Clara Luciani. In Quebec, he brought his project to the stages of several festivals, including Les Francos de Montréal, La Noce, Coup de Coeur Francophone and M for Montreal. He also celebrated the first anniversary of A.M.I.E.S.A.M.O.U.R with a show directed by Solène Paré at La Tulipe.

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