Alizée made her début with the single, Moi... Lolita on the 4 July 2000. It is her most successful single to date. It was a instant hit throughout most of Europe and parts of east Asia, reaching number one in several countries. Alizée's image was that of a seductive Lolita character, referring to the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The video for the single showed Alizée as a village girl visiting a night-club. Four months after the single her debut album "Gourmandises" was released. The album written entirely by Farmer and Boutonnat, has sold over 1,3 million copies in France. It was certified Platinum in just three months by the SNEP. In 2001, the album was released internationally, and she became the highest-selling female French singer in 2001. The album went on to sell over 2 million copies worldwide. Farmer and Boutonnat kept a tight rein how the album was marketed and controlled the image in which Alizée was portrayed. In the mean time, Alizée gave very few interviews, and even when she did, they did not stretch beyond 20 minutes per journalist. Neither did she agree to any photoshoots.
Her second single L'Alizé followed soon after. It was also successful giving her first number one in France, and gained some success internationally. The video of the "sexily alliterative" song shows Alizée amidst soap bubbles against a pink backdrop singing about herself. The video was shot in a studio in Brussels, which had a 25 metre by 10 metre painted canvas to serve as the background—with real bubbles. This single was followed up with another single from the same album - the title song, Gourmandises. The video, which shows a group of young boys and girls out on a picnic, was shot in a day. The last single from this album was Parler Tout Bas, which deals with the theme of dreams and a loss of innocence. In France, "Parler tout bas" was the third single followed by the release of "Gourmandises".
In 2003, Alizée returned with her second album "Mes Courants Électriques". With the release of this album, she changed her image from a 'Lolita' to that of a more toned-down teenager. This album was also written by Farmer and Boutonnat. The style of the music didn't change so much but the album was more critically acclaimed than the previous one. While it had much success in and outside France, worldwide it managed to sell 1.000.000 copies, less than its predecessor. The album has an international version featuring English versions of four tracks.
The first single from this album, Je N'ai Marre! was released in 2003. The music video for this shows Alizée in a glass cage, singing while having water splashed on her. The plexiglass cage, 3 by 3 meters in dimension, was constructed in a Parisian studio, and the shooting of the video took two days. An English-language version of this song, titled I'm Fed Up, was also released, and featured similar visuals for the music video. The other singles from this album were J'ai pas Vingt ans and À contre-courant. Like Je N'ai Marre, J'ai Pas Vingt Ans, Youpidou and Amelie M'a Dit also had English versions. The video for J'ai Pas Vingt Ans (I'm Not Twenty) resembles the ambience of a concert with Alizée dancing in the midst of several other dancers. À Contre-courant, the last single from this album, was shot in an abandoned coal factory. Unlike the other two singles, there was no English-language rendition of this song.
Following the release of her second studio album, Mes Courants Électriques, Alizée toured around France and had two performances in Belgium and Switzerland, during the second half of the year 2003. The tour started off with a performance on August 26, 2003 in Paris. It concluded with her performance on the eve of January 17, 2004 at the Le Zénith concert hall in Paris and had covered major cities including Lyon, Rouen, Lille, Grenoble and Dijon, among others.
A live CD and DVD, titled "Alizée En Concert", comprising of selected performances from her tour, was launched a year later in the fall of 2004. The audio CD contained tracks, taken from her two studio albums. The DVD featured video footage of the same performances as on the CD, along with bonus footage of her rehearsals. The compilation was re-released in early 2007 in Mexico by Universal music as a CD+DVD release, following the featuring of the songs in local radio stations. With the re-release and renewed interest, the songs climbed up the music charts in the country. The album became a hit, peaking at number 4 in the International Chart on May 28, 2007, and number 8 on the main albums chart. En concert has a Gold certification for shipments over 50,000 copies only in Mexico.
Following her marriage in late 2003, Alizée took a hiatus from singing and avoided appearing in the media. She welcomed her first child Annily in 2005. Her first television appearance in two years was on MTV France on February 18, 2006.
After almost two years of fan speculation, on April 3, 2006, a handwritten message, signed Alizée, was received by the webmaster of the fansite Le Nid d'Alizée, stating that she is working on the third album.
On July 7, 2006, the show Le JT de la musique on French TV channel "Europe 2 TV" reported that Alizée has separated from her former producer and song writer Mylène Farmer and was working on her third album. It was also reported that the lyrics of the new album were being penned by Jean Faulques. Her husband, Jérémy Châtelain produces a lot of the album.
Her third album Psychédélices was released in December of 2007. Despite the promotion it had moderate success in France, where it reached number 16 on the albums chart. The album only held its peak position for one week on each chart and fell in the second week. The album was more of a success in Mexico, it debuted at number 44 in the Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart. The album peaked at number 15 in the main chart and number 1 in the international chart. It has sold 300,000 copies so far. Many of her fans were disappointed by this album as it was not produced by Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. The critics considered it as artistically inferior of her previous efforts.
Only one single was spawned in France from Psychédélices, called Mademoiselle Juliette. It missed the top 20 peaking at number 22. The second single release, Fifty-Sixty, peaked at number 65 in the Mexican single charts. In 2008 Alizée recorded a new studio version of Madonna's hit single La Isla Bonita and was included on a special edition for her album, Psychédélices in Mexico. The song so far has gone on to become a hit becoming Alizée's first top ten single on the national top ten airplay chart.
Following the success of Alizée En Concert and Psychédélices in Mexico, her former label, Universal Music released a compilation album, titled Tout Alizée. The compilation peaked at No. 62 on the Mexico Top 100 Albums Chart and No.20 on the Mexican International Top 20 Albums Chart.
During the Psychédélices tour, she had to cancel a tour date in Paris, stating that she was already working on her new album and it would sound different from all of her previous recordings. The album Une Enfant Du Siècle and was released in France on 29 March 2010. The theme of the album is the life of American model Edie Sedgwick from the birth till the death, based on the style of Andy Warhol. He isn't mentioned in the lyrics but the album has many references on him. The album received positive reviews from critics. However it peaked at No.24 on the French Album Chart aswell as No.22 on the Mexican Albums Chart. The single Limelight was released as a teaser single, being uploaded on 15 February 2010 on British website Popjustice. The main single Les Collines was released on 26 April 2010.
In 2011, she and Jérémy Chatelain divorced.
In Spring 2012, Alizée announced a new album would be released. However Sony delayed the album to Autumn 2012. In the meantime she was featured on the single Clara veut la Lune by Alain Chamfort.On 27 June 2012, Alizée announced on live chat that the first single, À cause de l'automne from the new album was to be released 28 June 2012. She also revealed that for the new album she was working with Jean-Jacques Goldman, BB Brunes and Thomas Boulard were also working on the album, The first music video was shot on 15 July 2012 and was released on 5 December 2012. The video features Alizée exploring the themes of autumn (i.e playing with autumn leaves and umbrellas). The first performance of the single was on RFM radio on 21 December 2012 where she sang the song in a live broadcast. It charted at 131 on the French Singles Chart. The album was yet again delayed to Spring 2013. In January, she revealed the artwork and name for the album, which is named 5. The album incorporates dance-pop,rock and ballads. This was her first album to not chart in the French Album Chart.
In 2014, following the success of her appearance (and win) on popular French tv show Danse avec les stars , she released her sixth studio album, Blonde on 23 June 2014. The single Blonde was released months earlier on 18 March 2014. The song peaked at No.63 while the album peaked at No.20. It was considered a commercial failure.
Alizée now owns a dance studio in Ajaccio, Corsica with her now-husband Grégoire Lyonnet and welcomed a baby girl called Maggy Lyonnet on 24 November 2019.
Happy End
Alizée Lyrics
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Paradis ou Enfer
Paris ou Singapour
Les mêmes histoires d'amour
Quand le soleil se lève
On s'aime à tire d'aile
Puis viens le crépuscule
Pourquoi toujours y croire
À toutes ces histoires?
Nos amours et nos haines
Toujours le même Happy End
J'aurais toujours l'espoir
Même s'il est trop tard!
J'attends la dernière scène
Toujours le même Happy End
Pendant que la nuit tombe
L'amour est une bombe
Qui fait pschit à l'aurore
Et Bye Bye Matador
Partout le même espoir
Et au premier regard
Partout la même fin
Partout le même chagrin
Pourquoi toujours y croire à toutes ces histoires?
Nos amours et nos haines
Toujours le même happy end
Toujours le même happy end
Dites-moi si quelque part
On continue de croire
Au destin et à la chance
À l'amour à l'innocence
Ça n'est qu'un jour sur terre
Paradis ou enfer
Paris ou Singapour
Les mêmes histoires, même happy end
Pourquoi toujours y croire
À toutes ces histoires?
Nos amours et nos haines
Toujours le même happy end
J'aurais toujours l'espoir
Même s'il est trop tard!
J'attends la dernière scène
Toujours le même Happy End
Pourquoi toujours y croire
A toutes ces histoires?
Nos amours et nos haines
Toujours le même Happy End
J'aurais toujours l'espoir
Même s'il est trop tard!
Nos amours et nos haines
Toujours le même Happy End
Alizée's song Happy End delves into the concept of love and the cyclical nature of relationships. The opening lines of the song, "Ça n'est qu'un jour sur terre, paradis ou enfer, Paris ou Singapour, les mêmes histoires d'amour" (It's just one day on earth, paradise or hell, Paris or Singapore, the same love stories) sets the tone for the rest of the song. Alizée questions why people still believe in love and its happy endings despite the fact that relationships often end in heartbreak. She discusses the different stages of a relationship, from the soaring romantic beginning to the daily habits that grow tedious. Despite all of this, Alizée still holds hope for a happy ending, even if it may be too late.
Throughout the song, Alizée's vocals float above a pulsating beat and synthesized instrumentals, giving the song a dream-like quality. The chorus repeats the lines "Pourquoi toujours y croire à toutes ces histoires? Nos amours et nos haines, toujours le même happy end" (Why do we always believe in these stories? Our loves and our hates, always the same happy end) adding to the cyclical nature of relationships and the hope for a happy ending.
Line by Line Meaning
Ça n'est qu'un jour sur terre
Life is short and fleeting.
Paradis ou Enfer
We experience both good and bad moments in life.
Paris ou Singapour
No matter where we are, love is universal and affects us all.
Les mêmes histoires d'amour
Our experiences with love are similar regardless of time or place.
Quand le soleil se lève
At the start of a new day.
On s'aime à tire d'aile
We love with passion and intensity.
Puis viens le crépuscule
As the day ends.
Avec ses habitudes
Things become repetitive and familiar.
Pourquoi toujours y croire
Questioning the belief in love.
À toutes ces histoires?
To all these stories of happy endings.
Nos amours et nos haines
Our experiences with love and hate.
Toujours le même Happy End
Yet they always seem to end the same way, with a happy ending.
J'aurais toujours l'espoir
Despite doubts, there is always hope.
Même s'il est trop tard!
Even if it feels like it's too late to believe in love.
J'attends la dernière scène
Hoping for a happy ending in the end.
Pendant que la nuit tombe
As darkness falls.
L'amour est une bombe
Love can be explosive and unpredictable.
Qui fait pschit à l'aurore
It can fade away just as quickly as it began.
Et Bye Bye Matador
Leaving us feeling defeated and alone.
Partout le même espoir
Hope for love is universal.
Et au premier regard
Love at first sight exists.
Partout la même fin
Yet it always seems to end the same way.
Partout le même chagrin
Leaving us with the same sense of heartbreak.
Dites-moi si quelque part
Asking if anyone still believes.
On continue de croire
Do we still hold onto the belief in love?
Au destin et à la chance
In fate and chance encounters.
À l'amour à l'innocence
In innocent and pure love.
Nos amours et nos haines
Our experiences with love and hate.
Toujours le même happy end
Yet they always seem to end the same way, with a happy ending.
J'aurais toujours l'espoir
Despite doubts, there is always hope.
Même s'il est trop tard!
Even if it feels like it's too late to believe in love.
Nos amours et nos haines
Our experiences with love and hate.
Toujours le même happy end
Yet they always seem to end the same way, with a happy ending.
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: FRANCK FOSSEY, THOMAS PIERRE BOULARD
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Reck Adrian
Muito legal este canal de Alizée! A bateria do celular estava a 11% quando comecei a curtir; agora está à 70%! Bom demais! 😘🤗🥰👍👍👍💐💐💐❤️🇧🇷🌎🇫🇷que Deus abençoe a França! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💖🎤🎼🎸🎷
Bair Czyrenov
Когда светит Солнце,когда Луна в ночи помогает пройти хоть чуть чуть, я всегда думаю об одной девушке,которая француженка,которая когда улыбается заменяет Солнце, а когда мне грустно помогают Её песни.
Esteban García
Está canción me encanta! <3
Алексей Арзамасцев
Отличная песня.
Темирлан Тилешов
Очень красивые песни!
rickveg
Es mi favorita del álbum 5:D
André Onofre
La meilleur musique du tout le album!
humberto revelli
I think the same
Daniel Davis
Empiezo a pensar que alizee tiene mas fans en mexico que en cualquier otro lugar
Luis Eduardo Tcach
Daniel Davis los Argentinos somos poquitos porque aquí los grandes medios difunden todo yanki