BB Brunes is a French pop rock band, part of the "new French rock scene" (l… Read Full Bio ↴BB Brunes is a French pop rock band, part of the "new French rock scene" (la nouvelle scène rock française).

In 2000, Adrien Gallo, Karim Réveillé and Raphaël Delorme, childhood friends, formed the band "Hangover" with songs exclusively in English.Some years later, Raphaël left the band at the moment when they were signing their first contract.The new lineup found a new guitarist, Félix Hemmen, who enjoyed their music. In 2007, the bassist Bérald Crambes joined the band.

The band took the name BB Brunes, inspired by the name of the song "Initials BB" by Serge Gainsbourg and by Paris's boulevard Brune, where the band then did their rehearsals.The band's musical influences are punk and rock groups from the 1960s and 1970s as well as current groups such as The Strokes, Amy Winehouse, The Clash, David Bowie, Ray Charles and singers like Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronc,etc. Their lyrics are mostly in French.

In 2009, the group won a Victoires de la musique in the category 'Group or artist stage revelation of the year'.

They have sold over 2 milllion albums and singles in France alone, 3.8 million in Europe.

Lala Queen
BB Brunes Lyrics

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Lala couine comme pour me faire signe qu'elle chagrine
Lala Queen emmagasine trop de spleen
A de futurs bonheurs, à des millions d'honneurs te destine
A de futurs bonheurs, à des millions d'honneurs te destine

Lala couine comme chante le cygne qui se meurt
Lala mime des milliers de films de couleurs
A de futurs bonheurs, à des millions d'honneurs te destine

A de futurs bonheurs, à des millions d'honneurs te destine

Lala couine me faire signe qu'elle chagrine
Lala Queen emmagasine trop de spleen
Lala Queen de mon cœur
Cette gamine pas d'erreur est sublime

Lala Queen n'ai plus peur
Tes angéliques sueurs m'assassinent
Lala Queen de mon cœur qui s'abîme quand tu pleures
Ca me mine

Lala Queen de candeur, mon hypnotique fleur, mon enzyme
Lala couine plus fort et me révèle alors mes ardeurs sous-marines
La divine stupeur qui me réveille en sueur je t'ai mise en abîme

Lala couine comme pour me faire signe qu'elle chagrine
Lala Queen emmagasine trop de spleen
A de futurs bonheurs, à des millions d'honneurs te destine
A de futurs bonheurs, à des millions d'honneurs te destine

Lala couine comme chante le cygne qui se meurt
Lala mime des milliers de films de couleurs

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to BB Brunes's song Lala Queen capture the enigmatic and mysterious persona of the titular character. "Lala couine," which can be translated as "Lala whines," creates an atmosphere of melancholy and sadness. The repetition of the phrase "à des millions d'honneurs te destine" ("destined for millions of honors") adds a note of hope and promise to the song, hinting at the potential that Lala Queen possesses. The comparison to the dying swan and the thousands of colorful films that Lala Queen mimics are metaphors for the complex and multilayered nature of the character.

The central message of the song seems to be that Lala Queen is a deeply emotional person, but with a vast potential for happiness and success. However, there is an underlying sense that she is holding herself back, or that something is keeping her from achieving her full potential. The reference to "spleen" suggests a feeling of ennui or dissatisfaction that Lala Queen is struggling with. Despite this, the song maintains a dreamlike quality that is both wistful and hopeful.

Line by Line Meaning

Lala couine comme pour me faire signe qu'elle chagrine
Lala makes a noise like she wants to signal me that she's in distress

Lala Queen emmagasine trop de spleen
Lala Queen hoards too much melancholy

A de futurs bonheurs, à des millions d'honneurs te destine
She has countless future joys and honors in store for you

Lala couine comme chante le cygne qui se meurt
Lala moans like a dying swan sings

Lala mime des milliers de films de couleurs
Lala imitates thousands of brightly-colored movies

Lala Queen de mon cœur, Cette gamine pas d'erreur est sublime
Lala Queen of my heart, this girl's beauty is without question

Lala Queen n'ai plus peur, Tes angéliques sueurs m'assassinent
Lala Queen, don't be afraid, your angelic sweat is killing me

Lala Queen de mon cœur qui s'abîme quand tu pleures, Ca me mine
Lala Queen of my heart, my heart gets damaged when you cry, it crushes me

Lala Queen de candeur, mon hypnotique fleur, mon enzyme
Lala Queen of purity, my hypnotic flower, my enzyme

Lala couine plus fort et me révèle alors mes ardeurs sous-marines
Lala groans louder and reveals my underwater passions

La divine stupeur qui me réveille en sueur je t'ai mise en abîme
The divine shock that woke me in a sweat, you have fallen into my abyss