The journey that’s led to 2016 and his debut album, Animal, has been three years and 4 EPs long. One of them reached the top 10 in France, and his music has drawn the attention of M.I.A., AlunaGeorge, DJ Snake, Annie Mac, The FADER and ODESZA - one of many peers who’ve asked Fakear for remixes.
But the real journey, of course, goes further back. Le Vigoreux was born in Caen, Calvados, Normandy - an ancient part of France, and the same place William the Conqueror came from. His parents were musicians too, and they raised him on a steady diet of of Maurice Ravel symphonies, and songs by Ismael Lo and Cheb Mami. By the time he got to high school, he was listening avidly to Daft Punk, and had obtained an electric guitar. Before long he’d joined a ska-punk band with Gabriel Legeleux, who’d go on to become fellow rising star in French electronic music, Superpoze.
By 2013, he’d kindled a buzz in Cargo de Caen, creating a reputation under the name of Fakear ("Fake Ears” in English.) His electronic collages were inspired by influences as divergent but inspiring as the post-dubstep scene in London, and the films of Miyazaki. He found his way to Paris, where he signed with the independent French music label Nowadays Records, and released the EP Sauvage in June 2014.
Subsequent single “La Lune Rousse” gained millions of listeners across Spotify, Soundcloud and French radio, and this helped him to debut on the international level. A few months later, his musical voyage led to Japan, and rumination on his childhood’s ghosts changed his art's inception deeply. “This Country gave me a finer desire for music, and a greater attention to detail,” he told Canal + around the launch of his EP Asakusa. “It has been a personal and musical stage that I exceeded. All my pieces are like that: the pictures of my sensations and of my imagination in a precise moment. I am not the same as yesterday, and not the same as tomorrow”.
In 2015 he decided to take a break from the Parisian metropolis, and moved to the mountains. “I needed it, to seize a new primary “something”, something wild and authentic”. It was in this new setting that Fakear crafted his debut album Animal. The album title recalls the wolf silhouette that he has tattooed on his forearm. Chez Fakear, the machines never filter the instincts. Instead, they are amplified.
Animal ranges from the flamenco refrain of “Sheer-Khan”, through the original composition with Andreya Triana (Bonobo) on “Light Bullet”, to a stunning collaboration with Rae Morris, a new pop star in-the-making with whom Fakear maintains an elegant complicity.
Throughout the album, Fakear ensured that his electronic methodology enhanced, rather than limited his raw instinct. He built sounds from memories and from talismanic items; The result is an album as suited to the dance floor as it to listening under the stars, or in the moonlight of the “Lune Rousse”. In the studio as on the boards, Fakear’s music is lively, incarnated and instinctive. Definitively Animal.
Give Me A Sign
Fakear Lyrics
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I'll never forget how you looked at me, yeah that was when time froze
I tried to hide it, but I can't deny it
I think about you more than I like to admit
I still think of you after all this time
Do you think of me too? Just give me a sign, boy
I still think of you even though you're not mine
I wanna play under the stars, covered in moonlight
I wanna stay here in your arms where everything's alright
When you tell me sweet lies, I forget to breathe, forget to be your eyes
I know these games more than I like to admit
I still think of you after all this time
Do you think of me too? Just give me a sign, boy
I still think of you even though you're not mine
I try to play it cool, but I still think of you
I still think of you after all this time
Do you think of me too? Just give me a sign, boy
I still think of you even though you're not mine
I try to play it cool, but I still think of you
I still think of you after all this time
Do you think of me too? Just give me a sign, boy
The lyrics of Fakear's song Give Me A Sign are about an unrequited love or a lost love that the singer is still holding onto. The song starts with a reminiscence of a night where the singer and their love interest drove through the night until the sunrise. Their feelings for each other were apparent as there was a special moment when time froze, and the singer can’t deny that they think about the person more than they would like to admit.
The singer admits to playing games and hiding their feelings, but despite this, they can’t forget about their love interest. They wish to be with them under the stars and in their arms where everything is alright, forgetting about the world and their troubles. The singer knows that they're not together, and they're trying to play it cool, but they still think of the person, and they want to know if the other person still thinks of them too. The song ends with the singer asking for a sign.
The lyrics capture the longing and the hopelessness of a love that could have been or a love that was lost. It speaks about the pain of unrequited love and wanting to hold onto something that's not there anymore. Through the lyrics, we can see that the singer is trying to move on, but they're struggling, and they just need closure.
Line by Line Meaning
Remember the night you picked me up? We drove till the sun rose
I recall the one night where you came for me, and it was a journey that lasted until daytime
I'll never forget how you looked at me, yeah that was when time froze
There was a moment when I saw your stare, and everything had stopped at that time
I tried to hide it, but I can't deny it
I attempted to keep my emotions concealed but failed to refuse the truth
I think about you more than I like to admit
There are more moments that I spend on pondering about you than I should confess
I still think of you after all this time
Even after the passage of time, I still have you in my thoughts
Do you think of me too? Just give me a sign, boy
I wonder if you do the same, so please show me a sign
I wanna play under the stars, covered in moonlight
I want to spend a lovely time outside under the stars, immersed in the moonlight
I wanna stay here in your arms where everything's alright
It would be perfect if I could stay in your embrace since everything would be okay there
When you tell me sweet lies, I forget to breathe, forget to be your eyes
Whenever you say sweet nothings to me, I lose track of time, and you become my focus
I know these games more than I like to admit
I'm aware of these mind games we play, but I don't like admitting it
I still think of you after all this time
Even after the passage of time, I still have you in my thoughts
Do you think of me too? Just give me a sign, boy
I wonder if you do the same, so please show me a sign
I still think of you even though you're not mine
I still have lingering feelings, even though we are no longer together
I try to play it cool, but I still think of you
Despite my best efforts to maintain my composure, I still have you in my thoughts
I still think of you after all this time
Even after the passage of time, I still have you in my thoughts
Do you think of me too? Just give me a sign, boy
I wonder if you do the same, so please show me a sign
I still think of you even though you're not mine
I still have lingering feelings, even though we are no longer together
I try to play it cool, but I still think of you
Despite my best efforts to maintain my composure, I still have you in my thoughts
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: DANA MARY WILLIAMS, THEO LE VIGOUREUX
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