Fakear is Théo Le Vigoureux - an uncannily suitable name for a young produc… Read Full Bio ↴Fakear is Théo Le Vigoureux - an uncannily suitable name for a young producer whose energy is seemingly limitless. At 24 years old, Fakear has already taken his globally-tuned dance music across the world, playing shows from London to Tokyo, supporting Bonobo and selling out Paris’ prestigious Olympia in 2015.

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.

Two Arms Around You
Fakear Lyrics

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Out of the water, feeling down, feeling cold
Into the fire, to a world I'd never known
God I'm so tired, been a long long road to here
But God it's been worth it, when I feel your body near

With your arms around me, love surrounds me ever by my side
With your arms you hold me, trust and show me all I feel tonight
All this time that I've been searching

All this time that I've been hurting
It heals, when I'm in your arms each night
Running away from, all the love I never knew oh no
Only to fall, into the arms of someone true, yeah
How I never noticed, I've been searching for so long
Waiting to find someone to make me feel this strong

With your arms around me, love surrounds me ever by my side
With your arms you hold me, trust and show me all I feel tonight
All this time that I've been searching
All this time that I've been hurting
It heals, when I'm in your arms each night
Running away from, all the love I never knew oh no
Only to fall, into the arms of someone true, yeah
How I never noticed, I've been searching for so long
Waiting to find someone to make me feel this strong

With your arms around me, love surrounds me ever by my side
With your arms you hold me, trust and show me all I feel tonight
All this time that I've been searching

All this time that I've been hurting
It heals, when I'm in your arms each night

Overall Meaning

The opening lines of the song are an emotional reflection of a state of being, perhaps of feeling lost or detached. The use of water and fire as metaphors for the emotional states the artist is experiencing give insight into what he may be feeling. Water is often used to symbolize depth and emotional turmoil, while fire is a representation of passion and intensity. As the artist contemplates his feelings and state of mind, he suggests that he is tired and that it has been a long road to arrive where he is. The phrase 'been worth it', is striking as it implies that he recognizes the value of what he has been through.

The tone of the song shifts in the second stanza, as the artist highlights that finding love has been a long, arduous journey. The imagery he uses paints a vivid picture of the emotional rollercoaster that the search for love can entail. The words evoke a sense of desperation at times, such as the lines "Running away from all the love I never knew", but the same desperation is juxtaposed with hope, as the artist recognizes that he has found someone true, with whom he feels a strong connection.

The chorus is an uplifting celebration of the transformative power of love. When the artist is in the arms of his lover, he feels healed and enveloped in a cocoon of love and safety. The final lines, "All this time that I've been searching, All this time that I've been hurting, It heals, when I'm in your arms each night" are a powerful affirmation that true love can heal even the deepest wounds.

Line by Line Meaning

Out of the water, feeling down, feeling cold
I was in a bad place emotionally, feeling down and cold, but then something changed.

Into the fire, to a world I'd never known
I found myself in a completely new and unexpected situation.

God I'm so tired, been a long long road to here
I've been through a lot to get here, and it's been exhausting.

But God it's been worth it, when I feel your body near
Despite the exhaustion, it's all worth it when I'm with you.

With your arms around me, love surrounds me ever by my side
Your embrace brings me love and comfort, and I know you'll always be there for me.

With your arms you hold me, trust and show me all I feel tonight
You show me that I can trust you as you hold me, and help me feel everything I need to feel in this moment.

All this time that I've been searching
I've been searching for a long time to find someone like you.

All this time that I've been hurting
And my search has been painful and difficult at times.

It heals, when I'm in your arms each night
But being with you brings healing and soothing to my heart each night.

Running away from, all the love I never knew oh no
I used to run away from the idea of love because I didn't know what it felt like.

Only to fall, into the arms of someone true, yeah
But now, I've found someone who is genuine and true, and I've fallen deeply for them.

How I never noticed, I've been searching for so long
It's amazing that I never realized how long I've been on this search for love.

Waiting to find someone to make me feel this strong
But now that I'm with you, I know that you're the one who can make me feel this strong and complete.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: THEO LE VIGOUREUX, SONIA LIBONG

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