Matthieu Tota, is the son of professional footballer André Tota and his mother is Brigitte Tota. His parents divorced in 1998 when he was just 13. As a child, he studied at an elementary school in Hohberg, and later at Collège Paul-Émile Victor in Mundolsheim, and Lycée Aristide Briand in Schiltigheim near Strasbourg. As a young man, football (soccer) became his first ambition and he wanted to be a professional player. But he opted for music.
Matthieu Tota explained about the origin of his name Pokora in an interview during the documentary Mis à jour broadcast on 26 August 2010 about him on NRJ 12 television station. He said he was searching for an artistic name and happened to be talking to his grand mother of Polish origin and the importance of humility came up. So he asked her how do we say humility in Polish language and she said "pokora". So Matthieu immediately decided to call himself Pokora. Matt came form his name Matthieu. So he became to be known by his stage name Matt Pokora.
He earned some public attention as a member of French R&B group, Mic Unity. In fall 2003, he participated in the third season of Popstars, a French talent reality television show broadcast on M6. The concept of the program was to present possible candidates the winners of which would take part in the formation of a boy band or girl band. He was a crowd and jury favourite, and became a member of a boy band called Linkup formed with Lionel and Otis, two other winners in 2003 Popstars. The female winners were formed into another group Diadems formed of Marylore, Angel, Pookie, Ophélie and Alexandra. In the final showdown, the boy band including Mattieu Tota won the series over the girl band Diadems, who ended up runners-up.
Their first Linkup single "Mon Étoile" was very successful topping French charts, and the debut album Notre Étoile was moderately successful. However the second single release "Une seconde d'éternité" was much less successful despite good sales.
The band tried again their hand in a collaboration with the British boy band Blue making a bilingual English/French version with Blue based on the latter's song "Bubblin'". The bilingual English/French Blue/Linkup version was entitled "You & Me Bubblin". Soon afterwards, Linkup disbanded due to poor performance of sales on releases
In 2004, soon after the break-up of Linkup, Mattieu started working preparing for a solo career collaborating with the producers Kore & Skalp.
Under the stage name Matt Pokora, he released his first eponymous solo album originally entitled Matt Pokora. In 2005, he was forced to change his chosen name after a lawsuit from French R&B singer Matt Houston. As a result, he changed his stage name to M. Pokora and re-released the album as M. Pokora.
The debut single from M. Pokora was the very successful. Called "Showbiz (The Battle)" it was a Top 10 hit in France, and also charted in Belgium and Switzerland. The second single Elle me contrôle featuring Sweety reached #6 in France and Pokora received two NRJ Music Awards for the single. Yet a third successful single was released called "Pas sans toi". The album released on Universal was certified gold.
He also started collaborating with Hakim Ghorab who became his long-time choreographer and took part in many of his music videos. He also developed a close collaboration with music video director Karim Ouaret who directed most of his successful videos.
Senorita
M. Pokora Lyrics
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Quand cette pure beauté est passée
Sur elle j'ai bloqué
Une vraie miss grande et métisse
Le genre de fille livrée sans notice
Ne pas l'aborder me semble irréel
Elle est si belle
Ho, you shoot my heart senorita
Ha, j'partirai pas sans ton number
You got my eyes in the fire (x2)
Elle m'a snobé
Même pas un regard
Je m'active avant qu'il soit trop tard
Je la rattrape par la main
Et confiant lui barre le chemin
Hey, j'aimerais que tu me regardes
Ho, you shoot my heart senorita
Ha, j'partirai pas sans ton number
You got my eyes in the fire
Faut qu'on s'revoie
Je te lâcherai pas
Hey, j'aimerais que tu me regardes
Ho, you shoot my heart senorita
Ha, j'partirai pas sans ton number
You got my eyes in the fire
The song Senorita by M. Pokora is a catchy tune about a chance encounter with a beautiful woman. The singer is chatting with someone when he catches sight of a "pure beauty" that catches his eye. She is described as tall and mixed race, and the singer is immediately smitten. He feels like he has to approach her, but worries that it might be impossible as she seems unreal in her beauty. Despite this, he knows he has to try and talks to her. Unfortunately, she ignores him at first, and he feels he has to be confident to get her attention. He stops her and asks for her number, hoping to see her again.
Line by Line Meaning
J'étais tranquille en train de causer
I was calm and chatting away
Quand cette pure beauté est passée
When this entirely beautiful woman passed by
Sur elle j'ai bloqué
I was smitten with her
Une vraie miss grande et métisse
A real tall and mixed-race miss
Le genre de fille livrée sans notice
The kind of girl delivered without instructions
Ne pas l'aborder me semble irréel
Not approaching her seems unreal to me
Elle est si belle
She is so beautiful
Hey, j'aimerais que tu me regardes
Hey, I wish you would look at me
Ho, you shoot my heart senorita
Ho, you shoot my heart, senorita
Ha, j'partirai pas sans ton number
Ha, I won't leave without your number
You got my eyes in the fire (x2)
You have my eyes in the fire (x2)
Elle m'a snobé
She snubbed me
Même pas un regard
Not even a glance
Je m'active avant qu'il soit trop tard
I hustle before it's too late
Je la rattrape par la main
I catch up with her by the hand
Et confiant lui barre le chemin
And confidently block her path
Faut qu'on s'revoie
We need to see each other again
Je te lâcherai pas
I won't let you go
Contributed by Levi O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@penoukouansfrid2112
Matt Pokora fait des bonnes chansons.
@justinedejas3344
j'adore cette chanson ;)
@andreitoderascu3719
trop belle la chanson
@quent22pot
Elles sont trop bien t'es vidéo =D
@lenaiceckharter1806
j'adore tes vidéos ! Matt trop belle voix comme toujours
@xFaniiie
@quent22pot Merci bcp
@xFaniiie
De rien . Exact mais lui chanté trop vite pour pouvoir comprendre, si vous l'es avez mettez les en commentaires pas de soucis :)
@quent22pot
@xFaniiie De rien :D
@roseberger3463
Mais je t'ai pas vu passé ! 😉 As si c'est toi que j'ai cru voir passé, tout près de moi derrière moi ! 😯 Tu étais habillé comment déjà ? 🤔 🙂🙃😯😶😀🤣 merci pour le petit délire que votre chanson inspire , c'est pas ma faute si on m'empoisonne pas mon quotidien , j'aime beaucoup rire et m'amuser gentillement d'ordinaire , si on me pourrissais pas la vie gratuitement , j'étais première au rendez vous pour rire ou des bêtises !😁😀 si ces voleurs de sourires n'étaient pas passé à mon adresse qu'on aurait jamais dû leur communiquer ! .😬👍💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
@jdanny712
Merci... Fanie... Mais c'est pas vrai que tu comprends pas l'anglais.. la preuve t'as.. ecrit, you shoot my heart