1) Contrary to what one… Read Full Bio ↴There are, at least, 2 artists named Robert:
1) Contrary to what one might think, Robert is a female unique french music singer/songwriter. She was born the 14th of October in 1964.
Independent artist, author and songwriter, she evolves in a fairy-like universe, halfway between the tragedy and the Gothic, sometimes with a point of nonsense. Often compared to Mylène Farmer, Barbara or Marie Laforêt, death, childhood, and love appear regularly in her titles. Her crystalline often fragile opera voice and the baroque (and sometime electronic) music, give her a real success in France, Belgium but also in Japan, in spite of a certain media absence.
Classical ballet dancer, her dreams break , when a teenager, a bony decalcification makes her abandon her passion and real talent. Young actress, she decides to dedicate herself to music and song in 1989. Since, she collaborates in most cases with her spouse Mathieu Saladin, musician and often co - compositor. Her first single " Elle se promene " is released in November 1990. Three years after in 1993, she releases her first album " Sine " with an underground electronic sound , composed of 16 titles. The same year, we find her voice accompanying that of Jeans-François'es Coen in " La Tour de Pise ", whose video is signed by Michel Gondry, and who had accomplished " Les jupes " of Robert some months earlier. She will make the choruses of certain songs of his eponymous album.
In 1997, Robert releases inconspicuously " Princesse De Rien " , her second album (12 titles) with a complete change in her musical style using ancient baroque instruments mixed with electronic loops . The same year, she meets a fervent admirer: the world-wide successful Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. Amélie writes " L'appel de la Succube " , interpreted by the singer on the second edition of Princesse De Rien in 2000.
In September, 2002, Robert releases her third album, " Celle qui tue " (13 titles+ 1). More electronic than ever she transforms from a Princess-like style into a Witch/Sirene image-style. Six texts are written by her friend Amélie Nothomb. At the same time, the graphomane Nothomb takes out the novel "Robert de noms propres" , inspired by the life of the singer.
Unutma ( N'oublie pas ) (2004) a collection of Robert's titles, extracted from her three albums (reissued in 2007), of alternative versions, and some new songs. The young woman notably expresses herself there in Turkish in the title-song Unutma. In this opportunity, it rerecords the song "Le Prince Bleu", this time in duo with the singer and American actress Majandra Delfino (known for her roles in feature-length film Traffic and American series Roswell). Robert's videos are very appreciated, and for this duo, a film of animation is accomplished by Sebastian Rossignol. They accept together the price of the best special effects in the International Festival of the Videoclip in France.
If every album of Robert is conceived as a small masterpiece in full measure, it is on stage that her texts, finely written, take all their dimension. The complete artist shows herself, hypnotic and intoxicating, in turn odd and dramatic there. It occurs most often in the small concert halls, often loaded with history with Paris. In spring 2005 she releases in videodisc the recording of her unique concert given in the Cicale on September 25th, 2004. A public loyal and supportive follows Robert since her beginning, and grows in every concert.
The fourth album, "Six pieds sous terre" is released in November 2005 featuring a more acoustic instrumentation (harpsichord, clarinet, harp, violins, flute) and a more dramatic , fairy-like atmosphere. It includes eleven titles written by Robert, as well as " Prière pour aller au paradis ", title from Marie Laforêt. The actor Sacha Bourdo ventures into Robert's world, and shares "Histoire du loup" with her. The first single is called "Personne". In this opportunity, Gabriel Aghion (Le libertin, Belle-Maman, Pedale Douce ) accomplishes for the first time a pop video, the eighth of Robert. In the 2007 re-edition she adds two new songs including an adaptation of Cold Song of Purcell popularised in 1982 from Klaus Nomi .
On February 5th, 2006, for the first time in sixteen years, the artist performs in the legendary Olympia.
In the beginning of 2007 she releases "Princess Of Nowhere" , a collection of some of her old songs plus two new re-orchestrated ( Mike and Fatal ), all adapted and sung in english.
Her artist name, usually written RoBERT on the disc, was the nickname given to her by a boyfriend.
2) Robert has been crafting and performing since 2017. Born and raised in multi-cultural West Bromwich, UK, music became a saviour that tore him out of the street life that was giving way beneath him and planted his feet firmly on stable ground. Giving him a sense of purpose other than the ego-driven path he had learnt from those around him and allowing him expression through art, instead of violence, which at the time felt like the only option available. His sound resounds with influences from The Fall, Sonic Youth, Aldous Harding, Blur, Raekwon, Sleaford Mods, FKA Twigs and Nirvana. He is no slave to a genre, and his style proves this, with a sound that cannot be pigeon- holed.
Robert’s full-length debut comes in the form of ‘Orange Is the New Black’, blending Folk,Psychedelic & Prog Rock samples with raw hip-hop to create a unique and uncompromising sound. Lyrically dense, open-hearted, and encompassing true stories. The album was conceived and the lyrics were crafted during a stint at Her Majesty’s Pleasure , whilst The title and art were inspired by the biography of cult leader Osho (The Bagwan) a book Robert cherished during his incarceration . ‘OITNB’ doesn’t just leave it to the lyrics to portray the pain-filled and ruthless journey he has enlisted cult favourites Sleaford Mods, Kool Keith, Rag ‘n’ Bone man & Slug of Atmostphere to help paint the picture of a imprisoned Prophet.
Le prince bleu
Robert Lyrics
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Tous mes livres d'images
Dans les greniers
De mon jeune âge
Il reviendra
Sur son fier alezan
Le Prince Bleu
C'est lui,
Mon prince bleu, mon soleil
Chantant dans mon sommeil
Des mots, des monts et merveilles
Attendant que je m'éveille
C'est toi
Mon prince bleu, mon soleil
Je vais chanter pareil
Des mots, des monts et merveilles
Que jamais je ne m'éveille
Je donnerais
Tous les croissants de lune
Tous les bijoux
De la fortune
Mes souvenirs
Mon enfance et mes jeux
Pour le retour
Du Prince Bleu
The song Le prince bleu by Robert is a nostalgic and tender tribute to the singer's childhood dreams and fantasies, symbolized by the figure of the "Prince Bleu" (Blue Prince). The first verses describe the singer's sentimental attachment to the books of images he has kept in his attics since he was a child, and how those memories are linked to the elusive and mythical Prince Bleu, who rode a proud chestnut horse and embodied all the wishes and hopes that the singer associated with his formative years.
The chorus reinforces the singer's emotional investment in the Prince Bleu, whom he calls "my prince blue, my sun", and describes how the singer longs to hear his voice singing words of wonder and adventure, and to never wake up from this dream. The final verses express the singer's willingness to trade everything he values and cherishes - moon crescents, jewels, memories, games - just to see the Prince Bleu come back and bring back with him the carefree and imaginative spirit of his childhood.
Overall, Le prince bleu evokes a bittersweet sense of nostalgia and longing for a time and a mindset that are irretrievably lost, but that still resonate in the singer's heart and soul.
Line by Line Meaning
J'ai conservé
I have kept
Tous mes livres d'images
All my picture books
Dans les greniers
In the attics
De mon jeune âge
From my young age
Il reviendra
He will come back
Sur son fier alezan
On his proud chestnut horse
Le Prince Bleu
The Blue Prince
De mes six ans
From when I was six
C'est lui,
It is him,
Mon prince bleu, mon soleil
My blue prince, my sun
Chantant dans mon sommeil
Singing in my sleep
Des mots, des monts et merveilles
Words, mountains, and wonders
Attendant que je m'éveille
Waiting for me to wake up
C'est toi
It's you
Mon prince bleu, mon soleil
My blue prince, my sun
Je vais chanter pareil
I will sing similarly
Des mots, des monts et merveilles
Words, mountains, and wonders
Que jamais je ne m'éveille
So that I never wake up
Je donnerais
I would give
Tous les croissants de lune
All the crescent moons
Tous les bijoux
All the jewelry
De la fortune
Of fortune
Mes souvenirs
My memories
Mon enfance et mes jeux
My childhood and my games
Pour le retour
For the return
Du Prince Bleu
Of the Blue Prince
Contributed by Kayla E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@alain.10b95
J'adore cette chanson, les voix mêlées de Robert et de Majandra. Magnifique! Et le clip est fascinant!
@juliacm1472
Este video lo vi hace 18 años y sigue siendo una belleza y la canción, increible... 👌🌹💞🌹
@MrLaTEchno
Magnifique Yep, ............after 10 years still give me the ''creeps''.
I love it, the mood, the dark, the mystery........the shiny girls. The whole story so well done.
@Ttoby89
One of my favourite songs for years, and I don't usually like mixed-language songs. Majandra and RoBERT sound so lovely together. Long live le Prince Bleu, les gars.
@dahalonut
J'ai vu premièrement ceci dans mes arts multimédias classe il y a deux ans. Cet artiste est si créatif ! J'aime absolument la composition entière. L'éclairage, les modèles, et les effets spéciaux est tout superbe. les compliments au réalisateur de dessin animé !
@Leoneedful
Awesome voices. Beautiful clip.
@Elyzater
This is a very fantastic song. I am still as obsessed with it as when I first saw it when it came out, 6 years and counting.
@Alain10B
J'adore ce clic, je le trouve fascinant, tant par les images oniriques que par la musique et la magie des voix qui se mêlent en un duo ensorcelant. Un grand bravo au réalisateur et à tous ceux qui ont participé à son élaboration. C'est, pour moi, une grande réussite.
@jmanok
not sure after all these years why I remembered this song while eating breakfast but I did.
@gagiley
@masterixman : merci, tous les amis et moi même nous sommes à 100 pour cent d'accord avec vous ;) le duo avec Alina est incontestablement meilleur - frais et envoutant, conforme à l'image des princesses, Majadra, comme vous dites, dommage, une voix de "veille femme"; Merci pour l'information sur Alina Markize, grâce à vous on a appris pas mal de choses sur un site de cette superbe artiste :)