Sophie-Tith is the third of a family of three daughters. She was born in Ambilly and grew up in a house in Ville-la-Grand, a town in the northern suburbs of Annemasse in Haute-Savoie. The second part of her name is Laotian for origin and reason, human feeling, or alternatively Tith pronounced teat means "small". She attended Pottières kindergarten, then the Centre elementary school and Paul Langevin middle school. She then went to Jean Monnet high school in Vétraz-Monthoux, specialising in economics and science. Having repeated a year because of the heavy workload imposed on her by La Nouvelle Star, and the preparation of her first album, she obtained her baccalaureate in 2015. She continued her studies at the Condé school in Paris.
She fell in love with music at the age of 7 and learned the saxophone and music theory. But gradually, she turned to rock music. With four friends, she founded the group Asmoday , an indie rock quintet who were an opening act for Rage Against The Marmots. Sophie-Tith eventually left the girl band She stopped studying music theory and saxophone at the age of 14 to focus on her schooling, but at high school, when she was 16, she and her friends founded the group Nova which had 5 members with Sophie on vocals.
In 2013 she took part in the talent show Nouvelle Star which she won on February 26, in a public vote against runner-up Florian Bertonnier. She won an album contract with Polydor First Encounters, a cover album produced in part by Sinclair, was released in 2013. On October 7, 2013, Aldebert's album Enfantillages 2 featuring Sophie-Tith was released. She sang a duet with him on the song Little angels.
On February 20, 2014, she made an appearance on the set of La Nouvelle Star, for a duet with the two finalists, Mathieu and Isolde. In April 2014 she released her second album I like it that contains a duet with Corson The album was co-written with the singers of BB Brunes and Skip the Use. Its sales were modest.
Sophie-Tith signed up for the show a week after her 16th birthday. She went to castings in Lyon and got 4 yes votes from the panel (André Manoukian, Sinclair, Maurane and Olivier Bas), letting her travel to Paris for the next round. She reached the round for singing in trios with a version of Bang Bang by Nancy Sinatra. She then performed It vexes me by Mademoiselle K for the orchestral playback round. But the choice was difficult for the judges who decided to set up a final test in a sudden death round. Sophie sang Mad World by Tears for Fears. She was one of 10 candidates selected for the live performance. To date, she is the youngest winner of La Nouvelle Star.
Desert
Sophie-Tith Lyrics
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Mon âme sœur, je compte les jours, je compte les heures
Je voudrais te dessiner dans un désert
Le désert de mon cœur
Oh mon amour
Ton grain de voix fait mon bonheur
A chaque pas
Le désert de mon cœur
Dans la nuit parfois
Le nez à la fenêtre
Je t'attends et je sombre
Dans un désert
Dans mon désert
Voilà
Oh mon amour
Mon cœur est lourd, je compte les heures, je compte les jours
Je voudrais te dessiner dans un désert
Le désert de mon cœur
Oh mon amour
Je passe mon tour, j'ai déserté les alentours
Je te quitte, voilà c'est tout
Voilà c'est tout
Dans la nuit parfois
Le nez à la fenêtre
J'attendais et je sombre
Jetez au vent mes tristes cendres
Voilà
Voilà
Oh mon amour
Je compte les jours
The lyrics of Sophie-Tith's song "Desert" are a melancholic reflection of someone who is desperately missing their significant other. The singer uses the metaphor of a desert to describe the emptiness she feels inside in the absence of her loved one. The desert symbolizes a place of isolation and loneliness, with no signs of life or love. The singer is counting the days and hours until she is reunited with her soulmate, and when she is, she wants to capture the moment by drawing them in the desert of her heart.
The singer's heart feels heavy as she counts down the hours and days, and she longs to be with her loved one. She finds solace in the sound of their voice and wants to draw them into the emptiness of her heart, filling it with love and affection. The lyrics reflect the singer's feeling of isolation and the desperate need to find a way to cope with these intense emotions.
The song ends on a sad note, with the singer admitting that she has given up and forfeited, leaving the surroundings behind. She tells her lover that she's leaving, and that's it. It's a poignant reflection of the sadness and despair, juxtaposed against the hope and longing expressed in the beginning of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh mon amour
The singer addresses her love interest as the focus of the song.
Mon âme sœur, je compte les jours, je compte les heures
The singer expresses her intense longing for her soulmate by counting the days and hours until they can be together.
Je voudrais te dessiner dans un désert
The singer desires to create an image of her lover amidst a metaphorical desert landscape.
Le désert de mon cœur
The singer describes the emotional emptiness or void she experiences when she is not with her love interest.
Ton grain de voix fait mon bonheur
The singer finds happiness and comfort in the sound of her lover's voice.
A chaque pas
The singer invites her lover to take each step with her as they journey through life together.
Laisse moi te dessiner dans un désert
The singer asks her lover to let her create this artistic representation of their love amidst a barren wasteland.
Dans la nuit parfois, Le nez à la fenêtre
The singer describes a moment where she is alone and waiting for her lover to arrive, as she stands by the window and peers outside into the darkness.
Je t'attends et je sombre
The singer falls deeper into her own emotional abyss as she waits for her love interest.
Dans un désert, Dans mon désert Voilà
The singer compares her feelings of emptiness and loneliness to a desert, further emphasizing the metaphor of the song.
Mon cœur est lourd, je compte les heures, je compte les jours
The singer reiterates the weight of the loneliness she feels without her beloved, and expresses the urgency she feels to be reunited with them.
Je passe mon tour, j'ai déserté les alentours
The singer chooses to give up and abandon the places and people around her, opting instead to focus solely on her love.
Je te quitte, voilà c'est tout
The singer abruptly ends her stanza by indicating that she's leaving and that is all.
Jetez au vent mes tristes cendres, Voilà, voilà
The singer seemingly gives up completely and indicates that her ashes should be tossed away, emphasizing her sadness and hopelessness.
Je compte les jours
The singer repeats her earlier expression of longing and waiting for her love interest.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Emilie Marie Simon, David Masse
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