Sophie-Tith Charvet (born 19 September 1996) is a French singer and winner … Read Full Bio ↴Sophie-Tith Charvet (born 19 September 1996) is a French singer and winner of the television show Nouvelle Star in 2013.
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.

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Sophie-Tith Lyrics

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Tu voudrais qu'on se raisonne
Qu'on soit de grandes personnes
Personne ne sait tout sur tout
Et moi faire semblant je ne sais pas

Si tu veux qu'on additionne
Les différences et les sommes
Ça reviendrait à beaucoup

Mais beaucoup ça ne me suffit pas

J'ai envie d'une vie
Supersonique
Arythmique

Et de coït en coït
C'est le grand huit, le grand huit
Quitte on se quitte on est quitte
Vite on s'évite, on s'évite

Toi tu veux que l'on s'assomme
Dans un registre économe
Mieux vaut se taire et c'est tout
Pour moi le silence est roi

Tu voudrais qu'on empoisonne
De mirage le monotone
Ça nous laisserait dans le flou
Et perdre mon temps je ne peux pas

J'ai envie d'une vie
Supersonique
Arythmique

Mon cœur palpite et palpite
C'est le grand huit, le grand huit
Quitte on se quitte on est quitte
On se dit « exit » et s'excite

Mon cœur palpite et palpite
Dans ce grand huit, ce grand huit

On se dit « exit » et s'excite
On se dynamite, dynamite

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Sophie-Tith's song "Exit" describe a relationship in which the two people involved have very different priorities and desires. The first verse speaks to the idea that one person wants the relationship to be more mature and reasonable, while the other is not interested in pretending to be something they're not. The second verse continues this theme, with one person wanting the relationship to be more economical and the other wanting to escape the monotony and excitement of everyday life. The chorus repeats the phrase "le grand huit" (which means "rollercoaster"), emphasizing the feeling of ups and downs in the relationship.

Throughout the song, the singer makes it clear that they are not interested in conforming to someone else's expectations. They want a life that is "supersonique arythmique" (supersonic and arrhythmic), full of excitement and unpredictability. They describe their heart as "palpit[ing]" in the rollercoaster of the relationship, indicating that they thrive on intensity and drama. Ultimately, they embrace the idea of leaving the relationship ("on se dit 'exit'"), even if it means causing some destruction in the process ("on se dynamite, dynamite").

Line by Line Meaning

Tu voudrais qu'on se raisonne
You want us to be reasonable

Qu'on soit de grandes personnes
To act like grown-ups

Personne ne sait tout sur tout
No one knows everything about everything

Et moi faire semblant je ne sais pas
And I can't pretend to not know

Si tu veux qu'on additionne
If you want us to add up

Les différences et les sommes
The differences and the sums

Ça reviendrait à beaucoup
That would be a lot

Mais beaucoup ça ne me suffit pas
But a lot is not enough for me

J'ai envie d'une vie
I want a life

Supersonique
Supersonic

Arythmique
Unrhythmic