The first… Read Full Bio ↴Villeneuve is an electronica/pop group from Paris, France.
The first album of Villeneuve is called First Date. This work is a synthesis lead by a strong music lover whose aim is to know everything about his passion. Villeneuve would like to compile the thousand discs of his collection in only one album. First Date is a real art work that could remind a great painting such as the one on the cover from Mario de Berardinis.
Obsessed by its music passion, Villeneuve was thirteen years old when he falls in love with Keith Richards style. This leads him to learn how to play guitar influenced clearly by the rock scene with artists such as The Cure, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Sonic Youth, Nirvna…a classic education of a contemporary human being. Then he discovers and plays Minor Threat, Fugazi, Helmet and The Stooges, to conclude with absolute hardcore music : shouting, letting out steam and nihilism.
A few years later, noisy pop brings him back to melodies and he begins writing music. With its first band, GUERNICA, he does his first stage appearance in the south of France, from Marseille to Bordeaux. That is also at the same period that he discovers recording techniques, from tape recording to digital recording.
At the end of his studies, Villeneuve moves to Paris. Through Nine Inch Nails, he becomes an electronic music lover and learns how to use computer tools that enables him to develop its own music independence. Thanks to eclectic experimentation, Villeneuve succeeded in cumulating a lot of different influences that lead him to a very special formula that would be describe as pop music for the ears of the 21st century . His first demo was critically acclaimed (Magic, Octopus, Abus Dangereux…) and he was therefore contacted by many independent labels. Eventually he choosed Pias where he really appreciated the people.
Then, Villeneuve locked himself in his home studio with his muse Mélanie Pain to improve the sound texture, the melodies and the beats. Mélanie has a beautiful and delicate voice already known for those who know NOUVELLE VAGUE. All the songs were written in his own home and recorded in Marseille with Cedric Le Roux (bass and guitar). Then all the tracks were reworked, improved, manipulated and changed until Villeneuve was satisfied their final shape. Villeneuve and Mélanie sang mainly in English and showed that recording in their own home is the perfect way to take pop music out of its strict rules. First Date is carried by a constant and strong inspiration that seems to be endless. It is a trip through present, past and future of popular music : a tribute to the sixties on "Things Are Gonna Change", a soft guitar on the dancefloor on "Oh No", a typical french song with acid influences on "Plus Vite Que Le Temps", folk blended with harsh noise on "Does Anybody Hear Now", and "Men Like You" could be a RnB track played by a metal band. The whole album sounds like your Itunes going crazy and trying to play simultaneously its whole repertory and creating alliances that seem against nature but the result is as gorgeous as genetically modified combinations. First Date is a subtle album where all is close to perfection of nuances. Villeneuve inserts vague futuristic ideas in the traditional song format, using an army of sounds to find each track’s accurate form.
At 28 years old, he could already be consider as a acclaimed producer. Obsessed with perfection in music, we could imagine the soundtrack of his own dreams : The Beach Boys, Karen Dalton, My Bloody Valentine, David Axelrod or to Rune Gramophone releases. He stays far from pretentious experience working with M83 for his first EP Graceland. Villeneuve is now a songwriter focused on harmony and counterpoint.
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Mercury
Villeneuve Lyrics
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I have to get out of my dreams
Hope you understand,
that dreams are made of sand
I will have to find out, my way.
If I try to find
If I try to see me without you
I could try to find out, my way
If I could understand...
If I try to find...
If I try to see...
If I understand...
I wake up, another morning
I fall down in another day
Somehow I wonder now
Is your door still open?
I wake up, another morning,
I fall down in another dream
I wake up and fall down anyway
I wake up and fall down, anyway.
I wake up, another morning
I fall down in another day
Somehow I wonder now
Is your door still open?
I wake up, another morning,
I fall down in another dream
I wake up and fall down anyway
I wake up and fall down, anyway.
If I try to find
If I try to see me without you
If I understand how you flew away
I could try to find out, my way
If I could understand
In "Mercury," Villeneuve is contemplating the passage of time and the impermanence of our dreams. He recognizes that while dreams are a powerful force, they are temporary and fleeting, like sand slipping through our fingers. He feels the need to break free from his dreams and find his own way forward, but he also expresses a sense of loss and regret about someone who has flown away from his life. The repetition of the refrain "If I try to find, if I try to see me without you, if I understand how you flew away, I could try to find out my way, if I could understand" underscores his struggle to come to terms with this loss and chart a new course for himself.
The use of vivid, sensory language such as "dreams are made of sand" and "mercury," which is also the song's title, adds to the song's dreamlike quality and underscores the transient, hard-to-grasp nature of the experiences Villeneuve is grappling with. The opening lines, "Time fades away, I have to get out of my dreams" suggest a sense of urgency, a need to seize the present moment and move on from the past in order to find a way forward.
Overall, "Mercury" is a poignant meditation on the search for meaning and identity in a constantly shifting and uncertain world, and the need to reconcile ourselves to the losses and transitions that shape our lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Time fades away
Time moves forward and changes things
I have to get out of my dreams
I need to stop living in my imagination
Hope you understand, that dreams are made of sand
I hope you know that my fantasies are not reality
I will have to find out, my way.
I need to discover my own path in life
If I try to find
If I attempt to seek out
If I try to see me without you
If I try to imagine my life without you in it
If I understand, how you flew away
If I comprehend how you left me
I could try to find out, my way
I may be able to find my path in life
If I could understand...
If only I could comprehend...
I wake up, another morning
I rise to another day
I fall down in another day
I struggle through another day
Somehow I wonder now
I am curious if
Is your door still open?
Are you still willing to invite me into your life?
I wake up, another morning,
I rise to another day
I fall down in another dream
I struggle through another fantasy
I wake up and fall down anyway
I can't escape my reality
I wake up and fall down, anyway.
I keep moving forward despite my struggles
Contributed by Reagan M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@patitalienne
Me lasserai jamais de l'écouter... De la découvrir à nouveau.... Elle est tatouée sur ma peau depuis 18ans maintenant.... "fall down in another dream..."
@GulsumOcak
Seviyorum, çok seviyorum bu müziği.
@atlantida666
Villeneuve are Genius !!!
@bzbroller
woahhhhh..... amazing! one of the best songs ever.....
@beyzanur1959
Dinlemekten asla sıkılmayacağım 💜
@salturs5111
Çok özel bir hediye ❤️
@beyzanur1959
@Saltur S 💜
@HELLOLITTLESHIT
beautiful
@algalbat8815
Etkileyici
@BertheaLeduc
For the feeling, for her voice...