Budet rose to fame on MySpace when she posted a song titled "Short Dick Cuizi", dissing Cuizinier, a member of the Parisian hip-hop group TTC.
With producer and close friend GrandMarnier, Budet has recorded a début album Pop-Up, after her hit single "Je veux te voir" (a finalised version of "Short Dick Cuizi"). The song, which samples the bassline from 20 Fingers' 1994 club hit Short Dick Man, received heavy airplay on MTV. She was also featured on Fatal Bazooka's song "Parle à ma main" in 2007. In February 2008 she performed the track "À cause des Garçons" on the BBC Three series "Lily Allen and Friends". The series claimed that this was her first appearance on UK television. She was MTV's 'Artist of the Week' for the week of 24th March-30th March 2008, appearing during adverts.
Yelle's second single "A cause des garçons/ACDG" is a cover song from an homonym 80's French band. A remixed version of the track by Riot in Belgium was featured on the soundtrack of Electronic Arts' computer game; Need for Speed: ProStreet. The song was also used as the opening song for the Moschino Spring Summer 2008 runway show
As of 2008, it is also featured in an advert being broadcast in Quebec for Telus, a Canadian telecommucations company and the 24th March episode of 'The Hills'. Her single "Je veux te voir" was featured on the series 4 final episode of Entourage, in the opening scene when the gang arrives in Cannes, and her single "Ce jeu" was played on Gap's and H & M's shop soundtrack in summer 2008.
The DJ Tepr has been touring with her and already remixed three Yelle's songs "A cause des garçons/ACDG" , "Je veux te Voir/Short Dick Cuizi" and "Ce Jeu".
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Comme Un Enfant
Yelle Lyrics
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Wayne's world 3, je veux une mega-happy
End enlacee dans tes bras
Je n'ai pas de dents de sagesse, ca ne me
Manque pas, quand je mords la nuit
Pleines dents pour faire la nouba
Je suis un enfant, comme un adolescent
Je suis un adulte, comme un adolescent
Faut-il vraiment choisir son camp
(Choisir son camp)
Le faut-il vraiment, comme un adolescent
Je chante et je pleure, comme un enfant
Je joue a me faire peur
Comme un enfant, comme un enfant
Je pense tout et son contraire
Comme un enfant, comme un enfant
Je danse, j'ai le coeur l'envers
Comme un enfant, comme un enfant
Je suis sensible au divertissement
Mes gencives savent que le dentistement
La drogue agit sur moi lentement
Ah nan je suis con c'est un efferalgan
Avoue les faits espce de langue de bois
Avoue l'effet que j'ai sur toi
Je t'enfantise comme un caranougat
Je t'immunise sur ce refrain en la
Je joue me faire peur
Comme un enfant, comme un enfant
Je pense tout et son contraire
Comme un enfant, comme un enfant
Je danse, j'ai le coeur l'envers
Comme un enfant, comme un enfant
In Yelle's song "Comme Un Enfant," the artist reflects on the duality of youth and adulthood. The opening lines express a childlike desire for happiness and affection, as the singer dreams of a "mega-happy end" with their arms wrapped around their loved one. The mention of "fraises tagada" (a popular French candy) adds to the whimsical and playful tone of the song.
As the song progresses, the lyrics suggest unresolved tensions between the desire to remain youthful and carefree ("Je suis un enfant, comme un adolescent") and the pressure to conform to adult expectations ("Faut-il vraiment choisir son camp"). The repeated phrase "Je joue à me faire peur" can be interpreted as a metaphor for the singer's ambivalence about growing up, and their fear of losing their childlike sense of wonder and imagination.
Overall, "Comme Un Enfant" is a nostalgic and introspective look at the complexities of growing up, and the struggle to reconcile the conflicting emotions and expectations that come with it.
Line by Line Meaning
J'aime les fraises tagada et je reve d'un Wayne's world 3, je veux une mega-happy End enlacee dans tes bras
I like tagada strawberries and dream of a Wayne's world 3, I want a mega-happy ending wrapped in your arms
Je n'ai pas de dents de sagesse, ca ne me Manque pas, quand je mords la nuit Pleines dents pour faire la nouba
I don't have wisdom teeth, I don't miss them, when I bite at night I have all my teeth to party
Je suis un enfant, comme un adolescent Je suis un adulte, comme un adolescent
I am a child, like a teenager, I am an adult, like a teenager
Faut-il vraiment choisir son camp (Choisir son camp) Le faut-il vraiment, comme un adolescent Je chante et je pleure, comme un enfant
Do you really have to choose your side (Choose your side)? Do you really have to, like a teenager? I sing and cry, like a child
Je joue a me faire peur Comme un enfant, comme un enfant Je pense tout et son contraire Comme un enfant, comme un enfant Je danse, j'ai le coeur l'envers comme un enfant, comme un enfant
I play at scaring myself, like a child, like a child I think everything and its opposite, like a child, like a child I dance, my heart upside down, like a child, like a child
Je suis sensible au divertissement Mes gencives savent que le dentistement La drogue agit sur moi lentement Ah nan je suis con c'est un efferalgan
I am sensitive to entertainment My gums know that dentistry is happening Drugs affect me slowly Oh no, I'm stupid, it's just a painkiller
Avoue les faits espce de langue de bois Avoue l'effet que j'ai sur toi Je t'enfantise comme un caranougat Je t'immunise sur ce refrain en la
Admit the facts, you wooden tongue Admit the effect I have on you I make you like a sugar confection I immunize you on this chorus
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JEAN FRANCOIS PERRIER, JULIE BUDET, TANGUY DESTABLE
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