Favorite song on Une Enfant du Siecle?

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Originally Posted by Eldrick

Having lived with the album for a couple of weeks I honestly can't pick a favourite song , I just love it from beginning to end. From Alizee's career point of view, I just wish their were a couple more easily accessible tunes to appeal to the masses. To me, it seems to be and album for existing fans to love rather than to attract the millions of new fans she deserves. Just my opinion, what do you guys think?

Originally Posted by wasabi622

I think a bit differently than you. To this, this album is definitely not aimed for her existing fans. I mean, it's just way too different than what her existing fans like her for.

I don't think she was aiming really high with this album either. Rather than trying to get back on top during the Moi...lolita craze, she seems more intent on just being successful with the new style.

From some of the very good text interviews, it seems that this album appeals more to people who appreciate music on a more artistic level, rather than something to be consumed in order to assimilate with the popular crowd. The themes and sounds are almost all taken out of the 60s, 70s, and 80s which almost certainly won't necessarily appeal to the youth market which would seem to be driving sales, especially thing like iTunes. There's no denying the new album is still pop, but it's almost a sample history of certain elements of pop rather than pop of the now. These are the kinds of stories and sounds that interest her; the musicians and producers she worked with she chose because she liked the kinds of music they were producing. She's also said she doesn't want to produce music which is too complicated and can't appeal to the mainstream; but I think that comes more from a place of Alizée doesn't enjoy music that's so complicated or obtuse that it can't appeal to the mainstream.

Does Alizée wish she could sell millions of copies and be a massive hit? I'm sure she would. But she's made it pretty clear that when it comes to setting priorities, that producing work that interests her and that she can be proud of is far more important than just sales. She's said that when working with Mylène she started to feel a bit like a product, but when she split from Mylène she was really concerned about losing her fans. I think there were a lot "fans" that were more fans of what Mylène had created, and with Psychédélices and Une Enfant du Siècle many of them have fallen by the wayside. But with Alizée's active fan-base on the internet (of which she is now well aware), and also the international fans which keep showing up at her autograph signings (of which AAm, I think, is now a quite visible component ), I think she now knows that there is a loyal group of fans that appreciate her more than Mylène's image.

In short I don't think this album was specifically meant for existing fans nor for an audience that was necessarily not her fans. I think this album was for her and that she just hopes other people will enjoy it too.