Jérémy Chatelain's song for/about Alizée - "Je Me Rappelle"

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I'm not sure what the general forum's opinion of Jérémy Chatelain is, I can imagine many are not that big of a fan? Personally I do not know enough about their personal lives (nor would I wish to) to make a judgement, I do know that nowadays he seems to have a good relationship with Annily so that's all that's important.

Of course I was curious to check out his career when him and Alizée first got together, and I must admit that his music at the time was not at all to my taste so I didn't pay it much attention.

However, I'm a fan of Daft Punk, and one time a few years back I heard a song on French radio that added lyrics to their instrumental song "Veridis Quo", and this made me pay attention. I really liked the song, and I was surprised when I heard that it was a fairly recent (2017) song by Jérémy.

It's called "Je Me Rappelle" (I remember).


I don't think the song was very successful - there's no official YouTube upload and the official Vimeo link has less than 3,000 views, so I imagine there's a strong chance many people won't have heard of it. I never would have, if it wasn't for it randomly being on the radio.

The reason the song might be interesting to Alizée fans is that it was obviously written and recorded many years after they broke up, but it is a whistful, melancholy song, looking back fondly at everything that happened in the early days of his career, and feeling sad for what he has lost through the passage of time. He briefly talks about childhood memories of culture from the 80s and 90s (which Alizée would also share) but mostly focuses on the initial excitement of recording his first record deal, going to Paris, LA, getting his first expensive 4x4 car, all of which would have been when he and Alizée were together, and also the Daft Punk song that its based around is from the early 2000s and would have been in constant rotation in France during their early days courting each other. He doesn't specifically mention her by name (though its written as if he is talking to someone he used to know very well and wishes to reconnect with) but he does mention the American import trainers that she bought for him as a present early in their relationship.

The song has a tone of fond nostalgia tinged with sadness, and certainly implies that when he wrote the song he regretted the breakdown of the relationship, and was hoping to at least rekindle their friendship. He doesn't at all sound like he blames the breakup on her, infact he talks of his ego growing too big, his problems drinking too much and it making him angry/spiteful... there is an overall feeling of "we shared some crazy exciting experiences, we were too young to know better, we made mistakes, I still remember that time fondly and I hope you do too. It would be great to properly catch up and talk about old times".

Obviously, when this song was written, Alizée & Gregoire were married. I don't at all interpret it as an inappropriate attempt for Jérémy to win her back or anything like that, more just a song looking back on the past with fondness, thinking about what could have been, and how he's sad at the way things worked out but grateful for the happy memories. That's how it reads to me, anyway.